Author: Brian Fung
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Millions of cellphone users are about to get a ‘Presidential Alert.’ Here’s what to know.
WASHINGTON – Beginning at 2:18 p.m. Eastern time Wednesday, Americans across the country will be interrupted by an urgent notification on their cellphones. “Presidential Alert,” the message will read. “THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System. No action is needed.” As it’s blasted out by cell towers nationwide over a 30-minute…
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Facebook logs 90M people out of their accounts after security breach
Facebook said Friday that hackers had stolen information that could have allowed them to take over 50 million user accounts, in the latest mishap for the social media company, which has spent months struggling to regain the confidence of policymakers and the public. The company said that as many as 90 million Facebook users, out…
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Calif. lawmakers vote to pass nation’s toughest net neutrality law
California lawmakers rallied enough votes Friday to pass the nation’s toughest net neutrality law to prevent internet providers from favoring certain websites, setting up a fight with federal regulators who voted last year to erase such rules. If Gov. Jerry Brown, a Democrat, signs the law in the coming weeks, California will become the powerhouse…
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Trump’s economic adviser: ‘We’re taking a look’ at whether Google searches should be regulated
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration is “taking a look” at whether Google and its search engine should be regulated by the government, said Larry Kudlow, President Donald Trump’s economic adviser, outside the White House Tuesday. The announcement puts the search giant squarely in the White House’s crosshairs amid wider allegations against the tech industry that…
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Man who threatened to murder FCC Chairman’s family over net neutrality arrested
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Authorities have arrested and charged a 33-year-old man in Los Angeles for allegedly emailing death threats targeting the family of Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai. The individual, Markara Man, admitted to federal officials he sent the threat last December because he was “angry” about…
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The deal is done: AT&T merges with Time Warner
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save AT&T closed its landmark megamerger with Time Warner on Thursday night, completing the $85 billion deal swiftly ahead of its June 20 deadline. The rapid moves came as the Justice Department said Thursday it would not…
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Here’s what went wrong with that Hawaii missile alert, FCC says
WASHINGTON – The emergency worker who sent a false public safety alert on Jan. 13 warning of an imminent ballistic missile attack on Hawaii believed that a ballistic missile was truly bound for the state after mishearing a recorded message as part of an unscheduled drill, according to a preliminary investigation by federal officials. A…
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Net neutrality activists celebrate as key hurdle is cleared to vote against FCC net neutrality rules
WASHINGTON – When the Federal Communications Commission voted last month to deregulate Internet providers by eliminating the agency’s net neutrality rules, opponents of the decision vowed to fight it in Congress and in court. Now, those who are pushing for the FCC’s vote to be overturned say they’ve won an initial victory. Senate Democrats led…
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Cheap Amazon shipping leaves the Postal Service ‘dumber and poorer,’ Trump says
President Trump on Friday called for the U.S. Postal Service to raise the shipping rates that it charges Amazon.com, the online retailer, in a deal that he said disadvantages the federal agency. “Why is the United States Post Office, which is losing many billions of dollars a year, while charging Amazon and others so little…
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Tesla’s enormous battery in Australia, just weeks old, is already responding to outages in ‘record’ time
Less than a month after Tesla unveiled a new backup power system in South Australia, the world’s largest lithium-ion battery is already being put to the test. And it appears to be far exceeding expectations: In the past three weeks alone, the Hornsdale Power Reserve has smoothed out at least two major energy outages, responding even more quickly than the…