Category: Internet

Do big tech companies need more government oversight? That’s the question Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai pondered in a blog post Tuesday, just as Congress prepares to grill executives from Facebook and Twitter on Wednesday.   Specifically, Pai said companies like Google, Facebook and Twitter need to be moreRead More

  OK, it’s crunch time: Mother’s Day is this Sunday, May 12, which means your online-gift-ordering window is closing rapidly. Indeed, if Mom lives far away and you’re hoping to have something delivered, it’s time to act. Fortunately, at least a few stores are positioned to help last-minute shoppers. Walmart, for example,Read More

The Federal Communications Commission will shut down most of its operations on Thursday, if President Trump can’t reach an agreement with Democrats over the federal government’s partial shutdown. The FCC said Wednesday that without funding it will cease most activities as of midday Jan. 3, ‘other than those immediately necessaryRead More

The Federal Communications Commission defended its rollback of Obama era net neutrality protections on Thursday, filing a legal brief with a federal appeals court that argues the agency has the right to change its mind. The Republican-led FCC said it was within its legal right to roll back the 2015 rules, citing a Supreme CourtRead More

Borrowing Google’s open-source Chrome browser technology is popular these days.   One day after Microsoft announced it’s ditching its own EdgeHTML core and rebuilding its Edge browser on Google’s rival Chromium project instead, rival Brave said it’s completed its own move to a tighter integration with the software.Read More

The British government could be preparing to set up an internet regulator that would police the actions of social networks and sanction them if they failed to comply with rules. Buzzfeed News reported on Thursday that it had obtained details of government proposals, which form part of legislation currently being drafted ahead of an officialRead More

The world’s most popular YouTube channel is clinging to its title as the video-streaming giant’s most subscribed of all time. PewDiePie, aka Swedish personality Felix Kjellberg, has held the record for the most YouTube subscribers for the last five years, taking that record on December 23, 2013. At that time, PewDiePie hadRead More