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FCC slows expansion of low-income broadband subsidies

by Jacob Kastrenakes

Newly appointed FCC chairman Ajit Pai reversed a number of his predecessors’ actions this afternoon, including shutting down a series of inquiries into net neutrality violations. While those were the more attention-grabbing changes, Pai also took...

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AT&T and Verizon just got a free pass from the FCC to divide up the internet

by Colin Lecher

Under recently departed chairman Tom Wheeler, the FCC opened inquiries into how companies might be using free data programs to anti-competitively favor certain streaming music and video services. But a new, President-Trump-appointed chairman...

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Policy & Law

Snap is worried that losing net neutrality could ‘seriously harm’ its business

by Nilay Patel

Snap, Inc., the parent company of Snapchat, filed its IPO paperwork yesterday, and there’s lots of information about the company and its business contained inside. We’ve already learned a larger rollout of Spectacles is coming, and the company p...

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4K TV broadcasts are coming: here’s what you need to know

by Chaim Gartenberg

ATSC 3.0: what is it?

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Microsoft asks White House for US business exception to travel ban

by Adi Robertson

Microsoft has asked the Trump administration to set up a formal exemption process for its recent immigration ban. President and chief legal officer Brad Smith laid out the company’s request in an open letter, proposing what Microsoft calls an...

Exclusive: Washington governor moves to shield data from the Trump administration

by Spencer Woodman

States are trying to stop data being used for mass deportations

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Oculus ordered to pay $500 million in ZeniMax lawsuit

by Adi Robertson

Oculus has been ordered to pay half a billion dollars in a lawsuit with games company ZeniMax. According to Polygon, a jury awarded the sum after determining that Oculus executives violated a ZeniMax non-disclosure agreement in the early days of...

Budweiser wades into immigration debate with new Super Bowl ad

by Amar Toor

Budweiser has injected itself into the debate surrounding President Donald Trump’s controversial immigration orders with a new Super Bowl ad about the company’s origins. The one-minute ad, titled “Born the Hard Way,” tells the story of how...

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All New York City police will have to wear body cameras by end of 2019

by Ashley Carman

New York City plans to invest heavily in body cameras over the next two years. Today, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio, along with Commissioner James O’Neill, announced that the city’s entire police force will wear body cameras by the end of 2019. De...

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Breitbart still hasn’t launched in France, and an activist has bought its URLs

by Amar Toor

Alt-right news site planned to launch French and German sites ahead of this year’s elections, but its online presence is still scant

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#DeleteUber exposes Uber’s serious loyalty problem

by Andrew J . Hawkins

Over the weekend, the hashtag #DeleteUber, in which people posted screenshots of themselves deleting the app in protest of Uber’s response to the refugee crisis, went viral. This happened despite the ride-hailing company’s effort to out-empathize...

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Trump’s executive order spurs Facebook and Twitter checks at the border

by Russell Brandom

As airports fell into chaos in the wake of Donald Trump’s executive order this weekend, border agents confronted targeted travelers with an unusual request: access to their social media accounts. In Houston, an immigration lawyer named Mana Yegani...

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Google creates $4 million crisis fund following Trump’s immigration ban

by Amar Toor

Google has created a $4 million crisis fund for those affected by President Donald Trump’s immigration ban, according to a report from USA Today. The $2 million fund can be matched by up to $2 million from employees, with all donations going...

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After #DeleteUber, CEO pledges $3 million for drivers affected by immigration ban

by Andrew J . Hawkins

After his failure to denounce President Trump’s immigration ban was met with a scorching #DeleteUber campaign, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick today vowed to set up a $3 million legal defense fund for affected drivers, in addition to other promises. He...

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In the last 24 hours, four federal courts have objected to Trump’s actions

by Andrew Liptak

Last night, a Federal District court issued an emergency stay on deportations for passengers affected by President Donald Trump’s executive order banning entry to the US from seven majority-Muslim countries. Since that first decision, three other...

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Trump’s immigration ban stranded a scientist with no job and no home

by Rachel Becker

On Friday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order effectively banning entry to the United States for citizens from certain Muslim-majority countries. The ban could have massive ramifications for science, and scientists — like...

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Lyft is donating $1 million to the American Civil Liberties Union

by Andrew Liptak

Following wide-spread protests over President Donald Trump’s executive order banning immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries yesterday, a number of prominent tech CEOs have offered responses ranging from strong to tepid. The founders of...

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Amazon had the weakest response to Trump’s immigration ban yet

by Adi Robertson

Amazon has advised employees from countries affected by President Donald Trump’s temporary immigration ban from seven majority-Muslim nations to avoid traveling outside the United States, and is working on “contingency plans” for those who are...

Google co-founder Sergey Brin joins protest against immigration order at San Francisco airport

by T.C. Sottek

Sergey Brin, Google co-founder and president of Alphabet, joined protesters at San Francisco International Airport tonight as demonstrators assembled at airports across the country in opposition to President Trump’s immigration order. When asked...

Federal court halts Trump’s immigration ban

by Nilay Patel

The federal court for the Eastern District of New York issued an emergency stay halting deportations under President Donald Trump’s executive order banning entry to the US from seven majority-Muslim countries tonight, following widespread protests...

