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FCC Chairman Brendan Carr posted on X warning broadcasters against airing polls he called fake, saying such coverage could violate rules against news distortion or broadcast hoaxes. He did not name any specific polls or broadcasters, but urged outlets to give viewers more context when covering polls.
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr stated that broadcasters are barred under their federal license terms from engaging in 'news distortion' or 'broadcast hoaxes,' a warning issued as polling shows declining approval numbers for President Trump. Carr's comments raise the prospect of regulatory scrutiny over how networks report and frame polling data.
TP-Link told The Verge its plan to invest nearly $1 billion in US-based router production, including a letter of intent with contract manufacturer Key Tronic to assemble Wi-Fi 8 routers in Corinth, Mississippi, depends on the FCC granting a conditional approval waiver tied to an ongoing review of the company. TP-Link corporate affairs officer Steve Kovsky said production could start as early as next year and may include full manufacturing steps like surface-mount technology and plastic injection molding, not just assembly.
TP-Link announced a Letter of Intent with US manufacturer Keytronic to assemble its Wi-Fi 8 routers in Corinth, Mississippi, pending US regulatory approval, with assembly potentially starting as early as 2027. The move comes as TP-Link seeks FCC clearance to sell its newest routers in the US, since the agency bars consumer routers made wholly or partly abroad. TP-Link currently assembles routers in Vietnam using mostly Chinese-made components, and its earlier products remain on sale under previous approvals.
Intel has petitioned the FCC for an exception covering automated guided vehicles (AGVs) used in its chip fabs to move silicon wafers and materials, after such robots were added to the FCC's Covered List banning foreign equipment. Intel says it relies on AGVs from Japanese suppliers like Murata Machinery and Daifuku, and that no domestic alternatives currently exist. The company is requesting a conditional waiver to keep operating and updating its existing AGV fleet without breaching compliance rules.
TP-Link has signed a letter of intent with manufacturer Key Tronic to assemble its routers at a Mississippi facility, with production potentially starting in early 2027 pending regulatory approval. Wi-Fi 8 routers are expected to be among the first products built there, though TP-Link says many components will still be sourced from outside the US.
Educational and library groups submitted comments to the FCC opposing a proposal from Chairman Brendan Carr to potentially limit or sunset E-Rate, the $2 billion annual program that subsidizes internet access for schools and libraries. Carr, who led a 2-1 vote in June to open the rulemaking, has argued the program expanded beyond its original purpose and criticized schools for increasing student screen time. The American Library Association contends the FCC lacks authority to end the congressionally mandated program and lacks expertise to regulate screen time.
Schools, libraries, and education associations flooded the FCC with comments opposing a proposal from Chairman Brendan Carr to potentially sunset E-Rate, the $2 billion annual program that subsidizes internet connectivity for schools and libraries. The National Association of Elementary School Principals and the American Library Association were among groups urging the FCC to preserve the program, which Carr has criticized for enabling excessive student screen time. The FCC already cut E-Rate funding last year for Wi-Fi hotspot lending and school bus internet service.
Bambu Lab has publicly teased its first 3D scanner, the S1, with a release planned for November 2026. No specifications have been officially disclosed, but FCC filings reveal a label and drawing showing a 60W power rating, and the device appears to share that rating with SCANOLOGY's 3DeVOK MT Gen2 scanner.
The FCC will vote October 29 on rules barring device certification testing performed in mainland China, with a transition period ending December 1, 2028. Currently 82% of electronics authorized last year were tested in China, versus under 4% in US labs, according to Chairman Brendan Carr. The rules would limit recognized labs to the US or countries offering reciprocal recognition, with Hong Kong and Taiwan reportedly included but mainland China excluded.
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth would have the final decision on whether to televise the execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, convicted in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting. Carr indicated he would not block any Pentagon decision to air the execution on broadcast television.
A calculation published in Nature has determined the strong coupling constant, α_s, to an uncertainty of five parts per mille using only low-energy lattice QCD input, independent of collider data. This improves on the previous precision of roughly one part in a hundred for the parameter governing interactions between quarks and gluons. Because the value was derived without fitting to collider measurements, it can be fed directly into predictions for LHC and future collider processes.