Internet

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler has insisted the president had no influence over the process. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

House panel to grill FCC on White House role in agency’s power grab

Rudy Takala · March 22, 2016 4:01 am

"The plan could play a meaningful role in cementing monopoly market power for companies like Google, Facebook or Twitter in secret-selling by regulating potential competitors out of business altogether," said Fred Campbell, director of Tech Knowledge and a professor of telecommunications law.

FCC rules could boost tech giants’ control over personal data

Rudy Takala · March 21, 2016 4:01 am

Officials sought to assure House members that the Internet will not be subject to control by governments around the world if the U.S. completes a planned transition of a vital component to the ICANN, an international body. (AP Photo/Tim Hales, File)

Officials seek to reassure Congress on U.S. Internet giveaway

Rudy Takala · March 17, 2016 6:01 pm

That was up from 51 percent at the same time the previous year. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

Google: 77 percent of searches now encrypted

Rudy Takala · March 16, 2016 4:58 pm

"China ... is willing to deepen cooperation with the United States on the basis of laws in the field of cybersecurity and the fight against terrorism," Chinese Minister of Public Security Guo Shengkun said. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

National Security

China invites U.S. to cooperate on ‘Internet security’

Rudy Takala · March 15, 2016 11:45 pm

Under the rules, customers would be able to opt out of having their info collected for marketing purposes. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

FCC plan to regulate online privacy exempts social media giants

Rudy Takala · March 10, 2016 7:56 pm

Companies like Facebook, Google, and Microsoft said that it would result in "improved accountability." (AP Photo/Raphael Satter)

Internet board approves U.S. plan to cede Internet control

Rudy Takala · March 10, 2016 7:16 pm

"We have had policies that are certainly questionable and I disagree with them, but China is in a whole different league in terms of its behavior and in terms of what it does in censoring its citizens, harming its citizens," FCC Commissioner Mike O'Rielly.

FCC commissioner: ‘We are moving in the wrong direction’ on free speech

Rudy Takala · March 7, 2016 2:35 pm

Experts say the move is critical for the military, which needs to keep its wartime operations going without interruption, notably drone operations that rely on electricity-dependent communications and information-technology hardware. (Bloomberg)

Energy and Environment

Off the grid: Pentagon readies for cyberattack

John Siciliano · March 7, 2016 5:01 am

The viral sensation four-month-old Bernie Sanders look-alike died unexpectedly last week. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Hundreds of donations roll in for ‘Bernie Baby’ funeral costs

Anna Giaritelli · March 5, 2016 5:41 pm

Left-leaning groups are demanding Fox News ask candidates how they will subsidize high-speed Internet access. (AP Photo/Gillian Wong)

Groups push Fox to question candidates on Internet subsidies

Rudy Takala · March 3, 2016 9:43 pm

The proposal's own Democratic author was skeptical, saying the proposal had become "too complicated." (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

FCC commissioner: Expect a broadband Internet tax

Rudy Takala · March 2, 2016 6:50 pm