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New astronomy roadmap calls for huge, broad-spectrum space telescope

Enlarge / The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, which is scheduled for launch later this decade and will observe planets and galaxies. (credit: GSFC/SVS) On Thursday, the National Academies of Science released the latest Decadal Survey that the astronomy industry uses to help guide funding decisions over the years between the current survey’s release and […]

100Mbps uploads and downloads should be US broadband standard, senators say

Enlarge / Illustration of fiber-optic cables. (credit: Getty Images | Tetra Images) Four US senators today called on the Biden administration to establish a “21st century definition of high-speed broadband” of 100Mbps both upstream and downstream. This would be a big upgrade over the Federal Communications Commission broadband standard of 25Mbps downstream and 3Mbps upstream, […]

FTC sues Intuit in bid to stop “deceptive” ads that claim TurboTax is free

Enlarge / TurboTax products sit on display at Costco on January 28, 2016, in Foster City, California. (credit: Getty Images | Kimberly White ) The Federal Trade Commission sued Intuit on Monday, alleging that it deceptively advertises “free” tax filing with TurboTax. Intuit’s deceptive tactics pushed customers toward paid products—even in cases where they were […]