Technology
AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon make their dead zone satellite venture official
The three biggest US carriers signed a joint venture to pool spectrum for satellite-to-phone coverage and named wireless veteran Paul Roth as interim CEO.
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Technology
Amazon pledges $1B+ to the towns that host its data centers
AWS's new Built Together program promises free community college, home energy upgrades and local grants over five years, as more than 100 data center moratoriums are being weighed across the US.
AI
California man charged with smuggling $300M in Nvidia AI servers to China
Federal prosecutors say the owner of a Los Angeles-area computer company routed export-controlled servers with Nvidia GPUs through Malaysia and Singapore to buyers in China.
Technology
Met Police pauses Oxygen Forensics phone tool after US Russia charges
Scotland Yard has stopped using a phone data extraction tool while it reviews US charges that the company behind it hid Russian owners and Russian-built software.
AI
arXiv limits researchers to two papers a month as AI drives submissions to a record
The preprint server got 40,363 submissions in September, double two years ago, and its volunteer moderators can't keep up. Starting October 1, every submitter gets two submissions a month.
Robots
California will fine robotaxi companies that block first responders for over 30 minutes
Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 1246, which requires robotaxi operators like Waymo, Tesla and Zoox to send on-site help when their cars cause problems, and to keep remote drivers in the US.
