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AT&T 5G Upgrade Risks Silencing Home Alarms Reliant on Old Tech (Bloomberg)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Mon, 09/20/2021 - 14:15China Defends Tech Crackdown in Meeting With Wall Street Chiefs (Bloomberg)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Mon, 09/20/2021 - 11:21Apple Must Decide How Badly It Wants 30 Percent Fee After Epic Ruling (Bloomberg)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Tue, 09/14/2021 - 16:12Federal Trade Commission Unveils Data Backing Facebook Monopoly Case
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) made public for the first time the data it's using to bolster its case that Facebook has monopoly power over social networking. From September 2012 through December 2020, Facebook’s share of time spent by users of social media apps in the US has averaged 92 percent per month, according to a filing in federal court in Washington.
Facebook Slams Calls to Sell Giphy in Response to the UK Competition and Markets Authority (Bloomberg)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Thu, 09/09/2021 - 12:01Hurricane Ida Spurs Calls to Bolster Mobile Networks After Phones Fail
As Hurricane Ida pummeled New Orleans, officials told residents needing help to flag down a police officer or go to a fire station. The city’s 911 emergency calling service, served by AT&T, wasn’t working. The failure, rectified on August 30, is helping to fuel calls for Washington regulators to demand greater resiliency for mobile phone networks in the face of storms, fires and other natural disasters.