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US Justice Department moves to sue California in order to quash its new net neutrality law — The Trump administration said Sunday it will sue California in an effort to block what some experts have described as the toughest net neutrality law ever enacted in the United States …
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| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
California governor signs net neutrality bill, which FCC Chairman Ajit Pai called “illegal”, into law, setting up a showdown with the FCC and ISPs — California Governor Jerry Brown today signed net neutrality legislation into law, setting up a legal showdown pitting his state …
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| Saqib Shah / Engadget: |
Google Maps adds a dedicated “commute” tab, with live traffic updates and transit information tailored to your commute and Android notifications about delays — When it's not debunking flat-earthers, Google Maps is busy pushing out updates. In the past few months alone …
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Nielsen: in Q2 2018, 24% of US homes owned a smart speaker, and the most common use, by nearly 90% of users, is to listen to music, while 68% listen to news — Over the last couple of decades, technology has not only evolved at a rapid pace, but has been adopted by swaths of consumers across … | Ernie Smith / Motherboard: |
A look at the community of hobbyists of the Silicon Graphics Inc supercomputers like the Onyx, which cost up to $250K on release and weighed 250 pounds — Nearly 30 years after Silicon Graphics ruled the high-performance computing roost, its supercomputers have found themselves a new home … | Thomas Brewster / Forbes: |
FBI compelled a suspect to use Face ID to unlock his iPhone X, following other cases where police with warrants unlocked iPhones via Touch ID — Privacy concerns around iPhone X facial recognition — It finally happened. The feds forced an Apple iPhone X owner to unlock their device with their face.
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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
Caavo unveils $99 Caavo Control Center, a universal remote that uses machine vision, supports Atmos, HDR10, available with a $1.99/month or $20/year service fee — It also adds HDR and Atmos support — When I reviewed the unique Caavo universal remote system earlier this year … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Groupon settles with IBM, for alleged infringement on e-commerce patents, for $57M, lower than the $83M that IBM was initially awarded in July — A patent suit between IBM and Groupon that has been underway for over two years has finally been settled. Today, the two companies announced …
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Aeva unveils a lightweight, low-power box with LIDAR, motion sensors and cameras that can be mounted on autonomous cars, and raises $45M in Series A — The startup Aeva claims its technology is a game-changing advancement for autonomous vehicles — Aeva, a Mountain View …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
YouTube expands its TrueView in-stream ad format to add more extensions that let advertisers push actions like app downloads or buying movie tickets — YouTube is expanding the ways advertisers can connect with their audience, thanks to an expansion to its TrueView in-stream ad format …
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Marketing Land, Adweek, and The Keyword
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Survey of overall mobile video experience in 69 countries, where Czech Republic and Hungary top the rankings and US is 59th — For years, OpenSignal has reported on the speed, availability and latency metrics of the world's mobile operators. But now we're taking our analysis of the mobile user experience one step further.
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PhoneArena, Motherboard, Rapid TV News, The Quint, and Beebom
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| Melia Russell / San Francisco Chronicle: |
Grubhub has agreed to acquire Tapingo, a San Francisco-based food ordering service that operates on 150 college campuses, for $150M — Grubhub has agreed to acquire San Francisco's college-campus food ordering service Tapingo for $150 million. — The deal will allow the Chicago company … Sponsor Posts
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