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Comcast has debuted national, no-contract video packages that feature bundle discounts, more cloud DVR storage and features the op's X1 4K TV box.
An analysis for the Ministry of the Interior highlights the reach of US laws. According to it, data stored in the EU is also not secure.
Yesterday, President Trump signed an Executive Order that gives the federal government the sole authority to regulate AI. The EO provides three justifications for asserting federal authority. United States AI companies must be free to innovate without cumbersome regulation. But excessive State regulation thwarts this imperative. First, State-by-State regulation by definition creates a patchwork of…
News of Netflix’s bid to buy Warner Bros. last week sent shock waves through the media ecosystem. The pending US$83 billion deal is being described as an upending of the existing entertainment order, a sign that it’s now dominated by the tech platforms rather than the traditional Hollywood power brokers. As David Zaslav, CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery, put it, “The deal with Netflix acknowledges a generational shift: The rules of Hollywood are no longer the same.” Maybe so. But what are those rules?
Netflix? Paramount? What should and will happen with Warner Bros (My new book The Age Extraction, is a great present for any policy wonk or tech / internet-interested person in your family, and was just included in the list of New Yorker Magazine's best books of 2025.
The Lamoille FiberNet communications union district (CUD) announced last week that it had reached its goal of ensuring every on-grid address within Lamoille County has access to at least one high-speed internet provider. Over two summers of construction, workers laid 550 miles of fiber, and multi-gigabit-capable service is now available to 5,000 unserved or underserved addresses across the county, according to a press release from the district.
After spending much of this year developing and rolling out its AI Action Plan, the Trump administration is gearing up to do something similar for the even more mystifying, yet tantalizing, field of quantum mechanics. In the coming months, the White House is expected to issue an executive order on quantum technology, which has the potential to revolutionize everything from pharmaceuticals to cybersecurity, using the smallest particles known to physics.
I’ve been thinking about the long-term trajectory for satellite broadband in rural areas. I saw a recent estimate that Starlink has around 2.6 million customers in the U.S. and is still growing. I have to think that most of these customers live in places that don’t have a fast broadband alternative to satellite broadband. I…
The idea of a “right to repair” — a requirement that companies facilitate consumers’ repairs, maintenance, and modification of products — is extremely popular, even winning broad, bipartisan support in Congress. That could not, however, save it from the military–industrial complex. Lobbyists succeeded in killing part of the National Defense Authorization Act that would have given service members the right to fix their equipment in the field without having to worry about military suppliers’ intellectual property.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren cautions that the sale of Warner Bros. Discovery to either Netflix or Paramount Skydance could reduce competition and concentrate power over what films and news American see.
The heirs of an 83-year-old Connecticut woman are suing ChatGPT maker OpenAI and its business partner Microsoft for wrongful death. They claim the artificial intelligence chatbot intensified her son’s “paranoid delusions” and helped direct them at his mother before he killed her.
President Donald Trump doesn’t know what 6G means, and seemingly thinks it has to do with video quality rather than faster internet.
New York has canceled a $26.1 million broadband expansion for Cayuga and Cortland counties, citing tight federal deadlines, according to The Citizen. The project aimed to build a 275-mile fiber network and reach 75% of unserved residents but faced delays in permitting and construction. Cayuga had already committed $7 million to the effort, expecting reimbursement. Now, officials are pursuing smaller-scale projects using alternate funds, including a new $249K planning grant.
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§ FCC Claims that “Real” Prices are Going Down. — — Wrong. § Since 2017, Broadcast Fees went up 410% § Over 65+ Million customers could be impacted. § $28 Charge Spectrum NYC) Taxed and surcharged as well. § Not included in the advertised price, Not government mandated. § Are you Overcharged — $350+ per sub? Note: As we explain, these are estimates, and the exact amount varies by provider and state. And this is one of multiple made up fees. Where is the FCC report on this overcharging, much less actions to remove junk fees, (also called ‘made up fee’ or ‘fake fees’)? The FCC website discusses these 2 exciting actions by Chairman Carr December 3, 2025 — news releases And if 2026 is supposed to be about affordability, and there are new plans afoot, we just published a comparison of a triple play offering (broadband-internet,, cable TV an streaming, and phone) from Free Telecom in France with 8 Gigs of capacity and speed in both directions for about $40 dollars vs the Spectrum NY offering that cost $244 a month for 100mbps in 1 direction. Again, that’s $40 vs $244 for inferior services. That’s’ $200+ dollars a month difference. Where’s the investigations by the FCC?
