Tag Archives: Policy

FAA clears Boeing 777 and other planes after 5G warning halted some flights

Enlarge / A Boeing 777. reader comments 9 with 8 posters participating Share this story The Federal Aviation Administration today said it has cleared 62 percent of US commercial airplanes to perform low-visibility landings at airports where AT&T and Verizon are deploying 5G on C-band spectrum this week. Several international airlines previously canceled some flights… Read More »

Microsoft warns of destructive disk wiper targeting Ukraine

Getty Images reader comments 55 with 35 posters participating Share this story Over the past few months, geopolitical tensions have escalated as Russia amassed tens of thousands of troops along Ukraine’s border and made subtle but far-reaching threats if Ukraine and NATO don’t agree to Kremlin demands. Now, a similar dispute is playing out in… Read More »

Ukraine says government websites hit by “massive cyber attack”

Enlarge / A Ukrainian Military Forces serviceman watches through a spyglass in a trench on the frontline with Russia-backed separatists near Avdiivka, southeastern Ukraine, on January 9, 2022. Anatolii Stepanov | Getty Images reader comments 189 with 66 posters participating Share this story Ukraine said it was the target of a “massive cyber attack” after… Read More »

Ajit Pai and Tom Wheeler agree: The FAA is behaving badly in battle against FCC

Enlarge / Then-Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler (L) and FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai talk before testifying to the House Judiciary Committee on March 25, 2015 in Washington, DC. reader comments 51 with 42 posters participating Share this story Six former chairs of the Federal Communications Commission yesterday criticized the Federal Aviation Administration’s fight against… Read More »

Verizon overrides users’ opt-out preferences in push to collect browsing history

reader comments 69 with 62 posters participating Share this story Verizon is automatically enrolling customers in a new version of a program that scans mobile users’ browser histories—even when those same users previously opted out of the program when it had a different name. The carrier announced changes to its “Verizon Selects” program along with… Read More »