FCC Tackles ‘All-In’ Price Clarity For Cable, Satellite TV Video Services The proposal has the backing of FCC chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel TV Tech · Feb 22, 2024
AT&T service ‘fully restored’ after massive outage — here’s what we know AT&T customers woke up with their phones in SOS mode apparently due to a service disruption that has knocked down cellular service and internet, but it has finally been restored. Tom’s Guide · Feb 22, 2024
Prof. Thomas Merrill on "Does Chevron Mandate Brand X?" I'm delighted to pass along this item from Prof. Thomas Merrill (Columbia), whom readers might remember as a guest-blogger from a couple of years ago, and who is the author of The Chevron Doctrine: Its Rise, and Fall, and the Future of the Administrative State (2022): In Loper Bright Enterprises… Reason · Feb 22, 2024
NATAS Announces Recipients Of 2024 Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards Honorees include BBC, NBC, DirecTV, CommScope, Amagi, Pluto TV, Turner, MLB, the FCC, and others TV Tech · Feb 21, 2024
FCC Chair Rosenworcel Proposes New Emergency Alerts for Missing and Endangered Persons The proposal allow the FCC to add a new alert option to deliver critical messages over television and radio about missing and endangered persons TV Tech · Feb 21, 2024
What's the “Countering CCP Drones Act'? Is Congress about to ban DJI drones? New York congresswoman Elise Stefanik has pushed her “Countering CCP Drones Act" through committee Digital Camera World · Feb 21, 2024
FCC Proposes Rules for Expanding Multilingual Alerting The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking would make it easier to send multilingual alerts by creating templates for alerts in other languages TV Tech · Feb 15, 2024
FCC Adopts New Protocol for Wireless Mics New rules allow use of Wireless Multi-Channel Audio Systems standard TV Tech · Feb 15, 2024
Nexstar, Mission Contest FCC’s $150K Fine Against Mission “Procedurally improper, prejudicial, and unsupported by the facts or the law,” Nexstar said TV Tech · Feb 14, 2024
Even more details of mystery Garmin watch emerge – is launch imminent? A device with the ID A04714 has received the green light for sale in the US Advnture · Feb 14, 2024
Rural Texans, internet providers worry that feds’ broadband expansion plan will have a painfully slow rollout A historic $3.3 billion federal investment in broadband could connect millions of Texans to the internet. But getting the money to the right hands could be a challenge. The Texas Tribune · Feb 14, 2024
New Garmin device gets FCC approval – is a sports watch coming this week? A device with the ID A04714 has received the green light for sale in the US Advnture · Feb 13, 2024
Apple slammed over Beeper Mini controversy as FCC Commissioner calls for investigation — "Apple’s wider set of exclusionary practices warrant scrutiny by antitrust and competition agencies" A member of the FCC has called to force Apple into allowing Beeper Mini to work on iMessage, potentially signaling an end to the green bubble. iMore · Feb 13, 2024
NCTA Pushes Back on New EAS Requirements Tells FCC that efforts to expand languages used by EAS systems would pose "enormous" challenges for cable operators TV Tech · Feb 12, 2024
Evening Standard · Feb 11, 2024 Super Bowl's most viral celebrity moments: From Janet Jackson's wardrobe mishap to Katy Perry's left shark The Standard looks back at the standout moments from America’s biggest sporting event ahead of the Super Bowl in New Orleans
PC Gamer · Feb 9, 2024 In a targeted attack on phone spammers, the FCC just outlawed AI voice generation for robocalls The FCC said the new regulation gives US states "new tools to go after bad actors."
TV Tech · Feb 9, 2024 New Sports Streamer Raises Old Financial Issues for Stations & Affiliates The Disney/Fox/WBD sports streaming JV raises old questions about how deals with streamers are negotiated and the potential impact of cord-cutting on station groups
TechRadar · Feb 9, 2024 Despite AI robocalls existing for some time, the FCC has only just officially declared them definitely illegal FCC designation of AI-generated voices for phone scams as illegal should help combat election voter-suppression calls
Salon · Feb 9, 2024 FCC bans robocalls using deepfake clones But AI-generated disinformation still looms over elections
LiveScience · Feb 8, 2024 CERN proposes $17 billion particle smasher that would be 3 times bigger than the Large Hadron Collider CERN's proposed $17 billion particle collider would search for new and unknown physics, but it has drawn fire for its hefty price tag.
International Business Times · Feb 8, 2024 FCC Bans AI-Generated Robocalls: A Blow To Scammers And Election Interference FCC bans AI-generated robocalls to protect consumers from scams and misinformation, emphasizing its commitment to safeguarding telecommunications integrity.
TV Tech · Feb 8, 2024 FCC: Nexstar Fined $720K for Retrans Violations The fines stem from a complaint filed by Hawaiian Telcom Services Company with the FCC
Space · Feb 8, 2024 How the Large Hadron Collider's successor will hunt for the dark universe CERN has revealed further plans for the Future Circular Collider, which will dwarf the Large Hadron Collider in size and power to hunt for dark energy and dark matter.
The Guardian - US · Feb 8, 2024 US outlaws robocalls that use AI-generated voices ‘It seems like something from the far-off future, but this threat is already here,’ says chair of Federal Communications Commission
WEKU · Feb 8, 2024 The FCC says AI voices in robocalls are illegal The federal agency's ruling follows concerns over how the cutting-edge technology is being used to scam people and mislead voters.