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Kabel-Selskaber Ringe Til DOJ Undersøgelse Comcast Misbrugte Sin Magt Med Hulu
Foto: Getty Den Amerikanske Kabel-Association, en gruppe af omkring 700 små kabel-udbydere, har anmodet justitsministeriet Antitrust Division åbne en øjeblikkelig undersøgelse af Comcast ‘ s konkurrencebegrænsende adfærd efter restriktioner på sin 2011-fusion aftale med NBC netop er udløbet. Gruppen hævder, tele-gigant udgør en større trussel, end den nyligt fusionerede AT&T/Time-Warner, juggernaut. I 2011, den vertikale…
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Samsung’s First Flexible Phone Could Cost $1,700, and That Price Seems Totally Reasonable
A photo of Samsung SVP Justin Denison holding the company’s Infinity Flex Display at last the Samsung Developers Conference last week. Photo: Samsung Meanwhile, although Samsung hasn’t confirmed a lot of details about the Galaxy F, we do know that it will have two screens: a smaller 4.58-inch 1960 x 840 display on the outside…
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Climate Change Is Going to Make Ragweed Allergies Even Worse, Study Finds
Ragweed.Photo: United Soybean Board (Flickr) There’s no shortage of horrible things that will become more common in the near future due to climate change, like coastal flooding, extreme weather, and disease-causing ticks, to name a few. But new research published Thursday in PLOS-One adds another annoyance to the list: Allergy-causing ragweed. The common ragweed, or…
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How Amazon Now Shapes What Our Stuff Looks Like
Image: Tide / Gizmodo Tide just announced a new alternative to the classic bottle of laundry detergent. It basically looks and works just like a box of wine, which is sort of funny because of that whole meme about teens eating Tide Pods. But the new Tide Eco-Box is no joke. It’s actually a glimpse…
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Juno’s Latest Pic of Clouds on Jupiter Is an Absolute Stunner
Jupiter’s North Temperate Belt, as photographed by the Juno spacecraft on October 29, 2018.Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS/Kevin M. Gill The largest planet in our Solar System also happens to be one of the most beautiful, as the Juno spacecraft’s latest image reveals. Since its arrival at Jupiter on July 5, 2016, NASA’s Juno spacecraft has completed 16…
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How to Get All Your Local Media Files Streaming to a Chromebook
Photo: Alex Cranz (Gizmodo) While you can replace a lot of desktop apps with online equivalents when using a Chromebook—and even run Linux apps—you can’t exactly transfer your local media library wholesale from Windows or macOS to your thin and light laptop. Here are some of the smartest ways to take your media library anywhere.…
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Here’s Where the ExoMars 2020 Mission Will Likely Land, and Why
ExoMars artist’s conceptIllustration: ESA ExoMars 2020 is the next part of the ExoMars missions: a rover and landing platform that will be sent to Mars as part of a joint mission between the European Space Agency and Russia’s Roscosmos. The rover and platform consist of instruments for measuring the planet’s dirt and atmosphere, and will…
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eBay and Airbnb Join Tech Giants in Banning Forced Arbitration for Sexual Harassment Cases
Photo: Getty Just over a week after the massive Google walkout, some tech companies are taking strides toward ending a commonly used practice in Silicon Valley and elsewhere to keep disputes out of the limelight. And on Monday, it was revealed that two more companies followed suit. Forced arbitration waives an individual’s right to a…
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Ancient Cat Mummies and More Discovered in Egyptian Tombs
Mummified cats inside a tomb, at an ancient necropolis near Egypt’s famed pyramids in Saqqara, Giza, Egypt.Image: AP Archaeologists working at a pyramid complex south of Cairo have discovered dozens of cat mummies, along with troves of wooden statues and a rare collection of mummified scarab beetles. The secretary general of Egypt’s Supreme Council of…