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Comcast is yet again delaying its data cap rollout to 12 states, this time until 2022 If you live in one of the last states where Comcast hasn’t rolled out its data caps, you’re getting another reprieve: the company has announced that it’s now pushing back the rollout to some time in 2022 (via Ars Technica). The 1. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/19/22291469/comcast-delays-northeast-data-cap-rollout-2022

Were you one of the thousands of Samsung Galaxy owners that received a strange notification from Samsung's Find My Mobile app last week? Your personal data may have been compromised, according to a statement from Samsung. from https://www.tomsguide.com/news/samsung-admits-data-breach-following-find-my-mobile-fail http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

Wacom has responded to reports of its tablets collecting app usage data from its users and sharing it with Google Analytics, clarifying that the company does not have access to personal data. from https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/7/21128024/wacom-tablets-app-google-analytics-data https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/66273556/akrales_190503_3402_0013.0.jpg

Wacom tablets have been collecting data on what apps users open, and it’s not entirely clear what Wacom is doing with the data. Software engineer Robert Heaton writes in a detailed blog post that he discovered the behavior after setting up his tablet on his new laptop. from https://www.theverge.com/2020/2/6/21126245/wacom-tablet-app-tracking-google-analytics https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/66262346/wacom-mobile-stuido-16-gallery-g1.0.0.1476103990.0.jpg

It's something of a long shot, but the iPhone could one day connect to its own satellite network. According to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, Apple has a "secret team" working on new satellite and wireless data technologies. from https://www.engadget.com/2019/12/20/apple-reportedly-working-satellite-data-project/ https://o.aolcdn.com/images/dims?quality=85&image_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fo.aolcdn.com%2Fimages%2Fdims%3Fresize%3D2000%252C2000%252Cshrink%26image_uri%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fs.yimg.com%252Fos%252Fcreatr-uploaded-images%252F2019-12%252F5dc660e0-1b7f-11ea-afdf-a2b777ad1f9b%26client%3Da1acac3e1b3290917d92%26signature%3D34d63f1acd7f8afbf21ffd2e3a6edaf8371368a4&client=amp-blogside-v2&signature=22a8192b3432d62275ae821adca9f45a39ff2240

(Reuters) - Comcast Corp’s (CMCSA.O) quarterly profit and revenue topped Wall Street estimates on Thursday as it attracted more customers to its high-speed internet connections, offsetting a drop in cable TV subscribers that was also less severe than expected. from https://www.reuters.com/article/us-comcast-results/comcast-adds-more-internet-subscribers-beats-profit-forecasts-idUSKCN1MZ1EP http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png