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    • Study comparing 30 European nations on net neutrality enforcement finds that zero rating business practices by wireless carriers increases cost of wireless data (Ernesto Falcon/Electronic Frontier …)

    Ernesto Falcon / Electronic Frontier Foundation: Study comparing 30 European nations on net neutrality enforcement finds that zero rating business practices by wireless carriers increases cost of wireless data  —  When an ISP decides to exempt certain applications or services from cutting into a user’s data cap, that’s zero rating. Study comparing 30 European nations

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    • Sources: Apple has moved its modem engineering unit to its in-house hardware technology group led by Johny Srouji, Apple's SVP of hardware technologies (Stephen Nellis/Reuters)

    Stephen Nellis / Reuters: Sources: Apple has moved its modem engineering unit to its in-house hardware technology group led by Johny Srouji, Apple’s SVP of hardware technologies  —  Apple Inc has moved its modem chip engineering effort into its in-house hardware technology group from its supply chain unit … Sources: Apple has moved its modem

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    • Facebook's revenue from China-based advertisers reached an estimated $5B in 2018, or about 10% of its total sales, helped by its local advertising resellers (New York Times)

    New York Times: Facebook’s revenue from China-based advertisers reached an estimated $5B in 2018, or about 10% of its total sales, helped by its local advertising resellers  —  SHENZHEN — Facebook’s apps and websites have been blocked in China for years.  The company has no office in the country that supports its social networking services.

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    • Hype is killing blockchain technology

    I started covering blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies in 2015. At that time, Bitcoin was being increasingly dismissed by mainstream finance, but its underlying decentralized ledger technology was beginning to pique the interest of most innovators in that space. After a three-year hiatus, I’m back writing about cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology, and it’s fair to say

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    • Twitter Q4 beats expectations with revenue of $909M, up 24% YoY, a net income of $244M, and ad revenue up 23% YoY to $791M, but misses on MAUs with 321M (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

    Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Twitter Q4 beats expectations with revenue of $909M, up 24% YoY, a net income of $244M, and ad revenue up 23% YoY to $791M, but misses on MAUs with 321M  —  After strong results from Facebook and Snap this quarter, all eyes were on Twitter to see if the other big,

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    • Germany's antitrust watchdog orders Facebook to stop combining WhatsApp and Instagram data without consent in Germany; Facebook says it will appeal decision (BBC)

    BBC: Germany’s antitrust watchdog orders Facebook to stop combining WhatsApp and Instagram data without consent in Germany; Facebook says it will appeal decision  —  Germany’s competition authority has told Facebook it can only continue gathering so much data about users from beyond its app and website if it gets individuals’ consent. Germany's antitrust watchdog orders

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    • Interview with MoviePass CEO Mitch Lowe and EVP Khalid Itum about what went wrong, as they embark on an apology tour to win back distributors and customers (Andrew Gruttadaro/The Ringer)

    Andrew Gruttadaro / The Ringer: Interview with MoviePass CEO Mitch Lowe and EVP Khalid Itum about what went wrong, as they embark on an apology tour to win back distributors and customers  —  It was the greatest deal—or scam, depending on whom you ask—in movie history.  And then it fell apart. Interview with MoviePass CEO

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    • A ‘Google for bacterial DNA’ is helping scientists fight drug resistant infections

    Ever since I read a 2014 WHO report stating that antibiotic-resistant bacteria could kill more people each year than cancer by 2050, I have been looking for signs of hope that we might avoid plummeting towards an apocalyptic nightmare of mass deaths by infection. But seriously … #saveantibiotics #AntibioticResistance #10yearscallenge pic.twitter.com/Js4lYBfnye — Kathryn Merkel (@KeepATXabx)

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    • Atrient, a leading casino marketing kiosk vendor, allegedly ignored serious security flaws and a researcher who uncovered flaws was assaulted by company's COO (Guise Bule/Secjuice.com)

    Guise Bule / Secjuice.com: Atrient, a leading casino marketing kiosk vendor, allegedly ignored serious security flaws and a researcher who uncovered flaws was assaulted by company’s COO  —  Following a serious vulnerability disclosure affecting casinos globally, an executive of casino technology vendor Atrient … Atrient, a leading casino marketing kiosk vendor, allegedly ignored serious security

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