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Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai announced that he will step down when President-elect Joe Biden is inaugurated, ending a tenure as the head of the agency that was marked with intense backlash from internet activists and tech advocates.

Pai’s push to repeal net neutrality will undoubtedly be remembered as his most consequential moment as chairman. The move mobilized activists, and the 2017 repeal hung over the agency for the next three years during court battles, pushes from Congress to overturn it, and fighting at every level of government.

While the exact makeup of the FCC remains to be seen, Biden will be able to choose a new head of the agency that will look to reverse much of Pai’s deregulatory agenda.

Pai no doubt has backers—after his announcement on Monday, people came out to congratulate him on his tenure—but he also has attracted explosive pushback and criticism.

Here’s a look at some of the more controversial moments in Pai’s tenure as FCC chair.

1) Net neutrality repeal

Pai’s shepherding of the repeal of net neutrality rules will always be linked to him. The decision had Pai marked as “maybe … the most hated man on the internet” by Wired, and the chairman drew scorn from a number of people in the repeal’s aftermath, including Mark Hamill, Nick Offerman, and even Burger King.

Net neutrality was in the crosshairs immediately for Pai, who promised to take a “weed whacker” to regulations once Trump took office and said net neutrality’s “days are numbered” ahead of being chosen to head the agency.

He followed through on that promise in December 2017, when the FCC voted down party lines to repeal the rules. But that decision would have ramifications for the rest of his chairmanship, and the backlash to the vote was swift and unending.

The repeal was immediately met with criticism, but soon legal challenges and efforts by Congress to overturn the FCC’s vote followed.

The legal challenge stretched into October 2019, when the United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit mostly upheld the repeal, but vacated a portion of it that blocked states from enacting their own net neutrality laws in the absence of federal ones.

As the legal battle unfolded, Congress tried to pass a Congressional Review Act (CRA) effort that would have reversed the FCC’s repeal. While the CRA passed in the Senate in May 2018, it didn’t get the necessary votes in the House of Representatives, which was controlled by Republicans at the time.

But in April last year, the House—now led by Democrats—passed the Save the Internet Act, a bill that would have essentially made the 2015 net neutrality rules a law. In a reverse of the CRA’s fate, the Republican-controlled Senate has blocked several efforts by lawmakers to force a vote on the bill.

Finally, in a somewhat of a bookend for Pai, the FCC doubled down on the net neutrality repeal last month.

While the future of net neutrality could go in several different directions, there is no question Pai and the repeal will always be inextricably linked.

2) Coronavirus response

Pai was also criticized for how the FCC reacted to the coronavirus pandemic. The chairman pushed the “Keep Americans Connected Pledge” early on in the pandemic.

The pledge was voluntary and asked internet service providers (ISPs) and mobile carriers not to shut off service for a certain period of time. It started in mid-March and ultimately extended through June.

While Pai touted the pledge, there were still thousands of complaints filed by Americans to the FCC detailing how their service was actually shut off during the pandemic.

Experts argued that the repeal of net neutrality hindered the FCC’s response to the pandemic. As part of the repeal, the FCC switched ISPs from being classified under Title II of the Communications Act to Title I. The switch abdicated the FCC’s authority over broadband.

Under Title II, experts argued, the FCC would not have needed to ask for ISPs to adhere to the “Keep Americans Connected Pledge” and took away the FCC’s ability to enforce the pledge.

3) Trump’s social media executive order

Trump’s ongoing attacks on social media reached a breaking point over the summer after Twitter fact-checked tweets about mail-in voting. Shortly after getting a fact-check from the social media site, Trump signed a controversial social media executive order that targeted Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.

Section 230 is an important internet law that shields websites from being held liable for what users post on them. Advocates have warned that changes to the law could have wide-reaching consequences online.

Trump’s order asked the FCC to “clarify” provisions of Section 230, and almost immediately there was a debate as to whether the agency had the authority to do that. In fact, Republican FCC Commissioner Michael O’Reilly had his re-nomination withdrawn by Trump shortly after he raised such concerns.

Meanwhile, the FCC collected public comments on the order—which generated responses from people both for Trump’s order and those who were vehemently against it.

Pai tiptoed around the order for weeks, but eventually said in mid-October that the FCC would move forward with it, assuring people that the FCC’s general counsel “has informed me that the FCC has the legal authority to interpret Section 230.”

