Weekly output: AT&T OneConnect, federal privacy fears, Artemis II, better inflight WiFi, 6G

This week started with me in Chicago for the Online News Association’s conference, then had a quick trip to Boston to see family for Easter, and tomorrow will have me off to San Francisco for the HumanX conference to lead two panels there. 

I wrote an extra post Tuesday for Patreon readers recapping some scenes from SXSW, including a not-yet-campaign appearance by California governor Gavin Newsom and a stemwinder of a speech by Patreon founder Jack Conte on how human creativity can endure through the rise of AI.

3/31/2026: AT&T OneConnect Bundles Fiber, Wireless, Doesn’t Say What Mobile Service You Get, PCMag

I had just enough spare time at ONA to field this story–even factoring in time to try, without success, to get AT&T to explain just what wireless plan subscribers would get with this new offering.

4/1/2026: The One Thing Americans Can Agree On: The Feds Collect Too Much Personal Data, PCMag

I wrote up this study by the Center for Democracy & Technology a day after it was published Tuesday in part because I had nearly no free time on day two of ONA.

4/1/2026: NASA Launches Artemis II, Its First Moonshot Since 1972, PCMag

I watched the launch Wednesday evening of Artemis II with fingers crossed through main engine cutoff, then followed the first few hours of the mission while writing up this post. I updated the story a day later after the translunar injection burn of the Orion spacecraft’s service module engine committed astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen on a flight around the Moon and then back to Earth. I can’t wait to see this American and Canadian crew’s Earthrise photos.

4/2/2026: Fast, Free Wi-Fi Now Arriving at These Airlines, AARP

I showed up at my occasional client’s site not as a writer but as a subject-matter expert, courtesy of AARP writer Berit Thorkelson quizzing me over e-mail for this piece about how low-Earth-orbit satellite constellations like SpaceX’s Starlink are upgrading inflight WiFi.

4/3/2026: Unfortunately, It’s Time to Talk About 6G. Here’s What You Need to Know, PCMag

I got most of my reporting for this done at MWC Barcelona, but then needed a little more time to collect some industry insight about the wireless industry’s curious rush to hype 6G when so many of its customers are still trying to discern how 5G is supposed to make a noticeable difference in their everyday phone experience.

📈 Más rentabilidad para los usuarios: Nu Colombia sube tasas en ahorro y CDT luego de la decisión del emisor.

#FinanzasPersonales #CDT

https://www.enter.co/colombia/nu-colombia-mejora-rendimientos-de-ahorro-y-cdt-tras-ajuste-del-banco-de-la-republica/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Buenas noticias para los ahorradores: Nu Colombia sube rendimientos luego del movimiento del Banco Central 💰

#Economía #CDT

https://www.enter.co/colombia/nu-colombia-mejora-rendimientos-de-ahorro-y-cdt-tras-ajuste-del-banco-de-la-republica/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Maroc : la mobilisation de la jeunesse durement réprimée
Huit femmes meurent faute d’anesthésiques conformes

Le 14 septembre, un rassemblement devant l’hôpital public d’Agadir dénonce la mort intolérable, en dix jours, de huit femmes venues accoucher par césarienne. Au lieu de jeter un lot d’anesthésiant pour l
https://groupemarxiste.info/2025/11/18/maroc-la-mobilisation-de-la-jeunesse-durement-reprimee/
#14Septembre2025 #CDT #GenZ212 #jeunes #Maroc #MohammedVI #PPS #UGTM #UMT #USFP

Whoa

New survey data finds that nearly 1 in 5 high schoolers have had a romantic #ArtificialIntelligence relationship, or they know someone who has. And 42% of students surveyed say they or someone they know have used #AI for #companionship.

That's according to new research from the Center for Democracy & Technology (#CDT), a nonprofit that advocates for #CivilRights, #CivilLiberties & responsible use of #data & #technology.

https://www.npr.org/2025/10/08/nx-s1-5561981/ai-students-schools-teachers

💰 Bold rompe el mercado: 10% en ahorro y 12% en CDTs digitales. ¡Tu dinero por fin trabaja para ti!

#Bold #CDT #AhorroInteligente

https://www.enter.co/empresas/bold-lanza-cuenta-de-ahorro-al-10-y-cdts-digitales-al-12-entre-las-tasas-mas-altas-del-mercado/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon