Jon Brodkin
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Amazon unveils three satellite user terminals, plans broadband service in 2024
Amazon Kuiper terminals come in three sizes, with max speeds from 100Mbps to 1Gbps. → Read More
Meta to lay off another 10,000 as Zuckerberg celebrates “year of efficiency”
After over-hiring, Zuckerberg says staff cuts taught him that "leaner is better." → Read More
Marvel angry about Ant-Man dialogue leak, demands names of Reddit and Google users
Reddit post linked to leak on Google Docs; Marvel tries to subpoena both firms. → Read More
Starlink explains why its FCC map listings are so different from reality
Starlink filings lump RV and home service together; SpaceX blames FCC system. → Read More
Biden FCC nominee withdraws, blaming cable lobby and “unlimited dark money“
Gigi Sohn gives up amid opposition from Republicans and Democrat Joe Manchin. → Read More
After Musk’s mass layoffs, one engineer’s mistake “broke the Twitter API”
Twitter's paid-API project had "only one site reliability engineer," report says. → Read More
Twitter revenue, earnings reportedly fell 40% shortly after Musk buyout
Twitter doesn't report earnings publicly anymore but told investors of decline. → Read More
Twitter API error broke the site today as Musk blames “brittle” platform
Error message: "Your current API plan does not include access to this endpoint." → Read More
Netflix fights attempt to make streaming firms pay for ISP network upgrades
Netflix to EU: ISPs are trying to charge twice for the same infrastructure. → Read More
Florida bill would make bloggers who write about governor register with state
Rules for bloggers who write about elected officials raise First Amendment concern. → Read More
Reddit tells court: Film studios spewed “nonsense” in demand for users’ names
First Amendment covers users who anonymously discussed piracy, Reddit tells court. → Read More
Tesla shareholder suit says Musk and co. lied about Full Self-Driving safety
Investor lawsuit cites recall of Tesla cars that act dangerously in intersections. → Read More
Russia fines Wikipedia for publishing facts instead of Kremlin war propaganda
Third fine since Ukraine invasion targets articles about Russian military units. → Read More
SpaceX unveils “V2 Mini” Starlink satellites with quadruple the capacity
V2 Mini outperforms first-gen satellites, but full-size V2 must wait for Starship. → Read More
VW wouldn’t help locate car with abducted child because GPS subscription expired
VW says its Car-Net service shouldn't have demanded $150 payment from detective. → Read More
US says Google routinely destroyed evidence and lied about use of auto-delete
Filing: Google deleted chats for nearly four years despite requirement to keep them. → Read More
EU seeks input on making tech companies pay for ISPs’ network upgrades
EU opens proceeding that could mandate direct payments from content providers. → Read More
After defending false data, Comcast admits another FCC broadband map mistake
Comcast could have avoided giving false data to FCC by checking its own website. → Read More
Starlink to charge users in “limited-capacity” areas $30 more than others
New prices: $90 in "excess-capacity" areas, $120 in "limited-capacity" places. → Read More
NSA’s “state secrets” defense kills lawsuit challenging Internet surveillance
SCOTUS won't review Wikimedia's loss in case over NSA's Upstream surveillance. → Read More