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Big tech stocks climb as ‘blue wave’ fails to materialize, easing antitrust concerns

Wednesday, November 4, 2020 10:03 amWednesday, November 4, 202044 Comments

Stock futures surged to a tech-led rally on Wednesday as ongoing U.S. election uncertainty signaled the White House was still up for grabs…

FTC probes acquisitions made by Apple and other big tech companies

Tuesday, February 11, 2020 12:55 pmNo Comments

The FTC issued Special Orders to five large technology firms as the agency probes acquisitions made by Apple and other big tech companies…

AT&T settles with U.S. FTC over throttling of ‘unlimited’ data customers

Monday, August 26, 2019 10:25 am2 Comments

The United States Federal Trade Commission and AT&T Inc reached a settlement agreement on a 2014 case that accused the company of slowing down data…

Facebook’s Zuckerberg takes FTC’s meaningless $5 billion fine in stride at ‘Summer Camp for Billionaires’

Saturday, July 13, 2019 2:02 pmSaturday, July 13, 201912 Comments

Mark Zuckerberg hobnobbed with fellow billionaires at the annual Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference in Idaho on Friday…

Senator Elizabeth Warren demands DOJ antitrust head recuse himself from Apple, Google probes

Tuesday, June 11, 2019 4:03 pmTuesday, June 11, 20196 Comments

Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren called for the head of the Justice Department’s antitrust division to recuse himself from…


California strikes deal with FCC to delay state’s ‘net neutrality’ law

Friday, October 26, 2018 4:34 pm4 Comments

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai cast the delay as a victory for the Commission…

Internet provider groups sue over California ‘net neutrality’ rules

Wednesday, October 3, 2018 3:43 pmFriday, October 26, 201819 Comments

Four industry groups representing major internet providers and cable companies filed suit…

Trump administration sues California over ‘net neutrality’ law

Monday, October 1, 2018 5:04 pm35 Comments

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai described California’s law as illegal and bad for consumers…

U.S. broadband investment is up after end of FCC’s so-called ‘Net Neutrality’ rules

Friday, August 31, 2018 1:20 pmFriday, August 31, 201824 Comments

Despite many studies showing that consumers would be worse off under command-and-control internet regulations, the Obama administration…

Applying the Trump Doctrine to net neutrality

Friday, June 15, 2018 5:01 pmFriday, June 15, 201844 Comments

President Trump’s approach to trade qualifies as a master class in political negotiation…

FCC’s repeal of so-called ‘net neutrality’ rules now official

Monday, June 11, 2018 4:28 pmMonday, June 11, 201821 Comments

The Federal Communications Commission’s repeal of net neutrality rules is now official…

Verizon shows 5G going the distance

Wednesday, May 23, 2018 12:00 pmWednesday, May 23, 201812 Comments

Verizon may not have to put a 5G cell site every four blocks to provide high-speed coverage to homes…

U.S. Senate democrats stage a phony vote on so-called ‘net neutrality’

Wednesday, May 16, 2018 12:02 pmWednesday, May 16, 201853 Comments

One extreme part of the anti-Trump ‘resistance’ is outrage, including death threats…

Woz speaks out on ‘net neutrality,’ privacy, and Star Trek vs. Star Wars

Wednesday, February 21, 2018 12:02 pmWednesday, February 21, 201845 Comments

Wozniak got the loudest applause from the nearly 5,000 people in the audience at the USF Sun Dome…

U.S. FCC reversal of so-called ‘net neutrality’ rules expected to be published Thursday

Tuesday, February 20, 2018 7:04 pm42 Comments

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is expected to publish on Thursday its December order…

Wall Street Journal Editorial Board: The Internet is free again; killing Obama-era rules will remove the FCC as political gatekeeper

Friday, December 15, 2017 5:00 pmFriday, December 15, 201769 Comments

The left’s outcry at Mr. Pai ‘killing’ internet freedom has been so overwrought that…

NARUC regulators respond to scrapping of so-called ‘net neutrality’ regulations by U.S. FCC

Friday, December 15, 2017 9:28 amFriday, December 15, 201733 Comments

The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners has issued the following statement…

U.S. FCC scraps so-called ‘net neutrality’ regulations

Thursday, December 14, 2017 3:05 pmThursday, December 14, 201732 Comments

In a vote Thursday, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission scrapped so-called “net neutrality” regulations…

Republican senator calls on U.S. Congress to pass ‘net neutrality’ legislation

Tuesday, December 12, 2017 6:00 pmTuesday, December 12, 201722 Comments

With the net neutrality debate raging at the FCC, it’s easy to forgot that…

U.S. FCC rejects calls to delay vote to repeal so-called ‘net neutrality’ rules

Tuesday, December 5, 2017 5:38 pm41 Comments

The vote will proceed as scheduled on December 14…

U.S. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai says Silicon Valley is a threat to the internet

Wednesday, November 29, 2017 8:28 pm43 Comments

A top US regulator, defending an effort to roll back so-called ‘net neutrality’ rules, said Tuesday that…

