Episode 44


Association for Competitive Technology
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Tech History
Women’s Equality Day: Mary Wilkes, former computer programmer and logic designer.
What’s Brewing in DC?
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U.S. telecoms agency to probe T-Mobile data breach – Reuters
FDA seeks more power for medical device cybersecurity mandates – MedTech Dive
Policy Discussion
Our money’s on broadband in infrastructure – App Association Blog
Senate on path for vote on infrastructure bill this week – Bloomberg
$1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill on ‘glide path for passage tomorrow morning,’ Schumer says – Market Watch
Senate Passes $1 Trillion Infrastructure Bill, Handing Biden a Bipartisan Win
House Democrats clear path toward passing $3.5 trillion budget bill and infrastructure plan after breaking stalemate – CNBC
Big Telecom comes out on top in $65B broadband upgrade – Axios
How the FCC got boxed out of the broadband push – Axios
Five things you didn’t know were in the infrastructure bill – CNN
Random Identifier
Brad: Ocean Alley – Confidence (Official Video) – YouTube
Alex: Addison Rae falls into a pile of horses**t in He’s All That trailer – Vulture
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Until Next Time
Music Cred: Brad Goodall
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