FCC Chairman Ajit Pai has gone on the attack to defend his proposal to roll back net neutrality regulations. Pai said in a speech Tuesday he wanted to “cut through the hysteria and hot air” about the proposal he unveiled last week to unwind the Obama-era rules that prevent broadband companies from controlling consumers’ internet …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Online hate brought offline. In Real Life/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET What’s the worst thing anyone’s ever said to you online? One of my favorites was a person who told me that every day he wished I’d never been born. He managed to time it …
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Ajit Pai wants to make it clear: There’s a new chairman in town. The newly christened chairman of the Federal Communications Commission likely won over the telecom-centric audience at a keynote session during the Mobile World Congress trade show on Tuesday. In his prepared remarks, Pai laid out a vision of light-touch regulation and reversing the policies of his predecessor, …
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Ajit Pai, the new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, doesn’t let a little thing like a hurricane stop him from his obligations. When the rest of the East Coast was taking cover from Hurricane Sandy in 2012, then-FCC Commissioner Pai was sitting in his kitchen at his home in northern Virginia, delivering a keynote speech via video conference to …
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Election 2016 is almost over, but not without a final word from Twitter. Social media is all about politics as the race for the White House reaches its final hours. If you need a good distraction from all the politics though, you can find a hilarious new challenge and a look through Durag History Week. Social Cues is our guide …
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Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton sparred Sunday night in one of the most contentious debates in modern political history. Followers of each presidential candidate, unsurprisingly, took the contest online. The 90-minute duel between the real-estate mogul and seasoned Washington veteran, with just a month to go before Election Day 2016, was the most-tweeted political debate in the 10 years of …
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The faceoff between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump was the most actively tweeted debate yet. Don’t worry if you missed it because the event is still trending across social media, with its decisive moments still on everyone’s mind. From designated social-media hero Ken Bone to the fly buzzing around both candidates, Twitter and Facebook were focused on the debate Monday …
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