The decision was quickly condemned, including from members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which oversees the FCC.

4) Telecom mergers

The consolidation of major companies under Pai’s chairmanship also has drawn condemnation. In October 2019, the FCC approved a merger between T-Mobile and Sprint.

The approval was met with criticism from Democratic commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel, who wrote an op-ed in the Atlantic where she said the merger would “hurt consumers, harm competition, and eliminate thousands of jobs.”

Groups like Free Press, which is active in the efforts to restore net neutrality, also pushed against the merger.

5) Digital divide and homework gap

The digital divide, or the gap between Americans who have access to high speed internet and those who don’t, has long been an issue.

However, the gap took on new importance during the coronavirus pandemic. With millions of people working from home—and being schooled from home—it became clear just how many people across the country lacked adequate internet access.

Closing the digital divide is always a talking point for the FCC, regardless of the party who controls it. However, Rosenworcel took aim at the FCC’s annual broadband progress report in an April op-ed for CNN. The FCC’s report asserted that only 18 million people in the United States didn’t have access to broadband.

Rosenworcel argued that the numbers in the report were created using a faulty process. For example, she noted that if a broadband provider told the agency that it serves just one customer in a census block, the agency assumes that everyone in that block also has access.

But besides that, the “homework gap” also was highlighted by the pandemic. The “homework gap” are students in the country without access to broadband, which some estimates show is around 12 million children.

Lawmakers introduced bills that would funnel billions of dollars to support the FCC’s E-Rate program, which is used to help schools and libraries get broadband access. Democratic commissioners argued that the FCC should update the E-Rate program to allow for schools and libraries to loan out broadband devices.

The FCC did relax some of the requirements to qualify for its subsidized broadband programs during the pandemic, but experts and advocates said the agency could have been doing more.

But not all of Pai’s tenure was met with criticism. The FCC pushed anti-robocall rules, which pretty much everyone could get behind.

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It’s no secret that Travis Scott’s brand partnership with McDonald’s was a highly lucrative success. Not only did individual stores across the country actually run out of ingredients for Quarter Pounders, prompting the company to change the ordering process, but the sales also helped lift the fast-food giant out of a pandemic induced slump. Travis’s somewhat bizarre merch collections also sold-out in short order, driven by the popularity of one of the biggest entertainers in music today. Now, thanks to Forbes, we have a better idea of how much the deal made for Travis, along with similar ones with other brands.

As part of Forbes‘ extended 30 Under 30 coverage, a feature focusing on Travis and his successful ventures turned up some eye-popping numbers for each of his deals with McDonald’s, Nike, and Sony PlayStation. According to Forbes, McDonald’s paid Travis at least $5 million for the initial endorsement deal, while the Houston rapper reportedly grossed $15 million from the merch sales. Travis’s partnership with Nike is estimated to bring him around $10 million a year, while the article notes that the increased cultural cachet is incalculable and invaluable in netting new partnerships. One of those new partnerships was for Travis to help Sony introduce its PlayStation 5 console, which Forbes guesses has earned him “at least” $1 million, with more on the way as the deal apparently includes further opportunities from a co-branded console to even a potential Scott-designed game.

Source: https://uproxx.com/music/travis-scott-mcdonalds-deal-20-million/

On the Billboard Hot 100 chart dated December 14, 2019, The Weeknd’s “Heartless” claimed the No. 1 spot. That same week, “Blinding Lights” made its chart debut at No. 11. There has been a year of Hot 100 charts released since then, and “Blinding Lights” has been on every single one of them. On the latest chart (dated December 5, 2020), “Blinding Lights” is No. 9, meaning the song has stayed on the Hot 100 for an entire year.

The Weeknd took a moment to observe that achievement today, as well as the fact that the song now spends its 41st week in the top 10 of the chart, which extends the record it recently set. He shared a screenshot of a tweet revealing the news and captioned it with an emoji of a smiling face surrounded by hearts. Yesterday, he also shared the single art and commemorated the song’s one-year anniversary, writing, “Blinding Lights turns 1 years old today [heart emoji] it feels like yesterday….”

