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President Trump says he asked Tim Cook to help build out 5G in the US (Vox)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Thu, 11/21/2019 - 12:10Op-Ed: Twitter is banning political ads. Nonprofits like mine could suffer. (Vox)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 11/20/2019 - 10:04Why Apple CEO Tim Cook made friends with President Donald Trump (Vox)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Wed, 11/20/2019 - 10:03Verizon finally reveals actual 5G coverage maps (Vox)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 11/19/2019 - 18:32Twitter is walking into a minefield with its political ads ban (Vox)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 11/15/2019 - 16:23Andrew Yang wants to tax digital ads and launch a new algorithm regulator (Vox)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 11/14/2019 - 11:51The org that doles out .org websites just sold itself to a for-profit company
The Public Interest Registry (PIR), which maintains the .org top-level domain, announced that it will be acquired by Ethos Capital, a private equity firm. This move will make PIR, previously a non-profit domain registry, officially part of a for-profit company — which certainly seems at odds with what .org might represent to some.
How President Donald Trump is using Facebook to amplify his fight against impeachment (Vox)
Submitted by benton on Thu, 11/14/2019 - 06:35T-Mobile has made big promises about its merger — but talk is cheap
To gain federal approval of their $26 billion merger, T-Mobile and Sprint have spent years promising a universe of incredible benefits, from lower prices to better rural wireless coverage. So far, agencies like the Federal Communications Commission have been more than happy to believe them. But US telecom history suggests you shouldn’t believe a word coming out of their mouths.