Place your bets as Sports Betting is about to go very legal across the USA....Elon Musk loves to figh
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Place your bets as Sports Betting is about to go very legal across the USA….Elon Musk loves to fight with the media about Tesla…Uber gives up arbitration rights to fight in court and adds real time in ride feedback….Netflix to go bigger on original content….Ripple springs into funding new ventures…SNAP and the six second commercial…..Amazon has another taxing matter….Apple and cars, Google and spying…those stories and more are all in today’s COMUNICANO!
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Supreme Court Ruling Favors Sports Betting
The case concerned New Jersey, but it has implications for other states eager to allow and tax sports gambling. Americans are estimated to annually place $150 billion in illegal wagers on sports.
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Supreme Court allows states to legalize sports betting, opening floodgates for online gambling profits
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Supreme Court rules sports betting can be legalized by states
The decision is likely to set off a scramble among the states to find a way into a billion-dollar business.
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Elon Musk criticizes media on how they report on Tesla crashes
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Uber to release victims of sexual assault from mandatory arbitration
The company is making three changes to its sexual assault and harassment policies.
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Uber will no longer force victims of sexual assault into arbitration
Uber will no longer force into arbitration riders who say drivers sexually assaulted or abused them, after CNN reported more than 100 drivers had been accused.
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Getting better every ride with your on-trip feedback
The latest news, updates, and announcements from Uber.
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Netflix Content Chief: 85% of New Spending Is on Originals
About 85% of Netflix’s new content spending is for original TV shows, films and other productions, chief content officer Ted Sarandos said.
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Ripple Launches New Initiative “Xpring” to Invest In, Incubate, Acquire, & Provide Grants For Proven Entrepreneurs
On Monday, Ripple announced the launch of Xpring, which is a new initiative by the company that will invest in, incubate, acquire and provide grants to companies and projects run by proven entrepreneurs. According to Ripple, every entrepreneur will use the digital asset XRP and the XRP Ledger, the open-sourced,
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At NYC’s Big Crypto Conference, the Lamborghinis Are Rented and Protests Are Staged
John Nouri makes a living renting out exotic cars for weddings, birthdays, bachelorette parties, and now … Bitcoin conferences?
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US cell carriers are selling access to your real-time phone location data
The company embroiled in a privacy row has “direct connections” to all major US wireless carriers, including AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and Sprint – and Canadian cell networks, too.
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Google Android Tracking Investigation Triggered by Oracle Claims
Australian competition and privacy regulators are investigating Oracle’s claims that Google secretly tracks users of Android phones.
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IPO Slowdown Leads Silicon Valley Venture Giant NEA to Sell $1 Billion Worth of Startup Stakes =
New Enterprise Associates, one of Silicon Valley’s largest venture-capital firms, plans to sell off a big chunk of its startup investments in response to a dearth of initial public offerings.
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Seattle passes smaller ‘head tax’ on Amazon and other big companies after impassioned debate
Updated below with Amazon statement. The Seattle City Council unanimously passed a smaller version of the controversial “head tax” on Amazon and other top-grossing businesses that has sent shockwaves through the tech industry and municipal government over the past few weeks. FOLLOW-UP: Amazon…
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Booming cities' unintended consequences: Homelessness and congestion
Roadways clogged by commercial vehicles and intense competition for affordable housing are imposing costs on prosperous cities and their most vulnerable residents.
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Snapchat Has Begun Rolling Out Unskippable Ads
On YouTube, there are ads that users can skip after a few seconds, and there are some that users have no choice but to sit through. Last month…
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Apple now has more than 50 autonomous cars on the road
Apple has more than doubled the number of its self-driving cars, the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has confirmed. Since obtaining a permit to te…
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Ofcom: Brits connect to Wi-Fi 75% of the time
So is Wi-Fi technology under pressure and is Wi-Fi usage declining? While various competing industry sources every so often like to vent that idea, the truth is appears to be quite the opposite. Here’s what UK regulator Ofcom had to say about the popularity and performance of Wi-Fi vs. mobile last week.
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Wi-Fi CERTIFIED EasyMesh™ delivers intelligent Wi-Fi® networks
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HP just released the perfect Windows laptop for almost anyone
While MacBooks and fancy Windows gaming PCs get all the attention these days, the harsh reality is that most people still buy laptops that cost less than $1,000.
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Say hello to Google One
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