Rob Pegoraro<p><strong>Weekly output: Brendan Carr, next big things in robotics and automation and in space and telecom, Android 16, Starship flight test, Google search-antitrust case, 1Password</strong></p><p>The last full workweek of November had me feeling very busy.</p><p>11/18/2024: <a href="https://www.pcmag.com/news/trumps-pick-for-fcc-chair-has-vowed-crackdown-on-big-tech-censorship" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Trump’s Pick for FCC Chair Has Vowed Crackdown on Big Tech ‘Censorship’</a>, PCMag</p><p>President-elect Trump naming Brendan Carr as his next chair of the Federal Communications Commission gave me a reason to look through <a href="https://robpegoraro.com/2019/02/09/how-i-turn-notes-into-quotes/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">my notes</a> of his talks at telecom events over the past couple of years.</p><p>11/19/2024: <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/91212800/fast-company-next-big-things-robotics-automation-2024" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The 3 next big things in robotics and automation for 2024</a>, Fast Company</p><p>I’ve spent a non-trivial part of the last few months assessing candidate companies for this list, and now the results of that work are public.</p><p>11/19/2024: <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/91224719/space-telecom-next-big-things-in-tech-2024" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The 3 next big things in space and telecom for 2024</a>, Fast Company</p><p>My other part of this year’s version of Fast Company’s “NBTT” list involved a couple of industry sectors that I <a href="https://robpegoraro.com/2022/08/07/weekly-output-starlink-spectrum-coordination-flight-delays-x2-t-mobile-and-verizon-5g-home-broadband-mark-vena-podcast/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">enjoy</a> <a href="https://robpegoraro.com/2023/03/19/weekly-output-the-cias-sxsw-sales-pitch-amazon-unveils-project-kuiper-receivers-nasas-plans-for-privately-owned-space-stations/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">covering</a> for that publication.</p><p>11/19/2024: <a href="https://www.pcmag.com/news/first-android-16-dev-preview-is-here-as-google-pushes-up-os-launch-window" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">First Android 16 Dev Preview Is Here As Google Pushes Up OS Launch Window</a>, PCMag</p><p>Google moving up the release cycle for the next version of Android meant that I did not have to write this post in a jet-lagged haze in <a href="https://robpegoraro.com/2017/09/16/the-two-kinds-of-airbnbs-i-rent/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">an Airbnb room in Barcelona</a> as I did <a href="https://robpegoraro.com/2024/02/18/weekly-output-net-neutrality-yes-again-fccs-brendan-carr-tees-off-on-apple-comcasts-converge-sales-pitch-android-15-developer-preview/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">in February</a>.</p><p>11/20/2024: <a href="https://www.pcmag.com/news/starships-sixth-flight-test-skips-the-tower-catch-ends-in-soft-splashdown" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Starship’s Sixth Flight Test Skips the Tower Catch, Ends in Soft Splashdown</a>, PCMag</p><p>Writing about this flight test was easier than <a href="https://www.pcmag.com/news/starship-scores-a-booster-catch-on-its-fifth-flight-test" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">covering Starship’s fifth flight test</a>, because I did not have to <a href="https://robpegoraro.com/2024/10/13/weekly-output-6g-ubers-electrification-ambitions-intels-new-desktop-cpu-designs-spacexs-starship-booster-catch-vast-spaces-iss-replacement-proposal/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">get up before 7 a.m. on a Sunday</a>.</p><p>11/21/2024: <a href="https://www.pcmag.com/news/doj-wants-to-force-google-to-sell-chrome-license-search-data-to-rivals" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">DOJ Wants to Force Google to Sell Chrome, License Search Data to Rivals</a>, PCMag</p><p>Writing about a government proposal to force a tech giant to divest some core assets reminded me of covering the Microsoft antitrust trial some 25 years ago.</p><p>11/21/2024: <a href="https://www.pcmag.com/news/1password-chief-wouldnt-mind-apple-google-getting-pushy-about-passkeys" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">1Password Chief Wouldn’t Mind Apple, Google Getting Pushy About Passkeys</a>, PCMag</p><p>I wrote up a conversation I’d had the previous Thursday morning at Web Summit in Lisbon with 1Password’s co-CEO Jeff Shiner; 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