AT&T has won a $984 million, 15-year contract to help upgrade the US Department of Justice’s technology systems. The deal will see AT&T move more than 120,000 DOJ employees in 2,100 offices to a new communications platform for mobile voice and data, cybersecurity and cloud services. While it doesn’t cover 5G for now, the next-generation …
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Images of what looks to be the Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 2 have leaked online, revealed in documents from the Federal Communications Commission. The leaked pics show the watch’s front and back. Samsung launched the first Galaxy Watch Active in May, priced at just under $200. With the tech giant set to launch the Galaxy Note 10 on Aug. 7 during …
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President Donald Trump has tweeted a response to a law passed in France two weeks ago that will require American tech giants to pay higher taxes. Trump hinted that French wine could be subject to a new tariff thanks to what he called French President Emmanuel Macron’s “foolishness.” France passed the law a day after the Trump administration announced plans …
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After tweeting a photoshoot of his time in jail this week, John McAfee is offering a little more detail on what went down. Saying he’s now in London, McAfee is laying the blame on the CIA and an “extremely corrupt Bahamian official.” The latest chapter in his continuing saga began this week. Operating McAfee’s Twitter account, McAfee 2020 campaign manager …
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The Pokemon Company has announced that its mobile game Pokemon Duel will be shutting down on Oct. 31. You won’t be able to install, update or even use the app. Already, you can’t buy Gems but you can spend them until the game shuts down, and as of Aug. 26, you won’t be able to check monthly rankings or get …
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This story is part of Elections 2020, CNET’s coverage of the voting in November and its aftermath. Russia likely targeted election systems in all 50 states during the last presidential election, the Senate Intelligence Committee has revealed, indicating that the problem is far wider than previously known. The Russian Active Measures and Interference in the 2016 Election report [PDF] published …
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eBay is launching fulfillment centers for faster shipping, much like competitor Amazon. The original online retail giant will have sellers deploy their goods to warehouses from which they’ll be shipped to customers in eBay-branded boxes. The Managed Delivery service will launch in 2020, beginning in the US. Currently, eBay sellers handle shipping themselves. The new service will be voluntary for …
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The US Department of Justice (DOJ) is reportedly in talks with states to gain their support for the Sprint merger with T-Mobile. The talks include attorneys general of states that didn’t join the antitrust lawsuit to block the merger last month, The Wall Street Journal said citing sources. Led by New York Attorney General Letitia James and California Attorney General …
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John McAfee has tweeted photos of his time in jail this week after being released Wednesday after apparently going missing. “My second arrest in one week – a record I think,” he tweeted alongside one photo of himself sitting under a bed in his cell. Operating his Twitter account Tuesday, his campaign manager Rob Benedicto Pacifico Juan Maria Loggia-Ramirez had said McAfee had been detained …
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Update, Nov. 13, 2019: Apple has introduced a new 16-inch MacBook Pro with a larger screen and improved keyboard. It completely replaces the previous 15-inch model. Apple is reportedly planning to launch a scissor keyboard on its rumored 16-inch MacBook Pro later this year. Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said the tech giant would be replacing the unpopular butterfly keyboard in 2019 rather than …
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