Why Judge Gorsuch is a regulatory skeptic
One unreported item regarding President Trump’s nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, Judge Neil Gorsuch of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, is that he would bring more private practice exposure… –Brookings
Verizon Adds Drone Company To Its IoT Business
The pursuit to bring the Internet of Things to the sky continues with a new drone-based acquisition from a major network. –Media Post
MobiTV Lands $21 Million More
MobiTV, a company that specializes in IP-based multiscreen video delivery, said it has landed a $21 million round of funding from Oak Investment Partners and Ally Corporate Finance. –B&C
Data Breaches Force Yahoo To Amend Verizon Deal By $350 Million
Yahoo and Verizon on Tuesday issued a joint statement that the two companies have renegotiated their acquisition deal. –Media Post
Tech, advocacy groups slam DHS call to demand foreign travelers’ passwords
Technology advocacy groups and trade associations representing companies such as Facebook, Google and Microsoft criticized a suggestion from the head of the Department of Homeland Security that foreign nationals should provide social media passwords to enter the U.S. –The Hill
Hackers who took control of PC microphones siphon >600 GB from 70 targets
Critical infrastructure, media, and scientists targeted by suspected nation-state. –Ars Technica
LTE speeds outpace home internet with new Qualcomm and Intel modems
With every new generation of smartphone, LTE connections get faster. That’s because the devices have faster modems that can transfer data at unprecedented download speeds. –Network World
Google and Bing to deprecate piracy websites
Illegally streamed live football matches and pirated films and music will be hidden under new plan to crackdown on pirating. –Guardian
TDS to use $75M in FCC funding to expand broadband to 160K rural locations
TDS Telecom has received $75.1 million in FCC’s Alternative Connect America Cost Model (A-CAM) funds to expand broadband to nearly 160,000 rural locations across its network territory. –Fierce Telecom
Microsoft says Stryker is using HoloLens to help hospitals design better operating rooms
Microsoft is talking for the first time today about a new customer of its HoloLens augmented reality headset: publicly traded medical device company Stryker. –Venture Beat
Report: 40.7 Million U.S. Mobile-Only Internet Users By Year-End
The latest market data from eMarketer reveals that the number of Americans who access the Internet solely via desktop, laptop or other types of personal computers will shrink to 17.9 million this year, down from 20.3 million in 2016. –Telecompetitor
Comcast’s ‘Tech ETA’ Feature Goes Wide
Following a string of trials in several individual markets, Comcast confirmed that it has rolled out Tech ETA, an app that lets customers track their technicians and installers, in all of the MSO’s markets. –B&C
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The Digital Daily Dozen is distributed weekdays (usually) by Dom Caristi or Heather Vaughn as a service of the BSU Digital Policy Institute. The articles are culled from various e-newsletters. The content is not original – only their compilation in this mailing is. ________________________________________________________________