World Jul 28 U.S. looks to boost anti-China spending worldwide by hundreds of millions of dollars, documents say By Matthew Lee, Associated Press
Nation Sep 23 How 'SIM farms' like the one found near the UN could collapse telecom networks The U.S. Secret Service has found and is quietly dismantling a massive network of “SIM farms” across the New York area just as world leaders gather for meetings at the United Nations. By Shawn Chen, Julie Walker, Associated Press
World Dec 27 Chinese hacking campaign hit a 9th U.S. telecom firm, White House says A ninth U.S. telecoms firm has been confirmed to have been hacked as part of a sprawling Chinese espionage campaign that gave officials in Beijing access to private texts and phone conversations of an unknown number of Americans, a top White House official said… By Eric Tucker, Associated Press
World Jul 29 Vandalism hits telecommunications operators in France during Paris Olympics The scale of the impact is unclear, as is whether it has affected any Olympic activities. By Associated Press
World Mar 04 Houthi rebels deny severing three Red Sea underwater cables There has been concern about the cables being targeted in the Houthi campaign, which the rebels describe as an effort to pressure Israel to end its war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip. By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press
Sep 20 Communication outage hits flood-stricken city in Libya, complicating search efforts By Samy Magdy, Associated Press Libya's state-owned telecommunications company says the outage began when fiber-optic cables in eastern Libya were severed Tuesday. Internet and phone service were knocked out, with residents and journalists unable to reach those inside the city of Derna. Continue reading
Jul 15 Analysis: Here's what it would take to turn empty office buildings into residential housing By Jenny Baker, Leah Mo, The Conversation With many employers switching to remote work, two engineering experts explain the feasibility of converting office buildings to residential spaces. Continue reading
Sep 30 Watch 10:34 How China's high-tech 'eyes' monitor behavior and dissent By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn Technology is transforming China, helping improve life in some ways, but also collecting big data. The government is beginning to convert that data and surveillance footage into social credit scores, which critics say can be used to penalize those who… Continue watching
Jun 12 Watch 5:10 Why the AT&T mega-merger is a green light for other businesses AT&T can complete an $85 billion purchase of Time Warner, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday. Best known as a wireless provider, AT&T would acquire major content creators like HBO, CNN and Warner Brothers under the deal. The Justice Department… Continue watching
Aug 15 AT&T cooperated extensively with NSA, Snowden documents reveal By Daniel Costa-Roberts New documents released by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden show that telecommunications giant AT&T was for years the most cooperative and prolific provider of Internet and phone data to the NSA… Continue reading