WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rejected SpaceX’s Starlink and LTD Broadband’s applications for more than $2 billion in internet service subsidies, the FCC said on Wednesday. In December 2020, the FCC tentatively awarded $9.2 billion to over 300 bidders to deploy high-speed broadband from the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund. LTD Broadband won $1.32 billion and…
Australian Government Axes $21 Million COVIDSafe App
The Australian Labor government has scrapped the country’s troubled COVIDSafe mobile app, which was launched in a rush in April 2020 to help deal with the pandemic. Estimated to cost $21 million (US$14.61 million) of taxpayer funds, the app has been criticised for performance issues and for only identifying 17 close contacts, according to new…
Elon Musk Sells $6.9 Billion of Tesla Shares Ahead of Twitter Court Battle
Elon Musk has sold a further $6.9 billion of his shares in Tesla Inc., according to new filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission published on Aug. 9. The selloff took place between Aug.5 and Aug.9 following Tesla’s annual shareholder meeting last week, and amid the tech billionaire’s legal battle with social media platform Twitter. Musk sold 7,924,107 shares,…
Google Back Up After Brief Outage: Downdetector
Alphabet Inc.’s Google services appeared to be back up after facing a brief global disruption on late Monday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com. Reports of the outage dropped to less than 500 incidents in the United States, as per Downdetector, which collates status reports from a number of sources. At the peak of outage,…
‘Seems High’: Musk Reacts to $80 Billion IRS Funding in Billion-Dollar Spending Bill
Elon Musk cast doubt over the $80 billion funding boost to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), which is part of a Democrat-backed economic package passed by the Senate on Aug. 7. “Seems high,” Musk, the billionaire tech mogul, said in a Monday post on Twitter in response to a report by the Washington Free Beacon….
House Lawmakers’ Caucus at Forefront to Encourage Self-Driving Vehicles
August 9, 2022
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There is a bipartisan effort by two members of the U.S. House of Representatives to help revive legislative efforts to promote self-driving vehicles in the United States. Reps. Robert Latta (R-Ohio) and Debbie Dingell,(D-Mich.) spoke with Reuters about their new Congressional Autonomous Vehicle Caucus, which they hope will put forward federal autonomous vehicle standards, which…
This Portable Flashlight Is 30 Times More Powerful than Your Phone
August 9, 2022
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Sponsored Content A proper flashlight is always a must when it comes to travel, but for day-to-day, people usually only rely on the built-in lights of their smartphones. This is understandable, of course, considering how emergency flashlights tend to be bulky and heavy. But having a powerful flashlight in tow can be handy not just…
‘A Surveillance Company’: Rights Group Sounds Alarm After Amazon Acquires iRobot
August 9, 2022
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Amazon’s $1.7 billion (A$2.4 billion) acquisition deal for iRobot, the creator of Roomba robot vacuums, will give the e-commerce giant another avenue to collect personal information if nothing is done to protect it, Digital Rights Watch warned. On Friday, both companies announced they had entered into a definitive merger in an all-cash transaction. Digital Rights…
Give Your Teeth Extra TLC with This Top-Rated Electric Toothbrush
August 8, 2022
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Sponsored Content Dentists have long preached about the importance of brushing your teeth properly. Maintaining a healthy dental routine is one thing, but the key lies in the technique. Dental experts recommend brushing at a 45-degree angle against the gum line to remove debris in the gums and gently brushing the surfaces of the teeth…
California DMV Accuses Tesla of False Advertising. At Issue: Autopilot and Full Self-Driving
August 8, 2022
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By Russ Mitchell From Los Angeles Times The California Department of Motor Vehicles has accused Tesla of false advertising in its promotion of the company’s signature Autopilot and Full Self-Driving technologies. The agency alleges the electric carmaker misled customers with advertising language on its website describing Autopilot and Full Self-Driving technologies as more capable than…
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