The Verge

DECEMBER 22, 2020

In the wake of the groundbreaking Federal Trade Commission lawsuit against Facebook, The Washington Post is reporting new details of the company’s negotiations with regulators in the run-up to the case, including an unusual offer to license its code and network to competitors.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 13, 2023

The policy shift concerns the Open Game License (OGL), a public copyright notice that Wizards of the Coast, headquartered in Renton, Wash., 12, resulted in several social media campaigns to boycott playing D&D in favor of other RPGs, and to send a message to Wizards by canceling subscriptions to its digital storefront D&D Beyond.

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TechSpot

APRIL 13, 2023

The law requires social media companies that earn more than $100 million in annual revenue to work with third-party services to verify new account holders' personal information. This is done using "any commercially reasonable age verification method" or government-issued IDs such as photo IDs or driver's licenses.

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CTOvision

JUNE 9, 2014

Gourley: Do you have any suggestions that can help us think through how automation plus AI change the social fabric and interactions between citizens and government? Also consider the application of AI and automation to constructs like the drivers license. Andreessen: It is pretty clear that businesses are way out ahead on this one.

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Tech Republic Security

AUGUST 19, 2021

Attackers captured the names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers and driver's license numbers of millions of current, former and potential T-Mobile customers.

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CTOvision

MAY 7, 2014

It is also designed for social codeing, helping developers collaborate around projects. Geoevents-chef-installer: A set of Chef recipes (think of them as macros to automatically build a running Virtual Machine) that will work to set the geoevents app up on either a local Virtualbox VM or onto an Amazon Web Service VM. In the News.

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IT Toolbox

JUNE 20, 2023

Reddit claimed that the new API usage charges would cover its cloud infrastructure costs while exploring data licensing as a new potential business. The post Blackcat Ransomware Threatens To Leak 80GB Data Unless Reddit Withdraws Its New API Policy appeared first on Spiceworks.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

(LinkedIn Photo) After more than a week of controversy, Unity Technologies posted an apology letter to its community and promised to undo or rollback many of the changes it had planned to make to the licensing agreements for its game engine Unity. Unity, which has an office in Bellevue, Wash.,

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TechSpot

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Nintendo's Game Content Guidelines for Online Video & Image Sharing Platforms, which have been updated for the first time since 2018, now include a section that states it will target: " features unauthorized game consoles and/or software not licensed by Nintendo or features video, images, sound sources, etc., that cannot.

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

From the start, Meta has made the Llama models available to other enterprises under a license it describes as “open source,” but the creation of the new business group makes clear that Meta’s interest is commercial, not philanthropic. Meta also has a veto on competitors using Llama for anything too big: The Llama 3.2

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The Verge

JULY 23, 2020

The social, lovable robot went viral on Twitter last March when it performed a jaunty dance after telling owners, “The servers out there that let me do what I do will be turned off soon.” That meant its ability to perform many social interactions would wind down on an undefined date, effectively killing Jibo.

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CTOvision

DECEMBER 5, 2014

LPTA Vs. Best Business Value – With Shared Services and Pay-Per-Use licensing, LPTA decisions will be judged on business metrics such as business impact, network efficiency and real-time reporting as part of a new evaluation paradigm.

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CTOvision

OCTOBER 28, 2014

Either home-grown or licensed from a vendor who billed you for maintenance at periodic intervals? Another accelerator for freemium – in our Web-centric world – is the way social networks and platforms mean that word-of-mouth/peer-developer buzz has become the most effective way to build a community of users.

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Venture Beast

JUNE 25, 2020

Google announced that it will begin paying news publishers for "high-quality content" for a "new news experience" the company will launch later this year. Read More.

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Licensing Google Company Journal 120

CTOvision

AUGUST 15, 2016

Here is how Microsoft describes themselves: Microsoft Corporation is engaged in developing, licensing and supporting a range of software products and services. The Company operates in five segments: Devices and Consumer (D&C) Licensing, D&C Hardware, D&C Other, Commercial Licensing, and Commercial Other.

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ComputerWorld Consumerization IT

APRIL 28, 2020

Look back 20 years, when IT was responsible for sourcing, licensing configuring and managing all workplace technology. Access to large parts of the web, including social media, was blocked and there was no expectation that users would be able to (or want to) use their PCs at work to access personal data, including private email accounts.

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TechSpot

JUNE 26, 2024

Gaming accessory maker Hori has revealed an officially licensed Steam controller set to ship in Japan on October 31. Thus far, only Hori's Japanese website and social channels mention the pad, but it would be odd for the peripheral to remain a Japan-exclusive. Read Entire Article

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The Verge

AUGUST 14, 2020

The purchase order for $224,000 describes “clearview licenses” and lists “ICE mission support dallas” as the contracting office. The technology could identify someone just from a photo and put names to faces through its trove of 3 billion images scraped from social media sites — often against the platforms’ rules.

