2025-03-13
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said on Thursday it's creating a new Council for National Security within the agency. The FCC's announcement doesn't go into much detail about what the group will do, but a list of its broader goals focuses on US competition with China, including in AI and other tech sectors.
The FCC's statement on the Council for National Security says its three-part agenda includes:
"Reduce the American technology and telecommunications sectors’ trade and supply chain dependencies on foreign adversaries"
"Mitigate America’s vulnerabilities to cyberattacks, espionage, and surveillance by foreign adversaries"
"Ensure the US wins the st [...]
2025-11-26
This weekend, Andrej Karpathy, the former director of AI at Tesla and a founding member of OpenAI, decided he wanted to read a book. But he did not want to read it alone. He wanted to read it accompan [...]
2025-03-22
The US Federal Communications Commission has launched what it describes as a "sweeping investigation" on Chinese companies already on its "Covered List." Those companies include Hu [...]
2025-07-16
The Federal Communication Commission plans to vote on new rules that will ban the use of Chinese technology in undersea cables, according to a press release from FCC Chairman Brendan Carr. The propose [...]
2025-10-16
The FCC is moving to expel Hong Kong Telecom (HKT) from US telecom networks, citing national security concerns. The agency sent HKT an "Order to Show Cause," which directs the company to exp [...]
2025-04-01
The Washington Post reports that members of the White House's National Security Council have used personal Gmail accounts to conduct government business. National security advisor Michael Waltz a [...]