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The New Expensive iPhone Is Better Than the Old Expensive iPhones
For much of my smartphone-owning adulthood, I was an iPhone “S” year upgrader, due almost entirely to my relationship with my mobile carrier. My first iPhone was a 3GS, which I got for peanuts with my Cingular contract. (Yes, Cingular.) I was eligible to upgrade to a new phone every other year, at which point…
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6 Hacker Pioneers Who Turned the Early Internet on Its Head
In 2021, cybercrime is a normal part of everyday life. But back in the early days of the internet — that is, the 1980s and ‘90s — the hacker was a bizarre new phenomenon that the American public had never encountered before. Many of the trailblazers of this trend weren’t cynical criminals but rather bespectacled…
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Funimation and Crunchyroll’s Anime Mega-Merger Is Complete
Last year, AT&T announced its plans to sell off Crunchyroll, its anime streaming service, to Sony, the entertainment megacorporation that also owns Funimation. This came after years of the two companies working together to release their respective programs on one another’s digital platforms. Synergy between the two companies is nothing new, but now they’re about…
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U.S. Telecom Companies Win Injunction to Put New York’s Affordable Internet Law on Hold
In a huge win for U.S. internet service providers, a U.S. federal judge on Friday granted a preliminary injunction to stall a New York law mandating affordable internet for low-income households.