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Google has published a review of Microsoft's recent security issues, concluding that Microsoft is "unable to keep their systems and therefore their customers' data safe."

In its report, Google calls Microsoft out for failing to correctly describe a security breach to the public last year where China-backed hackers infiltrated Microsoft Exchange's systems, allowing them to access any Exchange account. Google cites the federal cybersecurity review board's findings that Microsoft customers didn't have enough information to determine whether they were at risk at the time, and Microsoft made a "decision not to correct" statements about the breach the board deemed "inaccurate."

Many employees have expressed concern that a new group of six editors called the Backstop will be unnecessary and slow down NPR’s journalism.

NetChoice has asked Vermont Governor Phil Scott to veto a bill that would create an "age-appropriate design code," and also impose sweeping restrictions on companies' collection and use of data.

Practical quantum computers may still lie some way in the future, but researchers are already getting excited about the next leap: the “quantum internet.”

This is a still-theoretical way to connect quantum computers to one another, one day allowing people to compute and exchange data across distant devices. And there’s already a lively debate about how involved the government should get in its development.

Much like the classical internet of zeroes and ones, a quantum internet is based on the premise that you can do a lot more over a network linked with other computers and data systems than you can when limited to the processing power of a single machine — even if that machine has the unusual powers of a quantum computer.

Scientists think future quantum communication networks will be especially useful for solving complex problems in the fields of finance, medicine, and scientific research that quantum computers may struggle with alone. They also promise nearly unbreakable encryption, making it essentially impossible to intercept or eavesdrop on messages encoded in quantum states.

The FCC's NPRM is seeking public comment on the online public file requirements, TV translators and other issues

$100 billion in U.S. | Industry leaders warn of a middle-mile gap that will stand in the way of rural broadband access, despite massive investments.

In an astonishing move, Google cut a check to the U.S. government over an antitrust case, in the hopes of avoiding a jury trial. And it argues such jury trials are unconstitutional.

On Friday, following the departure of several high-profile OpenAI employees, a Vox story revealed that OpenAI employees are required to sign a restrictive off-boarding agreement. Now, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says some part of the agreement should have never happened and it’s "one of the few times I’ve been genuinely embarrassed running OpenAI."

The agreement includes both nondisclosure and non-disparagement provisions that forbid departing employees from criticizing OpenAI for life; they can't even say they signed an NDA. Not signing the agreement or breaking it means former employee lose all their vested equity in the company.

Google is rethinking its most iconic and lucrative product by adding new AI features to search. One expert tells WIRED it’s “a change in the world order.”

5G private networks are helping industrial customers make big productivity and cost savings gains, a new report finds.

San Diego County is seeking comment before allocating millions for broadband that will reach some of the county's unincorporated areas.

SpaceX's Starlink network for cell phones is generating radio interference, according to a competing company that's urging US regulators to intervene. 

On Friday, Omnispace—which is also trying to bring satellite connectivity to phones—told the FCC that SpaceX’s ongoing tests for its cellular Starlink service are interfering with Omnispace's own satellite activities. 

"SpaceX’s operations violate the terms of its experimental authorization and must cease," Omnispace told the FCC in a 43-page regulatory filing. 

Despite the buzz surrounding it, the prominence of prompt engineering may be fleeting. A more enduring and adaptable skill will keep enabling us to harness the potential of generative AI? It is called problem formulation — the ability to identify, analyze, and delineate problems.

A new survey from HUB provides some answers

The company said it is still leaning into expanding its fiber footprint.

Mediacom Xtreme Connect is available to households enrolled in the SNAP and Medicaid programs, as well as others.

Operators hope AI will make networks more energy efficient, but consumption by AI data centers could massively outweigh those benefits.

A researcher who just resigned from ChatGPT developer OpenAI is accusing the company of not devoting enough resources to ensure that artificial intelligence can be safely controlled. 

"These problems are quite hard to get right, and I am concerned we aren't on a trajectory to get there," ex-OpenAI researcher Jan Leike claimed in a tweet on Friday.

Investors are interested in buying TikTok so that it can avoid a US ban. But even if ByteDance accepts, a takeover will be far from simple.

Gogo, which sells Internet services to airplane passengers, initially hoped to begin offering 5G in 2021. Now the company is warning that the launch might not happen until 2025.