Washington Post

Huawei helped bring Internet to small-town America. Now its equipment has to go.

About a dozen small rural carriers have purchased gear over the years from Huawei or ZTE, Chinese companies that have raised security concerns, according to their trade group, the Rural Wireless Association. The carriers often bought the equipment with US government subsidies intended to help bring Internet service to sparsely populated areas that larger telecom companies deemed unprofitable. Replacing the gear would cost roughly $1 billion, the association says, and Pine Telephone Company in Oklahoma and other small companies are calling for federal funding to help.

‘Unconstitutional, unlawful and unsupported’: How Facebook initially tried to fight a multibillion-dollar US fine

Facebook initially mounted an aggressive legal offensive against federal regulators who sought to fine the tech giant billions of dollars for privacy abuses, arguing in newly revealed documents that the company did not harm consumers or profit from mishandling users’ data — and that it would have prevailed in court if it had come to that.

Weather forecast accuracy is at risk from 5G wireless technology, key lawmaker warns FCC, seeking documents

House Science Committee Chairwoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) wrote Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai expressing concern about the potential interference of planned urban 5G networks with existing weather satellite sensors. The sensors, mounted aboard polar-orbiting satellites, are used to discern the presence and properties of water vapor in Earth’s atmosphere.