Corporate Control and Streaming Data Caps

Facebook finally lets you clean out your old crap from your basement (I mean, past). AT&T won’t count HBO Max against your mobile data cap. Every tech event is postponed again. A whole bunch of OS update news, and a time capsule from another era.

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Links:

• Facebook finally makes it way easier to trash your old posts (TechCrunch)
• HBO Max won’t hit AT&T data caps, but Netflix and Disney Plus will (The Verge)
• White nationalist group posing as antifa called for violence on Twitter (NBC News)
• Twitter takes action against Rep. Matt Gaetz for glorifying violence (The Verge)
• Cisco, Sony postpone events amid continued protests (Axios)
• Third Pixel feature drop improves AI-powered Adaptive Battery, integrates Recorder and Google Assistant (VentureBeat)
• Android update delivers new 'Bedtime' features focused on improving sleep (TechCrunch)
• Apple releases iOS 13.5.1 and watchOS 6.2.6 with ‘important security updates’ (9to5Mac)
• YouTube’s Chase for Streaming-TV Ad Dollars Faces Hurdles (WSJ)
• Samsung’s rotating mobile-friendly TV goes on sale for $1,999 (The Verge)

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