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UK’s competition regulator assessing if Apple has too much overall power in mobile

The United Kingdom’s competition regulator is investigating Apple and Google once again, with the CMA assessing the “strategic market status” of the two companies in mobile ecosystems. UK Houses of Parliament – Image Credit: David Zherdenovsky/Pexels The Competition and Markets Authority is launching an investigation into the mobile business, once again taking on the dominance

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DHS Terminates All Its Advisory Committees, Ending Its Investigation Into Chinese Telecom Hack

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The Department of Homeland Security has terminated all members of advisory committees, including one that has been investigating a major Chinese hack of large US telecom firms. “The Cyber Safety Review Board — a Department of Homeland Security investigatory body stood up under a Biden-era cybersecurity

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Google Fiber Is Coming To Las Vegas

Google Fiber has confirmed that it has started construction in Las Vegas and Clark County, with its fiber internet service expected to be available “later this year.” The Verge reports: On Wednesday, Google also confirmed that it’s piloting simplified, “lifestyle-based” plans in Alabama and Tennesee, which were first spotted last month. The new $70 /

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Mastercard DNS Error Went Unnoticed for Years

A security researcher discovered and fixed a critical domain name server misconfiguration in Mastercard’s systems that persisted undetected for nearly five years, potentially exposing the credit card giant to traffic interception risks. Philippe Caturegli, founder of security firm Seralys, found that one of Mastercard’s five DNS servers incorrectly pointed to “akam.ne” instead of “akam.net” from

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YouTube Premium Adds 256kbps Audio ‘Experiment’ For Music Videos

YouTube Premium subscribers can now stream music videos at 256kbps bitrate audio quality, matching the high-fidelity standard previously exclusive to YouTube Music, the video platform said. The audio upgrade comes as part of an expanded experimental features program that allows Premium users to test multiple new features simultaneously, departing from its previous single-experiment limitation, the

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Leaker’s iOS 18.3 reveals suggest M4 iPad Air & iPhone SE 4 are close to launch

A private social media account has claimed the soon-to-release operating system updates will be preinstalled on inbound hardware that could arrive soon, including the fourth-gen iPhone SE and iPad refreshes. The iPhone SE could gain the Dynamic Island Apple entered the release candidate stage of its operating system updates on Tuesday, meaning the final releases

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