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Dish and T-Mobile have yet to decide on terms of Dish's purchase of Boost Mobile as July 1 deadline approaches; T-Mobile must offload Boost to acquire Sprint (Scott Moritz/Bloomberg)

Scott Moritz / Bloomberg: Dish and T-Mobile have yet to decide on terms of Dish’s purchase of Boost Mobile as July 1 deadline approaches; T-Mobile must offload Boost to acquire Sprint  —  – Negotiations heat up as key divestiture nears July 1 deadline  — Issues include Boost customers getting service on new T-Mobile Dish and

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Two senators have introduced a bill to provide over $22.8B in aid for domestic semiconductor manufacturers; two House members plan to introduce a similar bill (Stephen Nellis/Reuters)

Stephen Nellis / Reuters: Two senators have introduced a bill to provide over $22.8B in aid for domestic semiconductor manufacturers; two House members plan to introduce a similar bill  —  (Reuters) – A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday introduced a bill that would provide more than $22.8 billion in aid … Two senators

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Amazon bans police from using its facial recognition technology for the next year

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Amazon is announcing a one-year moratorium on allowing law enforcement to use its controversial Rekognition facial recognition platform, the e-commerce giant said on Wednesday. The news comes just two days after IBM said it would no longer offer, develop, or research facial recognition technology, citing potential human rights

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