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TWITTER MOVES TO
ACTIVELY SEEK OUT
TERRORIST SUPPORTERS
Twitter is now using spam-fighting technology
to seek out accounts that might be promoting
terrorist activity and is examining other accounts
related to those flagged for possible removal,
the company announced Friday.
The announcement demonstrated efforts
by Twitter to automatically identify tweets
supporting terrorism, reflecting increased
pressure placed by the U.S. government for social
media companies to respond to abuse more
proactively. Child pornography has previously
been the only abuse that was automatically
flagged for human review on social media, using
a different kind of technology that sources a
database of known images.
Twitter also said Friday it has suspended
more than 125,000 accounts for threatening
or promoting terrorist acts, mainly related to
Islamic State militants, in the last eight months.
Social media has increasingly become a tool for
recruitment and radicalization that’s used by
the Islamic State group and its supporters, who
by some reports have sent tens of thousands of
tweets per day.
Tech companies are dedicating increasingly
more resources to tracking reports of violent
threats. Twitter said Friday that it has increased
the size of its team reviewing reports to reduce
their response time “significantly:’The San
Francisco-based company also changed its
policy in April, adding language to make clear
that “threatening or promoting terrorism”
specifically counted as abusive behavior and
violated its terms of use.
The White House on Friday said Twitter’s
announcement was “very much welcome.’
Image: Alex Brandon
“The administration is committed to taking
every action possible to confront and interdict
terrorist activities wherever they may occur,
including in cyberspace, and we welcome
constructive steps from our private sector
partners,’ the White House said.
Rep. Adam Schiff of California, the senior
Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee,
called it“a very positive development.’
In January, the White House made good on
President Barack Obama's promise to reach out
to Silicon Valley to tackle the use of social media
by violent extremist groups. Those particularly
include the Islamic State group, which inspired
attackers who killed 14 in San Bernardino,
California, last December.
A post on one of the killers’ Facebook pages that
appeared around the time of the attack included
a pledge of allegiance to the leader of the
Islamic State group.
Facebook found the post - which was under an
alias - the day after the attack. The company
removed the profile from public view and
informed law enforcement. But such a proactive
effort is fairly uncommon.
The Obama administration sent several top
officials to San Jose, California, including FBI
Director James Comey, Attorney General Loretta
Lynch and National Security Agency Director
Mike Rogers.
Among issues discussed was how to use
technology to help speed the identification of
“terrorist content,’ according to a copy of the
White House briefing memo obtained by The
Associated Press.
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“We recognize that identifying terrorist content
that violates terms of service is far more difficult
than identifying images of child pornography,
but is there a way to use technology to quickly
identify terrorist content? For example, are there
technologies used for the prevention of spam
that could be useful?” the memo stated.
Since late 2015, Twitter began using “proprietary
spam-fighting tools” to find accounts that might
be violating their terms of service by promoting
terrorism, sending them to be reviewed by a
team at Twitter. That group also now looks into
other accounts similar to those reported to them
by other users.
Twitter said it has already had seen results,
“including an increase in account suspensions
and this type of activity shifting off of Twitter.’
But it also noted that there is no “magic
algorithm’ for identifying terrorist content,
which is why even humans reviewing the
material are ultimately making judgment
calls “based on very limited information and
guidance.’ Free speech and local law in an area
can also complicate matters.
“Like most people around the world, we are
horrified by the atrocities perpetrated by
extremist groups. We condemn the use of
Twitter to promote terrorism,’ Twitter said in
a statement released Friday. It said it would
continue to “engage with authorities and other
relevant organizations to find solutions to this
critical issue and promote powerful counter-
speech narratives.”
Online: https://blog.twitter.com/2016/
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LINKEDIN SHARES
PLUNGE ALMOST
AA PERCENT
Investors gave LinkedIn a poor job review Friday
in the form of a dramatic sell-off that wiped out
nearly $11 billion in the professional networking
site's market value.
A surprise forecast for slower growth this year
sent LinkedIn shares into a stomach-turning
plunge of almost 44 percent.
After the market closed Thursday, the online
company reported better-than-expected
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earnings for the last quarter but warned that
revenue would fall short of what analysts
had projected for 2016. It also said it was ! a
discontinuing a new online advertising system i
that hadn't worked out.
Several analysts noted that LinkedIn has a track
record of issuing conservative forecasts and
later beating them, but this time investors were
shaken by the company’s financial guidance.
The stock closed Friday at $108.38 after its worst
slide since LinkedIn went public in 2011.
LinkedIn said it expects revenue of about $3.6
billion to $3.65 billion for this year, while analysts
surveyed by FactSet were projecting sales of
$3.9 billion.
The company’s forecast implies the once fast-
growing business expects sales to increase in
the low 20 percent range this year, falling into
the teens in 2017, according to a report by
analyst Neil Doshi of Mizuho Securities. The firm
downgraded its investment rating on LinkedIn’s
stock to “neutral” from “buy” on Friday.
Mizuho had been expecting LinkedIn to post
30 percent sales growth for 2016 and mid-20
percent growth for 2017.
“Clearly, we were wrong,’ Doshi said.
LinkedIn blamed economic uncertainty in
Europe and Asia, in part, for slowing growth in
its core job-recruiting business. Unlike other
social networks that rely primarily on advertising
sales, LinkedIn gets about 60 percent of its
revenue from licensing fees for software
that employers and recruiters use to find job
candidates. The remaining revenue comes from
advertising and subscription fees.
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The Mountain View, California-based company
said it will continue investing to expand around
the world. Analysts say LinkedIn should see
increased revenue from online training courses
and new software that commercial sales
representatives can use to drum up business
from their online contacts.
But the company also said it was overhauling
its digital ad business and phasing out one ad
program launched last year, because it had
not performed as expected. That will cause the
company to forego some revenue in the coming
months, executives warned.