This is surely a bittersweet moment for The Weeknd, though, as it comes shortly after he was inexplicably excluded from the latest batch of Grammy nominations despite having one of the year’s biggest songs and albums. The artist responded by accusing the Grammys of corruption, writing on social media, “The Grammys remain corrupt. You owe me, my fans and the industry transparency…” He added later, “Collaboratively planning a performance for weeks to not being invited? In my opinion zero nominations = you’re not invited!”

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Source: https://uproxx.com/music/the-weeknd-blinding-lights-hot-100-year-chart-billboard/

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The Mandalorian is more than familiar with the connective tissue that ties it together with the rest of the Star Wars universe, and its latest outing is no exception. But in an episode that introduced Ahsoka Tano to live-action and referenced Order 66, Anakin Skywalker, and Master Yoda, it’s a brief name-check that offers even more possibilities.

Toward the end of “The Jedi,” Ahsoka Tano and Din Djarin are able to infiltrate Calodan, a gated city on Corvus ruled by Magistrate Morgan Elsbeth. A cruel leader who would rather kill hundreds of her own citizens than give up vital information to Ahsoka, Morgan Elsbeth initially offered Din a spear made of pure beskar in return for killing Ahsoka, which played into the antagonistic relationship that the Jedi and Mandalorians often had with one another. Instead, Din and Ahsoka teamed up to take her out, which ended in a duel that pitted two white lightsabers against that beskar spear. While one of Ahsoka’s lightsabers was knocked into a small pond, Ahsoka ultimately proved to be victorious. Holding a lightsaber to Elsbeth’s neck, Ahsoka only had one question in mind.

“Where is your master?” Ahsoka asked. “Where is Grand Admiral Thrawn?”

We don’t learn the answer to that question, at least not in this episode; we might not learn the answer in this season. We technically don’t even know if Ahsoka gets an actual response. But the question lingers over the episode’s remaining minutes as Ahsoka instructs Din to take Grogu (aka Baby Yoda) to Tython, which has a temple with a strong connection to the Force.

For some casual Mandalorian viewers, the name Thrawn might not ring any bells, although, as was the case with Ahsoka, they might know that someone named Thrawn appeared elsewhere in Star Wars canon. But Mitth’raw’nuruodo—or as he’s known to most people, Grand Admiral Thrawn—isn’t just a character who’s appeared in a children’s animated series. The Chiss officer, who’s part of a species who live in the Unknown Regions (and were mostly unknown before Thrawn made his entrance in the galaxy far, far away) has already made an impact across multiple mediums. And if the name-drop is any indication, he might eventually show up again.

Ahsoka Tano, who started off as Anakin Skywalker’s apprentice and became both a fan favorite and a powerful Jedi in her own right, was first introduced in the Clone Wars movie that would lead into the Clone Wars TV show. To find Thrawn’s introduction to Star Wars, we have to go back to the Star Wars Expanded Universe.

The Chiss antagonist who helped revitalize Star Wars publishing

Thrawn made his first appearance in Heir to the Empire, a 1991 Star Wars novel by Timothy Zahn. Taking place five years after the Battle of Endor (and coincidentally takes place around the same time as The Mandalorian), it introduces Thrawn as a skilled and calculating Imperial warlord who attempted to wrestle power back from the fledgling New Republic with the help of a smuggler and Mara Jade, a Force-user (and Star Wars fan favorite) who eventually turned on the Empire and married Luke Skywalker.

Heir to the Empire became a New York Times bestseller, and, according to Fantha Tracks editor-in-chief Mark Newbold, the novel “jumpstarted a publishing program that endures to this day and formalized the Expanded Universe.” Two more books in the original Thrawn trilogy (Dark Force Rising and The Last Command) from Zahn followed, which expanded on the characterization of Thrawn as a military mastermind who leaned on his soldiers’ knowledge to create a vast plan to take back the New Republic that almost works.

Two more books in the original Thrawn trilogy (Dark Force Rising and The Last Command) from Zahn followed, which expanded on the characterization of Thrawn as a military mastermind who leaned on his soldiers’ knowledge to create a vast plan to take back the New Republic that almost works. Thrawn dies at the end of the Thrawn trilogy, but that didn’t stop the Star Wars Expanded Universe from exploring other aspects of Thrawn’s life in works such as Outbound Flight, which introduced Thrawn’s full name; Crisis of Faith, which works as a prequel to Heir to the Empire; Choices of One, which was set between A New Hope and Empire Strikes Back; and The Hand of Thrawn books that explore the Chiss officer’s legacy.

