Common Sense Media Finds Major AI Chatbots Unsafe for Teen Mental Health Support
Common Sense Media released a comprehensive risk assessment finding that AI chatbots are fundamentally unsafe for teen mental health support.
November 2025
Impacts of the USDA broadband initiatives program on employment and telework
The $2.5 billion USDA Broadband Initiatives Program (BIP), established by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in 2009, was USDA's largest broadband program until the current ReConnect program. This study investigates the impacts of BIP on employment and telework for the period 2011–2017 using confidential American Community Survey microdata on individual workers, combined with program data and other data.
Draft Executive Order Could Clawback Nondeployment BEAD Funds
In a draft Executive Order, President Donald Trump claims Constitutional power to promote American leadership in artificial intelligence (AI) by:
Sen Cantwell Slams Efforts by Brendan Carr’s FCC to Roll Back Network Protection Rules Put in Place After Salt Typhoon Hacks
Sen Maria Cantwell (D-WA) wrote to Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr strongly opposing an effort by the FCC’s Republican majority to roll back rules put in place after the China-sponsored Salt Typhoon hack to better protect U.S. data networks from future attacks. Sen Cantwell wrote, "Your proposal to rescind this ruling would undermine the FCC’s ability to hold carriers accountable for protecting our nation’s critical communications infrastructure.
Commissioner Gomez Slams Vote on Cybersecurity Rollback
Federal Communications Commissioner Anna Gomez released a statement in advance of a vote by the FCC to roll back the only concrete federal regulatory action taken in response to the Salt Typhoon breach, which U.S. officials described as the worst telecommunications hack in the nation’s history. “Ten months into this Administration, this FCC has still not put forward a single actionable solution to address the growing cybersecurity threat to our communications networks. Not one concrete proposal. Not one protection standard.
T-Mobile says 70% of its new FWA customers are urban
Fixed wireless access is no longer a predominantly rural option, said T-Mobile Chief Broadband Officer Allan Samson, as the operator has gained sizable traction in urban markets. Specifically, he said 70 percent of T-Mobile’s FWA activations come from the “top 100” U.S. cities and approximately 65 percent of fixed wireless sales per quarter happen in suburban and urban markets. T-Mobile isn’t the only operator that’s noted the potential for urban FWA.
Seeking the Commonwealth of Connection
Something remarkable happened in Western Massachusetts in 2018. Over the course of just four months that year, two new municipal fiber networks lit up in tiny towns in the leastdensely populated part of the state. In 2019, three more small towns in the region brought networks online. The next year, seven more communities followed suit. Another seven joined them the following year. Over the course of just four years, 19 towns launched municipal broadband networks, bringing ubiquitous, high-speed Internet access to their communities.
WISPs clap back at Ookla report on FWA speeds
Ookla's recent findings on the performance of wireless internet service providers were not well received by some of the referenced parties.