Global network traffic is changing in character, not just in volume. It is no longer shaped only by people streaming video over home broadband. This report explores how these forces are redefining where traffic flows, how it behaves, and where networks will feel the greatest pressure first. Its goal is not only to describe growth but also to explain why the nature of that growth is changing—and why that difference matters for operators, cloud providers, and large enterprises as they plan capacity and architecture for the decade ahead
By now, you’ve surely heard about a version of the long rumored (and leaked) Executive Order around artificial intelligence (AI) and how it should be regulated was signed by President Trump. You can read the latest Executive Order here. I’m not going to go into the actual beat-by-beat order as plenty of reporters, including Drew Clark on Broadband Breakfast, do an excellent job of that. Instead, I wanted to take a look at this from a layman’s point of view. There’s a line in the movie Zoolander 2 that Will Ferrell famously screams… “I feel like I’m taking crazy pills!”
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11, 2025 – President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order aimed at bolstering federal authority over artificial intelligence policy, and requiring the Commerce Department to restrict Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment funding if states’ laws on artificial intelligence are too “onerous.” The Executive Order, "Ensuring a National Policy Framework For Artificial Intelligence," makes minor modifications to the Nov. 19 draft executive order as reported by Broadband Breakfast. The draft version contained the aspiration that a single “minimally burdensome national standard” of AI regulation would exist. But the final executive order suggests that this is a goal to be achieved with Congress, and said that the to-be-developed framework "should also ensure that children are protected, censorship is prevented, copyrights are respected, and communities are safeguarded" – all new language added to the official executive order.
Democratic voters have turned against big business, but only the progressive faction of the party has listened. This distance between voters and leaders is unusual and can't go on forever. Or can it?
- AT&T CEO John Stankey said satellite is great for IoT and maritime uses, but it doesn't have the power of regular cellular coverage
- However, in 2026, customers of T-Mobile will experience the benefit of having almost ubiquitous coverage, thanks to satellite service from SpaceX's Starlink
- This could be rather embarrassing for AT&T and Verizon
AT&T’s CEO made some comments at UBS Securities this week, indicating that he’s not too worried about competition from satellite operators, at least not immediately. T-Mobile is making galactic strides on satellite connectivity, via its partnership with SpaceX. The Seattle-based carrier introduced T-Satellite emergency texting for its mobile customers in July. And it’s working on bigger ambitions for satellite connectivity, including mobile voice and data through its direct-to-cell (D2C) partnership with SpaceX’s Starlink.
It seems like I’ve had a steady stream of coffees and calls lately with general managers and executives across telecom. Somewhere between my third Zoom of the day and realizing I’d been talking about BEAD funding or AI for two hours straight, a clear pattern emerged: most leaders fall into one of three buckets.
Donald Trump signs an executive order stopping states from enforcing their own AI guardrails, sparking backlash from California Gov. Gavin Newsom and raising concerns about weakened consumer protections. Here’s why experts say the move could have serious consequences.
2025 has been a tremendous year for the artificial intelligence industry. Stock prices for AI companies skyrocketed, soaring beyond expectations and propping up an otherwise stagnant U.S. economy. But everywhere, there’s talk of an AI bubble — one even bigger and more threatening than the 2008 housing bubble or the dot-com bubble of the early 2000s. What makes this bubble so different? When is it likely to pop? And if it does, what does that mean for the rest of us? In this episode of Lever Time, David Sirota sits down with Ed Zitron and Sruthi Pinnamaneni, journalists covering the AI frenzy, to recap the year of the AI Bubble — and predict what will happen next.
A startup called Operation Bluebird is working to resurrect the “Twitter” and “Tweet” trademarks for use in a new social media platform called Twitter.new.
BRUSSELS — The European Commission said it will “make sure” it receives money owed by Elon Musk’s X after the company was fined €120 million for failing to meet transparency rules. The Commission on Friday said X has breached transparency and deceptive design obligations under the EU's platforms regulation, the Digital Services Act, and issued the €120 million penalty. The decision set off a cascade of accusations of censorship from U.S. officials, Musk and his supporters, with some suggesting the company should refuse to pay the fine.
I learned about this on an online forum, but I found it interesting. Here’s a description from the YouTube description… Recorded on September 24, 2025. NCompass Live - https://nlc.nebraska.gov/ncompasslive/ Special monthly episodes of NCompass Live! Join the NLC’s Technology Innovation Librarian, Amanda Sweet, as she guides us through the world of library-related 'Pretty Sweet Tech'.…
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