Phil Harvey

A quick catch-up for anyone joining late. On Aug.

AT&T's network CTO, Yigal Elbaz, cited the robotaxi as a bellwether for how AI is affecting network traffic, and his point holds regardless of Waymo's current troubles. Each vehicle generates about 20 gigabytes of data per day, roughly 30 times the amount a typical mobile user consumes. Most of that traffic flows from the car to the cloud. The network is being asked to run in reverse, and that's a major structural shift, arriving faster than the industry's planning cycles can handle.

At the end of a fireside chat, Federal Communications Commissioner Anna Gomez warned the cable industry and US citizens about the pattern of censorship and the corrosive power of the Trump administration. "This administration has engaged in this campaign to bring all broadcasters to heel. And really it affects cable in addition to that, it affects broadcasters, because some of the targets are, in fact, themselves, cable companies," said Commissioner Gomez. "And I think it should concern everyone.

The top three telecommunications companies in the US are shrinking quickly. Across the industry, telecommunications companies are shedding employees as quickly as they can as they automate their networks, outsource tasks to other companies and do less when it comes to customer service.