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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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Sources: DOJ is investigating AT&T, Verizon, and GSMA for possible collusion in thwarting eSIM technology that would allow users to switch carriers more easily — WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has opened an antitrust investigation into potential coordination by AT&T … | 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.| 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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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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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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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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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.| 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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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.| Richard Nieva / CNET: |
Profile of Mark Zuckerberg as told by those who knew him growing up in Dobbs Ferry, New York, and those who met him on his 2017 tour of the US — The world's largest social network needs fixing. Facebook's frontman needs to show he can do it — fast.| Sean O'Kane / The Verge: |
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