Airlines respond to immigration executive order

by Jordan Golson

Airlines are perhaps the companies most directly affected by the order to ban citizens of seven countries from entry into the United States, even those with previously valid visas or US green cards. The airlines have no choice but to cooperate...

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JFK airport roiled by protests against Trump’s immigration ban

by Andrew J . Hawkins

The New York Taxi Workers Alliance called for a temporary ban on pick-ups at John F. Kennedy Airport as a protest against President Trump’s ban on refugees from seven Muslim-dominated countries. The alliance, which represents a wide swath of...

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Mass protests against Trump's immigration order are being organized at airports across the US

by Andrew Liptak

Following President Donald Trump’s executive orders restricting travel from seven Muslim-majority nations on Friday, a number of protests have strung up across the country, under the banner #MuslimBan. Earlier today, protests outside of New York...

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'Un-American:' Protests and outrage as Trump's immigration ban causes chaos

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Tim Cook says Trump’s executive orders are ‘not a policy we support’

by Andrew Liptak

In a message to employees obtained by The Verge, Apple CEO Tim Cook noted that he was concerned about Donald Trump’s executive orders limiting immigration from seven countries, and that “it is not a policy we support.” In the memo, Cook noted that...

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Uber pledges to compensate drivers stuck overseas because of Trump’s executive orders

by Andrew Liptak

The company is reaching out to affected drivers

Netflix CEO: ‘Trump’s actions are so un-American it pains us all’

by T.C. Sottek

Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has just issued the strongest statement yet among his peers in the technology industry against an executive order on immigration that has sparked widespread condemnation. In a brief statement made on Facebook, Hastings...

Microsoft ‘shares the concerns’ over Trump’s executive orders

by Andrew Liptak

Microsoft has issued a memo to employees following an executive order from President Donald Trump restricting refugees from seven countries, noting that “our goal as a company is to provide you with legal advice and assistance,” and that affected...

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Ford’s CEO told Trump that new fuel economy standards could cost a million jobs

by Andrew Liptak

Ford CEO Mark Fields informed President Donald Trump that around 1 million jobs could be at risk if newly implemented fuel economy standards aren’t adjusted. The assessment came following a meeting between the heads of major automakers and the...

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Following Trump’s executive order on entry visas, Google orders staff back to US

by Andrew Liptak

Google CEO Sundar Pichai has issued a memo to Google staff members currently overseas, ordering them to return to the US immediately if affected by an executive order from President Donald Trump that banned travel from seven majority-Muslim...

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The FBI has released its Gamergate investigation records

by Adi Robertson

The FBI has posted a heavily redacted report of its threat investigations during the Gamergate controversy in 2014 and 2015. The 173-page document (not counting 61 deleted pages) primarily seems to cover harassment of against critic Anita...

Trump’s gag orders on federal employees may be violating federal law

by Alessandra Potenza

The Trump administration’s gag orders on federal employees at some government agencies appear to violate federal law. Reps. Elijah E. Cummings, the top Democrat on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and Frank Pallone, Jr.,...

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Microsoft is making it easier for the Thai government to break web encryption

by Amar Toor

The Thai government is looking to take greater control over its citizens' web encryption, according to a new report from Privacy International, and Microsoft is part of the problem. At issue is the Thai government's root certificate, which is...

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AT&T will continue ‘going hard’ on streaming perks that may violate net neutrality

by Nick Statt

AT&T’s plan to start showering customers with potentially net neutrality-violating perks is just getting started. CEO Randall Stephenson remarked today on an earnings call that his company’s streaming benefits may expand beyond DirecTV Now,...

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You can now use pretax dollars to pay for Lyft carpooling

by Andrew J . Hawkins

Lyft is partnering with a handful of employee benefit services to allow people who receive pretax transportation benefits through their employers to use that money for carpooling trips. People who live in New York City, Boston, Seattle, and Miami...

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Republicans want the FCC to shut down potential set-top box overhaul

by Jacob Kastrenakes

Republicans want to make sure the Federal Communications Commission doesn’t continue with plans to shake up the set-top box market. In a letter to newly appointed FCC chairman Ajit Pai, Republicans on the House’s Energy and Commerce Committee —...

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Uber’s labor fight spills over into its food delivery service

by Andrew J . Hawkins

Uber’s unresolved fight with its drivers over their status as independent contractors is now affecting one of the ride-hailing company’s popular side projects: UberEats. A class action lawsuit was filed in Tampa, Florida, yesterday alleging that...

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You can’t use US law to search foreign servers, appeals court confirms

by Russell Brandom

Microsoft cemented a major legal victory today, as a federal appeals court declined to hear the government’s appeal in a landmark cloud computing case. The government sought to search data stored on Microsoft servers in Ireland as part of a US...

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The telecom industry is already celebrating Trump’s business-friendly FCC pick

by Jacob Kastrenakes

Industry groups are already celebrating the appointment of Ajit Pai as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. Comcast, Verizon, and groups representing AT&T, Charter, and many major TV networks have put out statements commending...

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Trump’s new FCC chief is Ajit Pai, and he wants to destroy net neutrality

by Jacob Kastrenakes

Donald Trump has elevated Ajit Pai to chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, giving control over the agency to a reliable conservative who’s been opposed to pretty much every big action the commission has taken in recent years, from...

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These nine states will serve as testing grounds for self-driving cars

by Andrew J . Hawkins

Two for California, one for Michigan

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