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The federal government is relying on archaic
computers systems to protect reams of critical
data from cyberattacks, President Barack Obama
warned Tuesday as he announced a new,
centralized effort to boost cybersecurity.
Obama, asking Congress for $3.1 billion for
cybersecurity, said some cyber infrastructure
is downright ancient, with the Social Security
Administration relying on systems from the
1960s, making them vulnerable to attacks.
“That's going to have to change,’ Obama said,
flanked by top national security advisers in the
Roosevelt Room. Thanks to the explosion of the
Internet and widespread access to technology,
he said, “We're going to have to play some
catch-up.”
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Obama's comments came after the release
Tuesday of his 2017 budget proposal, which
unveiled a new high-level federal official
to coordinate cybersecurity policy across
civilian agencies and to work with military
and intelligence counterparts. Obama is
asking Congress for a $19-billion boost in
cybersecurity funding across all government
agencies - an increase of more than from 35
percent from last year.
Dubbed the “Cybersecurity National Action
Plan,’ the effort is being touted by the White
House as the “capstone” of seven years of often
faltering attempts to build a cohesive, broad
federal cybersecurity response. Obama said
some problems could be fixed relatively quickly,
but added he was directing his advisers to
focus also on anticipating future threats so that
cybersecurity protections can adapt.
“Im going to be holding their feet to the fire
to make sure they execute on this in a timely
fashion,’ Obama said.
Measures include more training for the private
sector, emphasizing measures such as password
and pin authentication to sign onto tax data and
government benefits. The budget also proposes
that the government reduce the use of Social
Security numbers for identification. None of
the suggestions appeared groundbreaking or
entirely novel. In fact, many were previously
suggested in both government and think tank
reports and even replications of previous efforts.
“Not to be overly critical, but my initial reaction
was a lot of this stuff is not new, and in fact
they point to things as if to say...'We've got to
do this; and private industry is already doing it,’
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Agency crypto-engineer. Sabett worked ona
think tank commission that provided advice to
Obama's presidency on cybersecurity in 2008.
“Tying all these pieces together again to me
goes back to that leadership component of the
administration. The window dressing is there,
now what's behind the curtains.’
The tasking of a single high-level official with
tracking down cyber intruders in federal
government networks establishes a position
long in place at companies in the private
sector. The lack of such a government role has
been especially notable after hackers stole the
personal information of 21 million Americans,
whose information was housed at the Office of
Personnel Management. The U.S. believes the
hack was a Chinese espionage operation.
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper
warned lawmakers Tuesday during his annual
assessment of top dangers facing the country
that U.S. information systems are vulnerable
to cyberattacks by foreign powers - specifically
naming Russia, China, lran and North Korea as
the most potent threats.
The chief information security officer position
posted Tuesday is expected to be filled in
60 to 90 days, said Tony Scott, the U.S. chief
information officer. The White House said
that person will report to Scott and set and
monitor performance goals for agencies. But it
remains to be seen whether the person will be
vested with the authorities necessary to tackle
such a critical role, said Jacob Olcott, a former
congressional legal adviser on cybersecurity.
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The budget notes that U.S. Cyber Command is
building a Cyber Mission Force of 133 teams
assembled from 6,200 military, civilian and
contractors from across military and defense
agencies. The force will be fully operational
in 2018 but has already been used for some
cyber operations.
Many of the proposals such as the new
cybersecurity official can be done through
existing appropriations or executive authorities,
the White House said.
Obama said he expects broad support for what
has not been a partisan issue. He said he’d
already spoken to House Speaker Paul Ryan
about ways Republicans and Democrats could
work together.
The Department of Homeland Security plans
to expand its EINSTEIN system, which was
created to detect and block cyberattacks on
federal agencies. The program received a
scathing review last month by the Government
Accountability Office, which said the system
can only detect known threats but can’t deal
with more complex threats such as previously
unknown “zero-day exploits” or problematic
system behavior that could signify an attack.
The president established through executive
order Tuesday a permanent Federal Privacy
Council to bring together government
privacy officials to implement comprehensive
privacy guidelines. Obama is also establishing
a Commission on Enhancing National
Cybersecurity that would involve congressional
and private sector leaders who will be tasked
with making recommendations in government
cybersecurity for the next decade.
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to upgrade.
Until now, Apple offered credit to iPhone
owners only if the device had an intact screen
and working buttons. Apple hopes that with
more leeway, applicable only to iPhone 5
and later models, more people will upgrade to
new iPhones.
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cracked screens or broken buttons. For damaged
phones, it will pay $50 for a 5S, $150 for a6 and
$200 for a 6 Plus.
The changes, first reported on the tech blog
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spokesman Nick Leahy.
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WHY CUPERTINO MAY BE BEST
EQUIPPED IN THE LONG HAUL
If you have been keeping an eye on the
technology headlines since the start of
the month, you may have spotted that the
recently formed Google parent company
Alphabet has apparently overtaken Apple
as the most valuable firm on the planet. It’s
shock news for many given the former’s lack
of name recognition, and has raised questions
about Apple's long-term prospects against the
young upstart - but is the media consensus
about the two respective companies’ fortunes
the right one?
Before we plunge into the narrative, let's
outline the bare facts. It was reported on
Tuesday, February 2 that at the close of
trading on Wall Street, Alphabet’s shares had
reached $531 billion in value, shooting past
the $523.9 billion recorded by Apple after a
modest decline.
Never mind the fact that a mere two days
later, a drop in Alphabet’s stock to a shade
under $500 billion allowed Apple to
vault back into the lead, with a market
capitalization at close of $534 billion; the
big news was that the Cupertino giant’s grip
on its long-held crown had been loosened for
the first time since it surpassed Exxon Mobil
for that honor way back in January 2012.
