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 Back in 2015, then-Commissioner of the FCC Ajit Pai submitted a lengthy paper detailing his reasons for voting against the incoming net neutrality rules. He made a lot of predictions about harm those rules would cause — predictions that, as fellow Commissioner Clyburn points out today, pretty much all failed to come true. Read More

 Google Assistant is about to get a bit more home-savvy. The voice assistant will be gaining local discovery skills that will help you locate home services nearby. The company specifically detailed that Assistant would be gaining insights to help users locate “nearby services like an electrician, plumber, house cleaner and more.” Saying something like, “Hey Google, I need… Read More

 Facebook has been under fire for its practices and policies that enable advertisers to exclude “multicultural affinity” groups from the audiences they reach via the social network. Now, in light of a ProPublica investigation and pressure from the Congressional Black Caucus, Facebook says it’s committed to taking a closer look at its advertising policies. Read More

 Welcome to the 2017 TechCrunch Holiday Gift Guide! We check out a lot of really cool stuff here at TechCrunch, so we figured we ought to put that experience to good use and help you get your holiday shopping done quickly. Need help with some other ideas? Check out the full Gift Guide here!
It’s hard to build a smart home. It’s even harder to buy smart home gifts for someone else. Read More

Life in Soviet Ukraine wasn’t pretty. But the propaganda sure was.

The sad story of the East Bay Times exemplifies how the decline of community journalism erodes civic engagement.

The friendly robots that science fiction has promised for so long are finally here, and leading the way is this adorable little machine from Mayfield Robotics.

Rapid collapse of Antarctic glaciers could flood coastal cities by the end of this century.

The first-ever graduate program for space miners-in-training is set to launch next year. And the inaugural class is already taking lessons.

Ric Jacobs portrays himself as a whistle-blower. The ride-hailing giant portrays him as an extortionist. The judge remains cranky.

GM and Cruise are testing cars in a chaotic city, and the tech still has a ways to go.

The airline was accidentally too generous with time off over the holidays.

Internet analyst Ben Thompson agrees with the FCC’s plan to repeal Obama-era net-neutrality rules, but misinterprets some key facts in the debate.

In the southeastern US alone, one meter of sea level rise would inundate over 13,000 archaeological sites.

As a recent flare-up around Expensify shows, behind every AI that analyzes your data, teams of human workers pick up the slack.