Internet education foundation. It is three and a half hours. [chatter] hello. Alright, lets get going. He has a long day ahead of us. Welcome everybody. So, i am the executive director of the internet a dictation foundation which coordinates the state of the net conference. Welcome to the 20th annual date of the net which seemed to need to be insane because i didnt think we would get to the second annual. But there is a totally different story. I would like to make a profound Statement Today about what 20 years needs, where we are at what point in time, internet policy we are in time now looking back over the 20 years of internet policy, the ebb and flow. Something certainly new. We are we talk of internet policy because we feel like something is happening in the next 20 years will be even more exciting than the last 20 years. That said, a lot of the issues we dealt with 20 years ago are still in play today. We are at an incredibly important Inflection Point in history when it comes to
Be the first time in a decade. But the Global Market certainty could push that off a bit. Well see. Put your seatbelt on, allen. Could be a wild week. He mentioned the tech stocks. Heres how other big names took a hit. Facebook closed down nearly 4 . Twitter was down more than 2 . And linkedin fell more than 4 . Other big story right now a milestone on the road to recovery in napa. It was one year ago today the ground shook and rumbled. The biggest earthquake to hit the bay area in over a century struck. The 6. 0 quake hit at 3 20 in the morning and was felt all around the bay area. Joe vazquez is live for us in napa with how that community is remembering and really celebrating a comeback. Right now were at Veterans Memorial downtown napa. The band is playing and they have selections like shake it up and i felt the earth move under my feet. Mg interesting selection but one person said were still standing. Reporter at precisely 3 20 this afternoon a High School Percussion band drum roll
The woman though does have a serious head injury were told and was flown to beth israel deac onist Medical Center in boston for treatment. Now take a look at the black bmw that hit them and you can understand why shes so badly hurt. The bottom side of the passenger side windshield is severely shattered. That vehicle was on scene here just until about 20 minutes ago. So reconstruction teams can figure out what happened. It in this investigation. Right now we are told that there are no charges or citations issued to the driver. As far as the couple were told that theyre from laurel. Theyre in their 40s and right now the man the husband is over at laurel general hospital. Were also told that what led up to this crash may have been completely out of the drives control. Well have more on that drivers control. Well have more on that 11 00. A huge pole slammed through an s. U. V. s windshield barely missing the woman behind the wheel. Fox 25 has more. Crystal haynes has more. Reporter vanessa
Automated vehicle innovation and update by consumers. The motivation here is pretty simple. If these vehicles are in fact safer, and i think we all think they will be, that any policy that results in unnecessary costs or delay will result in additional property damage, injury and death. So death by regulation is really something to be concerned about. And i know for a fact that there are people within the federal policy making world, are cognizant of this fact. So what i think nhtsa should do is focus on the federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards that may innovate techno lodge innovation in our automated world. An example was this petition from tesla motors to nhtsa regarding fmbss 11, and they were seeking to comply with the mirror rules with cameras, rather than using mirrors. Even if tesla were to replace all mirrors viewing functions with cameras, they would still be required to install mirrors. I think this is an early example. They just want to have the option to comply with mirr
Actions. Will interconnected text providers confer their offerings to noninterconnected providers . Is the cost worth it . Although i disagree with the majority of todays item, i thank the Commission Staff for their efforts in the chairman for the dialogue on this topic. As everybody has talked about, there are almost 2 billion Text Messages sent through carrierbased sms Services Every year and billions more sent through over the top. As we graphically heard from the Simpson Family example texting is now as important a function on a mobile device as talking. And some of those Text Messages are cries for help. And some of those cries for help are from individuals who cannot hear or speak. Yes, call 911 if you can. But if you cant, what are you going to do . I remember hearing i remember a meeting with the young deaf woman who told the the story of her sister having a seizure and she could not call 911. Because she could neither hear nor speak. And she was alone. She forcefully had the p