PLENTY OF CROWING FROM GOOGLE-
FRIENDLY COMMENTATORS
Inevitably, the news of Alphabet's - albeit
brief - takeover at the top was greeted with
talk of a changing of the guard, a sense that
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it reflected a very real transformation in the
technology landscape.
Of course, even the most Google-biased
observers probably made some perfectly
valid points. Among them was J. Gold
Associates analyst Jack Gold, who opined that
Alphabet “is built on a services model, and the
leverageable money is in services because it’s
less costly. People are looking at Apple and
saying, ‘Where's the next big thing?’ When
you pioneer a new marketplace and build
something that’s revolutionary, after a while
it's not so revolutionary anymore, and other
companies catch up.”
Similar sentiments were expressed by Roger
Kay, analyst and consultant at Endpoint
Technologies Associates, who surmised that
Apple CEO Tim Cook had “not been able to
pull a rabbit out of his hat”, and Moor Insights
& Strategy analyst and consultant Patrick
Moorhead, with his verdict that Alphabet “has
a greater breadth of services, and that’s what
people are looking at”.
TALK OF APPLE’S DECLINE MAY
BE PREMATURE
There may seem good reasons to believe the
hypothesis of Alphabet on the up and Apple
on the slide - after all, while the Cupertino
firm did see a 1.7% year-on-year rise in
revenue in the fourth quarter of 2015, unit
sales of the iPhone barely increased - by 0.4%.
Furthermore, Cook admitted that the current
quarter was actually likely to see a decline in
sales of the handset on which Apple's fortunes
have for so long depended.
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Alphabet’s comparative jump in revenue of
17.8% since the fourth quarter of 2014 may
seem foreboding for Apple, but not quite so
much when you look at the other relevant
statistics. Apple’s revenue in the final three
months of last year, for example, was higher
than Alphabet managed for the entire 12
months. It was a similar story as far as profit was
concerned, the Google parent company’s $16.4
billion earnings for the whole of 2015 dwarfed
by the $18.4 billion net income reported by
Apple for the fourth quarter alone.
A look at the real-time accumulation of
wealth by the world’s biggest technology
giants - including not only Apple and Google
but also Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, Netflix
and many more - shows that Apple is still
generating about 50% of the profits managed
by almost all of its Internet ‘rivals’ put together.
In the words of Jackdaw Research chief analyst
Jan Dawson, “Apple is massively larger and
generates much more profit and cash at the
end of the day, and long-term | suspect it will
get right back to growth.”
Dawson did add, however, that Apple was
“going to have a tough year, while Google is
looking really good right now given the short-
term trends.’
THE OTHER FACTORS KEEPING
APPLE AHEAD
However, Apple's ultimate advantage over
the competition - and particularly Alphabet -
amounts to so much more than simply having
a substantial head start. If anything, it is much
more fundamental differences in the strategies
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of the two companies that will keep Apple
in its present position of relative dominance,
encompassing everything from the precise
nature of their products and services to the
intricacies of their internal cultures and pre-
existing strengths.
There's no denying, for example, the sheer
adventurous approach taken by Alphabet to
a wide range of categories, as demonstrated
by pioneering projects like Google Glass,
autonomous cars and the Nest smart-home
business. However, none of these areas have
yet generated big returns for Alphabet in the
way that the iPhone and iPad proved instant
hi game-changers for Apple in the late 2000s and
early 2010s.
Furthermore, it would surely be wrong to
suggest that Apple lacks pioneering verve under
Cook, who recently held a company-wide Town
Hall meeting at the Infinite Loop headquarters
in Cupertino to express his excitement over the
potential of new, albeit as-yet unannounced
product categories. But he also talked up the
value of incremental enhancements to longer-
standing Apple products, including the iPhone,
iPad and new Apple TV, which he said set the
stage for a“bright” future for the company in
people's living rooms.
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APPLE NOT SET TO LOSE ITS ADVANTAGE
FOR A WHILE YET
When news filtered through on February 3
that Apple had swiftly regained its mantle as
the world’s most valuable company, 9to5Mac
writer Chance Miller speculated that “it could
be a while before Alphabet is able to capture
the title back.’ Furthermore, if one required
additional reason for Apple's robustness even
in the face of occasional stock market wobbles
and investor expressions of doubt, they might
find it through examination of the company's
broader longstanding strategy.
Apple, after all, didn’t get into its present
formidable position by mere chance. It got
there because of a very clear philosophy
that it continues to employ today - of quality
over quantity, of user friendliness over simply
cramming its products and services with
endless features, and of continually updating
and refining its existing products rather than
necessarily constantly introducing new ones.
It also helps that Apple retains total control
over both its hardware and software, and that
it applies truly meticulous attention to detail in
its development of products.
These differences in internal culture have
been instrumental in keeping the iOS and
iTunes ecosystems at the forefront of customer
affections against the competing charms of
Android and the Google Play Store. While
Alphabet undoubtedly has real strengths
outside the search advertising that largely
powers its revenues - including both Android
and YouTube - its various failed forays into new
markets have begged the question of whether
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many of the parent company’s services and
products simply represent a black hole for
investment money.
Whereas Android, for instance, comes in
many different versions that prevents users
of some smartphones powered by the OS
from enjoying the very latest software and
therefore the best possible user experience,
Apple has for many years ensured the
same impeccable experience across all of
its devices, which has helped to keep even
relative newcomers loyal to its ecosystem.
The overall Apple approach is defined by a very
strong and unified strategy for both hardware
and software, assertive production and a small,
focused portfolio of products. If you ask us, it
is this distinct and proven approach - at least
as much as any pre-existing cash advantage or
even brand recognition or ‘cache’ - that looks
set to keep the Cupertino giant ahead of the
game in consumer technology for many more
years to come.
