• Senate votes to undo privacy rules that protect user data

    Senate votes to undo privacy rules that protect user data

    Mar 23, 2017 06:19 PM EST

    ... then it would go to President Trump, who has already signed three such measures overturning Obama-era regulations. Undoing the regulation means that a future FCC couldn't pass the broadband privacy measure again. The Trump-appointed chairman of the FCC, Ajit Pai, a critic of the broadband privacy rules ...

  • 5 important stories you may have missed during last week’s news deluge

    5 important stories you may have missed during last week’s news deluge

    Feb 06, 2017 10:30 PM EST

    ... Asia as a whole, and provide inspiration for other countries around Asia to consider amending laws to be more accommodating to their diverse citizens." 5. FCC's latest move complicates efforts to lessen the digital divide Shortly after becoming the new chairman for the Federal Communications Commission, Ajit Pai, a ...

  • Will the Trump administration keep its promises to the press?

    Will the Trump administration keep its promises to the press?

    Dec 23, 2016 12:41 AM EST

    ... secretary Sean Spicer says will not happen, which Trump said will not happen. It could be IRS tax audits of journalists. It could be revoking FCC licenses. It could be defunding public media. It could be using the Espionage Act against journalists to prosecute them for investigative reporting. These are ...

  • 5 important stories that have nothing to do with Clinton's emails

    5 important stories that have nothing to do with Clinton's emails

    Oct 31, 2016 05:53 PM EST

    ... Trump and Clinton, I resorted to an enduring Vine. (RIP Vine.) The Greek chorus reaction to the 2016 U.S. presidential race. Video by Vine FC   Point is, many us relived our favorite six-second, looping videos, mourning the passing of a truly absurd -- but welcome -- app. At the same ...

  • Video artist, MacArthur fellow Mary Reid Kelley on recovering history's lost narratives

    Video artist, MacArthur fellow Mary Reid Kelley on recovering history's lost narratives

    Oct 02, 2016 05:27 PM EST

    ... with the present day. But to talk to Kelley about her work is to wander with her through history. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCwCqjsEMf4 Her journey in film began at the Yale Alumni War Memorial, where she created found poetry out of rubbings from the names of Yale ...

  • Olympic highlights from Day 7: Katie Ledecky beats 800m record

    Olympic highlights from Day 7: Katie Ledecky beats 800m record

    Aug 13, 2016 06:56 PM EST

    ... the 2008 Olympics. #SIN's Joseph Schooling idolized Michael Phelps as a boy. Last night he beat him the 100m butterfly. #Swimming pic.twitter.com/FCIYAkGj60— Rio 2016 (@Rio2016_en) August 13, 2016 "If it wasn't for Michael, I don't think I could have gotten to this point ...

  • Small towns join forces to bridge the digital divide

    Small towns join forces to bridge the digital divide

    Jul 03, 2016 03:28 PM EST

    ... dishes for their online access, which offer download speeds starting around 5 megabits per second -- far slower than the 25 megabits per second that the FCC has set as a minimum standard for high speed internet. Customers can pay up to $90 a month for satellite service, almost double the ...

  • States bedeviled by contraband cellphones in prisons

    States bedeviled by contraband cellphones in prisons

    Jun 07, 2016 02:52 PM EST

    ... down on it. “It’s our No. 1 problem,” said Bryan Stirling, director of the South Carolina Department of Corrections. The governors are asking the FCC, which governs the nation’s airwaves, to give states “flexibility and authority” to take advantage of technology that makes it impossible to use cellphones ...

  • What you need to know about the new study on cellphones and cancer

    What you need to know about the new study on cellphones and cancer

    May 28, 2016 04:25 PM EST

    The new study of cancer risk from cellphones marks a big change in what researchers think they know about the dangers — which is why it’s sure to get an extra close look from scientists, industry, and government regulators.

  • Wi-Fi on wheels leaves no child offline

    Wi-Fi on wheels leaves no child offline

    Mar 08, 2016 01:13 AM EST

    The digital divide and lack of reliable Internet access at home can put low-income and rural students at a real disadvantage. So when superintendent Darryl Adams took over one of the poorest school districts in the nation, he made it a top priority to help his students get online 24/7. Special correspondent David Nazar of...