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Gogo sells commercial in-flight internet business to bankrupt satellite provider

The Verge

Gogo, the in-flight internet provider, has found a buyer for its commercial airline business. The FCC is clearing out the C-band (4-8 GHz) to make space for 5G customers, and Intelsat is participating in the program that could net the company nearly $5 billion by selling airwave licenses it currently owns.

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Hometown hookup: Alaska Air shifts to T-Mobile from AT&T in new link between Seattle companies

GeekWire

Alaska Airlines plans to shift the majority of its behind-the-scenes wireless business to T-Mobile — creating a new connection between two Seattle-area companies, and illustrating the Bellevue-based wireless carrier’s growth potential in providing 5G services to large government and business customers.

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It Was the High School Junior, with the Botnet, that Knocked School Offline

SecureWorld News

ZDNet reported on more than a dozen DDoS attacks recently aimed at Internet Service Providers (ISPs) across the EU: "The list of ISPs that suffered attacks over the past week includes Belgium's EDP , France's Bouygues Télécom , FDN , K-net , SFR , and the Netherlands' Caiway , Delta , FreedomNet , Online.nl , Signet, and Tweak.nl.".

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Year in Aerospace: The comeback begins for Boeing and for American spaceflight

GeekWire

An American Airlines 737 MAX 8 jet takes off on a test flight from Dallas-Fort Worth to Tulsa, Okla., American Airlines Photo). Boeing had to revamp the system and rework pilot training routines in cooperation with airlines. Among those on board was Robert Isom, president of American Airlines Group.

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New presidential order will push for net neutrality, limit large mergers, restrict non-compete clauses

GeekWire

The order, to be announced Friday, would promote increased scrutiny of large corporate mergers particularly by “dominant internet platforms,” limit the use of non-compete clauses that restrict employee pay and mobility, and seek to re-establish net neutrality standards rolled back by the Trump administration.

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How Australia became the test bed for tech regulation

The Verge

That’s the power of the internet. The way that Jira got marketed and sold was on the internet. And then one day, we got a fax from American Airlines. And I asked Mike, had he been working with American Airlines, and he said no. But American Airlines is an American company. And neither had I.

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List of the world’s top female futurists (Update #5)

Trends in the Living Networks

Kasriel worked at the Medialab of The Guardian newspaper back in the early days of the Internet, before leading the Knowledge Venturing team at the Henley Centre consultancy for a decade, and then founding Futureal. She has written for publications including The Future magazine, Hotel Business Review , and Delta Airlines’ Sky magazine.

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