Decanonization and recanonization

Like every other character in the Star Wars Expanded Universe from Mara Jade to Jacen and Jaina Solo, Thrawn was among those designated as part of Star Wars Legends. While books such as Heir to the Empire would still be published, they would now include a new label that would differentiate them from the official Star Wars canon. 

The move was meant to streamline Star Wars canon—which had become vast, contradictory, and impenetrable to many fans with countless books and comics published in the nearly four decades since A New Hope’s release—prior to the launch of the sequel trilogy, but it received backlash from fans all the same. Over time, filmmakers would include small aspects of Legends into the official canon, such as Force healing, an ability that Rey, Ben Solo, and Grogu have all used.

But Thrawn couldn’t stay out of the fray for long. In 2016, Dave Filoni (who wrote and directed “The Jedi”) announced that Thrawn would be reintroduced to Star Wars canon as a major villain in Star Wars Rebels’ third season. Lars Mikkelsen, who played Charles Augustus Magnussen in Sherlock’s third season, joined the cast to voice Thrawn.

“You couldn’t have grown up a Star Wars fan without encountering Thrawn in Heir to the Empire,” Filoni explained. “It was a dark time when there weren’t any more movies, and it blew our minds that there could be more.”

Unlike characters such as the Grand Inquisitor, the Seventh Sister, Maul, or Darth Vader, Thrawn wasn’t a character who was strong in the Force. But the grand admiral, whose ability to anticipate his opponents’ next move led to him becoming a major thorn in the side of the young Jedi Ezra Bridger and the Ghost crew, held his own. He loomed over the occupations of Ryloth and Lothal, chased the Rebels to Atollon and Mandalore, and made it one of his missions to take out the Ghost crew.

That culminated in a final confrontation between Ezra and Thrawn aboard the Chimaera, Thrawn’s ship in the Rebels series finale. Thrawn’s efforts to destroy Lothal were thwarted, and after Ezra summoned a group of purrgil, the creatures transported Thrawn, Ezra, and the Chimaera into hyperspace.

But, as was the case with Zahn’s original Thrawn trilogy, that hasn’t stopped the Star Wars books from expanding what we know about Thrawn. Zahn returned to pen a new canonical Thrawn trilogy that, at one point, sees him paired with Anakin Skywalker and later Darth Vader. A second trilogy, titled Thrawn: Ascendancy, explores more of Thrawn’s origins.

Where is Thrawn now—and what does that mean for Grogu?

As far as we know, Thrawn disappeared into hyperspace with Ezra, and by the end of Rebels, which fast-forwards through the Rebellion itself, both of them are still missing. In the final scene of the series, an older and wiser Ahsoka arrives on Lothal to meet up with Sabine Wren—a Mandalorian Rebel fighter who was part of the Ghost crew—to pick up the search for Ezra.

In that instance, Thrawn isn’t mentioned. At that moment, Sabine’s focus on Ezra is likely more because of Sabine’s emotional ties to her found family and the sacrifices that Ezra made for Lothal over any implications that Thrawn was dead or disappeared entirely. But it’s an opening that Star Wars has yet to explore—and in Ahsoka’s timeline, five years pass between that journey and when she meets Din and Grogu.

There’s no indication that Thrawn will eventually make an appearance in The Mandalorian, although Ahsoka’s name-drop suggests that he’ll show up at some point. (And in 2019, Mandalorian creator Jon Favreau didn’t rule it out.) But that leads us to even bigger questions. Did Ahsoka and Sabine find Ezra, and if so, was Thrawn with him when they did? If Thrawn escaped his ship and the purrgil, where did he go—and what happened to Ezra? What kind of danger could Thrawn still possess? And how much of this information does Ahsoka, who has yet to formally meet Thrawn, already know?

At the end of “The Jedi,” Ahsoka refuses to teach Grogu the ways of the Force and tells Din to take Grogu to Tython and place him “on the seeing stone at the top of the mountain” so he can choose his path forward.

“If he reaches out through the Force, there’s a chance a Jedi may sense his presence and come searching for him,” Ahsoka explains. “Then again, there aren’t many Jedi left.”

