FCC Chairman Ajit Pai sent letters (PDF) to more than a dozen telephone service providers asking them for a status update on their efforts to curb robocalls. He demanded these companies deploy a system that authenticates the identity of callers as those calls transit the networks with the goal of identifying and squashing spoofed numbers and spam. […]
Verizon today announced plans to reorganize its internal business structure to reflect its jump into the 5G era. The company will now have three major business groups that are all tied together by its network. The new Verizon Consumer Group will center on running Verizon’s wireless and wireline businesses for consumers, while the Verizon Business […]
The U.S. Supreme Court will not consider a 2016 verdict over net neutrality, leaving the initial ruling intact. Earlier this year, the Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to vacate the 2016 ruling that verified the validity of the Obama-era net neutrality rules. Specifically, the Trump administration hoped the Supreme Court would find that the […]
Staff at Google offices around the world have staged an unprecedented series of walkouts in protest at the company’s treatment of women. The employees are demanding several key changes in how sexual misconduct allegations are dealt with at the firm, including a call to end forced arbitration -which would make it possible for victims to […]
Imperial College London classes will soon have a futuristic spin by letting lecturers appear as hologram-like apparitions beamed in from afar. The school believes it will be the first academic body to do so regularly. From the photo, it appears to look similar to the effect to animate images of Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley and […]
Bitcoin went from an anti-establishment fad on the internet to a multi-billion dollar market in just 10 years. It was invented by an anonymous cryptographer going by the pseudonym Satoshi Nakomoto. He, she, or they, wrote bitcoin’s founding white paper a decade ago on Halloween, claiming online to be a Japanese man. But some speculated […]
General Motors is offering buyouts to salaried workers to help cut costs, WSJ reported Wednesday. About 18,000 employees are eligible. The company said it is making the move now to take advantage of the strong economy and its own healthy performance. The largest U.S. automaker reported better-than-expected earnings Wednesday, fueled by strong sales of trucks and crossovers […]
Rover.com is buying its European rival DogBuddy. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Founded out of Seattle in 2011, Rover is a marketplace for dog owners that offers services such as long-term boarding, dog walking, house-sitting, and drop-in visits. The company has raised a $310 million in funding, including a $155 million tranche just […]
Facebook has uncovered and removed dozens of pages, accounts and groups linked to Iran that the firm says coordinated “inauthentic behaviour”, targeting people in the US and UK. The affected posts focused on divisive topics such as race relations, opposition to President Donald Trump and immigration, it said. The social network revealed that it uncovered […]
Gab, a Twitter-rival, used by the man accused of a gun attack on a Pittsburgh synagogue has gone offline after several technology services, including PayPal, block use of their services it with it. Gab describes itself as a defender of “free speech and expression” with nearly 800,000 users. It has faced criticism in the past […]
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