Starlink spectrum deal boosts Musk plan to beat AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon
Nationwide 800 MHz spectrum to help Starlink provide mobile coverage indoors.
Jon Brodkin
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Policy // Civilization & Discontents
Microsoft barred from sponsoring foreign workers for US residency
The US says Microsoft abused immigration rules; the company disputes the claim.
Financial Times
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Judge weighs if Trump can charge $100K for early access to Truth Social posts
Judge questioned if Trump delaying access to Truth Social posts by a second harms the press.
Ashley Belanger
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126
Trump Mobile hack and apparent lack of FCC authorization raise security alarms
After hack and data breach, senator asks why Trump Mobile lacks some FCC filings.
Jon Brodkin
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Driver wins $76 after ALPR led to bogus traffic stop, drug searches
Mass surveillance gets stupider.
Cyrus Farivar
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Internal files add to evidence of an ExxonMobil climate deception campaign
Court filings reveal new details about Exxon’s decades of internal climate deliberations.
Inside Climate News
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125
A senator tried to ban gambling on prediction markets—now she’s a Kalshi lobbyist
Sen. Blanche Lincoln wrote law that let US ban sports-event contracts. She lobbies for the other side now.
Jon Brodkin
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TP-Link problems in US grow amid FCC router ban and four state lawsuits
TP-Link can’t sell latest routers in US, still needs exemption from FCC ban.
Jon Brodkin
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Most Read
Fraudster jailed for using 10K bots and AI songs to outstream Taylor Swift
Man gets 18 months for AI scheme stealing $8M in music streaming royalties.
Ashley Belanger
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Trade group crunches numbers on Trump’s impossible push for 100% US-made tech
Trump’s aggressive reshoring push could cost tech firms $230 billion, CTA estimates.
Ashley Belanger
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119
Paramount completes $111B Warner merger, creating “Skydance” behemoth
Paramount now owns Warner Bros. as last-ditch effort to stop $111B merger fails.
Jon Brodkin
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174
Big Oil asks Supreme Court to kill climate lawsuits before trial
Oil companies say federal law should block state climate deception claims.
Inside Climate News
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Cable lobby to sue Trump FCC over repeal of national TV ownership cap
Cable industry to sue, says FCC can’t repeal TV ownership limit set by Congress.
Jon Brodkin
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Texas city demands $2M for public records on Flock usage
Prices of public records tracking cops’ use of Flock go up as backlash swells.
Ashley Belanger
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73
Amazon’s $1B plan to combat data center backlash draws more backlash
Amazon praised for ending NDAs but slammed for downplaying data center pollution.
Ashley Belanger
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81
Lyft settles landmark driver misclassification lawsuit for $272.5M
Critics say workers are still owed far more.
Cyrus Farivar
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US arrests tech CEO accused of smuggling $300M in Nvidia chips into China
Nvidia’s chip-smuggling problem won’t go away as arrests continue.
Ashley Belanger
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Judge dismisses Chegg and Penske antitrust lawsuits targeting Google AI search
The court acknowledges AI search comes with consequences, but it’s not an antitrust issue.
Ryan Whitwam
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Florida cops say they don’t know who owns 11 unpermitted Flock cameras
Floridians alarmed by 14 mysterious Flock cameras; 11 have no clear owner.
Ashley Belanger
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160
Returning from vacation? The government can search your phone without a warrant.
Reminder: The “border exemption” to your rights is real.
Cyrus Farivar
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Trump plan to combat AI risks hinges on Big Tech pals policing themselves
Trump gets dozens of AI firms to agree to voluntary safety tests.
Ashley Belanger
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“An AI did it” is no defense, says nonprofit suing OpenAI over Hugging Face hack
OpenAI makes others suffer “the harms of its unsafe decision-making,” nonprofit says.
Jon Brodkin
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74
Trump ads paid for by US government allegedly violate anti-propaganda laws
FCC unlikely to stop Trump ads described as illegal taxpayer-funded propaganda.
Jon Brodkin
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178
Apple pressured to explain Trump role in ICE-tracking app removals
Lawmaker rejects Apple excuse for banning ICE-tracking apps as unconstitutional.
Ashley Belanger
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98
Experts worry about Nvidia’s AI chip sales in China and influence over Trump
China is reportedly mulling letting ByteDance, Alibaba buy banned Nvidia chips.
Ashley Belanger
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Florida invokes extinction fears in legal bid to halt OpenAI development
State says LLMs threaten civilization as “the greatest public nuisance ever created.”
Kyle Orland
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Kalshi loses again as judges rule prediction markets must obey gambling laws
Kalshi’s defiance of state gambling laws may be headed to Supreme Court.
Jon Brodkin
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Microsoft goes quiet after church groups ask for 1% of data center costs
“Microsoft claims to want to be a good neighbor, but the jury is still out.”
Ashley Belanger
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207
How the Smithsonian became the latest front in Trump’s culture war
The Smithsonian has faced withering pressure from the Trump administration.
ProPublica
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Court rules Pentagon can blacklist Anthropic for refusing to enable Claude features
“Overly constrained AI models” could cause military operations to fail, judges say.
Jon Brodkin
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125
Paramount/WBD merger conditions give the public “virtually nothing,” judge is told
US judge reviews deal with California, says it must not be result of collusion.
Jon Brodkin
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Trump administration takes Musk’s side in fight over EU tech rules
Washington says Brussels overreached when it fined X €120 million under the DSA.
Financial Times
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New York defies Trump admin, asks court to shut down Polymarket gambling
New York sues Polymarket as Trump admin tries to override state gambling laws.
Jon Brodkin
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New Jersey fines data center $1.1M after drone pics expose 62 gas generators
Million-dollar fines won’t end billionaires’ data center pollution, neighbors fear.
Ashley Belanger
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FBI rushes to investigate if ShinyHunters hack of thousands of employees is real
It’s unclear what will happen if FBI misses ShinyHunters’ deadline.
Ashley Belanger
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Trump’s China rivalry and “AI race” delusion may endanger US, experts say
Trump focus on winning “AI race” may deter China from sharing safety intel.
Ashley Belanger
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