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  • July 06, 2026

    House Bill Aims To Block Fiber From 'Countries of Concern'

    A recently introduced bipartisan House bill would block the use of federal funds to purchase fiber-optic network gear from "countries of concern," as the bill's sponsors described foreign adversaries.

  • July 06, 2026

    Taylor Swift Sends Poet's $25M IP Suit To The Dismissed Dept.

    A Florida federal judge dismissed Monday a poet's $25 million copyright infringement lawsuit against Taylor Swift, ruling that the purportedly infringed poetry doesn't qualify as protected expression because it consists of generic ideas and metaphors, and that the plaintiff failed to plausibly plead the pop superstar copied her. 

  • July 06, 2026

    Musk Loses New Trial Bid In Twitter Investor Fraud Suit

    Elon Musk on Monday was denied a second shot at proving that he did not defraud Twitter Inc. shareholders when he cast doubt on an agreement to take the platform private for $44 billion, although the verdict against him was trimmed. 

  • July 06, 2026

    FCC Unveils Location Map For Alaska Mobile Funding

    The Federal Communications Commission on Monday released the first locations in Alaska for which the agency is willing to provide subsidy funds to see them set up with mobile service as part of the billion-dollar Alaska Connect Fund.

  • July 06, 2026

    Broadcaster Can't Block Mayweather Fight Before Tyson Event

    A fight between former boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. and a kickboxer can go on despite a broadcast company's claim that Mayweather broke a contract to fight Mike Tyson in order to participate in the exhibition, a New York federal judge has ruled.

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