White House to overhaul $42.5bn Biden-era internet plan – probably to Elon Musk’s advantage | Trump administration

The Trump administration is preparing to overhaul a $42.5bn Biden-era program designed to connect tens of millions of rural Americans to reliable and affordable high-speed internet, in a move that is expected to benefit billionaire Elon Musk. Howard Lutnick, the commerce department secretary who has oversight of the federal program, recently told senior officials inside…

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Growth at all costs is destroying the internet. PR maven Ed Zitron says that’s an opportunity for startups.

If you spend any amount of time online, you probably noticed that your user experience keeps getting worse.  Websites are waterlogged with autoplay ads, pop-ups, and tracking scripts. Customer service chatbots are useless, despite the promises of generative AI. Social media algorithms boost rage-bait to keep you scrolling and engaged. Dating apps hide all the…

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Google starts rolling out Pixel Camera 9.8

With the March 2025 Feature Drop, Google is rolling out Pixel Camera 9.8. Like with all releases, the rollout takes some time before arriving for all users. This is a smaller update than the last one in December that added Quick access controls. Pixel Camera 9.8 adds a “Turn on animation for Astrophotography” toggle in…

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