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Latest News in Telecommunications

  • May 06, 2026

    8th Circ. Strikes Down FCC's Digital Discrimination Rules

    The Federal Communications Commission's digital discrimination rules, which were passed during the Biden administration, were knocked down by the Eighth Circuit on Wednesday after the panel found the agency reached beyond its statutory mandate when creating the restrictions.

  • May 06, 2026

    Mother Of Musk's Kids Defends Role As OpenAI Liaison

    Ex-OpenAI board member Shivon Zilis, who has four children with Elon Musk, took the stand in a California federal jury trial Wednesday over Musk's challenge to OpenAI's for-profit conversion, defending her role as an intermediary between Musk and other OpenAI founders and testifying she twice raised concerns over Sam Altman's leadership.

  • May 06, 2026

    Mortgage Co. Strikes $9M Deal In NC Phone-Pay Fee Suit

    A certified class of North Carolina borrowers on Wednesday asked a federal judge to preliminarily approve a $9 million settlement to resolve claims their Illinois-based mortgage servicer Dovenmuehle Mortgage Inc. charged them excessive processing fees to pay their bills over the phone.

  • May 06, 2026

    Meta's Exploitation Reporting Needs Work, NM Judge Told

    An executive for a child protection organization told a New Mexico judge Wednesday that "ongoing quality issues" with Meta's reporting and the use of message encryption have made it harder to deliver actionable reports to law enforcement, as the state seeks $3.7 billion in reforms at the social media company.

  • May 06, 2026

    Amazon Sees What You See On Your Fire TV, Users Claim

    Amazon customers claimed in a proposed nationwide class action Wednesday that the e-commerce giant's Fire TV products illegally capture and analyze everything that users see and hear through their devices, including streamed content, personal photos and security camera streams.

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