• Senate votes to undo internet privacy regulations

    Senate votes to undo internet privacy regulations

    Mar 26, 2017 09:08 PM EST

    ... You know, you have to rewind the clock a bit to the last administration to understand how we got to where we are now. The FCC under chairman Tom Wheeler, an appointee from President Barack Obama, put in place rules the require Internet providers like Comcast and Verizon and AT ...

  • 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

    While cable companies provide internet services for the majority of Americans in urban areas, many rural residents have been left on the dark side of the digital divide. According to a report by the Federal Communications Commission, 34 million Americans lack access to high speed Internet -- 23 million of them in small towns and...

  • States bedeviled by contraband cellphones in prisons

    States bedeviled by contraband cellphones in prisons

    Jun 07, 2016 02:52 PM EST

    Last month, a Georgia inmate was indicted for ordering the revenge killing of a 9-month-old baby from his prison cell. His alleged tool: a cellphone.

  • 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.