Some BEAD Winners Seeing Tight Fiber Market
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I’m a computer scientist. Here’s how we should help aging parents with technology.
As the tech industry shifts toward artificial intelligence agents and generative user interfaces, helping loved ones use digital tools will become more difficult
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Equitable Healthcare Requires Digital Inclusion
How high-speed internet access is a 'super' social determinant of health
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Is BEAD turning into a dud? Voices raise various concerns about the program
The Trump Administration’s insistence on low-cost BEAD proposals has left a $21 billion slush fund of leftover BEAD monies
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Verizon to boost MDU biz as Starry deal closes
Verizon has closed its acquisition of Starry, a deal that opens a bigger window to the multiple-dwelling unit market
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What an Astound-GFiber combo means to its broadband competitors
Data from New Street Research shows that the proposed combination of Astound Broadband and GFiber will have the biggest competitive overlap with AT&T, Comcast and Charter
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Zero Out USDA’s Broadband Surplus
Too much of a good thing
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United Communications Advances Middle Tennessee Fiber Expansion with $18.1 million BEAD Grant
Award will help connect approximately 1,800 currently unserved and underserved homes and businesses
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What Happened to Accelerated BEAD?
It’s pretty easy to argue that NTIA added nearly an additional year to the BEAD process
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BEAD Non-Deployment Dollars and the Risk of Unfulfilled Broadband Promises
The BEAD broadband program now has roughly $20 billion in leftover funds, and policymakers are debating how best to spend it
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AI policy's new power center
As lawmakers debate guardrails, the Pentagon showed how it can reshape the AI industry with a single contract decision
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What's next for the Genesis Mission
Government agencies and companies are mobilizing to use AI for energy, drug discovery and national security, all while promising new jobs
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The emerging MAGA antitrust model
The Justice Department's settlement with Ticketmaster this week marks a new chapter of the MAGA antitrust movement that may look different than some were expecting
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There Oughta Be a [New] Law
Today, we face a different technological landscape, but many of the underlying questions feel familiar. What I heard over and over again today was, why there oughta be a law, or a new agency, or an independent commission.
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