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When this Long Island village switched on its
“ring of steel” last fall, it knew it was getting a
potent policing tool. The system of 27 cameras
would scan the license plate of every single
vehicle that rolled into town. If a wanted
criminal drove through, the system would
sound an alert. If someone burglarized a house,
the data could be mined to see who was on the
road at the time.
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Police weren't prepared, though, for the firehose
of less-valuable intelligence generated by the
$750,000 system.
Since the scanners went live Nov. 2, they have
been triggering an average of 700 alarms a day,
mainly about cars on the road with expired
or suspended registration stickers. Officers
have impounded 500 vehicles. They've written
more than 2,000 court summonses, mostly for
minor violations.
“It is a tremendous amount of workload that
has been increased due to this new technology,’
said Miguel Bermudez, police chief in the town
of Freeport.
Mayor Robert Kennedy dismissed any
notion that the system may be diverting the
department's attention from more serious
offenses while Bermudez noted that it quickly
became clear his 95 officers would be unable to
respond to every ping signaling an infraction.
After overtime expenses jumped at least 20
percent, the department has lately adjusted
its approach, responding only to higher
priority alarms.
But the chief is still talking about hiring another
six to eight officers who would be dedicated
solely to traffic duties and responding to license
plate scanner alerts, in part because there have
been some major successes.
In January, an officer responding to an alert
about a stolen car discovered that the man
behind the wheel, Tremain Williams, was wanted
for killing a man in Norfolk, Virginia. Police
found an M-4 assault rifle in the trunk. Williams
has pleaded not guilty; his attorney declined
to comment.
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In its first 90 days of operation, 15 stolen cars were
spotted and returned to their rightful owners.
About two dozen other crime suspects have been
arrested, including two men suspected in a series
of armed robberies who were in a stolen car as
well as aman wanted for allegedly burglarizing
local churches.
Kennedy would not say how much money has
been generated through the village system,
noting that it has only been up and running
for about 90 days and it isn’t possible to
determine what the cost has been beyond the
installation fee.
The use of license plate scanners has
been proliferating at law enforcement
agencies nationwide.
A 2012 study by the Police Executive Research
Forum, a research and policy group, found
that about 7 in 10 law enforcement agencies
nationwide have at least some access to
the technology.
Some departments mount scanners in patrol cars
that capture data as officers drive around town.
Others buy access to databases maintained by
private companies that mount plate scanning
cameras on tow trucks.
Civil liberties advocates have raised some privacy
concerns. They say the cameras capture the
movements of millions of drivers, regardless
of whether they are being investigated by
law enforcement.
Freeport's cameras have the capability of
scanning about 2,000 cars per minute. So far,
the village system has scanned plates more than
15 million times.
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Different states and jurisdiction have different
rules about how long collected plate data can
be stored and when it may be accessed.
Jason Starr, the Nassau County chapter director
at the New York Civil Liberties Union, said he
is concerned that Freeport has yet to provide
detailed information about who has access to
the information.
“This is data that can be abused,’ he said. “There
needs to be really tight measures on who has
access to this information.’
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GOP-LED CONGRESS UNLIKELY
TO OK OBAMA'S NEVV
CLEAN ENERGY BID
President Barack Obama said Saturday that he
will ask the Republican-led Congress to double
spending on research and development into
clean energy by 2020. But the request is unlikely
to be fulfilled.
GOP lawmakers scoff at the science behind
climate change and dismiss Obama's pleas
for the issue to be dealt with urgently. In an
unusual twist in Obama's final year in office, the
Republican leaders of the House and Senate
budget committees have said they will not hold
a customary hearing on the president's budget
proposal the day after they receive it.
Obama on Tuesday plans to send to Congress
the spending blueprint for the budget year that
begins Oct. 1. The release will come on the day
when New Hampshire voters get their say in
the first presidential primary of the 2016 race to
succeed him.
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“Rather than subsidize the past, we should
invest in the future,’ Obama said in his weekly
radio and Internet address, outlining his wish for
the increased spending.
Federal spending on research and development
of clean energy would jump from $6.4 billion
this year to $12.8 billion by 2020 under Obama's
proposal, administration officials said.
Spending would increase by about 15 percent in
each of the five years of the pledge. If approved,
the budget that takes effect Oct. 1 would
provide $7.7 billion for clean energy research
and development across 12 federal departments
and agencies for the 2017 fiscal year.
Obama's proposal is part of an initiative he
announced at last year’s U.N. climate conference
in Paris.
Some 20 countries, including the U.S., China,
India and Brazil, have committed to double their
respective budgets for this type of research over
five years.
The White House said this past week that Obama
wants oil companies to pay a $10 fee on every
barrel of oil to help raise money for spending on
clean transportation to combat climate change.
House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., immediately
declared the president’s proposed oil tax “dead
on arrival.’
Online:
Obama's address: http://tinyurl.com/jfcsixm
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NNDIA INTERNET
RULING BLOCKS
FACEBOOK
FREE BASICS’
PROGRAM
India’s government has essentially banned a
Facebook program that sought to connect with
low-income residents by offering free access to
a limited version of the social network and other
Internet services.
The ruling is a major setback for Facebook CEO
Mark Zuckerberg, who had lobbied hard for
the program as part of a campaign to expand
Internet access in developing countries. It’s a
victory for critics who argued that Facebook's
“Free Basics” program gave an unfair advantage
to some Internet services over others.
”
Facebook has introduced “Free Basics” in
partnership with wireless carriers in dozens
of emerging nations, where the company
hopes to get more people online. The service
provides free access to a stripped-down
version of Facebook and certain other Internet
sites - including some that provide essential
information like weather forecasts, health
education and job listings.
But the program has sparked debate in some
countries, particularly India, where critics
contend that “Free Basics” effectively steers
users toward Facebook and its partners, while
making it harder for other Internet services -
including homegrown startups - to build their
own audiences.