While it’s highly unlikely that Luke Skywalker, the most famous Jedi around, would answer Grogu’s potential call—and given what we know happens to both Luke’s temple and his students a little over a decade later, we probably don’t want him to—Ezra could be someone who’s both familiar with audiences and who could answer Grogu’s call. (And if Ezra is still tied to Thrawn, that could bring Thrawn and Ahsoka back into the mix.)

It’s also just as likely that The Mandalorian, lest it rely on outside connections more than it already has, introduces a new Jedi to the mix. Because, if the revelation of Grogu’s origins at the Jedi Temple in Coruscant in “The Jedi” is any indication—along with others like Ahsoka, Caleb Dume, and Cal Kestis over the years—Star Wars is no stranger to introducing even more Jedi who somehow survived Order 66 to the grander story.

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The NBA 2K League will launch its first winter event on Dec. 4, with the NBA 2K League Winter Cla$h that will allow fans to create teams and qualify for a tournament featuring some of the league’s best players, top influencers, and a couple soon-to-be NBA stars, all for a $35,000 prize pool.

The tournament will take place in three stages, all live-streamed on the 2K League’s Twitch and YouTube channels, starting with a 5-on-5 Pro-Am match on Dec. 4 featuring some of the 2K League’s top players, influencers, and two members of the new NBA G League Ignite squad, top 2021 prospect Jonathan Kuminga and Cody Demps.

The second stage will start with eight fan teams for each console (PlayStation and Xbox) playing in a bracket-style 2-on-2 tournament in the NBA 2K21 MyPark game mode on Dec. 7 and Dec. 8, with the winner of each of those tournaments earning $1,000 and a place in the Dec. 11 main brackets, where they’ll compete with teams made up of influencers, 2K League players, and the G League Ignite members. The winning team from each main bracket will get $5,000, with payouts for second to fourth place as well. Fans can register for a spot in the fan bracket here on the 2K League’s website this week.

Finally, the third stage will be another 5-on-5 Pro Am match with influencers and 2K League players will take place on Dec. 18, with the winning team earning $5,000. Among those participating in the Winter Cla$h are influencers like AnnoyingTV, StaxMontana, IpodKingCarter, Dominus, TyTheGuy, and ItsPikaaa, along with 2K League players like Alexander “Steez” Bernstein (76ers GC), Artreyo “Dimez” Boyd (Mavs Gaming), DeMar “Deedz” Butler (Heat Check Gaming), Dayvon “G O O F Y 7 5 7” Curry (Blazer5 Gaming), Brendan “Reizey” Hill (Magic Gaming), William “Strainer” Morales (Cavs Legion GC), Sten “SAV” Valge-Saar (Lakers Gaming), and Justin “Sherm” Sherman (Hornets Venom GT).

Source: https://uproxx.com/edge/nba-2k-league-winter-clash-tournament-details-fan-registration/

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Snoop already has seemingly dozens of jobs on top of being a rapper and everyone’s favorite uncle, but it looks like he may be adding another — that is if the money is right. Fans went wild over his commentary during the recent Mike Tyson vs. Roy Jones Jr. exhibition bout, prompting calls for him to add boxing analysis to his list of full-time gigs. Of course, Snoop’s a lot better tapped-in than most of our real uncles, so when he caught wind of these requests, he was quick to supply his conditions to do so.

Posting to Instagram where he’s usually most active, Snoop reposted a tweet with the profile and display name cropped out which read, “Here’s who won tonight: Snoop Dog, hands down. Someone sign @SnoopDogg to a multi-year contract.” The original poster also complimented Snoop’s (other) mic skills, saying, “He’s a natural commentator. He’s Barkley on steroids. He’s hilarious!” The tweet goes on to suggest “3 years for $15 million” as his fee — which Snoop clearly agrees with, considering he reposted the tweet on his Instagram.

While it remains to be seen whether any network will ultimately pony up the funds to lock down Snoop’s unique perspective and fan-pleasing quips, it seems unlikely he’ll end up on any broadcast or cable television shows since his blow-by-blow was peppered with profanity and his presence might irritate the sorts of fans who carry on about flags during football games. ‘Til then, fans can hear more of Snoops hilarious remarks in NHL 20.

Source: https://uproxx.com/music/snoop-dogg-money-boxing-commentator/