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Latest round of Verizon layoffs at Oath affects <4% of staff globally
Verizon has initiated another round of layoffs as a result of its acquisition of Yahoo and subsequent combining of the company with its existing business property AOL to form a new division — called Oath. Read More
Major internet outage hits the U.S.
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No, it’s not just you.
Large swaths of the United States are currently experiencing internet connection problems with several major ISPs apparently affected. Comcast, Verizon, and AT&T all appear to be having issues, with Comcast blaming the outage on an “external network issue.”
This outage falls just after the one-year anniversary of a major DDOS attack on Dyn that crippled the internet for a day in October of 2016.
Looks like it’s impacting multiple major telecom providers, not just #Comcast, including #Verizon, #ATT, and #Spectrum pic.twitter.com/ApSAvvRunm
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Why Best Buy charged so much for the iPhone X
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Best Buy was marking some iPhone X pre-orders to $100 over Apple’s price — but no longer.
The electronics retailer announced today that it will no longer allow customers to pre-order the iPhone X unactivated and with upfront payment. Apple aficionados will now have to order the phone tied to a specific carrier, and with an installment plan.
When you purchase an unactivated phone, you’re essentially purchasing a clean slate: a phone that has yet to be associated with a carrier or a data plan. Best Buy claims that there was high customer demand for unactivated phones because people with employer-financed data plans often need their phones approved before they’re activated. Read more…
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