Collaborate Disseminate
Richard Speed reports via The Register: NASA’s optical communications demonstration has hit 25 Mbps in a test transmitting engineering data back to Earth from 140 million miles (226 million kilometers) away. The payload is riding aboard the Psyche prob… Continue reading NASA’s Psyche Hits 25 Mbps From 140 Miles Away
The Federal Communications Commission has fined the nation’s largest wireless carriers for illegally sharing access to customers’ location information without consent and without taking reasonable measures to protect that information against unauthoriz… Continue reading FCC Fines Wireless Carriers $200 Million For Sharing Customer Data
The Federal Communications Commission is set to vote to restore net neutrality on Thursday in the latest volley of a yearslong game of political ping-pong. From a report: The commission is expected to reclassify internet service providers (ISPs) — e.g… Continue reading Net Neutrality is About To Make a Comeback
Longtime Slashdot reader SonicSpike shares a report from Reuters: Aerospace and defense company Northrop Grumman is working with SpaceX […] on a classified spy satellite project already capturing high-resolution imagery of the Earth, according to peo… Continue reading Northrop Grumman Working With SpaceX On US Spy Satellite System
Because GPS doesn’t work underwater, divers usually can’t track their real-time position on a digital map. The new Diver Navigation System (DNS) gets around that problem, however, using both floating and wearable acoustic transponders.Continue ReadingC… Continue reading Acoustic navigational tech gets scuba divers using GPS maps
AT&T, Charter, Comcast and Verizon are quietly trying to weaken a $42.5 billion federal program to improve internet access across the nation, aiming to block strict new rules that would require them to lower their poorest customers’ monthly bills i… Continue reading Telecom Fights Price Caps as US Spends Billions on Internet Access
It appears that a nearly eight-year-long battle by the FCC to require internet companies to display information on the costs, fees, and speeds of their broadband services is finally over. From a report: Starting on Wednesday, all but the smallest ISPs … Continue reading Consumers Will Finally See FCC-Mandated ‘Nutrition Labels’ For Most Broadband Plans
NASA engineers have traced the Voyager 1 spacecraft’s transmitted gibberish to corrupted memory hardware in its flight data system (FDS). “The team suspects that a single chip responsible for storing part of the affected portion of the FDS memory isn’t… Continue reading NASA Figured Out Why Its Voyager 1 Probe Has Been Glitching for Months
An anonymous reader shares a report: The number of landline users has plummeted with the rise of cellphones, and the 19th-century technology’s days appear to be numbered. Providers like AT&T are looking to exit the business by transitioning custome… Continue reading Landlines Are Dying Out
An Internet service provider that admitted lying to the FCC about where it offers broadband will pay a $10,000 fine and implement a compliance plan to prevent future violations. ArsTechnica: Jefferson County Cable (JCC), a small ISP in Toronto, Ohio, a… Continue reading Cable ISP Fined $10,000 For Lying To FCC About Where It Offers Broadband