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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Amazon’s attempt to block proposals for the next-generation Starlink system is a “delay tactic” and a continuation of Amazon’s strategy of “hinder[ing] competitors to compensate for Amazon’s failur…

The Federal Communications Commission has proposed a $5 million fine against right-wing activists Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman for allegedly making illegal robocalls discouraging mail voting ahead of the 2020 election. From a report: The record-setting …

T-Mobile confirmed hackers gained access to the telecom giant’s systems in an announcement published Monday. Joseph Cox, reporting at Motherboard: The move comes after Motherboard reported that T-Mobile was investigating a post on an underground forum …

Antitrust officials at the U.S. Justice Department said they have “grave concerns” about plans by T-Mobile US to shut down the wireless network used by millions of Boost Mobile customers. From a report: The department’s worries were disclosed Monday in…

T-Mobile has been moving to integrate Sprint into its operations since completing its merger last April. This week the next step was detailed, with a support page on the carrier’s website revealing that T-Mobile plans to shut down Sprint’s 4G LTE netwo…

An anonymous reader quotes The Record:

A Chinese cyber-espionage group known as APT31 (or Zirconium) has been seen hijacking home routers to form a proxy mesh around its server infrastructure in order to relay and disguise the origins of their attacks…

The White House announced Wednesday that its “once-in-a-generation investment in our infrastructure” would include a part dedicated to improving Americans’ access to the internet. From a report: Later, the Senate passed a critical test vote by 67-32, s…

Two U.S. senators on Wednesday said they are introducing a measure to prohibit funds in a $1.9 trillion government funding measure from being used to purchase Chinese telecommunications equipment from Huawei and ZTE and others deemed U.S. security thre…

楽天モバイルの4Gの基地局整備に遅れが出ているそうだ。原因は世界的な半導体不足よるものだという。同社は7月21日に公式サイトを更新、自社回線エリアの人口カバー率に関する案内について、人口カバー率が96％となる時期を今夏から2021年内に96％表記を変更したとしている（産経新聞、ケータイ Watch、Engadget）。

Engadgetの記事によれば、同社の4G基地局機器はフィンランドのノキアソリューションズ＆ネットワークスと韓国KMWから調達しているそうだが、どのメーカーの半導体が不足している…

First Major League Baseball experimented with automated umpiring of balls and strikes in the minor leagues.

Now the Verge reports they’re trying a time-saving tactic that might also make it harder to cheat:

Baseball has a sign stealing problem &mdas…