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“Two years of work in two months”: States cope with Trump broadband overhaul

Trump overhaul of $42B broadband fund upends states’ plans to expand access. Spools of fiber conduits for broadband network construction. […]

In landmark suit, Disney and Universal sue Midjourney for AI character theft

The legal action follows similar moves in other creative industries, with more than a dozen major news companies suing AI […]

Musk’s threat to sue firms that don’t buy ads on X seems to have paid off

Skip to content Some advertisers return to avoid suits, but Lego and Pinterest rebuffed threats. Elon Musk’s strategy of suing […]

Trade war truce between US and China is back on

Both countries agreed in Geneva last month to slash their respective tariffs by 115 percentage points and provided a 90-day […]

FCC threat to revoke EchoStar spectrum licenses draws widespread backlash

Incompas, a communications industry trade group, said that revoking the deadline extension “would undermine regulatory certainty and threaten to disrupt […]

DOGE wins at Supreme Court; conservative majority ends limits on data access

Jackson said the ruling “sends a troubling message” that the court will depart from its usual legal standards “for certain […]

NIH scientists publish “Bethesda Declaration” rebuking Trump admin

Backlash to the idea was quick, with the World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus immediately calling it “unethical.” “Allowing […]