In a much-awaited decision Monday, Indian
regulators said telecommunications providers
may not charge different or “discriminatory”
rates for delivering different kinds of
Internet content.
The ruling essentially bans programs like “Free
Basics” that are based on what's known as “zero
rating” in industry jargon, because they don’t
charge for downloading certain kinds of data.
Ina policy memo, Indian regulators warned
that such programs raise the risk that users’
“knowledge and outlook ... would be shaped
only by the information made available by those
select offerings.’
The regulators said their decision was guided
by the principles of net neutrality, or the
concept that all websites and apps should be
treated equally by Internet access providers.
Net neutrality advocates contend that charging
different rates based on content is unfair both
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to consumers and to Internet services that are
competing for consumers’ attention.
U.S. regulators endorsed net neutrality in
rules enacted last year, but those rules don’t
specifically ban carriers from exempting
some services from data limits. The Federal
Communications Commission is now studying
the zero-rating issue.
Facebook said in a statement that it’s
disappointed with the ruling but will continue
its efforts to increase Internet access. “Our goal
with Free Basics is to bring more people online
with an open, non-exclusive and free platform,’
the company said.
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Zuckerberg had campaigned hard for the
program, making personal visits to India
and publishing an open letter in at least one
newspaper there. Facebook also responded to
critics of “Free Basics” last year by creating anew
platform for outside developers to contribute
apps for the program.
Facebook has about 130 million users in India.
But like other U.S.-based Internet companies, it
sees a huge opportunity to expand by reaching
the estimated 1 billion Indians who don't have
Internet access.
“Free Basics” is part of a broader effort, dubbed
Internet.org, in which Facebook has also tried to
work with phone-makers on designs that reduce
data usage and extend battery life. In addition,
the company is working on long-range projects
to develop drones and satellites that deliver
Internet service to remote areas.
While Zuckerberg has acknowledged Facebook's
business would benefit from gaining more
users around the world, he’s also argued that
Internet access is a powerful tool for economic
development in low-income regions.
“Connecting India is an important goal we
won't give up on, because more than a billion
people in India don't have access to the
internet,’ Zuckerberg wrote Monday in a post on
Facebook. “We know that connecting them can
help lift people out of poverty, create millions
of jobs and spread education opportunities. We
care about these people, and that’s why we're so
committed to connecting them.
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TV PRODUCERS MAY START MAKING YOU
WAIT FOR NEVV SHOWS ONLINE
The Golden Age of Online Television may
be in peril.
Streaming TV has gotten popular as several
online services such as Netflix make past
seasons of TV shows available for binge-
watching, while Hulu offers episodes from the
current season.
Now, some television companies are balking at
giving them timely access to shows.
The big worry: Making streaming TV too
pleasant might encourage viewers to cut back
or drop their cable service. Cable and satellite
companies now pay TV networks billions of
dollars a year to carry their channels. In turn, TV
production companies make a lot from licensing
fees paid by the networks.
Cord-cutting could jeopardize all of those
arrangements, and the audience and ad
revenue boost from the Internet might not be
enough to make up for any revenue losses from
traditional TV.
Time Warner Inc., which has both networks
and a production business, has been exploring
the possibility of holding back some of its DC
Comics superhero shows such as “The Flash” and
“Supergirl.” If it took that step, viewers might
have to wait years to watch the most recent
episodes online; now, they're typically available
no more than a year after airing.
Hulu may be next. The Wall Street Journal
recently reported that Time Warner is in talks to
invest in Hulu and has told Hulu’s owners that
it wants to curtail current-season TV episodes,
which Hulu now makes available as early as the
next day.
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Image: Matt Rourke
It’s not yet clear what such restrictions might
look like. Time Warner and Hulu didn’t respond
to requests for comment, though Time Warner
may reveal more of its digital strategy when it
reports quarterly earnings Wednesday.
The tremors emanating from Time Warner
are just the latest instance of established
media companies looking to protect their
established partners and deals, whether
viewers like it or not.
Hulu already has pulled back in recent years.
When it launched nearly a decade ago, the
service offered most shows from its network
parents the morning after they aired. These days,
many Fox and ABC shows require a Hulu or cable
subscription for next-day viewing. Otherwise,
viewers have to wait eight days - or a month in
the case of Fox’s “So You Think You Can Dance.’
And for Fox, Hulu now has just the past four
episodes - not five - for free.
All online services, meanwhile, have been
dabbling in creating their own television
shows. Netflix won accolades for such
original shows as “House of Cards,’ while
Hulu commissioned a fourth season of “The
Mindy Project” when Fox canceled it. Original
shows help services set themselves apart from
each other and could ease the impact of any
pullback in traditional TV shows.
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But for now, these services are mostly about
giving viewers a chance to catch up on what's
been shown on traditional TV - and giving
viewers less of a reason to tune in.
“To a certain degree, you can’t put the
genie back in the bottle,’ said Anthony
DiClemente, an analyst at Nomura Securities.
“Once people are accustomed to it, that's
going to be the expectation.’
Traditional cable and satellite TV services have
been in slow decline for years, in part because
younger audiences aren't signing up and are
turning to online options instead. The decline
isn't big enough to threaten cable and television
companies immediately, but they are taking
notice. And the numbers hide the fact that many
subscribers are opting for cheaper packages
with fewer channels.
“What we're seeing is a constant game of
tug-o-war,’ said John Buffone, an analyst at
the NPD Group.
As services like Netflix and Hulu boom, he
said, television companies are looking for ways
they can hold onto more of those streaming
revenues themselves.
The changes are especially noticeable at Hulu,
which is owned by parents of the very television
networks - Fox, ABC and NBC - threatened by
changes in the way we watch TV. Hulu has set
itself apart by offering new TV episodes faster
than its rivals; making viewers wait longer could
limit its appeal.
