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Jon Brodkin

Jon Brodkin

Senior IT Reporter at Ars Technica

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67
Location
United States
Languages
  • English
Covering topics
  • Law
  • Computers & Technology
  • Technology
  • Telecommunications

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Recent Articles

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Elon Musk loses initial attempt to block OpenAI’s for-profit conversion

OpenAI can proceed with for-profit shift while litigation continues, judge rules.
29 days ago
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Apple refuses to break encryption, seeks reversal of UK demand for ...

Apple appeal to Investigatory Powers Tribunal may be the first case of its type.
about 1 month ago
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Firefox deletes promise to never sell personal data, asks users not...

Mozilla says it deleted promise because “sale of data” is defined broadly.
about 1 month ago
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Bitcoin plunges as crypto fans didn’t get everything they wanted fr...

Bitcoin hit record $109,000 on Inauguration Day but has dropped 23 percent since.
about 1 month ago
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Supreme Court rejects ISPs again in latest bid to kill NY’s $15 bro...

Supreme Court not swayed by AT&T pulling home Internet service out of New York.
about 1 month ago
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Judge: US gov’t violated privacy law by disclosing personal data to...

Disclosure of personal information to DOGE “is irreparable harm,” judge rules.
about 1 month ago
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ISPs fear wave of state laws after New York’s $15 broadband mandate

When the FCC isn’t regulating, states have more power to impose broadband laws.
about 1 month ago
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FTC investigates “tech censorship,” says it’s un-American and may b...

“Tech firms should not be bullying their users,” Chairman Andrew Ferguson says.
about 1 month ago
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ISP sued by record labels agrees to identify 100 users accused of p...

Legal discovery targets names of Altice users hit with copyright notices.
about 1 month ago
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Trump order declares independent US agencies aren’t independent any...

Order says independent agencies can’t contradict Trump’s legal interpretations.
about 1 month ago
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OpenAI board considers special voting powers to prevent Elon Musk t...

Report: “Outsized voting power” could let nonprofit board retain control.
about 1 month ago
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Condé Nast, other news orgs say AI firm stole articles, spit out “h...

Publishers sue Cohere, say AI firm is “stealing our works.”…
about 2 months ago
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“Largest data breach in US history”: Three more lawsuits try to sto...

DOGE and Musk face three more lawsuits over “brazen ransacking” of private data.
about 2 months ago
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CenturyLink nightmares: Users keep asking Ars for help with multi-m...

Three more tales of CenturyLink failing to fix outages until hearing from Ars.
about 2 months ago
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What you need to know about the T-Mobile Starlink mobile service

Details on beta registration, prices, compatible phones, and technical limits.
about 2 months ago
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UK demands Apple break encryption to allow gov’t spying worldwide, ...

Apple last year opposed UK’s secret notices demanding encryption backdoors.
about 2 months ago
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Robocallers posing as FCC staff blocked after robocalling real FCC ...

You can ignore robocalls from FCC “Fraud Prevention Team,” which doesn’t exist.
about 2 months ago
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$42B broadband grant program may scrap Biden admin’s preference for...

NTIA nominee to rework Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program.
about 2 months ago
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Trump’s FCC chair investigates NPR and PBS, urges Congress to defun...

Brendan Carr described as “Trump’s Censorship Czar” as he launches media probes.
2 months ago
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Democrat teams up with movie industry to propose website-blocking law

Proposed US law slammed as “censorious” and an “Internet kill switch.”…
2 months ago
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Trump admin rescinds controversial funding freeze after two days of...

Despite reversal, $42 billion broadband program could still be paused.
2 months ago