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‘A Gronking to Remember’ Becomes Memorable Lawsuit Against Amazon, Apple – An anonymous couple is suing erotica author Lacey Noonan for using one of their engagement photos on the cover of her self-published novella, A Gronking to Remember. What’s particularly notable about this case (which will be heard in federal ... more >
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AT&T Suffers Another Massive Data Breach due to a Inside Job – Another day, another security breach at AT&T. And another inside job, which somehow seems like a double violation. This breach, which apparently occurred in August (as opposed to the June breach) has affected an undisclosed number of accounts, ... more >
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AT&T and DirecTV strike $49 billion deal – Not to be outdone by the proposed TimeWarner-Comcast merger, AT&T is stepping up with an offer to buy Direct TV for a mere $49 billion, which would make the combined company the second largest subscriber tv service. Although because AT&T will also ... more >