Subchannel Stations: The Radio Broadcasts You Didn’t Know Were There

Analog radio broadcasts are pretty simple, right? Tune into a given frequency on the AM or FM bands, and what you hear is what you get. Or at least, that used to be the way, before smart engineers …

The 6GHz Band Opens In The US

On December 11th, the FCC announced that the band around 6GHz would be open to “very low-power devices.” The new allocation shares space with other devices already using these frequenci…

Trump wants CBS license revoked; FCC chair explains that isn’t going to happen

Trump’s “threats against free speech are serious,” Jessica Rosenworcel says.

Teilchenphysik: 7 verblüffende Zusammenhänge zu 70 Jahren CERN

Wie das Megalabor in Europa der Menschheit die Teilchenwelt erschlossen und die internationale Zusammenarbeit beflügelt hat

Is That Antenna Allowed? The Real Deal On The FCCs OTARD Rule

The Hackaday comments section is generally a lively place. At its best, it’s an endless wellspring of the combined engineering wisdom of millions of readers which serves to advance the state …

Court blocks net neutrality, says ISPs are likely to win case against FCC

It's not over, but three judges said ISPs "are likely to succeed on the merits."

Hackaday Links: August 4, 2024

Good news, bad news for Sun watchers this week, as our star launched a solar flare even bigger than the one back in May that gave us an amazing display of aurora that dipped down into pretty low la…

Hackaday Links: June 30, 2024

A couple of weeks back we featured a story (third item) about a chunk of space jetsam that tried to peacefully return to Earth, only to find a Florida family’s roof rudely in the way. The 700…

Teilchenbeschleuniger: Higgs-Fabrik für 16 Milliarden Euro würde LHC in den Schatten stellen

Eine Studie zum Future Circular Collider zeigt, wo und wie der gigantische Teilchenbeschleuniger gebaut werden könnte

The Affordable Connectivity Program is an economic tool for Texans

Unless Congress acts soon, funding will end for internet service subsidies that provide service to 1.7 million Texas households and nearly 23 million...

Ham Radio May Speed Up Soon

The FCC is circulating a proposal for new rules pertaining to amateur radio in the United States. In particular, they want to remove certain baud rate restrictions that have been in place since 198…

Hackaday Links: September 3, 2023

Right-to-repair has been a hot-button topic lately, with everyone from consumers to farmers pretty much united behind the idea that owning an item should come with a plausible path to getting it fi…

Pair of Scammers Hit With FCC's Largest-Ever Robocalling Fine, at $300 Million

Roy M. Cox and Aaron Michael Jones will need to pay up or face prosecution from the DOJ for placing more than 5 billion auto-warranty robocalls during a three-month span in 2021.

Hackaday Links: June 4, 2023

A report released this week suggests that 50 flights into its five-flight schedule, the Mars helicopter might be starting to show its age. The report details a protracted communications outage Inge…

Fox Fined For Using EAS Tone In Footbal Ad

The Boy Who Cried Wolf is a simple parable that teaches children the fatal risk of raising a false alarm. To do so is to risk one’s life when raising the alarm about a real emergency that may…

USA verbannen Huawei und ZTE | DW | 26.11.2022

"Inakzeptables Risiko" für die nationale Sicherheit: Geräte namhafter chinesischer Tech-Unternehmen dürfen künftig nicht mehr in die Vereinigten Staaten importiert oder dort verkauft werden.

Greedy Receivers: FCC Considers Regulating Receivers After Altimeter Showdown

Recently, the media was filled with articles about how turning on 5G transmissions in the C-band could make US planes fall out of the sky. While the matter was ultimately resolved without too much …

Public Knowledge Urges FCC To Preserve Consumer Protections for VoIP Services

The FCC must make VoIP a Title II telecommunications service so the agency can ensure everyone has access to reliable, quality voice service.

U.S. President Biden signs into law $65 billion for more accessible and affordable internet - Access Now

Today, President Biden signed the bipartisan infrastructure bill into law, which includes $65 billion to close the digital divide.