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FCC Auction Power Returns Putting Wi-Fi Spectrum at Risk | Tech Field Day News Rundown: July 16, 2025
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A new law restores the FCC’s authority to auction spectrum and requires at least 800 MHz to be sold, potentially pulling it from the 6 GHz and CBRS bands currently used for Wi-Fi and rural broadband. While mobile carriers like AT&T and Verizon support the move for 5G expansion, critics warn it could slow Wi-Fi and harm small ISPs that rely on those bands. The law reverses earlier efforts to protect 6 GHz for unlicensed use and reflects growing pressure from the wireless industry, now backed by former FCC Chair Ajit Pai, who leads a major telecom lobby. This and more on the Tech Field Day News Rundown with Tom Hollingsworth and Alastair Cooke.
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1:38 - Rowhammer gives NVIDIA GPU a headache
5:59 - Aviatrix Launches Cloud-Native Security Fabric
9:04 - Is Your AI Coding Assistant Slowing You Down?
11:51 - FCC Auction Power Returns, Putting Wi-Fi Spectrum at Risk
16:50 - Akka Launches High-Performance Suite for Building Agentic AI Systems
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27:26 - Futurum Releases New Data Intelligence and Analytics Reports
31:13 - The Weeks Ahead
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