Grant Gross
Senior Editor
Grant Gross edits and assigns stories and writes about technology and telecom policy in the U.S. government for the IDG News Service. He is based outside of Washington, D.C.
Microsoft and Google invest in AI in Europe
The big investments by big tech could be intended to reshape their AI infrastructure ahead of new legislation from Brussels.
Otter.ai adds transcription archiving and recall across the enterprise
Using generative AI, Otter.ai is making it easier to learn what happened at meetings you missed.
US creates advisory group to consider AI regulation
More than 200 companies and organizations will participate in the AI Safety Institute Consortium to create guidelines for ensuring the safety of AI systems.
Conservative group takes credit for anti-net neutrality comments
A conservative group took credit for a barrage of anti-net neutrality comments posted on the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's website this week, but it denied generating fake activism.
Bot-generated comments swamp FCC, urging overturn of net neutrality
An apparent bot-generated campaign has posted more than 83,400 comments on the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's website supporting the agency chairman's plan to gut net neutrality rules.
FCC hit with DDoS attacks after John Oliver takes on net neutrality
The FCC's website slowed to a crawl after comic and political commentator John Oliver urged viewers to flood the agency with comments in support of net neutrality, in what appeared to be a repeat of a 2014 incident. But the cause may...
US device searches at borders ignite resistance
In CBP's fiscal year 2015, the agency searched just 8,503 devices during 383.2 million border crossings. But in fiscal year 2016, the number of device searches jumped to 19,033, and in the first six months of FY2017, CBP searched...
How to prevent your data from being searched at the US border
Travelers concerned about their privacy can take steps to protect their data as they cross the U.S. border. They should remember the old Boy Scout motto: Be prepared.
Appeals court won't rehear a challenge to net neutrality rules
A U.S. appeals court has denied a request by broadband trade groups to rehear its decision last June to uphold the Federal Communications Commission's controversial 2015 net neutrality rules.
Appeals court won't rehear challenge to net neutrality rules
A U.S. appeals court has denied a request by broadband trade groups to rehear its decision last June to uphold the Federal Communications Commission's controversial 2015 net neutrality rules.
FCC asks whether to 'keep, modify, or eliminate' net neutrality rules
A U.S. Federal Communications Commission proposal to kill the regulatory foundation for the agency's own 2015 net neutrality rules nevertheless asks for public comment on whether it should "keep, modify, or eliminate" basic...