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Social, Agile and Transformation

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

Most companies and enterprises spend a good deal of money yearly on user computing devices and Microsoft licenses. The question is, should we care? In the short term, the answer is yes. Now let''s say a number of those users are mobile, say the sales team. The new pricing enables IT to. cio data management data scientist enterprise 2.0

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CTOvision

MAY 26, 2014

Consider the many services that states are already moving online, like driver licenses and car registration. The next posts in this series will dive into ways automation, robotics, and AI can impact government service and the social fabric of interactions between citizens and government. This is just one domain.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 12, 2023

American football fans who use the Rec Room social gaming app can now grab their favorite team’s gear for their in-app avatars, just in time for the NFL playoffs. A new pop-up shop in the Rec Room app lets users purchase licensed NFL hoodies and hats for their avatars to wear. (Rec Room Image).

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The Verge

AUGUST 20, 2021

While someone in possession of the leaked data said they had obtained information for as many as 100 million customers , including driver’s license info, IMEI numbers, and more, T-Mobile’s first statement put the figure at 47 million or so and did not mention the IMEI / IMSI data. Now, T-Mobile has confirmed that for the 7.8 Additionally, 5.3

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CTOvision

AUGUST 27, 2015

Iowa testing digital driver's licenses - GCN.com. The License Plate Surveillance Technology That Caught the Virginia Shooter - Newsweek. DigitalGov Podcast: The Secrets Behind CIA Social Media. Army tries to speed cyber acquisition process - FCW.com. State Dept. IG chides diplomats for using private email.

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TechSpot

AUGUST 16, 2021

According to a Motherboard report, the data comes from compromised T-Mobile servers and includes information on social security numbers, phone numbers, names, physical addresses, unique IMEI numbers, and driver licenses. The publication has verified it contains accurate information on T-Mobile customers.

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TechSpot

AUGUST 18, 2021

They claimed to have information relating to 100 million accounts, asking 6 Bitcoin, around $270,000, for a subset that contained info on 30 million social security numbers and driver licenses. Earlier this week, it was reported that a hacker was offering to sell T-Mobile customer data.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 25, 2021

We cannot overlook communities that are disproportionately burdened by the economic and social impacts of this pandemic,” Jody Allen, chair of the Allen Family Foundation, said in a news release. These grants provide resources supporting the urgent needs of vulnerable populations during this unprecedented health and economic crisis.” .

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GeekWire

JANUARY 19, 2023

The hacker did not breach or compromise the company’s systems or network, the company said, and was not able to access data related to payment information, social security numbers, driver’s licenses, or other financial info. The hack started on or around Nov. 25, and T-Mobile identified the bad actor Jan.

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The Verge

JULY 17, 2020

It’s not clear whether Epic and Harmon struck some type of licensing deal, but it’s a possibility considering the developer’s rocky legal history with dance emotes. But quite often these dances were invented by black creators and later went viral on social media. pic.twitter.com/EeXtdcxubh — Fortnite (@FortniteGame) July 18, 2020.

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Gizmodo

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

“Social license to operate” is one of the life-bloods of brands. Reportedly coined by Canadian mining CEO James Cooney in 1997 after a disaster, the concept is basically how much the public is willing to embrace (or at least put up with) how an industry operates. Read more.

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The Verge

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Specifically, Crunchyroll will become part of Sony’s Funimation, which already licenses many popular shows such as Attack on Titan , Fullmetal Alchemist , and One Piece. Netflix has also invested heavily in both licensing and producing its own anime content. “We These amazing fans have helped to propel anime into a global phenomenon.

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CTOvision

DECEMBER 4, 2014

Last week technology news site Re:Code announced that it would stop hosting comments on its own sites as the conversation around stories was already happening on social media. Here is the latest technology news from across the tech community: What’s the right relationship between technology companies and journalism?

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The Verge

JULY 8, 2020

Twitter appears to be working on a subscription platform for its social networking service. Twitter generates the vast majority of its revenue through ad sales and data licensing currently, and a subscription service could potentially provide exclusive content in return for a monthly fee. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Watch parties have taken off in general over the last few months as people stuck at home figure out ways to make watching TV shows and movies more social and interactive. Although the function will soon be available globally, licensing complications brought on by geographical locations will affect what viewers see.

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Vox

MARCH 20, 2024

Reddit, the launchpad for many meme stocks , could now become one: The social media giant makes its debut on Wall Street this week in one of the most highly anticipated initial public offerings of the year. It’s the first time that a major social media company has gone public since Snap (i.e., Snapchat ) in 2017.

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The Verge

JULY 28, 2021

The game was launched a little over two years ago, and is the first of Nintendo’s mobile games to be shut down, unless you count the Mii-themed social network Miitomo. percent of its revenue to “mobile and IP related income,” which includes licensing deals. Almost everything else comes from the Switch.

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GeekWire

JANUARY 22, 2021

However, the company’s website is still up, with a message noting that its IP portfolio and tech are available for license. The pandemic has helped put mixed reality back into the spotlight as people look for ways to connect in a socially-distanced world. It raised a $11.7

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The Verge

AUGUST 15, 2021

Motherboard reported that it was in contact with the seller of the data, who said they had taken data from T-Mobile’s servers that included Social Security numbers, names, addresses, and driver license information related to more than 100 million people. After reviewing samples of the data, Motherboard reported it appeared authentic.

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