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A million Facebook users watched a video that blurs the line between bad satire and ‘fake news’ (Vox)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 07/24/2018 - 17:17Chinese internet users employ the blockchain to share a censored news article (Vox)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 07/24/2018 - 17:16Facebook is succeeding financially in spite of itself (Vox)
Submitted by Robbie McBeath on Tue, 07/24/2018 - 17:15Twitter is banning users who created their accounts while underage to comply with GDPR
An update to Twitter’s terms of service that was made months ago due to the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is still locking users out of the platform for being underage — even though some are in their mid-20s.
Senator Wyden on Breaking Up Facebook, Net Neutrality, and the Law that Built the Internet
A Q&A with Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR).
Declines in traditional TV subscriptions are growing faster than expected (Vox)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 07/24/2018 - 06:39
Qualcomm unveils first mmWave 5G antennas for smartphones
There’s a lot of pieces that need to come together to get 5G networks to work on mobile devices — new standards need to be agreed on, new modems need to be developed, and new networking hardware for towers needs to be rolled out. But Qualcomm might have just cleared one of the major hurdles with the announcement of its new QTM052 mmWave antenna modules, the first that have been announced that will enable the high-speed swath of networking spectrum to work with mobile phones. That’s a big deal, because not all 5G is created equal.