Category: News
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Amazon Can Now Treat Your Cough, Cold, Or Flu, Replacing The Need to See Your Doctor
Amazon will let people too busy to make a doctor appointment consult with a clinician on a quick video chat or through direct messages through its Amazon Virtual Clinic and get prescriptions to help address colds, coughs, or the flu. With Amazon Clinic, you can now complete a short form with your current symptoms and…
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Skip Video Work Meetings With This AI Tool
Microsoft is set to launch Copilot next week, an artificial intelligence tool designed to streamline your work life, and it’s already teasing one potential killer app: The AI’s ability to attend meetings in your place. Because Copilot is embedded into Microsoft Office Suite apps like Teams, it can summarize meeting notes, chat notes, and emails…
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DIRECTV Partners With Local Fiber Internet Provider to Offer Streaming TV Packages
DIRECTV and Greenlight Networks, a broadband provider serving two dozen communities in New York, have partnered to bundle fiber internet with streaming video in a rare deal that highlights the changing dynamics of the pay-TV industry. The partnership, announced earlier this month, gives Greenlight customers access to a package that includes DIRECTV via internet or…
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More Than Half of U.S. Households Dealt With a Data Privacy Problem, Study Says
As more households turn to smart devices to simplify their lives, protecting your devices from malicious actors is essential to securing digital safety. A study from Parks Associates, a leading authority in consumer and market research, shows a concerning trend in security threats stemming from smart device use. The “Privacy and Data Protection for Connected…
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Sling TV Freestream Adds Eight New Free Channels This Week
Sling TV has been steadily adding more channels to its free ad-supported streaming service, Sling TV Freestream. This week, Sling TV added eight new channels to its Freestream lineup. This comes on top of the nine new channels added to Sling TV Freestream last week. In total, it offers over 430 free channels and more…
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Apple’s AirPods May Be In For a Big Redesign
Apple is planning an “end-to-end” refresh of its AirPods wireless earbuds. The plans include a revamped version of the original AirPods and AirPods Max, due for release in 2024, and a new Pro model in 2025, sources close to the matter told Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. The refreshed AirPods will reportedly sport a new earbud design…
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FCC Will Tackle Digital Discrimination and Equal Access to Broadband This November
Digital discrimination, or “digital redlining,” is a practice where broadband providers focus on offering service in more affluent areas at the expense of poor, more diverse communities. The Federal Communications Commission aims to stop this with its latest proposed rule. Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel raised the issue at the 41st Annual Everett C. Parker Ethics in…
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Instagram, Facebook Sued by 42 Attorneys General For “Knowingly” Developing Addictive Social Media Features
Meta is being sued by 42 attorneys general for allegedly designing Facebook and Instagram to be addictive. The bipartisan group from 33 states is accusing the social media platforms of creating an addictive platform that negatively affects the mental health of kids and teens. The lawsuit outlines how Meta developed its platforms to encourage use…
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T-Mobile Kills its Forced Migration Test: ‘We’ve Got Plenty of Feedback’
T-Mobile is no longer going forward with its “small-scale test” to automatically move legacy customers to newer, more expensive plans. T-Mobile Chief Executive Mike Sievert confirmed on a Wednesday call with investors that it no longer needs proceed with it “because I think we’ve got plenty of feedback. “We’ve learned that particular test cell isn’t…
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SpaceX Will Surpass 5,000 Active Starlink Satellites This Month
SpaceX’s Starlink internet service will pass a significant milestone this month, with the company’s constellation surpassing 5,000 active satellites in low-Earth orbit after the launch of two Falcon 9 rockets. The first Falcon 9 will launch from SLC-40 at CCSFS in Florida on October 28 at 7:13 p.m. ET. The rocket will bring 23 Starlink…