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U.S. appeals court will not reconsider California net neutrality ruling

A U.S. Court of Appeals on Wednesday said it will not reconsider its decision in January to uphold California’s net neutrality law. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in January ruled 3-0 that a 2017 decision by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reverse federal internet protections could not bar […]

Netflix ads are coming: Ad-supported streaming plans down the line

Netflix ads are soon to be implemented as lower-cost, ad-supported alternative packages, co-CEO Reed Hastings stated during the company’s Q1 earnings interview, after years of maintaining subscription-only plans, and in fear of massive subscriber loss. Hastings predicted that the firm will fully flesh out its ad-supported streaming approach in the next year or two, adding “but think […]

Workers at Atlanta Apple store file to hold first U.S. union election

Workers at an Apple Inc store in Atlanta on Wednesday filed a petition to hold a union election, seeking to become the company’s first U.S. store to unionize amid a wave of labor activity at other major firms. The effort at the Apple store in Cumberland Mall is backed by the Communications Workers of America, […]

Microsoft soon to implement Xbox in-game ads

According to Business Insider, Microsoft is working on an ad program that will allow firms to advertise through Xbox in-game ads. According to those familiar with the endeavor, one of the ways adverts could appear in these games is as through digitally produced billboards in racing games. However, it is as of yet unclear how exactly Microsoft expects to […]

Will High Altitude Platforms Become an Integral Part of 6G?

The sixth generation of the in the evolution of wireless evolution promises to be disruptive in terms of the extreme solutions envisioned to meet the projected targets in terms of data rates, latencies, coverage, use cases, etc. The drive to ubiquitous connectivity and ever-increasing capacity requirements have pushed designers to foresee a vertical expansion of […]

As Wall Street Embraces the Cloud, Legacies are Forsaken

When the world was first hit with its COVID-19 case and the news hastily spread, global populations were hit with the pandemic whiplash, bursting into their comfort zones and breaking all bounders of normality. For the tech industry, however, this was not the case. As businesses were closing doors, Big Tech giants were embracing the […]

Cryptoverse: Gold Coins Glimmer Amid the Global Gloom

A fledgling class of crypto that feasts on risk is outshining a wider market paralyzed by war and inflation. Coins backed by gold are newer variants of “stablecoins”, which are typically pegged to the dollar to tame volatility. The largest, Pax Gold or PAXG, has jumped 7.4% in 2022, while main rival Tether Gold has […]

How will Twitter's board handle Elon Musk?

Many investors, analysts and investment bankers expect Twitter Inc’s board of directors to reject Elon Musk’s $43 billion acquisition offer in the coming days as inadequate, but how would the social media company then proceed? Twitter shares dropped on Thursday after Musk unveiled his offer, as the market deemed it too low and too thin […]