US Revives Net Neutrality to Establish Authority Over Internet April 26, 2024 By Todd Shields US regulators reinstated net neutrality rules that aim to ensure everything on the internet is equally accessible, reclaiming authority over...
Billion-Dollar Satellite Risks Upending Space Insurance August 28, 2023 By Todd Shields and Loren Grush Viasat Inc. has more than $1 billion of orbiting satellites in trouble, and space insurers are girding for market-rattling claims....
‘I’m Calling About Your Auto Warranty’: FCC Says No More, Orders Spam Block July 25, 2022 By Kelsey Butler and Todd Shields The Federal Communications Commission has ordered phone companies to stop carrying traffic related to robocalls about scam auto warranties. US...
Russia Missile Test Creates New Belt of Space Junk, Escalating Threat to Satellites November 19, 2021 By Todd Shields The Russian missile test that shattered a dead satellite this week highlights a growing threat of space debris just as...
Smaller Websites Nervous Over Giant Facebook’s Support for Liability Reform December 24, 2020 By Todd Shields and Ben Brody Facebook Inc. says it’s time to rethink the legal immunity that protects it from lawsuits over what users post online,...
FCC Seeks Comments on Trump Plan to Weaken Internet Firms’ Liability Protection August 4, 2020 By Todd Shields The Federal Communications Commission will take comments for 45 days on President Donald Trump’s proposal to weaken liability protection for...
FCC Seen Backing Away from Reserving More Airwaves for Automakers’ Talking Cars November 17, 2019 By Ryan Beene and Todd Shields The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has proposed taking back some of the spectrum long promised to automakers and re-allocating it...
Why 5G Networks Could Be Bad News for Storm Forecasting June 5, 2019 By Todd Shields Satellites tracking water vapor in 2012 helped scientists accurately predict Superstorm Sandy’s frightening turn toward New York and New Jersey...
Senators Urge Allies to Heed Trump’s Warning on China’s Huawei May 17, 2019 By Todd Shields and Daniel Flatley U.S. senators warned allies that Chinese telecommunications companies such as Huawei Technologies Co. can’t meet security standards for advanced networks...
Supreme Court Nominee Kavanaugh Seen as Business Friend, Regulation Skeptic July 17, 2018 By Jennifer A. Dlouhy, Todd Shields, Christopher Flavelle and Greg Stohr Brett Kavanaugh could add a powerful new voice on the Supreme Court to restrain what government agencies can do, ushering...