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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) wants the U.S. telecommunications regulatory agency to ensure a delay in some 5G C-Band transmissions from smaller operators. Acting FAA Administrator Billy Nolen said the agency wants the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to mandate voluntary mitigations that AT&T and Verizon agreed to earlier this year mandated for 19 smaller telecoms and other spectrum holders. In a previously unreported letter dated Friday, Nolen cited industry data established “aviation safety would…

After months of back and forth, the EU parliament finally passed the USB-C bill, aiming to force all companies in specific businesses to adopt USB-C as the standard charging port. The bill will take effect in 2024.Determining a standard charging port for all devices sold across the EU has been in the works for over a decade. In September 2021, the bill was finally tabled by the Commission, and now it’s approved by the European Parliament with 602 votes in favor, 13 against, and eight abstentions.According to the bill,…

Elon Musk's lawyers urged a federal appeals court to throw out a provision in his 2018 consent decree with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) requiring a Tesla lawyer to vet some of his posts on Twitter.In a brief filed late on Tuesday with the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan, lawyers for Musk called the pre-approval mandate a "government-imposed muzzle" that inhibited and chilled his lawful speech on a broad range of topics.They also said the requirement violated the US Constitution, and…

General Motors CEO Mary Barra speaks to reporters while she waits for the arrival of President Joe Biden at media day of the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan, September 14, 2022.Rebecca Cook | ReutersDETROIT – General Motors is conducting damage control around its return-to-office plans after a Friday afternoon message to employees spurred backlash and confusion.The company's senior leadership team on Friday said corporate workers would be required to return to physical locations at least three…

The Indian government is pushing handset makers to enable support for its homegrown navigation system NavIC on the smartphones they will sell in India from January 1, 2023, reports Reuters. NavIC (Navigation with Indian Constellation) is the operational name for the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) developed by India's space agency ISRO for military and commercial purposes. Its constellation consists of eight satellites and covers the Indian mainland and the region extending up to 1,500 km from its…

A Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) logo is displayed on the side of a subway train in Manhattan, New York on June 2, 2021.Ed Jones | AFP | Getty ImagesNew Yorkers are no longer required to wear masks on mass transit, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on Wednesday.Hochul said the decision to lift the mandate is based on declining infections, hospitalizations and the availability of new boosters that the target the dominant omicron subvariant BA.5."We do believe that we're in a good place right now, especially if New…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain When the Biden administration announced COVID-19 vaccine mandates on Nov. 4 for businesses with 100 or more employees, protests erupted in cities across the U.S. …

Employees at Apple's corporate offices will now have the option of wearing a face mask or not while at work as the tech giant is dropping its mask mandates for corporate employees at "most locations".The move comes even as the US is recording a surge in the highly transmissible BA.5 variant of Covid-19, citing an internal e-mail from the Covid-19 response team, The Verge reported."We are writing to share an update to our current protocols. In light of current circumstances, wearing a face mask will no longer be required…

Masked cosplayers at last year’s New York Comic-Con.Photo: Michael M. Santiago (Getty Images)Globally we are in the midst of the sixth wave of the covid epidemic, and with visitors to San Diego Comic-Con International coming from all over the world for the latest in pop culture, the convention has underlined its safety protocols for attendees. All convention-goers must provide verification of at least two doses of the vaccine or proof of a negative test taken within 72 hours. Additionally, a mandatory mask mandate has…

Brazil's National Telecommunications Agency Anatel says it is considering a proposal that would make USB-C charging ports the standard interface on mobile phones in the country. In a release Tuesday Anatel stated: The National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) made available for contributions of the company the Public Consultation 45/2022, which presents the proposal to define technical requirements for assessing the compliance of wire charging interface with USB type C standard in mobile phones. The Brazilian…