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  1. Biden urges FCC to undo Pai’s legacy—but it can’t until he picks a third Democrat

    Biden wants FCC to lower prices and protect consumers, but he must break 2-2 deadlock.

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  2. “Bad mergers” and noncompete clauses targeted in Biden executive order

    Sweeping order tries to counter rising corporate consolidation.

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  3. GOP’s Big Tech plan ignores consumers, targets “censorship” of Republicans instead

    Republican antitrust plan is all about supposed bias, never mentions competition.

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  4. Google “bought off Samsung” to limit app store competition, 36 states allege

    "Google has taken steps to close the ecosystem from competition."

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  5. Trump sues Twitter and Facebook for banning him, claims “trillions” in damages

    Trump's "free speech" case is likely doomed by First Amendment and Section 230.

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  6. Biden’s right-to-repair order could stop companies from blocking DIY fixes

    Executive order comes amid growing state, federal push to open repair process.

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  7. Pentagon kills Microsoft’s $10B JEDI cloud contract, says tech is now outdated

    Amazon's legal stall tactics seem to have paid off.

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  8. “Broadcom is a monopolist”: FTC orders chipmaker to stop illegal tactics

    Firm "illegally" dominated set-top box and modem chips, must stop exclusivity deals.

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  9. Bitcoin power plant making part of glacial lake ‘feel like a hot tub,’ residents say [Updated]

    Private equity's cryptocurrency experiment pushes more costs on the public.

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  10. America’s “Smart City” didn’t get much smarter

    Technical hurdles, bureaucracy, and the pandemic dashed many of Columbus, Ohio's tech plans.

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  11. US hits anti-robocall milestone but annoying calls won’t stop any time soon

    Large carriers deploy STIR/SHAKEN. Small carriers, old landlines are still problems.

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  12. Facebook, Twitter pledge to fight abuse of women but leave lots of room for failure

    Will they just throw more algorithms at the problem?

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  1. Judge tears Florida’s social media law to shreds for violating First Amendment

    Judge blocks Florida law, calls it example of "burning the house to roast a pig."

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  2. The Tim Berners-Lee NFT that sold for $5.4M might have an HTML error

    Animation is fixed, but is evidence of the typo still in the blockchain?

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  3. Amazon doesn’t like FTC chair Lina Khan’s views, wants her off investigations

    Sensing a changing antitrust landscape, Amazon fires a warning shot.

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  4. Google and Microsoft agree to start suing each other again

    The tech giants end five years of quietly settling their differences.

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  5. Ohio GOP ends attempt to ban municipal broadband after protest from residents

    Axed plan's 10Mbps standard could have banned public networks in 98% of Ohio.

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  6. Amazon’s new price of doing business—the right to buy ownership stakes in vendors

    The retailer has rights to buy $2.8 billion of potentially discounted stock.

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  7. AT&T gives investors and gov’t wildly different takes on need for fiber Internet

    AT&T; to investors: Fiber is the best! AT&T; to gov't: Don't give rural people fiber!

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  8. Amazon is using algorithms with little human intervention to fire Flex workers

    Retailer lets bots manage many HR decisions for its Flex delivery program.

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  9. Biden silent on municipal broadband as he makes $65B deal with Republicans

    No word yet, but GOP likely wouldn't agree to deal if it favored public networks.

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  10. Competition watchdog to probe Google and Amazon over fake reviews

    UK regulators say tech groups may not be doing enough to protect consumers.

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  11. House committee approves bill that could break up Amazon, Apple, and Google

    Judiciary Committee takes on Big Tech, but full House and Senate votes remain.

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  12. Supreme Court backs cheerleader over school that punished her for Snapchat post

    HS violated First Amendment when it kicked cheerleader off junior varsity team.

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  1. AV mogul John McAfee found dead by hanging in Spanish prison cell

    McAFee's larger-than-life and often illegal antics came to define his later years.

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  2. US seizes 33 Iranian state-run media sites accused of election disinformation

    Iranian news group ran disinformation campaigns to mislead US voters, US says.

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  3. EU launches antitrust probe into Google banning third-party cookies in Chrome

    EC says Google hiding user data from advertisers may violate competition rules.

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  4. Monero emerges as crypto of choice for cybercriminals

    Untraceable "privacy coin" is rising in popularity among ransomware gangs.

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  5. Texans regret opting in to power plan that remotely raises thermostat temps

    Some Texans who opted in to energy-saving plan didn't realize what they agreed to.

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  6. The efforts to make text-based AI less racist and terrible

    Researchers try different approaches to solve problem of amplifying negative stereotypes.

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  7. Pornhub sued for allegedly serving “under-age, non-consensual” videos

    "I seek justice for myself and the countless victims who don't come forward."

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  8. Ring gave cops free cameras to build and promote surveillance network

    LAPD officers "spread the word" for the startup, helping it gain market share.

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  9. Apple and Google’s AI wizardry promises privacy—at a cost

    Upgraded data protection and less reliance on the cloud could lock users in.

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  10. Ukraine arrests ransomware gang in global cybercriminal crackdown

    Arrests of Cl0p hacker group members adds to pressure on other countries to follow suit.

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  11. World Bank slams bitcoin, declines to help El Salvador’s cryptocurrency plan

    Bank faults bitcoin's “environmental and transparency shortcomings.”

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  12. Ohio Republicans close to imposing near-total ban on municipal broadband

    Bill's 10Mbps standard could make 98% of Ohio ineligible for municipal networks.

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