“Hulu’s DNA has been recent episodes of TV
shows,’ said Glenn Hower, an analyst at the
research firm Parks Associates.
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The apparent anxiety at television companies
is common to any industry that's faced what
Harvard business professor Clayton Christensen
calls “The Innovator’s Dilemma.’ That’s when
established companies find their big, lucrative
businesses undercut by innovative rivals with
cheaper - and, at least at first, less profitable
- alternatives. The big companies can't
embrace the new approaches without helping
cannibalize their own cash cows.
Viewed through that prism, Hulu has been a
mostly successful half-measure. Its biggest
accomplishment may have been to help
accustom people to paying for TV over the
Internet. Given that it was established when
piracy was rampant, that’s no small feat.
Though Hulu still offers ad-supported shows
you can watch for free, more viewers are paying
at least $8 a month for viewing on mobile
and streaming-TV devices and for full current
seasons of some shows. As of last April, the last
time Hulu disclosed figures, it had 9 million
paying subscribers, a 50 percent increase from
the previous year. Netflix, meanwhile, had 45
million U.S. streaming subscribers at the end of
2015, a 14 percent increase.
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Yet the traditional TV business remains sizable
- and will remain so for years. Even witha 1
percent drop over the past year, 98.3 million
U.S. households subscribe to a cable or
satellite TV service, research firm Moffett
Nathanson estimates.
As a result, expanded streaming deals might
not make up for what TV companies might
lose if that big business continues to shrink.
The fees that cable and satellite companies pay
television networks and stations to carry their
channels are estimated at $60 billion this year,
up 6 percent from 2015, according to media
research firm SNL Kagan.
From that standpoint, Hower said, it makes
sense to cling to older, well-established
partners - the cable companies.
WITH RESTRAINT, YOUTUBE ROLLS OUT
ORIGINAL PROGRAMMING
Michael “Burnie” Burns hears a discrepancy.
Before greeting moviegoers at the debut of his
film, the writer-actor is eavesdropping on all
the big-budget movie trailers playing ahead
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“| bet the sound budget for that was bigger
than the whole budget for my movie,’ the
bearded Internet personality says with a grin.
Despite its modest price tag, there’s a hefty
amount of enthusiasm for the $2.5 million sci-fi
comedy about a group of dolts bestowed with
alien technology.
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“Lazer Team’ was the most funded original film
in Indiegogo's history, and it’s been selling out
hundreds of theaters for fan screenings since
Jan. 27. However, many more devotees of Burns
and his Rooster Teeth production company
will be able to watch the movie beginning
Wednesday on YouTube.
The streaming site is attempting to make
some noise of its own with a crop of films
and shows that will be exclusively available
with YouTube Red, a subscription service the
San Bruno, California-based company launched
last October.
Unlike the millions of other videos posted on
the streaming site, “Lazer Team” and the other
YouTube Originals will only be available with a
YouTube Red subscription, which also provides
ad-free access to the site and a music service for
$10 a month.
For their leap into premium programming,
YouTube isn’t attempting to imitate Netflix,
Hulu or Amazon, which offer films and shows
rivaling traditional Hollywood content. While
its first crop of movies and series don't look like
they were filmed with a webcam in someone's
basement, YouTube Originals also don’t have the
scope of a Marvel movie or an episode of “Game
of Thrones” either.
“They're not trying to do something entirely
different,’ said Burns, an online video pioneer
who first went viral with “Red vs. Blue,’a digital
series inspired by the “Halo” video game
franchise. “They're just taking YouTube to the
next level.”
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In addition to “Lazer Team,’ YouTube Originals
is launching with a documentary profiling
YouTube comedienne Lilly “Superwoman”
Singh embarking on a world tour, the dance
flick“Dance Camp” starring young Internet
personalities and a reality series centering on
top YouTuber Felix “PewDiePie” Kjellberg living
out his nightmares.
“We're fishing where there's fish,’ said Suzanne
Daniels, the former president of MTV who now
serves as the global head of original content at
YouTube. “We're working with top creators to
do something they normally wouldn't do on
their channel.”
For its first show for YouTube Red, the site
enlisted Kjellberg to swap playing scary
video games on his channel to instead
be dropped into frightening scenarios
conceived by “The Walking Dead” creator
Skybound Entertainment.
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“It is very different, but it’s also very similar to
what | do,’ said Kjellberg, who has more than 42
million subscribers. “I play horror games, and this
is basically just taking that into the real world. It
felt like a natural extension.’
Meanwhile, “A Trip to Unicorn Island” profiles
Singh's highs and lows as she stages a world tour
showcasing her acting-and-dancing abilities - all
while keeping up with her YouTube channel. The
documentary doesn’t shy away from showing
the emotional tolls it took on Singh.
“It was such a different process for me,’
said Singh, who has more than 7.8 million
subscribers. “I’m used to shooting and editing all
my videos. It was very difficult for me to let go
of that control and allow a director and editor
capture me, but that’s the beauty of it. You get to
see me from a different point of view.’
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Besides selling $10 subscriptions, the move
into premium content is also an opportunity
for YouTube to keep top talent from straying.
Several high-profile YouTubers, such as Colleen
“MirandaSings” Ballinger-Evans, Freddie Wong
and “Awkward Black Girl” creator Issa Rae have
recently been tapped by the likes of Netflix, Hulu
and HBO for projects.
“It speaks to the power of YouTube to build
these stars to a certain level that these other
networks and platforms are interested in
working with them,’ said Daniels. “It remains to
be seen whether the fans will go find them on
the other platforms.’
YouTube currently has dozens of original
programming projects in development for
YouTube Red, and Daniels said they plan to roll 7
out between 15 and 20 shows and films in 201 6.
