New York requires $15 broadband for poor people, promptly gets sued by ISPs
Lobby groups for Verizon, AT&T, and other ISPs ask court to overturn state law.
Policy // Civilization & Discontents
Climate law jeopardizes freedoms, German court rules—but not how you think
Don’t punt on emissions reductions after 2030, top court said.
EU says Apple’s 30% cut from rival music providers violates competition law
EU sides with Spotify, blasts Apple's 30% App Store cut and anti-steering rules.
Uber, Lyft stocks plunge after Biden official says drivers are employees
Uber and Lyft argue treating drivers as employees would wreck their business.
FCC reveals sign-up date and website for $50-per-month broadband subsidies
May 12 enrollment for people who have low incomes or lost income during pandemic.
Conspiracy theorist said death threats were “jokes”—but jury didn’t buy it
Brendan Hunt posted videos about murdering US elected officials.
Algorithms were under fire at a Senate hearing on social media
"Algorithms have great potential for good. They can also be misused."
SitRep: Is the F-35 officially a failure?
Cost overruns, other issues prompt Air Force to look for "clean sheet" fighter.
Ransomware crooks threaten to ID informants if cops don’t pay up
The FBI is investigating claim hackers obtained 250GB of police department data.
SEC halts trading of iced tea company that pivoted to blockchain
The company's blockchain business "never became operational," SEC says.
Microsoft throws Google under the bus in European news fight
Google has blasted "link tax" proposals as antithetical to the open Web.
AT&T and Frontier have let phone networks fall apart, Calif. regulator finds
AT&T raised phone prices 153% over a decade as service got steadily worse.
Software bugs reportedly keep Arizona inmates jailed past release dates
State law was updated in 2019, but the state's software suite still hasn't been.
After Saturday’s engine failure, Boeing says many 777s should be grounded
Many of the engine components fell over populated areas.
Bitcoin’s value just passed $1 trillion
Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto may have mined 1M bitcoins worth $55 billion.
