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Data Centers are America's Most Misunderstood Infrastructure Asset
We cannot champion a future driven by American innovation while simultaneously rejecting the very infrastructure required to power it. As communities across the country debate whether to welcome data centers into their communities, the facts highlight their critical role in powering economic growth and strengthening U.S. infrastructure.
Chip Pickering: Data Centers are America's Most Misunderstood Infrastructure Asset
We cannot champion a future driven by American innovation while simultaneously rejecting the very infrastructure required to power it. As communities across the country debate whether to welcome data centers into their communities, the facts highlight their critical role in powering economic growth and strengthening U.S. infrastructure.
Why the RAIL Act Matters for America’s Digital Future
When families in rural towns can't get online, when students have to sit in parking lots to access Wi-Fi, or when small businesses lose opportunities because broadband stops at the edge of a railroad crossing, we know something is broken. We've both seen this problem firsthand. One of us, as an FCC Commissioner, visiting communities across America where high-speed internet ended abruptly at railroad tracks.
Washington bureaucracy must stand aside and let America build Original
A defining objective of the Trump administration for America is to reclaim our ability to maximize our resources, to grow, and to build. In contrast, the federal bureaucratic state has come to view its mission as to stop, slow, prevent and block projects of significance. In short, we have a clash of two vastly different value systems — the Trump goal to build America versus the bureaucratic state’s opposition and resistance.
DOJ’s remedies will do more harm than good
Chip Pickering writes that the Department of Justice is actively undermining competition in the tech space as it tries to choose winners and losers in the marketplace. It’s been nearly a year since the Biden U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) won its antitrust lawsuit against Google, and several remedies have been proposed as what they’re calling an attempt to restore competition and prevent the tech giant from leveraging its market power.
AI’s full business potential will be stifled by state regulations: Why a federal AI strategy is needed
Chip Pickering says inconsistent regulations give other nations like China a leg up. The 21st century is an exhilarating time for innovation across all industries. Medical breakthroughs, technological advancements, and new scientific discoveries are happening every day. Among these exciting developments is the widespread utilization and adaption of artificial intelligence (AI), a tool we are merely scratching the surface of when it comes to identifying its functionality.
DOJ’s remedies would harm American tech innovation, personal privacy, American competitiveness
Antitrust regulations targeting Google's search dominance could stifle innovation and harm consumers. Google's success stems from providing valuable services that consumers prefer, not from anti-competitive practices. Instead of hindering American tech giants, the focus should be on protecting them from unfair competition abroad.
Who Is Championing American Innovation? - Inside Sources
Throughout my 12-year tenure in the U.S. House of Representatives, I watched as our nation’s digital economy transformed from a fledgling industry into the driver of the U.S. economy. During my time in Washington, I worked with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle to support many of the innovative American tech companies that I advocate for now as the leader of INCOMPAS, an organization that promotes competition, innovation, and economic development in the tech industry.
Mississippi should embrace artificial intelligence
The Magnolia State is emerging as not just a burgeoning hub for technology, but as an innovative beacon of AI development and discovery We all remember last summer when Mississippi State went viral for using emerging artificial intelligence (AI) technology to create their 2024 SEC opponents reveal graphic. Who could forget the hilarious and bizarre results? Although perhaps the most entertaining in recent memory, it’s far from the only imaginative use of AI in our state.
Chip Pickering | The Grenada Star
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Mississippi should embrace artificial intelligence
We all remember last summer when Mississippi State went viral for using emerging artificial intelligence (AI) technology to create their 2024 SEC opponents reveal graphic. Who could forget the hilarious and bizarre results? Although perhaps the most entertaining in recent memory, it's far from the only imaginative use of AI in our state.
Congress must act now to fund the Affordable Connectivity Program
There is an underreported threat looming if Congress doesn’t act soon: 21.5 million households in the U.S. could lose access to an affordable internet. The bipartisan Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) provides monthly subsidies for low-income Americans to get online. And it’s been a great success: the ACP has now connected nearly 60 million Americans to broadband, many of whom have never previously had internet access at home.
Congress must act now to fund the Affordable Connectivity Program
This week, we saw fierce budgetary debates in the halls of Congress. Thankfully, a government shutdown was averted, but there is an additional underreported threat looming if Congress doesn’t act soon: 21.5 million households in the U.S. could lose access to an affordable internet. The bipartisan Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) provides monthly subsidies for low-income Americans to get online.
COLUMN: Sound the alarm to protect American tech from Senate legislation
Sound the alarm because Russia, China and other adversaries are coming for America’s technology industry, and federal lawmakers want to make it easier for them to compromise our infrastructure and devices. Foreign hackers are targeting everything from American pipelines to U.S. elections, threatening our way of life, economy and democracy each time.
It must use its authority to unleash 12 GHz for 5G when we need it most
In the past year, the growing demand to open America’s airwaves for 5G and next-generation connectivity has only increased, bringing national attention to spectrum’s role in closing the digital divide and solidifying global telecommunications leadership.
