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Casey Newton: Blocking social networks after terrorist attacks can do more harm than good (Vox)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 04/23/2019 - 06:39
Sprint and AT&T settle lawsuit over ‘blatantly misleading’ 5G E logo
AT&T and Sprint have settled a lawsuit over AT&T’s “5G Evolution” branding, which Sprint claimed was fooling customers into believing its 4G LTE network was a full-fledged 5G network. “We have amicably settled this matter,” an AT&T spokesperson said. Apparently, AT&T will keep using “5G E” in its marketing material. Earlier in 2019, AT&T started displaying a “5G E” logo on certain upgraded parts of its LTE network.
Facebook’s new chief lawyer helped write the Patriot Act (Vox)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Mon, 04/22/2019 - 18:20Tech is “flunking” the diversity test, says activist and venture capitalist Freada Kapor Klein (Vox)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Mon, 04/22/2019 - 12:14The Mueller report doesn’t have anything nice to say about Twitter or Facebook (Vox)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 04/19/2019 - 09:49Facebook says it stored millions of Instagram passwords unencrypted on its servers (Vox)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 04/18/2019 - 14:59We finally know why the Instagram founders really quit (Vox)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 04/18/2019 - 12:33Five big questions about Apple and Qualcomm’s surprise settlement (Vox)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 04/17/2019 - 10:53T-Mobile and Comcast partner to combat robocalls
T-Mobile and Comcast announced a partnership to combat the industry’s growing robocall problem. Starting April 17, the companies will begin authenticating calls made between their networks in order to verify for consumers when the caller is an actual human being. Americans received over 26 billion unwanted robocalls in 2018, and after a few light pushes from federal agencies like the Federal Communications Commission, carriers are beginning to deploy an authentication system that’s meant to combat them, known as the SHAKEN/STIR protocol.