Fri. 01/04 - The Verge vs. AT&T And L.A. vs. The Weather Channel app

The Verge and AT&T have a trademark dispute, the city of Los Angeles and The Weather Channel app have a location data dispute, more on how shows like Bandersnatch really might be the future of storytelling and the weekend longreads suggestions.Sponsor:Mealime.com (iOS App) (Android App)Links:AT&T tries to trademark ‘Verge TV’ as if we’re going to let them get away with it (The Verge)Los Angeles Accuses Weather Channel App of Covertly Mining User Data (NYTimes)D-Link debuts a 5G Wi-Fi router with 40 times wired broadband speeds (Venture Beat)BLACK MIRROR: BANDERSNATCH COULD BECOME NETFLIX’S SECRET MARKETING WEAPON (The Verge)Longreads:Podcast suggestion: Daily FortniteCourier PrimeHe Hawks Young Blood As A New Miracle Treatment. All That’s Missing Is Proof. (HuffPo)Curbs on A.I. Exports? Silicon Valley Fears Losing Its Edge (NYTimes)The Bird Box Effect: How Memes Drive Users to Netflix (The Ringer)Birding Like It’s 1899: Inside a Blockbuster American West Video Game (Audubon)How Space and Time Could Be a Quantum Error-Correcting Code (Quanta)The Hacker News discussion of the Quanta piece

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