New FCC Rules Will Guard Against Internet Slow Lanes Impacting Streamers The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has adopted rules reinstating net neutrality, a move that will prevent broadband providers like Verizon or Comcast, owner of NBCUniversal, from blocking or ... 05/2/2024 - 11:30 am | View Link
UK Netflix subscribers are losing the affordable ad-free tier by June 7 — US is next Netflix revealed today that it will no longer offer its Basic streaming tier, which gave users an ad-free watching experience for just $11.99 a month. 04/30/2024 - 4:30 am | View Link
Net neutrality is back. And so is the battle over it. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) plans to vote to restore net neutrality later this month. With the Democrats finally holding an FCC majority in the final year of President Biden’s first ... 04/29/2024 - 7:00 pm | View Link
Biden administration FCC aims to reinstate open internet regulations undone in Trump era Open internet regulations whose repeal became a cause celebre of sorts among “Resistance” types during the Trump presidency are going back on the books. With backing from the Biden administration, the ... 04/25/2024 - 7:11 pm | View Link
Net neutrality restored as FCC votes to regulate internet providers The FCC on Thursday restored rules to prevent broadband internet providers such as Comcast and AT&T from favoring some sites and apps over others — for instance, by slowing or blocking certain content ... 04/25/2024 - 1:15 pm | View Link
"Human beings had a play-based childhood from time immemorial," says author Jonathan Haidt. What caused teen mental health decline is "between 2010 and 2015, phones, screens come sweeping in The most important thing that parents can do is delay the age at which their child gets immersed in internet culture."
Fareed hosts a spirited debate on the House bill that could lead to a US ban on TikTok, with the American Enterprise Institute's Kori Schake and Glen Gerstell, former general counsel for the National Security Agency. They discuss national-security risks the Chinese-owned app might pose given its many American users.
A new government report warns that advanced Artificial Intelligence systems could pose an "extinction-level threat" to humans, and that the US must intervene. "I think we should be mindful of it," says Ret. Admiral James Stavridis. But he adds, "there have been big inventions in the past - the printing press, electricity, the internet - all of these have been a decried for the possibility of nefarious activity."