reader comments 10 with 10 posters participating Share this story ICANN, the nonprofit that oversees the Internet’s domain name system, has given itself another two weeks to decide whether to allow control of the .org domain to be sold to private equity firm Ethos Capital. The decision comes after ICANN received a blizzard of letters ..
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reader comments 8 with 8 posters participating Share this story AT&T falsely reported to the Federal Communications Commission that it offers broadband in nearly 3,600 census blocks spread across parts of 20 states. AT&T disclosed the error to the FCC in a filing a week ago. The filing provides “a list of census blocks AT&T ..
Enlarge / An Amazon logistics center in Brétigny-sur-Orge, France, on April 13, 2020. reader comments 203 with 114 posters participating Share this story Amazon has shut down all six of its distribution centers in France for the time being following a ruling by a French court that it was not taking sufficient measures to protect ..
Enlarge / An aerial view of the Pentagon, the Potomac river, and parts of Washington, DC, taken back before a pandemic started keeping most of those cars in the commuter lot at home. reader comments 71 with 61 posters participating Share this story The Department of Defense’s internal probe into a controversial $10 billion cloud-computing ..
reader comments 105 with 52 posters participating, including story author Share this story A New York federal judge has ruled that the tech news site Mashable did not violate copyright law when it embedded an Instagram photo from photojournalist Stephanie Sinclair in an article. James Grimmelmann, a copyright law expert at Cornell University, said that ..
Enlarge / President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House on Tuesday, April 14, 2020. reader comments 327 with 159 posters participating Share this story President Donald Trump today said the United States will stop funding the World Health Organization until his administration completes a review of ..
Enlarge / A Charter Spectrum vehicle. reader comments 39 with 35 posters participating Share this story Charter Communications is asking the Federal Communications Commission to block government funding for ISPs that want to build networks in parts of New York where Charter is required to offer broadband. An FCC rule for Phase 1 of the ..
Enlarge / A worker hauling boxes at an Amazon warehouse in Baltimore, Maryland, on April 14. reader comments 96 with 69 posters participating, including story author Share this story Amazon, which is desperately trying to bulk up staffing amid surges in demand, has reportedly fired another three employees and suspended a fourth after those workers ..
Aurich Lawson / Getty reader comments 223 with 117 posters participating Share this story President Donald Trump today falsely claimed he has “total” authority to override governors and force states to reopen their economies despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Trump faced numerous questions from reporters about his views on federal authority hours after he tweeted ..
Enlarge / If you’re not already an Amazon or Whole Foods grocery delivery customer, don’t try to sign up now; it won’t work. reader comments 42 with 31 posters participating Share this story As many consumers stay at home, limiting themselves to online shopping only, Amazon—already the default online “everything store” for millions—has been reaping ..
