[ad_1] State antitrust officials also have qualms with the merger, according to one of the WSJ‘s tipsters. The FCC is on record as having questions about both the claimed cost savings and their plans for wireless home broadband. T-Mobile and Sprint didn’t have an immediate comment on the apparent leaks. If the report proves true, […]
Category: Politics
The EU has officially passed its controversial copyright law
[ad_1] A total of 19 European Council members, including France and Germany, voted in favor of the new Copyright Directive. Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Finland and Sweden voted against adopting the directive, whereas Belgium, Estonia and Slovenia abstained — but their opposition ultimately didn’t matter. EU countries now have 24 months to apply the directive […]
US convicts Romanians over scheme that hijacked 400,000 computers
[ad_1] The malware would also turn off antivirus protection, and even blocked users from visiting law enforcement websites. The crooks made off with “millions of dollars,” according to the Department of Justice. Sentencing isn’t due to take place until August 14th, but the penalties could be stiff. Miclaus and Nicolescu were convicted of 21 counts […]
Daimler’s diesel emissions cheating may include 60,000 more cars
[ad_1] The software’s functionality appears to have remained the same. The GLK would reduce nitrogen oxide emissions during government tests, but let them rise above legal limits in real-world conditions. Daimler said it would “fully cooperate” with regulators and was “reviewing the facts.” There’s little doubt that this looks bad for the automaker, though. In […]
A candid look at Tim Cook’s time at Apple
[ad_1] Tim Cook: The Genius Who Took Apple to the Next Levelby Leander Kahney Taking the helm after the founder of the company has stepped aside is never an easy task, especially not when the person you’re replacing was Steve Jobs. Yeah, that Steve Jobs. The man wasn’t just the CEO of Apple, in many […]
Weed is worse than murder, if you’re selling a video game
[ad_1] As of April 2019, marijuana is legal, in some way, in 34 states (that’s already one more since we talked to Alexander in February) plus DC, Guam, the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, and legalization is consistently on the ballot in most regions across the United States. But, federally, marijuana is illegal. Of course, […]
Fame, infamy and incarceration: The Julian Assange story
[ad_1] WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was removed yesterday from the Ecuadorian embassy in London after having his asylum revoked; he was then immediately arrested. Talk of extradition to the US began immediately. But if you haven’t been paying extremely close attention over the last decade or so, you might not quite recall exactly how Assange […]
Presidential candidate Andrew Yang will use 3D holograms for remote rallies
[ad_1] Me trying out being a hologram with hologram Tupac 👍 pic.twitter.com/IclQvAa27z — Andrew Yang (@AndrewYang) April 11, 2019 Somewhat surprisingly, Yang didn’t get ratioed off of Twitter for toying with Tupac’s legacy. Instead, the candidate received a considerable amount of positive feedback for the concept, suggesting there just might be an audience out there […]
We saw a black hole
[ad_1] Gotta put it on Instagram.This is the first real picture of a black hole After years of relying on computer-generated imagery, scientists using the Event Horizon Telescope have captured the first real image of a black hole. The snapshot of the supermassive black hole in the Messier 87 galaxy (about 55 million light years […]
Senate bill would make tech companies test algorithms for bias
[ad_1] The bill would only apply to companies that either make more than $50 million per year or have data for at least one million people or devices. Small businesses would theoretically be safe. The senators saw this as a civil rights issue and pointed to recent incidents as examples. Facebook is still facing a […]