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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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| Casey Newton / The Verge: |
Twitter is relaunching the reverse-chronological feed as an option for all users starting today on iOS and other platforms in the coming weeks — Just hit that sparkle, fam — Twitter is offering users another escape hatch from its ranked timeline. The company said today that it will introduce …
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| New York Times: |
Senate report on Russia's disinformation campaign accuses Google, Facebook, and Twitter of being evasive and withholding data about Russian activity — SAN FRANCISCO — When lawmakers asked YouTube, a unit of Google, to provide information about Russian manipulation efforts …
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| Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: |
Anthony Levandowski's Pronto.ai plans to ship level 2 automated driving systems for trucks in 2019 — Anthony Levandowski, the former Google engineer and serial entrepreneur who was at the center of a trade secrets lawsuit between Uber and Waymo, has taken his newest autonomous vehicle technology company …
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| Guru Gowrappan / Verizon: |
On January 8, Oath, which was created from Verizon's acquisitions of Yahoo and AOL, will be rebranded as Verizon Media Group — Verizon Media Group will replace the Oath brand, representing our strong alignment as a core pillar of Verizon's business. — I'm excited today to share … | Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
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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| Wall Street Journal: |
iPhone prices are unpalatable in India, where reports say its marketshare has shrunk to ~1%, and a source says it's taking in <50% the revenue once hoped for — With global smartphone sales flattening, Apple has looked to India for new growth, with little success so far
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| Taylor Lorenz / The Atlantic: |
As shilling products has become a sign of success for influencers, up-and-comers on Instagram are posting fake sponsored content to boost their credibility — Tapping through Palak Joshi's Instagram Stories recently, you might have come across a photo that looked like standard sponsored content … | Kurt Wagner / Recode: |
Snap's hardware unit, SnapLab, gets its third new boss in six months as Sahil Sharma, VP of hardware development who joined in July, departs — Snap's hardware team has seen a lot of changes this year. — Snap's secretive hardware unit, SnapLab — the team responsible for its Spectacles photo …
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| Mathew Ingram / Columbia Journalism Review: |
NPR's podcast measurement technology RAD has sparked debate within the industry, with Overcast's Marco Arment expressing concerns about tracking and privacy — Until recently, it hasn't been easy to measure the success of podcasts, beyond how many people download them …
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| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Uber says it has been given approval by Pennsylvania officials to restart its self-driving car tests on public roads in Pittsburgh — It's been nine months since a self-driving Uber killed a pedestrian in Arizona — Uber has been given the green light by Pennsylvania officials to restart its self-driving car tests on public roads.| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Twitter was warned by a researcher two years ago of a flaw, recently reported to FTC and EU's DPC by the company, that leaked users' phone # country codes — A security researcher found a bug in Twitter's support form two years ago that exposed the country codes of phone numbers attached to user's accounts.| Josh Constine / TechCrunch: |
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| Android Developers Blog: |
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 … | Andrei Frumusanu / AnandTech: |
Arm announces the 7nm Cortex A65AE, its first multi-threaded CPU core, designed for intense computing tasks like autonomous vehicles, arriving in 2020 — Back in September, Arm had announced the new Cortex A76AE CPU with focus on automotive applications. Today, Arm adds to its portfolio …
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The Register, ZDNet, Reuters, VentureBeat, and Arm
| Ry Crist / CNET: |
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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