A good story about digital navigators who received federal funds to help kids, seniors, and other people learn to use services like telehealth portals and classroom resources in rural Alabama — until their mission was deemed “woke.”
Luckily Brendan Carr is looking out for them, trying to waive onerous requirements like “telling customers what fees they’ll be paying” so that these plucky upstarts can soldier on.
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These poor burdened ISPs. Won’t someone think of the ISPs.
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Hey Marc, is that big bet on AI not working out? And now you need a contract from Uncle Sam because there’s no other way out of this mess you got yourself into? Is that what’s going on here, babe? Just asking, because it sure seems like this is you trying to grovel your way into the gangster tech ring.
With the government still shut down, the Trump administration announced more layoffs across the already decimated federal workforce. That includes EPA employees who worked on battery recycling and safety, plastics reduction, recycling and composting programs, and collecting solid waste data, according to the EPA union.
In response to China’s plan to place export controls on rare earth minerals, President Donald Trump said on Truth Social that the US will impose a 100 percent tariff on goods from China in addition to what’s in place. Can I get off this ride?
It only took nine months, but the Competition and Markets Authority has designated Google Search with “strategic market status,” meaning it’s eligible for extra UK regulation. AI Mode has been factored in, but not AI assistants like Gemini. Similar decisions on Android and iOS are due this month.
