Consumer Tech: Big changes happening in the world of connectivity | Houston Public Media

The Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) will soon be ending in a couple of weeks, the federal program provided discounts on internet service to low-income households.

Also, the FCC is now requiring all broadband and mobile service providers to display consumer labels for the plans they offer, so they are more transparent about cost and performance.

In the audio above, Houston Chronicle tech columnist Dwight Silverman weighs in on these developments, Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference, Google doing away with its podcast app and VPN service, and tech company Meta adding AI into most of its apps.

Plus, Silverman also discusses how to turn off ads that Microsoft is putting in Windows 11, after recently publishing a column about it.