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Apple unveiled its long-awaited “Apple Intelligence” suite of AI tools yesterday, but it didn’t garner quite the level of excitement to which the hardware giant is accustomed. Usually when Apple makes a big announcement about a world-shaping new technology, it comes with the fanfare (and price tag) befitting the company that gave the world the Macintosh and the iPhone. The “Apple Intelligence” platform is a bit more low-key, with Apple announcing some improvements to its already AI-powered Siri voice assistant, AI-generated custom emojis and the integration of ChatGPT into iPhone software. Those features aren’t nothing.
Nearly $31 million in public money will go towards connecting over 3,000 unserved and underserved locations in Nebraska.
Two States Requested Access to BEAD Funds Totaling Over $1 billion WASHINGTON – The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has approved Colorado and New Hampshire’s Initial Proposals for the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program, a cornerstone of the Biden-Harris Administration’s “Internet for All” initiative.
A new proposal from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) aims to update letters of credit standards for broadband providers.
At Apple's annual developer conference on Monday, the company rolled out a bunch of new features to keep your data safe.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Federal Communications Commission on Friday asked the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati, Ohio to transfer a series of industry legal challenges to its decision to reinstate landmark net neutrality rules to a federal court in Washington. Net neutrality rules require internet service providers (ISPs) to treat internet data and users equally rather than restricting access, slowing speeds or blocking content for certain users. The rules also forbid special arrangements in which ISPs give improved network speeds or access to favored users.
The FCC also filed a motion to move the case from the Sixth Circuit in Cincinnati to the D.C. Circuit in Washington.
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We provide background on the ACP, a recent program that subsidizes broadband service for low-income U.S. households. - •
We estimate ACP enrollment using both ordinary least squares (OLS) and geographically weighted regression (GWR). - •
OLS results show that economic distress and local library presence are strongly positively associated with ACP enrollment. - •
Higher rates of foreign-born or elderly residents are negatively associated with ACP enrollment. - •
GWR results show that relationships between ACP enrollment and local characteristics vary widely and are context-specific.
A 32-foot “smartpole” is coming to a block near you.
Elon Musk says he will ban Apple devices from his companies over their ChatGPT integration, claiming Apple is handing user data to OpenAI.
April's cyberattack on internet service provider Frontier Communications enabled hackers to steal Social Security numbers for 750,000 users. In a data breach notice sent to Maine’s attorney general, the ISP says the incident affected 751,895 people. The company is preparing to send out data breach notifications to affected consumers as the hacking group allegedly responsible preps to sell the stolen information. The group, known as RansomHub, claims it stole 5GB of Frontier data that also includes email addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers, and physical addresses of 2 million customers.
With no return to broadband customer growth in sight, cable chief aims to shift the focus to his company’s stable ARPU
NEW YORK, June 7 (Reuters) - New York state lawmakers on Friday passed legislation to bar social media platforms from exposing "addictive" algorithmic content to users under age 18 without parental consent, becoming the latest of several states moving to limit online risks to children. A companion bill to restrict online sites from collecting and selling the personal data of underage users also gained final legislative approval in the New York Assembly on Friday, a day after both measures cleared the state Senate.
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InCoax Networks, a Swedish company, is celebrating after completing a coax repurposing project in Indiana.
Crown Castle initially hoped to build 16,000 new small cell nodes in 2024, doubling the 8,000 it built in 2023. But the company is now reducing that 2024 construction target by 3,000-5,000.
Kansas is awarding nearly $4 million dollars for deployment of rural public Wi-Fi and device distribution in underserved areas.
One of NTCA's BEAD recommendations is that ISPs should monitor and participate in challenges, even if they do not plan to bid.
I have been complaining for years about the FCC mapping rule that allow ISPs to claim marketing speeds instead of something closer to actual speeds. That allows ISPs to report speeds that benefit them in some manner rather than being truthful to the public. There have been big consequences as a result of this FCC…
Nvidia’s near-total dominance over the market for artificial intelligence chips is head-turning — so much so, it’s now set to be the subject of a Department of Justice investigation for potential anticompetitive conduct. The company is estimated to have captured as much as 90 percent of the market for high-end AI chips. Its stock is responsible for a third of the S&P 500’s gains this year. CEO Jensen Huang is being mobbed by fans to the point where the celebrity treatment has a name: “Jensanity.” Its graphics processing units, or GPUs, which have become the go-to chips for AI, are so highly sought after that startups resort to extreme lengths to access their computing power. Even the idea of taking some of Nvidia’s premier chips away from a company can invoke a scandal. It’s a remarkable illustration of how a single company can shape an entire ecosystem. And the way Nvidia’s competitors — and regulators — are reacting might shake it all up again.
Vermont Business Magazine A new report, Neighborly Networks: Vermont’s Approach to Community Broadband, from Institute for Local Self-Reliance and Benton Institute for Broadband & Society gives a detailed and glowing review of Vermont’s Communications Union District (CUD) model of meeting the...
Many broadband advocates are concerned about the disappearance of the Affordable Connectivity Program and are now searching for a replacement.
The press is suddenly full of articles talking about how some ISPs are offering affordable rates to low-income homes now that the ACP monthly subsidy has died. I discussed some of these plans in a recent blog. Some ISPs are extending the $30 discount for a limited time, while others are offering more affordable broadband…
The Communications Workers of America report… The Minnesota Legislature kicked off Memorial Day weekend with its own fireworks on the capitol floor. According to witnesses, both chambers erupted in shouting as Democrats called for a vote on a last-minute omnibus bill. The bill included new broadband labor standards recommended and advocated for by CWA’s Broadband…
Google has a political machine run by an operative Josh Wright. Wright just went down in a sordid scandal. What this saga shows is far more than the antitrust establishment wants you to see.
WASHINGTON, June 7 (Reuters) - The Federal Communications Commission on Friday asked the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati, Ohio to transfer a series of industry legal challenges to its decision to reinstate landmark net neutrality rules to a federal court in Washington. Net neutrality rules require internet service providers (ISPs) to treat internet data and users equally rather than restricting access, slowing speeds or blocking content for certain users. The rules also forbid special arrangements in which ISPs give improved network speeds or access to favored users.
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