The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is facing multiple controversies, including accusations of withholding information, an investigation into ABC's "The View," and scrutiny over new age verification measures on Discord. Meanwhile, Riot Games is reducing staff on its recently released fighting game, 2XKO, and the efficiency of AI workloads is being hampered by data delivery issues.
An advocacy group is seeking discovery to collect documents it says the FCC has wrongfully kept private regarding the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), according to The Verge. The group's lawsuit aims to uncover the FCC's actions related to DOGE, with the agency allegedly withholding information after nearly 2,000 pages of documents were requested.
Simultaneously, the FCC is reportedly investigating ABC's "The View," a move that FCC Democrat Anna Gomez called an attempt to intimidate critics of the Trump administration. "This is government intimidation, not a legitimate investigation," Gomez said in a statement Friday night, as reported by Ars Technica. Gomez further stated that the investigation's true purpose is to weaponize the FCC's regulatory authority to chill protected speech.
In other news, Discord is facing backlash over its new age verification measures. The platform announced that all users will soon be required to verify their ages to access adult content by sharing video selfies or uploading government IDs. Discord stated it is relying on AI technology to verify ages, with the data being promptly deleted after age estimation. A phased global rollout is scheduled to begin in early March, according to Ars Technica.
In the gaming world, Riot Games is already reducing the team working on its free-to-play fighting game 2XKO, according to a post from executive producer Tom Cannon, as reported by The Verge. The game, set in the League of Legends universe, launched in early access on PC in October and hit consoles recently.
Finally, the efficiency of AI workloads is being hampered by data delivery issues. As enterprises invest heavily in GPU infrastructure for AI, many are finding that their compute resources sit idle, according to VentureBeat. "While people are focusing their attention, justifiably so, on GPUs...those are rarely the limiting factor," said Mark Menger, solutions architect at F5. "They're waiting on data."
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