Retirements since the start of the Trump administration could impact permit reviews, said Jill Springer, the top permitting official at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. The agency has been working to streamline the federal permitting process for participants in its $42.45 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program. “This is a thing that I am worried about,” she said.
When most people picture smartphone users, they might imagine teenagers glued to their screens or busy professionals checking emails on the go. But in Philadelphia, older adults are quietly rewriting the script. Their approach to smartphones is both practical and innovative, revealing new trends in how technology shapes community life across generations. It turns out that older adults in Philadelphia are using their smartphones for much more than calls and messages.
Governor Kay Ivey (R-AL), along with state and local leaders, gathered on the banks of the Alabama River to mark a practical milestone in Alabama’s broadband buildout: the Alabama Fiber Network’s middle-mile line has crossed the J.
Brightspeed completed its fiber network build in six Northern Indiana communities: Francesville, Knox, LaGrange, Nappanee, North Judson, and Syracuse. With this milestone, more than 13,500 families and businesses in those communities now have access to reliable, blazing-fast connectivity, empowering them to work remotely, learn online, participate in e-commerce, receive telehealth services, and thrive in today’s hyperconnected world.Construction is underway in 14 additional North Indiana communities.
The MAGA populists who made breaking up Big Tech their rallying cry are losing momentum under President Trump's full-throated embrace of AI and cozy relations with the tech industry. The Trump administration would rather scrap regulations than create new ones in the age of AI, blunting whatever bipartisan unity remained around curbing tech's power. "The uncharitable read is these executives have just cozied up to the White House and are pulling the strings, and that's why there's been this shift," said Brad Littlejohn, director of programs at conservative populist think tank American Compas
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