After five years of leading the newly relaunched Paramount Television division, Amy Powell is out as president. Her dismissal (as covered in THR) was revealed Thursday via an internal memo from Paramount CEO Jim Gianopulos in which he outlined “multiple individuals” who raised “concerns around comments” made by the executive in a “professional setting, which […]
The Justice Department has asked the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals to prioritize its appeal against last month’s decision regarding AT&T’s acquisition of Time Warner (Now called WarnerMedia). A single judge ruled in AT&T’s favor after the Justice Department sued over the acquisition. AT&T completed the acquisition within days of the decision, but that didn’t stop […]
Corning today announced Gorilla Glass 6, an improved version of its toughened glass for mobile devices. Corning specifically engineered Gorilla Glass 6 to better handle drops. The company claims the glass can survive 15 drops onto rough surfaces made from a height of one meter. The glass can withstand drops from higher heights than Gorilla […]
Now a new report at The Information suggests Walmart is considering a move into the SVOD ranks with a low-cost streaming option which will reportedly be less than $8 a month – but might be ad-supported. This would be in addition to the Walmart-owned Vudu, a VOD service which offers thousands of titles to buy or rent […]
European Union authorities fined Google a record $5.1 billion for abusing its power in the mobile phone market, as the old world continues to aggressive attempts to rein-in the power of American technology companies. The 4.34 billion euro fine surpassed the €2.4 billion, about $2.8 billion, the European Union levied against Google last year over […]
Ride hailing firm Uber is being investigated by US authorities over gender discrimination, t As first reported in the Wall Street Journal, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) began investigating the firm in August 2017. Investigators have been interviewing former and current Uber employees and seeking documents from the firm. According to the Journal, […]
Microsoft, which has come under fire for a US government contract that was said to involve facial recognition software, said it will more carefully consider contracts in this area and urged lawmakers to regulate the use of such artificial intelligence to prevent abuse. The company, one of the key makers of software capable of recognising […]
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai this week announced his plan for auctioning off five specific swaths of millimeter-wave spectrum for 5G services. While industry leaders have been calling for one auction process, Pai is proposing three auctions between November and the end of 2019. The auction for the 28 GHz band would start November 14th, with the […]
The U.S. Commerce Department has lifted its ban on U.S. companies doing business with Chinese phone and telecom equipment maker ZTE. The company can now resume operations, after all but shutting down since April due to the ban. The company is highly dependent on U.S. companies, including Qualcomm and Google, for its smartphone chips and […]
The Justice Department on Thursday filed notice that it is appealing a judge’s approval of AT&T’s purchase of Time Warner. Judge Richard Leon, who presided over the lawsuit the DOJ had brought to block the deal, ruled last month that the government had failed to show that the deal violates antitrust law AT&T has since […]
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