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Public charging stations seem convenient when your phone is on its last legs, but the FBI notified consumers to be careful. The FBI and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) say that hackers have found a way to hijack public charging stations to intentionally upload malware and software that allows access to personal information on phones, […]
Two years after Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion sparked outrage with a risqué performance of “WAP” at the 2021 Grammy Awards, another duo is facing heat from the conservative crowd due to its controversial appearance at last Sunday’s show. After taking home the Grammy for best pop duo/group performance earlier in the evening for their chart-topping collaborative single “Unholy,” Sam […]
A member of the Federal Communications Commission is renewing calls for a TikTok ban. FCC commissioner Brendan Carr is urging Apple and Google’s parent company to removed the popular platform from its app stores. Carr outlined his position in a June 24 letter addressed to Apple CEO Tim Cook and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, citing concerns over a recent BuzzFeed News report that examined leaked audio […]
The FCC received more than 1,000 complaints regarding Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s “WAP” performance at the Grammys, according to Rolling Stone. If you want, you can watch that performance here. A previous though unspecific figure that came out days after the March 14 event was pegged at “80 or so.” Now that we’re about a month out you can bump […]
The Federal Communications Commission passed a proposal to expand WiFi to 6GHz band for unlicensed use. “To accommodate that increase in Wi-Fi demand, the FCC is aiming to increase the supply of Wi-Fi spectrum with our boldest initiative yet: making the entire 6GHz band available for unlicensed use,” the FCC announced, per CNET. “By doing this, we would […]
There was a fair amount of backlash following Jennifer Lopez and Shakira’s Super Bowl LIV halftime show, with many deeming the performance as too sexy. Now, the Federal Communications Commission has revealed that it received over 1,300 complaints about the show, NBC News reports. While a majority of the complaints focused on the show’s appropriateness, […]
Jimmy Kimmel Live is among several shows that have been hit with Federal Communications Commission (FCC) fines for the use of emergency alert system tones. The ABC late-night talk show must pay $395,000 for the use of such tones in a 2018 skit in which the presidential alert system of a certain dumbass purported POTUS was […]
On Monday, U.S. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai, the guy trying to gut net neutrality, wrote a letter to more than a dozen CEOs (some of whom were in that position for major telephone service providers) to do something about the billions of spam/robocalls that pester and annoy the hell out of Americans every month, Reuters […]
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