A year and a half ago Microsoft launched an initiative to bridge the digital divide for rural Americans, promising to connect 2 million people in remote parts of the country within five years. On Tuesday, it expanded that program and said it would cover an additional 1 million people by 2022. On Tuesday, Brad Smith, …
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It’s getting down to the wire for activists looking to save Obama-era net neutrality rules. On Thursday, supporters held a final internet-wide day of action to help preserve the rules, which were adopted in 2015 under a Democrat-led Federal Communications Commission and repealed last year by a Republican-led FCC. The US House of Representatives has until the end of the …
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The US Federal Communications Commission will once again tell consumers if they’re actually getting the broadband speeds touted by internet service providers. But you’ll have to wait a little longer for the nitty-gritty details of which carriers are making good on their advertised promises and which aren’t. The FCC, which hasn’t released its Measuring Broadband America Report since 2016, has …
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The Federal Communications Commission announced on Tuesday its latest effort to put an end to unwanted robocalls. First, the agency plans to create a database that businesses can check to make sure the numbers they’ve been given permission to call haven’t been reassigned to other people. But its second proposal is more controversial. The agency plans to apply the same …
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Who’s in charge of cleaning up all the space junk orbiting Earth? That’s the question the Federal Communications Commission is officially asking as it takes comment on a proposal to review its orbital debris rules. The FCC voted unanimously on Thursday to revamp its 2004 rules. Since the rules took effect more than a decade ago, there have been loads …
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Dear Maggie, My family is traveling over the holidays. Any advice for safe web surfing while on the road? Thanks, Insecure about security Dear Insecure,Some of the busiest travel days of the year in the US are over the Thanksgiving and winter holidays. And that means lots of people at airports using their smartphones to surf the net and charging …
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The US Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal related to Obama-era net neutrality regulations that could have gutted the authority of the Federal Communications Commission. On Monday, the high court rejected an appeal that challenged a 2016 decision by the DC Circuit Court of Appeals, which upheld the rules to protect an open internet and validated the FCC’s …
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High-school senior Evan Scully has one main issue he’s focused on this political season: bringing back net neutrality protections. The 17-year-old political activist from rural North Carolina has been working on social media campaigns to organize online protests, as well as getting people to contact their congressional representatives to voice concern about the Federal Communications Commission’s repeal of the open …
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The second generation of the Apple Pencil debuted Tuesday at Apple’s “There’s more in the making” event in Brooklyn. The company has redesigned the product and added a new charging method. Apple October event: Complete coverage MacBook Air, Mac Mini and iPad Pro 2018: Everything Apple just announced MacBook Air 2018 gets Retina display, Touch ID for $1,199, available Nov. …
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California has agreed to not enforce its net neutrality law until a lawsuit challenging the Federal Communications Commission’s repeal of the federal regulations is resolved. The agreement is part of a temporary deal struck with the US Justice Department, which is suing the state over its new law. The deal still has to be approved by a judge. California’s law …
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