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AT&T to launch 5G mobile service on December 21 across 12 US cities via a $499 mobile hotspot device and $70/month data plan — The 5G era has arrived. AT&T is launching 5G mobile service in a dozen U.S. cities beginning this Friday, becoming the first carrier to do so.
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NAACP returns a donation from Facebook and calls for a boycott of it after Senate report detailed how Facebook was used to manipulate black voters — The NAACP has returned a donation from Facebook and called for a daylong boycott of the social network Tuesday following revelations …
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Spectrum's parent Charter reaches $174.2M settlement in New York AG's speed fraud lawsuit, which alleged that the ISP's speeds were 80% slower than advertised — The lawsuit, filed last year, alleged that Charter's speeds were 80 percent slower than advertised
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Google says Play Store's machine learning-based system removed millions of fake reviews and ratings and identified thousands of bad apps during a recent week — Posted by Fei Ye, Software Engineer and Kazushi Nagayama, Ninja Spamologist — Google Play ratings and reviews are extremely important … | Jane Smith / G Suite Updates Blog: |
Google introduces a new G Suite feature in beta that will enable non-G Suite users to collaborate on files as visitors, using PINs — Soon, people without Google accounts will be able to view, comment, suggest edits to, and directly edit Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides files.
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Coinbase is rolling out Coinbase Convert, which enables crypto-to-crypto trading for its retail customers via its website and mobile apps, in the coming days — Coinbase users can begin trading cryptocurrencies directly with other cryptocurrencies, the exchange startup said Monday.
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Cisco to buy semiconductor company Luxtera, which develops silicon photonics technology that speeds up data transfer, for $660M — - Luxtera's advanced chips will help Cisco meet business client demand for faster and high-performing network service, the company said.| Jon Russell / TechCrunch: |
Indian ride hailing service Ola invests $100M in scooter rental startup Vogo, which operates in Bangalore and Hyderabad — We're familiar with Uber cozying up to scooter startups — it has bought one and invested in another — but over in India, the U.S. firm's key rival is hatching …
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Alexa Guard first impressions: hears sounds and alarms well, but can't contact emergency services, isn't supported by previous-gen Echo and Echo Dot speakers — “Alexa, I'm leaving.” — “OK — I'll be on guard.” — That's the gist of Alexa Guard, a new feature from Amazon that lets …
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Former far right extremists recall how they were radicalized by YouTube as teenagers because of its algorithm that keeps surfacing extremist content — Former extremists say they were sucked in by propaganda as teenagers, thanks to an algorithm's dark side.| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Toronto-based Ada, which helps companies develop their own AI-powered customer service chatbots, raises $14M Series A led by FirstMark Capital — Ada, a Canada-based startup that is setting out to help companies develop their own automated customer service tools, has raised CAD$19 million …
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Seismic, which helps companies create and manage their sales and marketing collateral, raises $100M Series E at a $1B valuation — Seismic has been helping companies create and manage their sales and marketing collateral since 2010. Today the company announced a $100 million Series E investment on a $1 billion valuation.
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