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BEIJING, Aug. 22, 2026 (AP) - Chinese humanoid robots broke records set by humans, including beating Usain Bolt's 100-meter sprint world record, on the opening day of the Olympics-like World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing on Saturday.More than 2,000 huma

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C., Aug. 21, 2026 (AP) - Artificial intelligence chatbots have become the bane of teachers everywhere, but to prepare for the new school year, a group of educators in Charleston, South Carolina, packed into a high school auditorium and

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21, 2026 - Longtime telecom policy analyst Blair Levin is leaving New Street Research.Levin has been a policy advisor at the investment research firm for more than 10 years. He served at the Federal Communications Commission as chief of s

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21, 2026 - Copper retirement efforts from major ISPs are continuing apace.In recent weeks AT&T, Fidium, and Verizon have each been asking the Federal Communications Commission to discontinue legacy services in areas across the U.S. Sign U

August 21, 2026 - New York's broadband projects funded by 2021 federal relief funds have undergone significant changes in both funding levels and planned reach since first announced.An analysis from the Advanced Communications Law and Policy Institute, re

August 21, 2026 - Witnesses told a Pennsylvania House committee this week the state's next broadband challenge will be keeping households connected.Broadband adoption has already slipped in Pennsylvania, they said, but the impact of the One Big Beautiful

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21, 2026 - The Federal Communications Commission won't immediately resolve a pole attachment dispute between AT&T and Duke Energy.The agency said Thursday that the companies should instead assemble a panel of outside experts to arbitrate

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump, speaking alongside cryptocurrency leaders at the White House this week, made a statement that Republican and Democratic candidates alike wouldn't touch with a 10-foot pole. Watch the online course preview! See the

Congress keeps treating broadband permitting delay as a speed problem. It isn't. It's a governance problem.The Senate Commerce Committee's July 2026 hearing on AI and communications networks produced a familiar consensus: permitting is slow, so Congress s

Markey Stumbles over Easy AI Question in Final TV Debate with Moulton Analyst Kampis Opposed to Making Big Tech Support USF Senate Needs to Clear up Permitting Chaos, Analyst Karren Says Wolfe Research's Supino Takes a Fresh Look at Fox/Roku Financials Ca