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DOJ probes AT&T, Verizon, and, sources say, GSMA, for possible collusion to thwart eSIM tech; sources say probe opened after Apple and others filed complaints — WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has opened an antitrust investigation into potential coordination by AT&T …
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| Jessica Guynn / USA Today: |
Photo-sharing and storage company SmugMug acquires Flickr from Oath, promises to revitalize and maintain Flickr as a standalone service — These are the best underwater photos in the world... Buzz60 — SAN FRANCISCO — Flickr has been snapped up by Silicon Valley photo-sharing and storage company SmugMug, USA TODAY has learned.
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Sources: Apple's efforts to lessen its reliance on Samsung as the sole OLED display supplier for iPhones in peril due to manufacturing problems at LG Display — Manufacturing problems at South Korea's LG Display could force Apple to rely solely on its competitor for high-end and costly smartphone screens
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| Drew FitzGerald / Wall Street Journal: |
At antitrust trial, AT&T CEO announced AT&T Watch, a $15/month streaming TV bundle without sports; service is free for cellular customers, will debut in weeks — CEO unveils ‘skinny bundle’ service in testimony during antitrust case — AT&T Inc. T 0.13% plans to launch a …
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google rebrands its version of RCS as “Chat” to replace SMS, enlists major carrier support and pauses Allo development to focus on default Android Messages app — A top-tier Android phone can cost upwards of a thousand dollars, and for that money, you'll get some amazing features.
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| Patrick Howell O'Neill / Cyberscoop: |
Twitter bans Kaspersky Lab from advertising on its network, pointing to DHS' September notice of vendor's ties to Russian intelligence services — Russian cybersecurity company Kaspersky Lab has been banned from advertising on Twitter due to its allegedly close and active ties between …
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| Joseph Tsidulko / CRN: |
Pivotal closes up ~5% on its first day of trading after raising $555M in its IPO at a valuation of ~$3.8B — Pivotal Software, the spin-out of EMC and VMware that's the leading force behind the Cloud Foundry project, became a publicly traded company Friday with its listing on the New York Stock Exchange.
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| Cade Metz / New York Times: |
Tax forms filed by the nonprofit OpenAI provide insight into the enormous salaries and bonuses paid to AI specialists across the world — SAN FRANCISCO — One of the poorest-kept secrets in Silicon Valley has been the huge salaries and bonuses that experts in artificial intelligence can command.
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German Supreme Court rules that ad blockers are legal, in favor of Adblock Plus, and throws out a case brought by Axel Springer — KARLSRUHE/FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's Supreme Court on Thursday threw out a case brought by Axel Springer seeking to ban a popular application …
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| Adam Clark Estes / Gizmodo: |
Interview with filmmaker Andrew Oleck on his spoof video “starring” Mark Zuckerberg, A World Without Facebook, which has 32M+ views and caused some confusion — A couple years ago, Andrew Oleck wondered if he could make a viral video. The Los Angeles-based filmmaker … | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Motherboard: |
UK judge sentences Kane Gamble, a teen who hacked online accounts of the director of CIA and other prominent US government employees, to two years in prison — A judge in London sentenced a British teenager who was part of the hacking group Crackas With Attitude, which targeted prominent US government employees.| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
RealSelf, a Yelp-like review site for cosmetic procedures, raises $40M Series B for international expansion; RealSelf raised ~$2M in 2007-2008 — RealSelf has raised its first substantial round of outside capital to bring the cosmetic treatment review hub to users around the globe.
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