They’re also looking to stream films licensed
from other outlets.
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Will millennials - YouTube's biggest audience -
want to fork over $10 to watch content on a site
that's been giving it away for over a decade?
The streaming site declined to specify how
many users have already signed up for YouTube
= Red or how much its spending on the original
programming effort. However, Daniels is
optimistic viewers won't click the dislike button.
“The hope is that it'll be like any subscription
service,’ said Daniels. “It's a great value. | think
viewers might first try it out because they're
interested in what ‘PewDiePie’ is up to with his
but then they'll stick around to see other
rojects and movies.’
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Genre: Drama
Released: 2015
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Spotlight
This biographical drama movie sees a group
of investigative journalists, known as the
“Spotlight” team, attempt to uncover the
truth about allegations of child abuse within
the Catholic Church.
FIVE FACTS:
1. The movie is based on a real life event,
which soon spun into an international scandal.
2. Spotlight is directed by Tom McCarthy,
who has also worked on Up, 2012, and Game
of Thrones.
3. The movie is written by McCarthy and
Josh Singer, Singer having also worked on
Fringe, The West Wing, and Law& Order:
Special Victims Unit.
4. Spotlight finished third in the audience
balloting for the People’s Choice Award at
the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.
5. The movie has already received 152
nominations, winning 92 of them.
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The 33
An adaptation of the 2010 Chilean Mining
disaster, this movie follows the story of the 33
miners that become trapped inside the San
Jose Mine for over two months, their families,
and the lengths reached to rescue them.
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1. The 33 is the final movie with a musical
score by James Horner, who died shortly
before the movie's release. Horner's other
work includes working on scores for Avatar,
Aliens, and Titanic.
2. This movie is partially written by Craig
Borten, who has also worked on popular
2013 movie Dallas Buyers Club.
3. Produced by Mike Medavoy, who has
also produced Shutter Island, Black Swan,
and Zodiac.
4. This movie isn’t the official representation
of the miner's ordeal, and is instead based
on the official book about their struggle
entitled Deep Down Dark.
5. The real-life mine has remained closed
since the incident.
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in the mid-nineties. Other significant bands
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2. Suede’s self-titled debut album was the
fastest-selling debut album in almost ten
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3. Former guitarist Bernard Butler, who left
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BOX OFFICE TOP 20: “KUNG FU PANDA’
ROARS PAST THE COENS
Nothing could punt “Kung Fu Panda 3” from
the top spot at the box office over Super Bowl
weekend, where the 20th Century Fox animated
sequel hauled in $21.2 million in its second week
of release.
A trio of new releases didn’t come close to
challenging. Joel and Ethan Coen’s 1950s
Hollywood send-up “Hail, Caesar!” opened
unspectacularly with $11.4 million for Universal.
The latest Nicholas Sparks adaptation “The
Choice” debuted with a meager $6.1 million
for Lionsgate. And the Sony Screen Gems Jane
Austen monster mashup “Pride and Prejudice
and Zombies” scared up only $5.3 million.
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Friday through Sunday, followed by distribution
studio, gross, number of theater locations,
average receipts per location, total gross and
number of weeks in release, as compiled
Monday by comScore:
7 “Kung Fu Panda 3,” 20th Century Fox,
s $21,242,181, 3,987 locations,
$5,328 average, $69,293, 138, 2 weeks.
a2 “Hail, Caesar!” Universal, $11,355,225,
s 2,232 locations, $5,087 average,
$11,355,225, 1 week.
“Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” Disney,
# $6,973,316, 2,262 locations,
$3,083 average, $906,044,785, 8 weeks.
“The Revenant,” 20th Century Fox,
s $6,939,795, 3,018 locations,
$2,299 average, $149,543, 198, 7 weeks.
“The Choice,” Lionsgate, $6,050,443,
« 2,631 locations, $2,300 average,
$6,050,443, 1 week.
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“Pride And Prejudice And Zombies,”
« Sony, $5,324,240, 2,931 locations,
$1,817 average, $5,324,240, 1 week.
“The Finest Hours,” Disney,
1 $4,826,239, 3,143 locations,
$1,536 average, $18,491,899, 2 weeks.
8 “Ride Along 2,” Universal,
s $4,560,715, 2,172 locations,
$2,100 average, $77,247,545, 4 weeks.
“The Boy,” STX Entertainment,
« $4,083,822, 2,214 locations,
$1,845 average, $26,881,506, 3 weeks.
7 O “Dirty Grandpa,” Lionsgate,
s $4,040,023, 2,567 locations,
$1,574 average, $29,379,776, 3 weeks.
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| | “The 5th Wave,” Sony, $3,773,788,
s 2,346 locations, $1,609 average,
$25, 738,988, 3 weeks.
“13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers
7 2 « Of Benghazi,” Paramount,
$2,850,304, 2,059 locations, $1,384 average,
$47,742,896, 4 weeks.
7 3 ‘Fifty Shades Of Black,” Open Road,
« $2,080,924, 2,075 locations,
$1,008 average, $9,371,544, 2 weeks.
7 4 “The Big Short,” Paramount,
« $1,710,205, 860 locations,
$1,989 average, $63,660,681, 9 weeks.
7 5 “Daddy’s Home,” Paramount,
s $1,477,840, 1,018 locations,
$1,452 average, $145,237,796, 7 weeks.
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7 e) “Brooklyn,” Fox Searchlight,
« $1,179,319, 703 locations,
$1,678 average, $32,380,262, 14 weeks.
| / “Spotlight,” Open Road, $835,514,
« 668 locations, $1,251 average,
$36, 104,348, 14 weeks.
7 8 “Room,” A24 Films, $731,117,
« 631 locations, $1,159 average,
$11,201,500, 17 weeks.
7 9 “45 Years,” IFC Films, $475,908,
« 154 locations, $3,090 average,
$1,986,920, 7 weeks.
