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Why the race to 5G is a bet on a multitrillion dollar economic impact

by Molly Wood and Scott Tong
Oct 10, 2018
The U.S. won the race to 4G. Can it do the same with 5G?
Apple's Oct. 13 event demoed a new iPhone 12
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A melting Arctic could be key to faster global internet

by Molly Wood
Sep 26, 2018
With the rise of big data, the internet of things and automated factories, existing internet infrastructure's getting clogged.
Jussi Pekka Joensuu, an adviser for Cinia, holds up a piece of internet sea cable at Cinia's offices in Helsinki. Most global internet communications travel on the 745,000 miles of sea cables buried beneath the ocean floor.
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What role should governments play in regulating speech online?

by Molly Wood
Aug 24, 2018
"Many people ... trust these big tech companies frankly more than they do their politicians," Politico's chief technology correspondent says.
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The promise and reality of Google Fiber

by Jim Burress
Aug 7, 2018
The search giant made waves when it set out to disrupt the internet service sector with a rollout of super-fast fiber-optic cable. The Atlanta region thought it would benefit. It hasn't.
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We have the Supreme Court nominee, now we get the ads

by Reema Khrais
Jul 10, 2018
The media battle over Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination has only just begun.
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Making the web easier to access for people with disabilities

by Stephanie Hughes and Shaheen Ainpour
Jul 9, 2018
Innovation is a big buzzword in the tech community, but that doesn't always mean innovation for people with disabilities.
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The marriage of AT&T and Time Warner is good to go, apparently.

by Molly Wood and Stephanie Hughes
Jun 13, 2018
What happens when the internet connection, the channels and the shows are brought to you by one company?
O'Melveny & Myers counsel Daniel M. Petrocelli speaks at a news conference in Time Warner headquarters addressing the latest developments in the AT&T and Time Warner merger on Nov. 20, 2017, in New York City.
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FCC Chairman Ajit Pai lays out his vision for an internet without net neutrality rules

by Marketplace Staff
Jun 11, 2018
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai talks about the FCC's controversial decision to repeal net neutrality rules.
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, left, is interviewed by Marketplace host Kai Ryssdal on June 11.
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Net neutrality repeal is unlikely to bring an immediate web slowdown

by Justin Ho
Jun 11, 2018
Today is the day when so-called net neutrality rules no longer apply to the internet. Last year, the Federal Communications Commission repealed the rules that had prevented internet providers from playing favorites, by, for instance, offering faster service to customers who pay more for it. What comes next? Click the audio player above to hear […]
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A not-so-secret war for control of the internet

by Lizzie O'Leary
May 4, 2018
Governments recognize that control of the internet has become a proxy for political power.
Who makes the rules for what can and can't happen on the internet gets complicated.
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