A partnership between Newark Fiber, Citizens Bank, and developer Adenah Bayoh will bring up to 15 years of free internet service to residents of a new apartment building in Newark (NJ). Bayoh approached Citizens Bank for funding to create a new apartment building, called Southside View.
The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation will convene for a hearing on December 17th at 10 am EST to conduct oversight of the Federal Communications Commission. The last Senate Commerce oversight hearing with all FCC commissioners present was June 24, 2020, under the leadership of Chairman Roger Wicker (R-MS).
The hearing will stream live on the Committee web site and YouTube.
Sen Ted Cruz (R-TX), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, announced a hearing on December 17th to conduct oversight of the Federal Communications Commission. The last Senate Commerce oversight hearing with all FCC commissioners present was June 24, 2020, under the leadership of Chairman Roger Wicker (R-MS). The hearing will happen on December 17 at 10 am EST. The witnesses are FCC Chairman Brendan Carr and Commissioners Anna Gomez and Olivia Trusty.
The Senate advanced a stopgap funding bill that could end the nation’s longest government shutdown, as almost all aspects of federal government faced some measure of disruption after 40 days without funding. The shutdown, which began Oct 1 after Congress failed to pass fiscal 2026 appropriations, stalled many aspects of operations at the Federal Communications Commission, the Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration, the Federal Trade Commission, and other agencies and departments. The FCC
The nationwide push to protect kids from AI chatbots is entering a new frontier: adults. OpenAI was recently hit with seven lawsuits claiming that ChatGPT led users to lose touch with reality, which in some cases resulted in suicide. All but one of the alleged victims were adults. The lawsuits represent a new, murkier front for lawmakers and Big Tech in the national argument about the harms and risks of chatbots.
Congress allocated Wisconsin $1.2 billion to improve broadband connection across our state. It was our share of the largest telecommunications investment in US history. Internet connection is required to access government forms, healthcare documents, and even homework, and it is the government’s responsibility to connect households that wouldn’t otherwise be served. “By law, Wisconsin designated almost $364 million to cover ‘non-deployment’ tasks such as pole attachments, workforce development, and cellular infrastructure.
The U.S. job market is sailing through rough seas at the moment. Cuts for the full year have surged past the 1 million mark and the month of October saw the highest number of layoffs in 20 years, according to new data from career change firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas. So, what does this mean for telecommunications and tech employees?
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