Oregon Cities Enjoy Fast Internet. Rural Areas Not So Much.
Portland (OR) residents enjoy some of the nation’s fastest Internet speeds, but newly released Census data shows rural parts of the state continue to lag way behind.
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Monday, December 17, 2018
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Letter to FCC: Keep viability of public access TV stations
The FCC has a responsibility, indeed a mandate, to regulate industry in the public interest. The Commission is failing in its duty if it allows the cable companies, through their use of a corporate accounting shell game, to deny community television the funding it depends on for its continued existence and health.
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CenturyLink blocked its customers’ Internet access in order to show an ad
Utah customers were booted offline until they acknowledged security software ad.
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New report on Russian disinformation, prepared for the Senate, shows the operation’s scale and sweep
The operation used every major social media platform to deliver words, images and videos tailored to voters’ interests to help elect President Donald Trump — and worked even harder to support him while in office
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Tech Workers Got Paid in Company Stock. They Used It to Agitate for Change.
Silicon Valley technology firms are known for giving stock to their workers, a form of compensation that often helps employees feel invested in their companies. But tech workers are now starting to use those shares to turn the tables on their employers.
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Text, Californians, text: State commission won't pursue tax on text messaging
California's Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) announced it would no longer be pursuing a measure that would've added a surcharge to phone bills for text messaging.