AT&T loses key ruling in bid to stop offering basic phone service in California
AT&T suffers setback but will keep asking court and FCC to preempt state rules
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California Receives NTIA Approval for BEAD Final Proposal
Milestone represents months of work by the California Public Utilities Commission and federal partners
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How AI will fragment the internet
AI chatbots have to navigate a maze of speech laws abroad
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FCC Announces Conditional Approval of Certain Routers
Department of War has granted Conditional Approval for certain routers
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Judge Temporarily Blocks Paramount-Warner Deal
The 14-day restraining order prohibits the companies from closing the deal that has been challenged by a dozen states
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Look at Earth’s orbit. This mess is dangerous.
What once sounded theoretical has become reality as satellite launches have become more frequent
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Working remotely, unequally: Evidence from a digitally divided labor market
Remote work is associated with higher job satisfaction and shorter working hours
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Sens Thune, Fetterman, Fischer Introduce Legislation to Improve the FCC’s Broadband Mapping Process
Act would instruct the FCC to review and assess its mapping and challenge procedures
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CPUC Approves $74 Million to Expand Broadband Access Across Rural California
Funding will support six broadband infrastructure projects in Marin, Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and Sonoma counties
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CPUC presses AT&T to halt T-1 disconnections
California regulators are challenging how AT&T is retiring its legacy business data services
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EchoStar off hook for operating own mobile network
A federal judge approved the DoJ’s request to terminate the legal requirement that Dish build and maintain a mobile network
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The Cost of Staying Connected in 2026
1 in 5 Americans worry about paying their internet bill each month, which now averages $81
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Politicians Are Trying to Change What Chatbots Say About Them
Political campaigns have something new to worry about these days: unflattering or incomplete information produced by A.I. programs when voters ask questions about candidates
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Top Pentagon official blasts OpenAI's Dean Ball
Defense Undersecretary calls OpenAI's Dean Ball "supreme village idiot"
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Substance or Spectacle? AI Use and the Personal-Societal Risk Wedge
Public debate over artificial intelligence ranges between substance and spectacle
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The FCC Proposes an Overhaul of How the Universal Service Fund Is Run
The Biggest Question: Should USAC Remain the Administrator?
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On This Nearly Deserted Alaska Island, You Pay to Keep Hundreds of Empty Buildings Wired for Internet
U.S. phone customers pay more than $340,000 a year for an Anchorage company to keep homes and buildings on Alaska’s Adak Island wired for obsolete internet service. All but a few of them sit empty.
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White House Faces Stiff Pushback on Subjecting Grants to Political Review
Academics, city leaders and congressional lawmakers number among the thousands to urge the Trump administration to reconsider a plan to assert more control over grants
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