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AT&T gets sued by the FTC for throttling unlimited data customers

Oct 29, 2014

AT&T is facing blowback from a decision it made back in 2011 to throttle some of its unlimited data customers...

Staples is the latest company to suffer a massive data breach

Oct 22, 2014

Announced this week, Staples representatives confirmed that the company is looking into a breach of the retailer’s computer systems that...

FCC says 24GHz spectrum could open the door to 5G in the US

Oct 19, 2014

The Federal Communications Commission is starting to plan for cellular networks that can send users gigantic streams of data, but...

FBI warns US companies of Chinese cyberattack campaign

Oct 16, 2014

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation issued a warning to companies and organizations on Wednesday of cyberattacks by people linked...

Twitter is suing the US government for the right to be transparent

Oct 7, 2014

Twitter is sick of US government-imposed secrecy. After months of attempted negotiations, the company has filed a lawsuit on Tuesday,...

Google Fiber is being held back by insane TV studio fees

Oct 7, 2014

Cord cutting may be the future but Google Fiber unfortunately still has to deal with the present, and that means...

Zoomdata raises $17 million to help visualize your data

Oct 6, 2014

Zoomdata, a startup with software that visualizes a wide variety of data both historically and in real time, as well...

FCC unanimously votes to put an end to its sport blackout rules

Sep 30, 2014

The Federal Communications Commission today unanimously voted to eliminate its sports blackout rules, challenging the National Football League to end...

The FAA is reportedly preparing to allow filmmakers to operate drones

Sep 25, 2014

Multiple reports suggest the Federal Aviation Administration will begin issuing drone-operating permits to filmmakers. The Associated Press, Washington Post, and...

India has become one of the few nations to make it to Mars

Sep 24, 2014

India just cemented its place as a space power, and put NASA's billions to shame, with the news that its...

Google pulls support from political group for denying climate change

Sep 23, 2014

Google is to stop funding a major conservative group over its stance on climate change. Speaking in a radio interview...

Google is making data encryption a default feature of Android

Sep 19, 2014

Google is turning on data encryption by default in the next version of Android, a step that mirrors broad moves...