Yazoo Valley crew heads south to assist with storm recovery
By Bonnie Coblentz, 35 Reads Tue, 08/31/2021 - 10:52 AM It seems that wild turkeys don’t like humidity any more than people do. That is a finding of a study conducted by the MSU Forest and Wildlife Research Center, or FWRC, in response to concerns that Mississippi’s turkey season was not timed properly.
Mississippi Covid-19 Update : August 31, 2021
Listed below is the daily COVID-19 update for the state of Mississippi. New cases of COVID-19: 1,111 Today's case count is impacted by reduced staffing related to Hurricane Ida. Positive test results reported to MSDH as of 6 p.m. yesterday. Tests may have been made during the past week, and represent individuals who became ill a week ago or more. Repeated tests for the same individual are counted only once. New COVID-19 related deaths: 48 Twenty-one deaths occurred between August 25 and August 30.
Hall named to MS Teacher Advisory Council
READ MORE > 451 Reads Thu, 08/26/2021 - 12:18 PM Delta State University Athletics has announced its responsible alcohol service policy for the upcoming 2021-2022 athletics season. By The Yazoo Herald, 364 Reads Tue, 08/31/2021 - 04:00 PM Pictured is the staff of the Larry Summers Career & Technical Center for the 2021 - 2022 year. By The Yazoo Herald, 144 Reads Tue, 08/31/2021 - 07:00 PM The Yazoo Sluggers played in the recent USSSA Season Opener tournament.
America’s tech giants are not the problem. Antitrust lawsuit against Google not the answer
America’s tech giants are not the problem and antitrust is not the solution. As we enter into a new age of competition and rivalry with China on strategic, on national security, on economic grounds, we have a lot of people in Washington who are wanting to now either break up or heavily regulate the internet companies just at the wrong time and in the wrong way.
It's time to rethink our strategy about tech
There’s a global battle taking place every day. It’s a battle of ideas, innovation, investment, productivity and competition for the heart and soul of global consumers of technology. It’s no secret China is eager to replace the United States as the global leader of technology. Four of the top ten emerging tech companies are Chinese. Meanwhile, American politicians are so determined to score political points they appear willing to help the communists in China move closer to their goal.
It's time to rethink our strategy about tech
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It's time to rethink our strategy about tech
There’s a global battle taking place every day. It’s a battle of ideas, innovation, investment, productivity and competition for the heart and soul of global consumers of technology. It’s no secret China is eager to replace the United States as the global leader of technology. Four of the top ten emerging tech companies are Chinese. Meanwhile, American politicians are so determined to score political points they appear willing to help the communists in China move closer to their goal.
Tech, broadband firms delivering during pandemic. Mississippi needs to use opportunity.
Chip Pickering, Guest columnist Published 4:00 a.m. CT April 25, 2020 Autoplay Show Thumbnails Show Captions Last SlideNext Slide The COVID-19 news can be overwhelming. Our nation and communities are struggling. Small businesses have temporarily shut down and are fighting to survive. Jobs have been lost. Students and teachers are learning to cope with long-distance learning. Health care and other essential workers are at risk. However, during this global pandemic, there is some good news.
Don’t Let Broken Maps Break Broadband Competition
By Chip Pickering It is abundantly clear that there are serious and significant flaws with the current state of the FCC’s broadband mapping for our nation. Tens of millions of Americans, many living in small towns and rural communities, are being falsely counted as served by high-speed broadband when in fact they are being denied critical internet services and competition that are promised by law.
Love Streaming? Then Don’t Let Distraction Doom Net Neutrality Legislation
Love Streaming? Then Don’t Let Distraction Doom Net Neutrality Legislation By Chip Pickering We may finally be getting somewhere in the fight to save net neutrality. Last year we saw the Republican-controlled U.S. Senate pass the Congressional Review Act — calling for the reinstatement of strong net neutrality protections — with key bipartisan support. Now, the Democrats in control of the House have introduced the Save the Internet Act, which will put open internet protections back on the books.
Yes Republicans, voting to Save Net Neutrality is the RIGHT Thing to Do
A lot of my conservative friends have been asking me about net neutrality lately. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decision in December to end two decades of bipartisan open internet policy just isn’t sitting well with our base. Poll after poll shows that over 80 percent Americans, including conservatives and Trump supporters, want strong net neutrality policies.
FCC Must Close Door on Market Power, Open the Future of Competition
On Thursday, we will celebrate the birthday of a great American president, Teddy Roosevelt. Revered for a number of things, the 26th President stands out to me for his role as America’s trustbuster. A man who stood up to the bully of market power in favor of consumers and competition alike.
Competition is gold medal investment policy
The 2016 Summer Olympics will be remembered for some dominating performances. From Simone Biles and Katie Ledecky, to Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt. While we saw many of the favorites run away with gold, at no point were we subjected to watching these athletes alone on the track or in the pool. After all, without competition, what fun would it be? While at the Olympics, competition is everywhere, but for business data services it’s virtually non-existent.
On The Set-Top Box, You Know Best
With 900 channels of reruns, you would think it would be hard for the cable industry to pick a favorite show. But listening to the cable companies’ set top box arguments in Washington DC, one would have to assume it’s the 1950’s sitcom “Father Knows Best.” It’s old, traditional, and predictable. Just like cable’s arguments against allowing consumers the freedom to choose their own video device.
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