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As expected, Ajit Pai will stay on as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission in spite of protests from pro-net-neutrality activists who pushed lawmakers to reject his reconfirmation. The US Senate voted 52-41 Monday to give Pai another five-year term on the commission. The confirmation is retroactive to July 2016, giving him at least another …

It looks like Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai will get to keep his job for another five years, despite protests from Democrats. The US Senate voted 55-41 Thursday to advance his nomination. A final vote to approve the nomination is expected Monday. Republicans have enough votes to reconfirm Pai, whose term expired in June. Nominated as a commissioner under …

AT&T is trying to take the fight over the Obama-era net neutrality rules to the US Supreme Court. On Thursday, AT&T, the cable industry group NCTA, and CenturyLink filed separate appeals asking the court to overturn the controversial 2015 rules. A federal appeals court last year upheld the rules, which were passed by a Democrat-controlled FCC and supported by President …

For the first time in eight years, the Federal Communications Commission has declared the mobile wireless market to be competitive. FCC The findings were outlined in the FCC’s 20th annual report on the state of the mobile wireless market. The FCC is required by Congress to examine the state of competition in the wireless market each year. Previous reports, under …

Then-President Barack Obama warned Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg about the impact of fake news on the 2016 US presidential election nine days after the chief executive dismissed the idea as “crazy,” the Washington Post reported Sunday. The two met in private on November 19 at a world leaders forum in Lima, Peru, according to people briefed on the exchange. Obama told Zuckerberg …

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Enlarge Image So many hidden features. But a real challenge to Apple? Sarah Tew/CNET Last year, Samsung was kind to Apple. Its Note 7 exploded onto the market and then promptly blew the company’s brand image into shards. Why, even President Barack Obama mocked it. …

A federal program that subsidizes mobile phone and broadband service for poor Americans is rife with waste, fraud and abuse, according to a new government report. On Thursday, the Government Accountability Office issued the result of a three-year audit of the subsidy program, which found that more than a third of customers receiving the subsidy could not be confirmed as …

Former US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said Wednesday “weaponized information” was a major reason she lost the election to President Donald Trump. When the former secretary of state and US senator was asked during Recode’s Code Conference in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, if she and her campaign staff could’ve done anything differently, Clinton said time wasn’t on their side. “The overriding …

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai wants a do-over of the rules governing net neutrality. But he’s trying to keep an open mind about the proceedings. “I don’t have any predetermined views as to where we’re going to go,” he said in an interview with CNET on Thursday. “That’s the reason that we call it a notice of proposed rulemaking. …

Let’s face it, one of the best ways to follow US President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office has been through Twitter. As Saturday’s milestone approached, the social network compiled a list of Trump’s most memorable tweets and moments since he took office on Jan. 20. The president still prefers using his @realDonaldTrump account instead the @POTUS handle he …