Fri. 03/22 - AT&T's "5G E" is.... zzzzzzzzz.....?

Might Apple’s Monday event be a huge anticlimax? Is AT&T’s “5G E” slower than 4G? YouTube is responsible for 37% of mobile Internet Traffic, what programming languages are on the up and the weekend longreads suggestions.Sponsors:Skillshare.com/rideMetalab.coLinks:New York Times CEO warns publishers ahead of Apple news launch (Reuters)Apple’s plan for its new TV service: Sell other people’s TV services (Recode)750,000 Medtronic defibrillators vulnerable to hacking (StarTribune)Facebook acknowledges concerns over Cambridge Analytica emerged earlier than reported (The Guardian)AT&T's fake 5G E is slower than Verizon's and T-Mobile's 4G (CNET)Mobile time-spent jumps up: YouTube corners ~40% of the traffic, Facebook less than 10% (WhatsNewInPublishing)The RedMonk Programming Language Rankings: January 2019 (RedMonk)Weekend Longreads:Meet Silicon Valley's 'China whisperer (CNNBusiness)Inside Garageband, the Little App Ruling the Sound of Modern Music (Rolling Stone)Grab vs. Go-Jek: Inside Asia’s Battle of the 'Super Apps' (Fortune)BETTER LIVING THROUGH CRISPR: GROWING HUMAN ORGANS IN PIGS (Wired)A MORE HUMANE LIVESTOCK INDUSTRY, BROUGHT TO YOU BY CRISPR (Wired)

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