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Big Telecom Convinces Missouri Lawmakers To Block Funding For Broadband Competition

2 years 11 months ago
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) set aside $42.5 billion to be spent by the states on expanding access to affordable broadband. But state by state, telecom lobbyists are working hard to ensure that this money only goes toward “unserved” locations, and can’t be used to potentially create competition in markets they already serve. […]
Karl Bode

Daily Deal: The 2022 School Of Graphic Design Bundle

2 years 11 months ago
The 2022 School of Graphic Design Bundle has 8 courses to help you start on your path to becoming a digital artist. Courses cover Photoshop, Premiere Pro, Figma, and more. You’ll learn how to edit and enhance your photos and videos, how to create a portfolio, how to build a mobile app without coding, and […]
Gretchen Heckmann

Reality Check: Twitter Actually Was Already Doing Most Of The Things Musk Claims He Wants The Company To Do (But Better)

2 years 11 months ago
So there has been lots of talk about Elon Musk and his takeover of Twitter. I’ve written multiple things about how little he understands about free speech and how little he understands content moderation. I’ve also written (with giant caveats) about ways in which his takeover of Twitter might improve some things. Throughout this discussion, […]
Mike Masnick

42% Of Us Homes Have Ditched Cable TV And Gone Broadband Only

2 years 11 months ago
For more than a decade, cable TV executives brushed aside the idea of cable TV “cord cutting” as either a nonexistent threat or a temporary phenomenon that wound end once Millennials started procreating. Of course, none of that wound up being true, and consumer defections from the bloated, pricey traditional cable TV bundle continue to set records during […]
Karl Bode

NJ Appeals Court: Lower Court Mixed Up 4th And 5th Amendment And Either Way, Phone Passcodes Can Be Compelled

2 years 11 months ago
More case law on compelled passcode production and the Fifth Amendment has been generated by a New Jersey appeals court. Unfortunately, it doesn’t do anything to strengthen Fifth Amendment protections against compelled production. And that’s largely because this court can’t. The state’s Supreme Court handed down a ruling in August 2020 that limited the “foregone […]
Tim Cushing

More Lawsuits Are Being Filed By Parents Hoping To Hold Social Media Platforms Responsible For The Deaths Of Their Children

2 years 11 months ago
Earlier this year, we covered what appears to be the first of several lawsuits filed on behalf of parents by the Social Media Victims Law Center. In that lawsuit, the mother of an eleven-year-old who committed suicide sued Meta and Snap, claiming SnapChat’s algorithmically enabled feedback loops drove her daughter to her death. The suit […]
Tim Cushing

Daily Deal: The Complete 2022 Microsoft Office Master Class Bundle

2 years 11 months ago
The Complete 2022 Microsoft Office Master Class Bundle has 14 courses to help you learn all you need to know about MS Office products to help boost your productivity. Courses cover SharePoint, Word, Excel, Access, Outlook, Teams, and more. The bundle is on sale for $75. Note: The Techdirt Deals Store is powered and curated by StackCommerce. […]
Gretchen Heckmann

Introducing Startup Trail: A Game About The Policy Challenges Tech Startups Face

2 years 11 months ago
Play the game and test your skills » Can you survive the Startup Trail? Today we’re launching a browser-playable startup policy simulator game called Startup Trail, developed in partnership with Engine. Here’s your chance to learn about all the challenges of building a successful tech startup in the face of all sorts of obstacles. Over […]
Mike Masnick

Verizon Loses Wireless Subscribers Despite Three Years Of 5G Hype

2 years 11 months ago
If you listened to Verizon fifth-generation wireless (5G) marketing at any time during the last three years, it went something like this: fifth generation (5G) wireless was going to absolutely transform the world by building the smart cities of tomorrow, revolutionizing medicine, and driving an ocean of innovation. In reality, US 5G has largely landed with […]
Karl Bode

Paradox Fully Embraces Fan-Games With Developer Affiliate Program

2 years 11 months ago
When it comes to fan-created video games utilizing established IP, the vast majority of instances tend to result in a narrow set of responses from the original creators or publishers. The Nintendo route is to go fully nuclear as often and immediately as possible, destroying any and all attempts. Take 2 follows a similar path, […]
Dark Helmet

Some Good News: Kentucky Passes A Good Anti-SLAPP Law

2 years 11 months ago
Hey, finally time for a little bit of good news in the world of free speech: the Kentucky General Assembly recently passed the Kentucky Uniform Public Expression Protection Act. It’s a kind of anti-SLAPP bill that is based on a model bill, the Uniform Public Expression Protection Act (UPEPA), and similar to a bill passed […]
Mike Masnick

Daily Deal: The 2022 CompTIA Certification Paths Bundle

2 years 11 months ago
CramWise has compiled CompTIA certification exam simulators into one comprehensive bundle for your convenience. This bundle includes only exam simulators with Performance-Based Questions (PBQs) and CompTIA labs following the Official CompTIA exam objectives. The bundle includes exam prep for, CompTIA A+ Core 1 (220-1001), CompTIA A+ Core 2 (220-1002), CompTIA Network+ (N10-008), CompTIA Security+ (SY0-601), CompTIA […]
Gretchen Heckmann