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    Comment #43095648

    Or the Manilla-based Thinking Machines Data Science, which also seems to be focused on the AI space: https://thinkingmachin.es

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    Comment #31897950

    It would be safer to do something where the sign-in occurs on the library's website as opposed to Kanopy's. But you should be able to verify on the applicable library website that …

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    Comment #29617697

    Police are claiming they are, but have provided very limited evidence this is actually happening. https://twitter.com/neilcybart/status/1472634032827645962

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    Comment #27372812

    Putting aside the fact that headlines are usually chosen by editors, not writers – this is where it comes up in the article itself: > When the stock market was sky-high in January …

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    Comment #10554133

    Time Warner Inc. (the company discussed in OP's article that owns HBO, CNN etc.) has been a separate company from Time Warner Cable since 2009. TWC is the one that Comcast tried to…

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    Comment #10506964

    The deal has been announced but it hasn't actually been completed yet. Though obviously the layoffs are part of the process before the sale is final. News reports very frequently t…

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    Comment #10506937

    Some of the nuance has been lost in the media coverage. The National Geographic Society will still exist as a non-profit, but it is selling control of its media assets to Fox (and …

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    Comment #10193445

    Per the USPTO trademark database (on mobile so can't readily link), FiftyThree has a trademark on "Pencil by FiftyThree", not on "Pencil". Moreover the trademark they do have speci…

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    Comment #8790536

    U.S. cable/satellite-only channels like Fox News do not have FCC licenses. There may be a few general regulations they have to abide by – things like closed captioning – but they d…

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    Comment #8304559

    I figured it might have been the Toronto-based Polar (né Polar Mobile, now focused on Web native ad platforms): http://polar.me/ Too many Polars out there right now.

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    Comment #8269688

    Yeah, they really should have just looked at rebranding. A few Instagram-related services (e.g. Webstagram, Statigram) had to do so recently, IIRC, and I don't think they're signif…

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    Comment #8042450

    Time Warner Cable was spun off from Time Warner in 2009. What happens with one does not affect the other in any way.

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    Comment #8042439

    It's worth remembering that Time Warner is much smaller than it used to be – it has sold off or spun off AOL, Warner Music, Warner Books, TWC, and even Time Inc. in the past few ye…

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    Comment #7878358

    Things like its "Safe Rides Fee": http://valleywag.gawker.com/why-is-uber-charging-you-extra-t... And questionable promotions: http://valleywag.gawker.com/uber-used-the-boston-bomb…

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    Comment #7851687

    You may be working with outdated information. The separate publicly-traded "AT&T Wireless" company disappeared in 2004, and its successor has been wholly-owned by AT&T Inc. since l…

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    Comment #7789103

    Well, their (nominal) job _is_ to make laws. Members of Congress should be able to read and understand them before voting on them. But a more representative sample of occupations w…

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    Comment #7231525

    It's an all-stock deal though. Comcast isn't actually paying any money (in fact I believe they still have a significant amount of debt from buying NBC), instead they're proposing g…

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    Comment #7231304

    Well, they're still competing with your local telco (AT&T / Verizon), DirecTV, Dish Network, and Google Fiber and/or others in some areas. (Though granted some of those are TV-only…

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    Comment #7231240

    Originally (and perhaps still in some specific areas), yes. Most regions have deregulated though, which is why FiOS, U-Verse and Google Fiber TV are able to exist. But the infrastr…

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    Comment #7229344

    It doesn't violate anti-trust laws to buy another company you do not compete with. And there are very few, if any, territories where Comcast and TWC directly compete at present – d…

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    Comment #7229276

    Combining two companies which (to my knowledge) do not currently directly compete for subscribers would not violate any anti-trust laws I'm aware of. The FCC previously had a 30% c…

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    Comment #7229253

    Bigger scale, lower combined costs, more negotiating clout with TV channel operators, etc.

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    Comment #7181350

    If they (MiSoft) had filed a trademark application for "Paper" around the same time they reserved the name with Apple, they might have a case. But reserving a name with a retailer …

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    Comment #7181313

    That doesn't make a difference for trademark rights though. Priority for trademark rights would be based on the first date the name was actually used on an available product/servic…

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    Comment #7171993

    Probably "Paper" in the sense of "newspaper".