USF
Growing Support for Assessing Big Tech to Fund Universal Service
SCOTUS is preparing to rule within weeks on a Constitutional challenge to the fund's structure.
Free Speech
Republicans Claim Google ‘Throttles’ Conservative Speech in FTC Filing
Scott and Hudson claim Google routes GOP emails to users’ spam.
Nuclear
Trump Signs Executive Orders to Boost Nuclear Power, Speed Up Approvals
The order comes as demand for electricity surges amid a boom in energy-hungry data centers and artificial intelligence.
AI
House Commerce Proposes 10-Year Ban on State AI Regulations
Democrats call the provision, in the reconciliation package, a ‘giant gift to Big Tech.’
Expert Opinion
Roslyn Layton: Congress Re-Introduces Bill to End Big Tech's Free Ride on Broadband
Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., and a bipartisan group of Senators on Wednesday reintroduced Lowering Broadband Costs for Consumers Act.
Big Tech
Bill Gates Pledges Remaining Fortune to Gates Foundation, Will Close in 20 Years
Thursday's announcement signals a promise of sustained support for global health and education, and an eventual end to the foundation’s worldwide influence.
EU
Microsoft Pledges to Protect European Operations and Unveils Data Center Expansion
'What we want Europeans to know is that they can count on us,' Microsoft President Brad Smith said on Wednesday.
Energy
Big Tech's Energy Demands Making Coal Power Plants Attractive
President Trump is wielding emergency authority to entice utilities to keep older coal-fired plants online and producing electricity.
DC Circuit
Thayer Passes on FTC Post to Continue DPI’s Policy Push
Decision comes amid legal dispute over Trump’s firing of Democratic FTC commissioners.
Big Tech
FTC Sues Uber, Alleging it Signed up Subscribers Without Permission
'Americans are tired of getting signed up for unwanted subscriptions that seem impossible to cancel, said FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson.
Social Media
Judge Strikes Down Ohio Law Limiting Kids’ Social Media as Unconstitutional
'This court finds, however, that the Act as drafted fails to pass constitutional muster and is constitutionally infirm.'
Big Tech
Meta CEO Zuckerberg Considered Spinning Off Instagram in 2018, Email Says
In the 2018 email, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said 'there is a non-trivial chance' Meta could be forced to spin off Instagram.
Big Tech
Public Knowledge Pushes for Digital Platform Regulator
Proposal weighs feasibility of creating an independent commission, executive agency, or standards body.
Big Tech
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg Takes Stand in Historic Antitrust Trial
The trial could force the tech giant to break off Instagram and WhatsApp, startups Meta bought more than a decade ago.
Antitrust
Meta Faces Antitrust Trial That Could Force It to Break Off Instagram, WhatsApp
The looming antitrust trial will be the first big test of President Donald Trump’s Federal Trade Commission’s ability to challenge Big Tech.
Energy
Earth, Ether, Fire and Water: An Elemental Data Center Story
A convergence of interest between the energy-hungry needs of major Internet players and the Trump administration's 'energy dominance'
