DOJ approves T-Mobile/Sprint merger; Dish will acquire Boost Mobile, Virgin Mobile, Sprint's prepaid business, and “certain” spectrum assets as part of the deal
After over a year of waiting in regulatory limbo — The United States Justice Department has approved …
Microsoft is rolling out a new chat-based Cortana UI for Windows 10 as a beta to Windows Insiders in the US, with support for text and voice queries
It's more conversational than before — Microsoft is tweaking how Cortana works in Windows 10. While the digital assistant might …
Source: Apple contractors grading Siri responses regularly hear sensitive info with data that may identify the user, often due to accidental Siri activations
Workers hear drug deals, medical details and people having sex, says whistleblower — Apple contractors regularly hear confidential …
Apple to acquire the majority of Intel's smartphone modem business in a transaction valued at $1B
Johny Srouji https://www.apple.com/... Benjamin Mayo / @bzamayo : Intel Inside 2200 is a lot of people wow Matthew Panzarino / @panzer : The relevant Tim Cook quote is, of course, “We believe that we...
Marcus “MalwareTech” Hutchins sentenced to time served and one year of supervised release for writing and selling the Kronos banking malware
Marcus Hutchins, the malware researcher who became known as an “accidental hero” for stopping the WannaCry ransomware attack in 2017 …
History of Southern Pacific Railroad Internal Networking Telephony, or Sprint, which transitioned to mobile, made some disastrous bets, and merged with T-Mobile
Sprint has struggled to stay alive for more than a decade, constantly fighting for that next wireless customer.
Dish to pay $1.4B for Sprint's prepaid operation and $3.6B for the spectrum, commits to build a 5G network capable of serving 70% of US population by June 2023
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A developer based in Crimea and one based in Iran say that GitHub has “restricted” their accounts “due to US trade controls”
If you use GitHub's online services in a country facing US sanctions, you could be about to be kicked off all but the most basic offerings.
Facebook says it will migrate Instant Games from the Messenger app on iOS to the Gaming tab in Facebook's main app starting later this summer
Instant Games have become a popular pastime, allowing friends to play light games with each other in their messaging apps.
Profile of Oliver Schusser, who spent 15 years at Apple building iTunes' worldwide operations from the ground up and took charge of Apple Music 15 months ago
“You hear Tim talk a lot about humanity — how we're at the crossroads between the liberal arts and technology," says Oliver Schusser.
How both sides in Hong Kong's protests use facial recognition as a weapon, with police using it for repression, and protesters using it to doxx police officers
A technology-driven quest to identify protesters and police officers has people in both groups desperate to protect their anonymity.
Chairman of Dish on his plans to build a nationwide wireless carrier, including its first 5G launch in late 2020, possibility of big tech partnerships, and more
Ina Fried / Axios : Tweets: @axios . Thanks: @inafried Tweets: @axios : Dish Network's Chairman tells Axios he is going to focus on building a 5G network as fast as possible. Ideally, he wants the fi...
Trump says Apple will not be given tariff waivers or relief for Mac Pro parts made in China, calls on Apple to build products in the US instead
updated Rajesh Pandey / iPhone Hacks : President Trump Tweets that Apple Will Not Get Any Tariff Waiver for 2019 Mac Pro Killian Bell / Cult of Mac : Trump: Apple won't receive special treatment for M...
Interview with Facebook's ex-CSO Alex Stamos about the Stanford Internet Observatory, funded in-part by $5M from Craig Newmark, for monitoring online abuse
Alex Stamos' Stanford-based project will try to persuade tech firms to offer academics access to massive troves of user data.
Senate Intelligence Committee report acknowledges that Russia targeted election systems in all 50 states in 2016, but key lessons for 2020 were redacted
not just Russia but “many more countries.” Exhibit A: Iran. Now will America finally listen? https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Liam Martin / @liamwbz : A proposed bill would require the use of backu...
SoftBank announces Vision Fund 2, will commit $38B to it with the goal of raising $108B; Apple, Microsoft, and others are expected to contribute
Pavel Alpeyev / Bloomberg :
Pete Buttigieg says he will take on companies like Lyft, Uber, and Google for misclassifying workers as contractors and outsourcing work to staffing agencies
Empowering Workers in a Changing Economy Tucker Higgins / CNBC : Pete Buttigieg unveils plan to protect gig economy workers and boost unionization Tim Reid / Reuters : Democrat Buttigieg unveils plan ...
The acquisition of Intel's modem business gives a big boost to Apple's efforts to integrate a modem into its SoCs, which may be crucial for its future wearables
The size and performance of Apple's future products may depend on it. Analysts explain. — On Thursday, Apple confirmed …
A look at Earnin, an app to access money before payday with a suggested ~10% tip; critics say Earnin effectively acts as a payday lender but avoids regulations
“I definitely didn't think about the payback time and the interest,” an Earnin user said. “They just portray it as being so simple and so easy.” Tweets: @oneunderscore__ and @nbcnews Tweets: Ben Coll...
Many young Instagram users have turned their accounts into “business” profiles to get detailed analytics by providing their phone number or email to the public
- Creating a ‘business’ account provides detailed analytics — Users say they are businesses, in order to get the information Tweets: @davidjstier and @andybeal Tweets: David J. Stier / @davidjstier...
A look at “pedophile hunting” vigilante Facebook groups, which stage real-life sting operations, some that are live streamed, to catch suspected child abusers
largely men—stage sting operations to reveal these alleged predators, broadcasting them live online. (2/5) Hanna Kozlowska / @hannakozlowska : Over the past year or so, my Facebook feed was filled wit...
Sources: in recent weeks, WH officials have shown Trump a document, identical to one made by Oracle, alleging a conspiracy to award Amazon the JEDI contract
Inside Microsoft's Building 87, which includes a lab with models of body parts that are used to help test products and a quiet room to measure product sounds
Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch :
Grand jurors report risk of hackers disseminating false voting instructions or election results using unsecured election officials' email, social media accounts
Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security : Tweets: @briankrebs Tweets: @briankrebs : A California grand jury found that states and localities need to be paying way more attention to securing the social media ...
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