Sens Cantwell, Rounds Urge White House to Build Strong, Coordinated Approach to AI Safety & Cyber Defense
Senators call for a comprehensive national response built around standards, testing, auditing, and defensive AI
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Wednesday, October 14, 2026
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NTIA Focused on Making New BEAD Round as Accurate as possible, Roth Says
The agency is waiting on new FCC broadband coverage maps, which it expects will be released ‘soon’
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FCC to Vote on $162 Million for Expanded Mobile Broadband in Alaska
New funding supports improved coverage in hard-to-connect Alaskan communities
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A BEAD 'Twilight Zone.' ISPs Annoyed by Delays With Broadband Funding Rollout
The Trump administration’s reboot of the program to give Starlink a better chance of securing funds ultimately delayed deployments, according to broadband experts
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Ukraine claims Starlink is suddenly disrupting service for its military
Elon Musk recently said that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ‘has gone too far’ by targeting Russian oil refineries
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Verizon: We've Told Some Concerned Customers Their Landline Is Staying
Verizon is once again urging the Federal Communications Commission to approve the carrier's plan to retire copper-based landlines in nine US states
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Louisiana delivers back-to-back national firsts in BEAD fiber deployment
Milestones add to Louisiana’s growing list of national firsts in BEAD deployment
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AI safety money floods into political races
Advocates for AI safety and regulation are emerging as a force in U.S. elections
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Is Regulation Still Shaping Competition?
For everything other than grant-funded networks, the trend seems to be toward reduced regulation over time
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