Windstream and other broadband providers are looking to military veterans to fill positions as the companies look to expand high-speed internet service offerings. A bill in Congress would create the 21st Century Energy Workforce Advisory Board to prioritize veterans and minority groups in a nationwide outreach.

City officials in Palo Alto, Calif., with the help of the tech sector and academia, are turning to broadband and artificial intelligence technologies to help prepare for the wildfires in the state. The city has declared itself a "test bed" for internet and AI-based solutions while consulting with Carnegie Mellon University and Stanford University researchers to develop early-warning systems.

Federal regulators will begin an inquiry as part of a potential effort to increase competition for internet service in multi-tenant buildings. The Federal Communications Commission will seek comments on the effect on tenants of revenue-sharing deals between landlords and service providers.

Leading car manufacturers are attempting to tap the gaming demographic with creative activations, such as Honda's new Civic livestream Twitch and Lexus' Gamers' IS, a version of the IS 350 F Sport sedan featuring a curved monitor in the passenger seat and gaming PC in the trunk. Lexus is "aiming to reach its youngest customer yet," according to a spokesperson, and bolstered the Gamers' IS campaign by using microinfluencers, including gamers, audiophiles and fashionistas.

Vodafone Group CEO Vittorio Colao told analysts last week that the British-based telecom would be receptive to entreaties from partner Verizon Communications if Vodafone receives an offer for its 45% stake in Verizon Wireless that improves on the carrier's current station. Bank of America analysts described the talks in a research note in which they depicted Colao as feeling that Verizon's overtures to buy out the wireless provider amounted to "tactical posturing."