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January 2021
UK's Competition and Markets Authority to investigate Nvidia’s acquisition of chip designer Arm (Financial Times)
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States Rise to the 2020 Broadband Challenge
State governments around the country responded quickly to the strain on broadband networks during the COVID pandemic. They ramped up their creative problem-solving and increased their coordination with other states and the federal government.
Monday, January 11 is application deadline for AT&T K-12 homework gap program (Connected Nation)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 01/06/2021 - 12:53Connected Nation names Heather Gate Vice President of Digital Inclusion (Connected Nation)
Submitted by benton on Wed, 01/06/2021 - 12:51Kevin Frazier op-ed: Congress needs to bring back the Office of Technology Assessment (San Francisco Chronicle)
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Tech on the Rocks LIVE Podcast Special | Broadband for America NOW - A Conversation With Mignon Clyburn & Jonathan Sallet
On this special live episode of Tech on the Rocks, Benton Senior Fellow and Public Advocate Gigi Sohn sits down with former Federal Communications Commission Acting Chair and Commissioner Mignon Clyburn as well as Benton Senior Fellow and Former FCC General Counsel Jonathan Sallet to discuss the Benton Institute for Broadband and Society's new report: Broadband for America Now. The report, authored by Sallet, lays out a bold vision for delivering robust broadband to all Americans, regardless of geography and socio-econo
Daily Digest 1/6/2021
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 01/06/2021 - 11:54Daily Digest 1/6/2021 (Sen Raphael Gamaliel Warnock)
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Congress has directed the FCC to create an emergency broadband benefit