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Verizon’s $20 Billion Merger Is Approved By The FCC After The Company Pledges To “End” Deceptive Advertising
Frontier, a fiber internet provider, has been acquired by Verizon for $20 billion. Frontier's current fiber networks will be upgraded and expanded by Verizon, following the Federal Communications Commission's approval of the merger on Friday. Verizon anticipates that...
Upcoming DLC For “Fortnite” Is Rumored To Involve Kendrick Lamar
"Fortnite" continues to establish significant collaborations with celebrities and musicians, and Kendrick Lamar may be the next to join the list. Fortnite remains one of the most popular titles today, despite the fact that the same fervent energy that once surrounded...
Foot Locker To Be Acquired By Dick’s Sporting Goods For $2.4 Billion
Dick's Sporting Goods (DKS.N), opens new tab, has reached an agreement to acquire Foot Locker (FL.N), opens new tab, for $2.4 billion. This transaction is the second significant footwear transaction of the month, following the acquisition of Skechers. The retailers...
The Climate May Be Left In The Chill As A Result Of Bill Gates’ Commitment To Donate 99% Of His Wealth To The Global Health Foundation
The Gates Foundation's focal areas of global health, educational access, and agriculture were significantly bolstered by Bill Gates' announcement last week that he would donate 99% of his wealth to the organization. However, it appeared to be an insult to certain...
The White House Has Discarded Its Intention To Prohibit Data Brokers From Selling Americans’ Sensitive Data
A plan that would have prohibited data brokers from selling Americans' confidential and financial information, including Social Security numbers, has been abandoned by a senior official in the Trump administration. In December 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection...
Dallas Mavericks Received $33 Million From Chime Over A Three-Year Period For A Jersey Patch
In its IPO filing on Tuesday, Chime Financial disclosed that it paid the Dallas Mavericks of the NBA approximately $33 million over a three-year period to have its logo displayed as a patch on player jerseys. The jersey contract, as well as "certain other sponsorship...
New Accessibility Features, Such As Future Support For Neural Implants, Are Announced By Apple
Apple disclosed a variety of accessibility features that will be implemented in its devices later this year on Tuesday. A new Braille Access utility will transform the iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro into a braille notetaker, while new Accessibility Nutrition...
Scams, Deepfakes, And The Paranoid Age
Nowadays, before agreeing to a meeting request from someone she doesn't previously know, Nicole Yelland performs a thorough background investigation. Yelland, a public relations specialist for a nonprofit organization in Detroit, says she will run the individual's...
Activision Is bringing Legal Action Against The Developers Of a Call Of Duty Hack That It Claims Is So “Toxic” That It Is Forcing Players To Stop Using the PC Version Of Black Ops 6 Altogether
Activision is suing the creators of a well-known Call of Duty hack that it claims is so "toxic" that players are completely abandoning the PC version of Black Ops 6. IGN has seen the case, which was filed in the Central District of California and targets two Call of...
T-Mobile Is Giving Away Free iPhone 16 Pros Everywhere Without Requiring A Trade-In
Even while it's very uncommon for the major three US wireless service providers to give their customers free access to many of the best phones available, these offers frequently have a lot of restrictions and unique criteria. But not the promotion for T-Mobile's sexy...
Nintendo’s Switch 2 Sales Prediction Predicts 15 Million Units In The First Fiscal Year
Despite the fact that launch demand appears to be off the charts, Nintendo is lowering sales projections for the Switch 2. In its most recent earnings report, the business expected sales of 15 million Switch 2 units in its first year of sales through March 2026, which...
PlayStation Unveils New Studio Focusing On ‘Immersive Multiplayer Environments’
Sony has today unveiled a new internal studio dubbed Team LFG, which will create "a team-based action game." According to Hermen Hulst, CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment Studios, the studio "originated at Bungie, but has also rallied developers from across the...
What Did We Learn From Grand Theft Auto 6’s Second Trailer?
Just when you'd accepted the reality that Grand Theft Auto 6 will be delayed until next year, Rockstar Games releases a whole new trailer. Last week, the video game maker announced that the game had been put back to May 2026, surprising fans who had expected it to...
According To A Research, The Massive West Coast Earthquake Will Cause Far More Than Just Ground Shaking
The Pacific Northwest has seen a significant update to a nightmare scenario. For a long time, scientists have warned that a section of the Oregon and Washington coasts might experience a very strong earthquake that could kill thousands of people, collapse vital...
Wi-Fi Can Be Used To Hack Millions Of Apple Airplay-Enabled Devices
With the help of Apple's AirPlay feature, iPhones and MacBooks can easily play music or display images and videos on other Apple products, as well as on external speakers and TVs that support the protocol. Due to recently discovered security holes in AirPlay, hackers...
Since The Beginning Of Last Year, Google Play Has Seen A 47% Decrease In Apps
Apps are disappearing from Google Play's app store. According to a recent report by app intelligence company Appfigures, the number of apps available on the Android app marketplace has decreased from over 3.4 million to just about 1.8 million since the beginning of...
Knives Out For The Trade Desk’s Take Rate As CTV Takes Off
Over the past ten years, one of the most delicate subjects in programmatic advertising has been The Trade Desk's (TTD) take rate. Its take rate, which The Trade Desk reports every year, has been between 19% and 21% since 2017. Jeff Green, the founder and CEO of The...
According To The FBI, Internet Scams Brought In $16.6 Billion Last Year
According to the FBI on Wednesday, online scammers and cybercriminals stole a record $16.6 billion last year. The amount, which comes from the FBI's annual Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) report, represents a significant increase over the $12.5 billion recorded...
The Initial Videos Posted To YouTube Twenty Years Ago Were Brief And To The Point
YouTube wasn't known for the intricate long-form videos that MrBeast and other creators produced twenty years ago. There were no jump cuts, sound effects, or elaborate lighting. On April 23, 2005, "Me at the Zoo," the platform's debut video, was posted on YouTube. It...
Google Ad Spending Continues To Outstrip Traffic Volume: Report
Google search ad spending increased by 9% year on year in Q1 2025, according to new statistics from digital marketing agency Tinuiti. Increasing prices, rather than click volume, drove the majority of the growth. Google Search Overall: Google Search spending increased...
A Federal Court Has Found That Google Violated Antitrust Laws In Adtech, Potentially Reshaping The Digital Advertising Industry
In a major judgment, a federal judge decided that Google improperly maintained a monopoly on some of its adtech business, potentially forcing the tech behemoth to divest one of its most valuable divisions and upend the infrastructure that underpins much of the online...
Google Loses The Adtech Monopoly Case
The United States Department of Justice has won an antitrust action against Google, accusing the corporation of maintaining a monopoly in the advertising technology business. The verdict, which is Google's most recent antitrust loss since the Search case, states that...
To Offset Tariff Costs, Chinese Warehouses Are Enticing Americans To Purchase Fake Goods Created In China
The ongoing trade battle between the two biggest economies in the world, China and the United States, is making some Americans prefer Chinese products more than they have in the past. President Donald Trump has stated that the goal of his global tariffs is to bring...
Researchers Call The Risks For Kids Who Play Roblox “Deeply Disturbing”
According to "deeply disturbing" research, youngsters can easily come across harmful content and engage in unsupervised interactions with adults on the Roblox gaming platform. It happened after parents expressed their grave worries about their kids becoming addicted,...