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Brooks Sports vs. Brooks Brothers: Menswear maker’s social slogan adds new wrinkle to dispute

GeekWire

Brooks Sports alleges that Brooks Brothers’ user of the slogan “Back to Brooks” is the latest violation of its trademark rights. The new owners of Brooks Brothers have denied Brooks Sports’ claims. Images via Internet Archive and U.S. 2 to respond in court to the latest Brooks Sports complaint.

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The Supreme Court appears worried it could break the internet

Vox

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Tuesday in a case that could potentially break much of the internet — and seemed to realize the risks of heading down that path. As Justice Elena Kagan warned at one point during the Gonzalez argument, the justices are “not the nine greatest experts on the internet.” Gonzalez v.

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Tesla Energy Is Reportedly on the Hunt for Mean Social Media Posts About Musk

Gizmodo

Tesla’s clean-energy division Tesla Energy has an entire team dedicated to scanning the internet for customer complaints and people badmouthing its CEO Elon Musk, according to a new Insider report. Read more.

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How Edge as a Service is shaping the future of fan engagement

CIO Business Intelligence

It’s the world’s largest cycling event, attracting 150 million TV viewers in Europe alone and 10 million fans across social media platforms. Amaury Sport Organisation (A.S.O.), By embracing technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT) and digital twins, A.S.O.

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Will a “Google PhD” become as good as a university-granted PhD?

Trends in the Living Networks

It is fair to acknowledge that there are definitely trade-offs for the autodidactic path compared with the academic route, over and above the socially-recognized qualification, but these may not matter much to many people. I’ve totally met lots of people who have the equivalent of that degree.”

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Washington state’s broadband guru on an internet moonshot and being a metaphorical prom king

GeekWire

While his friend had been a great help building a website he needed, the venture didn’t have any financial backing and Elliott wasn’t versed in internet connectivity. With that, some 20 years ago Elliott helped launch what became a successful business in Colorado called Brainstorm Internet , serving as its president for 13 years.

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Women’s soccer fans are online, organized, and refuse to be ignored

The Verge

These are typical responses from fans of the National Women’s Soccer League, which was the first contact sports league to return to play during the COVID-19 pandemic with its Challenge Cup. Erase the league from coverage of US sports, as many do, and they’ll be after you. Illustration by William Joel / The Verge. the @NWSL ?!”.

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