What does AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile all have in common?
Aside from being the four major mobile carriers in the U.S., these companies have also just been slapped with millions in fines from the FCC.
Why?
AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile allegedly provided location data to third parties without their users' consent, which is illegal.
“Our communications providers have access to some of the most sensitive information about us," said FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel in a statement....
Will letting customers wager on Skee-Ball and Hot Shots basketball games hurt the company’s family-friendly image?
Does anyone know the over/under on Skee-Ball? Dave & Buster’s has introduced an upcoming feature that will let patrons wager on its arcade games via the company’s app. The gambling functionality is expected to start in the coming months and is being offered in conjunction with gamification software firm, Lucra.
Washington veteran forward T.J. Oshie, 37, didn't call it a career on Tuesday, but the Capitals winger acknowledged that he and doctors must find a solution to his chronic back problems before committing to return for a 17th season in the NHL.
Videos of Georgia Bulldogs pitcher Christian Mracna appear to show him doctoring his glove and touching it with his pitching fingers during Saturday's outing against Texas A&M.
Knicks forward Bojan Bogdanovic will miss the rest of the season after undergoing left foot surgery. Bogdanovic was injured shortly after entering Sunday's Game 4 win.
The Houston Astros announced on Tuesday their plans to option slumping first baseman Jose Abreu, 37, to their spring training facility in West Palm Beach, Florida to try and get the 2020 American League MVP back on track.
Real Madrid's Vinicius Jr scored twice, including an 83rd minute penalty, to snatch a 2-2 draw at Bayern Munich in an entertaining Champions League semi-final, first leg on Tuesday, leaving the tie wide open.
Celtics center Kristaps Porzingis is expected to miss a minimum of several games with a right soleus strain suffered in Game 4, sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.
Jalen Brunson's ground-bound game exasperates opponents across the NBA -- and is fueling the most exciting Knicks season in decades.
In a league full of questionable tattoos, Ball takes the cake
The NBA is full of pretty bad tattoos. From Mike Scott’s emoji tattoos to the assortment of tattoos that Birdman Chris Andersen had, the ink process for NBA players has been very hit and miss, most of them misses.
However, I don’t think we’ve seen anything like LaMelo Ball’s newest tattoo, and we may not see anything like it again. The Hornets’ star got some new ink on his back and it sure is ......
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A software engineer who was fired from Google in connection to internal protests at the company’s offices says the company retaliated against him for merely watching the demonstration against an Israeli defense contract.
The former employee, who asked to remain anonymous, said he went to the lounge on the 10th floor of Google’s New York City office around lunchtime to check out the protest.
“When I got there, there were probably 20-ish people sitting on...
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Buttons feel magical. You press here, and invisible connections make something happen elsewhere. But “magical” is probably not how I’d describe most public drinking fountains.
Who among us hasn’t walked up to a drinking fountain, expecting a bubbling stream of life-giving water, only to experience the crushing disappointment of a measly trickle after smashing in that button?
But I’m beginning to think it’s not the drinking...
Art is integral to the success and longevity of social movements. It's woven into the very fabric of progress. The fight for Palestinian liberation is no different.
Dozens of protests over the Israel-Hamas war have erupted across college campuses over the past few weeks. They began at Columbia University and spread to more than a dozen other schools across the country, led by students calling for their universities to divest from companies that are aiding Israel's military efforts in Gaza.
...The one-time crypto king was sentenced on Tuesday to four months in prison after pleading guilty to money laundering.
Changpeng Zhao, founder of crypto exchange Binance, was sentenced on Tuesday to four months in prison after pleading guilty to money laundering last November.
Foreigners must show their passport to access services. Women with ‘born in Afghanistan’ on their ID are barred.
Around 30 men are crammed into a Kabul classroom, part of the debut student cohort at a Taliban-run institute training tourism and hospitality professionals.
H-1B critics generally welcomed the changes but called them insufficient.
Lottery bids for highly educated worker visas plunged nearly 40% this year, authorities said Tuesday, claiming success against people who were “gaming the system” by submitting multiple, sometimes dubious, applications to unfairly increase chances of being selected.
Live agents are perceived as being better than bots at most customer service tasks, especially when frustrated consumers are looking for a little empathy.
“Please hold for the next available agent.”
The mostly foreign tourists have crowded the small area, triggering a wave of concerns and complaints from residents.
The town of Fujikawaguchiko has had enough of tourists.
A US judge has sentenced crypto kingpin Changpeng Zhao, also known as CZ, to four months in prison for breaking anti-money-laundering rules.