Commerce
U.S. Government Helped U.S. Firms Sell Tech Used for Surveillance in China: AP
Tech companies have successfully lobbied against restrictions on selling advanced technology to China despite national security and human rights concerns.
AI
Analyst: Amazon Web Services Outage Exposes Limits of Cloud Self-Regulation
Layton urged Big Tech to be held accountable and contribute to FCC programs.
Data Center
Amazon Cloud Outage Takes Down Many Online Services Around the World
An Amazon Web Services outage disrupted thousands of websites and apps worldwide, exposing the internet's dependence on major cloud providers.
Education
Big Tech is Paying Millions to Train Teachers on AI, in a Push to Bring Chatbots into Classrooms
Tech giants are funding AI training for hundreds of thousands of teachers through partnerships with unions, raising questions about corporate influence in schools.
Data Center
Group Including Nvidia, BlackRock Buying Aligned Data Centers in $40 Billion Deal
The acquisition comes amid a flurry of recent deals involving top AI developers for electricity and infrastructure needed to support AI data centers.
AI
U.S.–UK Tech Pact Spurs $350B in Cross-Atlantic Deals
Deal promises joint leadership on AI, nuclear and quantum computing.
Copyright
SCOTUS Told Fourth Circuit Ruling Could Cut Off Families From Internet
Broad coalition urges justices to reject $1 billion piracy verdict against Cox Communications.
Mid East
Undersea Cables Cut in the Red Sea, Disrupting Internet Access in Asia and the Mideast
Microsoft said the Middle East may face increased latency. NetBlocks reported degraded connectivity in countries like India and Pakistan.
Infrastructure
AOL Finally Shutting Down its Dial-up Internet Service
AOL introduced many households to the world wide web for the first time in the 90s and early 2000s.
Data Center
As Electric Bills Rise, Evidence Mounts That Data Centers Share Blame
States are under pressure to insulate regular household and business ratepayers from the costs of feeding Big Tech’s energy-hungry data centers.
Data Center
Cheyenne to Host Data Center Using More Electricity Than All Wyoming Homes
Data center energy requirements driven by artificial intelligence-driven data center in the remotely populated western state.
UN
Trump's New AI Plan Leans Heavily on Silicon Valley Industry Ideas
The plan being released Wednesday is expected to focus on boosting artificial intelligence technology exports, streamlining permits for energy-intensive data center.
Energy
Trump Promotes Energy and Tech Investments at a Summit in Pennsylvania
Investments framed as part of a race against China for the most advanced deployment of artificial intelligence
Public Safety
FCC Employee Charged With Sexual Assault, Abduction
Assistant Division Chief arrested and fired.
Briefs
Tarana, Microsoft Partner to Bring Broadband to Africa
Companies to deploy Tarana’s ngFWA
Copyright
AI Chatbots Need More Books, and These Libraries are Opening Their Stacks
Nearly one million books in 254 languages published as early as the 15th century are part of a Harvard University collection being released to AI researchers Thursday.
