Day: July 26, 2019

T-Mobile-Sprint deal wins Justice Department OK thanks to Dish assist – CNET

The $26.5 billion takeover is happening after a year of regulatory battles, with Dish Network set to become the fourth national wireless player. …read more Source:: CNet


SpaceX Dragon flies British science into orbit, while stubby ‘watertower’ hops around Texas

Here – have a new Docking Adaptor. Sorry about that whole exploding rocket thing SpaceX dodged Florida storms to launch its 18th resupply mission to the International Space Station last night while the company’s stumpy Starhopper vehicle accomplished its first big hop.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


T-Mobile & Sprint: Key Stats Before the Merger – CNET

The DOJ blesses the highly anticipated merger of US’s third- and fourth-largest wireless carriers …read more Source:: CNet


Equifax Owes You Cash For Losing Your Data

…read more Source:: PacketStorm


The democratisation of IT: Amazon and Microsoft own half the cloud infrastructure market

Choice? Yes, we’ve heard of it too Almost half of all the money spent on public cloud infrastructure is now divvied up between Amazon and Microsoft, according to stats from Synergy Research.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Telegram voicemail hack used against Brazil’s president, ministers

Four hackers have been arrested this week on suspicion of breaking into more than 1,000 Telegram accounts. …read more Source:: ZDNet


Trump says Apple won’t get tariff relief for Mac Pro parts made in China – CNET

“Make them in the USA,” the president tweeted. …read more Source:: CNet


Toyota Supra gets four years of Apple CarPlay free, but then what? – Roadshow

The Supra uses a version of BMW’s iDrive, which may mean owners will eventually have to pay a subscription fee for the phone-mirroring tech. …read more Source:: CNet


Mozilla Debuts Implementation of WebThings Gateway Open Source Router Firmware

An anonymous reader shares a report: For the better part of two years, the folks at Mozilla have been diligently chipping away at Mozilla WebThings, an open implementation of the World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C) Web of Things standard for monitoring and controlling connected devices. In April, it gained a number of powerful logging, alarm,…


The FBI Is Investigating Long Island Iced Tea’s BlockChain Pivot

Beverage firm Long Island Iced Tea — now known as Long Blockchain — is being investigated by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation for insider trading and securities fraud. From a report: Court records show that the FBI is investigating suspicious dealings that date back to December 2017 — around the time when the beverage…