Weekly output: Brendan Carr, next big things in robotics and automation and in space and telecom, Android 16, Starship flight test, Google search-antitrust case, 1Password

The last full workweek of November had me feeling very busy.

11/18/2024: Trump’s Pick for FCC Chair Has Vowed Crackdown on Big Tech ‘Censorship’, PCMag

President-elect Trump naming Brendan Carr as his next chair of the Federal Communications Commission gave me a reason to look through my notes of his talks at telecom events over the past couple of years.

11/19/2024: The 3 next big things in robotics and automation for 2024, Fast Company

I’ve spent a non-trivial part of the last few months assessing candidate companies for this list, and now the results of that work are public.

11/19/2024: The 3 next big things in space and telecom for 2024, Fast Company

My other part of this year’s version of Fast Company’s “NBTT” list involved a couple of  industry sectors that I enjoy covering for that publication.

11/19/2024: First Android 16 Dev Preview Is Here As Google Pushes Up OS Launch Window, PCMag

Google moving up the release cycle for the next version of Android meant that I did not have to write this post in a jet-lagged haze in an Airbnb room in Barcelona as I did in February.

11/20/2024: Starship’s Sixth Flight Test Skips the Tower Catch, Ends in Soft Splashdown, PCMag

Writing about this flight test was easier than covering Starship’s fifth flight test, because I did not have to get up before 7 a.m. on a Sunday.

11/21/2024: DOJ Wants to Force Google to Sell Chrome, License Search Data to Rivals, PCMag

Writing about a government proposal to force a tech giant to divest some core assets reminded me of covering the Microsoft antitrust trial some 25 years ago.

11/21/2024: 1Password Chief Wouldn’t Mind Apple, Google Getting Pushy About Passkeys, PCMag

I wrote up a conversation I’d had the previous Thursday morning at Web Summit in Lisbon with 1Password’s co-CEO Jeff Shiner; I needed another few days to check a few details about how that password-manager service that I’ve used since 2019 deals with passkey authentication.

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