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Bernie Sanders releases broadband plan, targets Comcast, AT&T, Verizon 7 December 2019

In his sprawling “High-Speed Internet for All” proposal, the Vermont senator and Democratic presidential candidate calls to treat internet like a public utility. His campaign argues that the internet should not be a “price gouging profit machine” for companies such as Comcast, AT&T and Verizon. Sanders’ plan would create $150 billion in grants and aid […]

Reddit links leak of US-UK trade documents to Russian influence campaign | ZDNet 7 December 2019

Reddit said today that a leak of official US-UK trade documents that took place on its platform was the work of Russian operatives part of a long-running political influence campaign. The leak occurred in late October when a Reddit user named Gregoratior published multiple files from the ongoing US-UK trade talks taking place in the […]

Amazon leases Hudson Yards office space - Curbed NY 7 December 2019

The arrangement is Amazon’s largest expansion in New York City since the company abandoned plans to situate half of its second headquarters in Long Island City’s Anable Basin. It’s worth noting that the HQ2 campus would have spanned between 6 and 8 million square feet and brought some 25,000 jobs over 15 years if the […]

As Spotify ‘Wraps’ the decade, it reveals the payoff from podcast investments | The Drum 6 December 2019

Spotify said it now has more than 500,000 podcast titles available and its podcast listeners have grown by more than 50% since the start of 2019. It has seen a 39% increase in podcast hours consumed by listeners quarter over quarter. The Joe Budden Podcast with Rory and Mal, which was the most consumed podcast, […]

Dented Reality: Magic Leap Sees Slow Sales, Steep Losses — The Information 6 December 2019

The slow sales aren't the only signs of strain at Magic Leap, which was losing tens of millions of dollars per month throughout last year, said two people with knowledge of its finances. Dozens of employees across various departments have been laid off in recent weeks. A marquee member of its board—Sundar Pichai, the CEO […]

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