Dear Aunt Sadie, please step back from the so-called ‘net neutrality’ ledge

Monday, November 27, 2017 12:01 pmMonday, November 27, 201744 Comments

In the 25 years I’ve been toiling in the mines of tech policy, I’ve developed what I call the Aunt Sadie test…

U.S. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai: Killing Obama-era rules for so-called ‘net neutrality’ will set the internet free

Wednesday, November 22, 2017 1:01 pmWednesday, November 22, 201739 Comments

Over the coming years, we’re going to see an explosion in the kinds of connectivity and the depth of that connectivity…

U.S. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai: How the FCC can save the open internet

Tuesday, November 21, 2017 3:44 pmTuesday, November 21, 201716 Comments

I’m proposing today that my colleagues at the Federal Communications Commission repeal President Obama’s heavy-handed internet regulations…

U.S. FCC plans total repeal of Obama-era rules for so-called ‘net neutrality’

Tuesday, November 21, 2017 10:26 amTuesday, November 21, 201736 Comments

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai will reveal plans to his fellow commissioners on Tuesday…

U.S. FCC plans December vote to kill so-called ‘net neutrality’ rules

Thursday, November 16, 2017 6:01 pm12 Comments

The U.S. FCC is planning a vote to kill the Obama-era rules and may decide to vacate the regulations altogether…

Apple’s call for ‘strong’ net neutrality rules is a hint about the future of its business

Friday, September 1, 2017 4:01 pmSaturday, September 2, 20173 Comments

Apple has broken its silence on net neutrality with a first-ever filing on the issue at the Federal Communications Commission…

Apple breaks their silence on ‘net neutrality,’ remains open to alternative sources of legal authority

Thursday, August 31, 2017 2:16 pm19 Comments

Apple entered the net neutrality debate, urging the government to continue prohibiting Internet service providers from…

Trump administration gives thumbs up to overturning FCC’s rules for so-called ‘net neutrality’

Wednesday, July 19, 2017 12:18 pmWednesday, July 19, 201735 Comments

The Trump administration supports the Federal Communications Commission effort to overturn net neutrality rules…

Apple’s deafening silence on so-called ‘net neutrality’

Friday, July 14, 2017 1:30 pmFriday, July 14, 20176 Comments

Apple has never openly supported so-called net neutrality…

U.S. FCC gets set to free wireless, unleash even more competition

Saturday, May 20, 2017 10:10 amSaturday, May 20, 201714 Comments

The FCC is acting on a rare opportunity to correct its recent mistakes and restore the Clinton-era light-touch regulatory framework that will drive economic growth and job creation…

FCC kicks off effort to roll back so-called ‘net neutrality’ rules

Thursday, May 18, 2017 4:45 pmThursday, May 18, 201719 Comments

In a 2-to-1 vote along party lines today, the FCC authorized a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to undo the 2015 decision…

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai calls for a ‘lighter touch’ to internet regulation

Thursday, May 4, 2017 4:46 pm21 Comments

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai explains why he wants to undo so-called “Net Neutrality” rules…

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai explains why he wants to scrap so-called ‘net neutrality’ rules

Friday, April 28, 2017 3:02 pmFriday, April 28, 201743 Comments

The new head of the FCC, the Federal Communications Commission, wants to clear away regulations…

Mossberg offers plan to preserve and protect the internet

Wednesday, April 12, 2017 2:43 pm12 Comments

Despite the never-ending debate on the question of the role of government in America…

FCC Chief Ajit Pai develops plans to roll back so-called ‘net neutrality’ rules

Friday, April 7, 2017 10:56 amFriday, April 7, 201721 Comments

The FCC created the rules during the Obama administration, but have been criticized by…

Apple CEO Tim Cook meets with a top Republican U.S. Senator on Capitol Hill

Saturday, January 28, 2017 10:52 am20 Comments

Apple CEO Tim Cook met with Senator Orrin Hatch Friday, capping off the first full week of a new Washington, with President Donald Trump at the helm…

U.S. Supreme Court ruling favors Apple’s fight against patent trolls

Tuesday, June 21, 2016 11:25 amTuesday, June 21, 20161 Comment

The Supreme Court on Monday blessed new government procedures for challenging patents…

Why Apple’s latest antitrust woes are a good thing

Friday, June 19, 2015 5:04 pm4 Comments

Apple’s efforts to break into the streaming music business have attracted…

Spotify may cut ‘freemium’ to three months, sources say

Friday, May 15, 2015 12:58 pmFriday, May 15, 20156 Comments

Spotify may soon be limiting its free, ad-supported access to just three months…

Apple’s new streaming music service to offer free song sampling, free trial, other free features

Friday, May 8, 2015 3:38 pmFriday, May 8, 20157 Comments

Apple is still negotiating deals for the streaming service…

Apple still plans WWDC debut for new ‘iTunes Music’ subscription service

Tuesday, May 5, 2015 4:20 pmTuesday, May 5, 20159 Comments

An announcement at the June 8th WWDC keynote is still planned…

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