A Texas Democrat wants to keep Ken Paxton’s war on Big Tech alive
Texas State Sen Nathan Johnson (D) is running a long-shot bid for a statewide office that hasn’t been won by a Democrat since 1990
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NCDHHS, NCDIT Announce Three Programs to Improve Health Care as Part of North Carolina’s Rural Health Transformation Program
Three new programs to improve the digital infrastructure of rural health care through new digital solutions and tools
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Affordable Long Drop Program Now Available to Help Eligible Vermonters Connect to Fiber Broadband
Limited-time funding helps cover long and underground broadband installations
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North Carolina officials outline plans to prevent future communication blackouts after Helene
The FCC described the communications failures during Helene as the closest thing to a total communications blackout ever experienced in the United States
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Hollywood and Big Tech Are Preparing for War
Meta wants to steal TV viewers, Amazon and Apple are meddling with content, and traditional media companies are pursuing megadeals to try to survive
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Accelerating the Spectrum Pipeline Is How America Wins the AI Race
We have an opportunity to deliver the 800-megahertz pipeline Congress envisioned
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Telecom Act at 30: How deregulation reshaped telecommunications
Cable broadband drove the most significant network disruption in the early 2000s
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Carolina West Wireless is shutting down in deal with Verizon
Carolina West Wireless is the latest U.S. regional carrier to call it quits
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Rightfiber will explore mergers and acquisitions to fuel growth
Ritter Communications and Great Plains Communications combo will target growth through fiber expansions and opportunistic M&A
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NTIA Opens Third Round of the Tribal Broadband Connectivity Program
This is NTIA's third NOFO under the TBCP
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More for Less: Broadband Price and Quality Trends, 2020–2026
Consumers in 2026 pay roughly the same for 1,000 Mbps as consumers in 2020 paid for 100 Mbps
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Can a $350 Million Gift Change AI’s Trajectory?
Billionaire Stephen Schwarzman’s mega-gift aims to develop ethically grounded AI leaders and accelerate America’s competitiveness
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E-Rate advocates plead with FCC to protect program
The FCC will vote on a notice of proposed rulemaking seeking comment on the future of the federal E-Rate program, including whether the program's success means it should be 'sunset'
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Louisiana hits NEPA milestone, clearing the path to broadband for nearly 25k serviceable locations
Louisiana completes NEPA review for broadband projects covering nearly 25,000 serviceable locations
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Sens Curtis, Schiff Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Protect Children from AI Chatbot Risks
SAFE KIDS Act establishes a comprehensive federal framework to ensure chatbots prioritize child safety, privacy, and parental empowerment
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Satellite Companies Launch New Industry Group: SpaceConnect Association
SpaceConnect to represent the NGSO satellite economy
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Global AI Wars
Five Eyes, composed of the U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia and New Zealand, is considered the world's most comprehensive and powerful spy network
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FCC Questioning State Pole Regulation
I could be wrong, but this feels more like the FCC trying to take regulatory authority from States more than an attempt to improve BEAD
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Are ChatGPT and other AI chatbots politically biased? We tested them.
Results suggest that chatbots have clear political leanings
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FCC Closes AWS-3 Auction
More Than $3.5 Billion in Proceeds While Moving 200 Licenses into Commercial Use
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LAUSD bans screen time before the second grade, marking one of nation’s strictest policies
Grassroots coalitions have pushed for limits in California and nationwide as parents have become alarmed over how digital activities are replacing hands-on learning and peer interaction.
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