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AT&T and T-Mobile say they will stop selling customers' location data to 3rd-party service providers by March; Verizon says it's winding down sharing agreements (Washington Post)

Washington Post: AT&T and T-Mobile say they will stop selling customers’ location data to 3rd-party service providers by March; Verizon says it’s winding down sharing agreements  —  AT&T said Thursday it will stop selling its customers’ location data to third-party service providers after a report this week … AT&T and T-Mobile say they will stop

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Shareholder sues Alphabet's board of directors, claiming they breached fiduciary duty by covering up sexual misconduct by execs and giving Andy Rubin a payout (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: Shareholder sues Alphabet’s board of directors, claiming they breached fiduciary duty by covering up sexual misconduct by execs and giving Andy Rubin a payout  —  – Investor accuses Alphabet directors of abusing their power  — Android creator allegedly got $90 million payout amid probe Shareholder sues Alphabet's board of directors, claiming they breached fiduciary

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Analysts and fund managers speculate about how the Bezos divorce could affect Amazon, with Bezos holding about a 16% ownership stake (David Randall/Reuters)

David Randall / Reuters: Analysts and fund managers speculate about how the Bezos divorce could affect Amazon, with Bezos holding about a 16% ownership stake  —  NEW YORK (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) shares see-sawed on Thursday as investors questioned how the impending divorce of company founder Jeff Bezos … Analysts and fund managers speculate

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Massachusetts man sentenced to over 10 years in prison and ordered to pay ~$443,000 in restitution for a DDoS attack on Boston Children's Hospital in 2014 (Nate Raymond/Reuters)

Nate Raymond / Reuters: Massachusetts man sentenced to over 10 years in prison and ordered to pay ~$443,000 in restitution for a DDoS attack on Boston Children’s Hospital in 2014  —  BOSTON (Reuters) – A Massachusetts man was sentenced on Thursday to more than 10 years in prison for carrying out a cyberattack … Massachusetts

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Electrifying A Vintage Outboard Motor

Clamped or bolted to the stern of the boat, outboard motors offer a very easy and (relatively) economical way of powering small craft. The vast majority of these outboards are gasoline powered, with electric models generally limited to so-called “trolling motors” which are often used to move slowly and quietly during fishing. That might be

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Electrifying A Vintage Outboard Motor

{$inline_image} Clamped or bolted to the stern of the boat, outboard motors offer a very easy and (relatively) economical way of powering small craft. The vast majority of these outboards are gasoline powered, with electric models generally limited to so-called “trolling motors” which are often used to move slowly and quietly during fishing. That might

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Ford is shutting down Chariot, the startup it acquired in 2016 that operates commuter shuttle services in nine North American cities and in London (Jason D. Rowley/Crunchbase News)

Jason D. Rowley / Crunchbase News: Ford is shutting down Chariot, the startup it acquired in 2016 that operates commuter shuttle services in nine North American cities and in London  —  Chariot, the Ford-owned transportation startup that operates commuter shuttle services in nine North American cities and internationally in London, is shutting down. Ford is

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Amazon's IMDb launches Freedive, an ad-supported streaming service offering movies and TV shows in the US; site now lists 130+ free movies and 29 shows (Todd Spangler/Variety)

Todd Spangler / Variety: Amazon’s IMDb launches Freedive, an ad-supported streaming service offering movies and TV shows in the US; site now lists 130+ free movies and 29 shows  —  Amazon has extended its tentacles into the ad-supported VOD space — stocking IMDb with a back-catalog of dozens of movies and TV shows that are

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A reconstruction of the cyberattack on the US power grid from 2016 to 2018, which targeted contractors and trade publications and which the US blamed on Russia (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: A reconstruction of the cyberattack on the US power grid from 2016 to 2018, which targeted contractors and trade publications and which the US blamed on Russia  —  A Wall Street Journal reconstruction of the worst known hack into the nation’s power system reveals attacks on hundreds of small contractors A reconstruction

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