2 O “2016 Oscar Shorts,” Magnolia
s Pictures, $427,455, 170 locations,
$2,514 average, $1,213,854, 2 weeks.
Universal and Focus are owned by NBC Universal, a unit of Comcast
Corp.; Sony, Columbia, Sony Screen Gems and Sony Pictures Classics
are units of Sony Corp.; Paramount is owned by Viacom Inc.; Disney,
Pixar and Marvel are owned by The Walt Disney Co.; Miramax is owned
by Filmyard Holdings LLC; 20th Century Fox and Fox Searchlight are
owned by 21st Century Fox; Warner Bros. and New Line are units
of Time Warner Inc.; MGM is owned by a group of former creditors
including Highland Capital, Anchorage Advisors and Carl Icahn;
Lionsgate is owned by Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.; IFC is owned by
AMC Networks Inc.; Rogue is owned by Relativity Media LLC.
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‘GOOD WIFE CREATORS VVELCOME
SHOVV'S END; POSSIBLE SPINOFF¢
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“The Good Wife” creators Robert and Michelle
King say they welcomed CBS’ decision to end the
series, allowing them to write its final chapter.
The Kings already had decided to exit as
executive producers after this season, the
seventh, leaving CBS to weigh whether to
keep the critically acclaimed show afloat
without them.
On Sunday, the network used its Super Bowl
telecast to announce that “The Good Wife” was
heading into its final nine episodes, with the
series finale to air May 8.
The Kings had just learned of the decision
in the past week, they told a phone news
conference Monday.
“We felt very fortunate and flattered that we're
being allowed to end the show..... the way we
hoped it would end’ Michelle King said.“The
Good Wife” airs 9 p.m. EST Sunday.
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Image: Justin Stephens
CBS may have faced the loss of series star
Julianna Margulies as well. At an event last
month honoring the Kings, Margulies joked in
her speech that she’d only shown up because
she would soon be out of work and needed
the exposure.
The actress “was kind of up in the air” about
returning as lawyer Alicia Florick, Michael King
said. Margulies has won two Emmys for the role.
But after conversations in recent days involving
her, CBS, the studio and the Kings, the
conclusion was that everybody “really wanted to
go all together,’ Michelle King said.
The couple, who are moving on to a new series
for CBS, the comic political thriller “BrainDead,’
said they had long envisioned “Good Wife” as
lasting seven years.
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To avoid spoilers, the Kings spoke in broad
strokes about how their critically acclaimed
drama will conclude.
Robert King said he likes shows that “end with
some resonance,’ citing “Breaking Bad” and “Six
Feet Under” as memorable examples.
“What | admire an ending that feels inevitable
and surprising,’ Michelle King said.
There will be a return of characters who
have been offstage, including Gary Cole's
Kurt McVeigh, but viewers won't see private
investigator Kalinda Sharma, played by Emmy-
winner Archie Panjabi.
Kalinda chose to disappear and “it wouldn't
make any sense to bring her back,’ Michelle
King said.
Asked about a possible “Good Wife” spinoff, she
said “nothing's off the table but there’s nothing
formal. ... We're not saying ‘no’ to anything at
this point.”
Robert King said such a spinoff likely would
be an ensemble drama focusing on characters
who haven't gotten as much attention, such as
Elsbeth Tascioni, played by Carrie Preston, or
Martha Plimpton’s Patti Nyholm.
“The Good Wife,’ initially built on the response of
Margulies’ character to a scandal involving her
politician husband (Chris Noth), was centered on
the world of Chicago law and politics.
In early January, CBS programming chief Glenn
Geller told reporters that the network hadn't
decided the show’s future without the Kings.
Online:
http://www.cbs.com/shows/the-good-wife
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RED LOBSTER
ENJOYS SALES
SURGE AFTER
MENTION IN
BEYONCE SONG
Red Lobster says it’s feeling the
“Beyonce Bounce.”
The seafood chain known for its cheddar
biscuits says sales surged 33 percent on
Sunday, compared with last year’s Super Bowl
Sunday. The increase came after the release of
“Formation,’ in which Beyonce says she took a
man to Red Lobster after sex. It’s hard to imagine
hordes of people rushing to Red Lobster after
hearing the song, but the chain says it’s sure
the mention is responsible for at least part of its
sales jump.
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Other factors also likely helped. Red Lobster
notes this year’s winter wasn't as harsh, meaning
people were likely more willing to head out
to restaurants. And the chain is running a
“Lobsterfest” promotion that it didn’t last year.
The pop culture spotlight from Beyonce
is nevertheless a welcome change for Red
Lobster, which was sold by Darden Restaurants
in July of 2014 after it suffered ongoing
declines in sales. The chain, which is now
privately held by investment firm Golden Gate
Capital, says it has posted sales gains every
quarter since the separation.
And after the mention by Beyonce, it says it was
also a trending topic on Twitter for the first time.
“It's clear that Beyonce has helped create some
Red Lobster fans, and we are very grateful to
her for that,’ Red Lobster CEO Kim Lopdrup said
in a statement.
Erica Ettori, a Red Lobster representative, said
she could not“confirm or deny” whether the
chain has reached out to superstar, but noted
that things were “moving fast.’
Regardless, the chain is already trying to make
the most of its moment, noting that lobster
is considered a romantic food. The chain also
tweeted that, “Cheddar Bey Biscuits” has a nice
ring to it, don’t you think?” The tweet had more
than 14,000 retweets as of Tuesday afternoon,
but some mocked Red Lobster for taking
several hours to respond, only to come up with
something they deemed underwhelming.
Red Lobster, based in Orlando, Florida, has more
than 700 locations in the U.S. and Canada.
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FEDS FIND FAT
CHRYSLER GEAR
SHIFTERS CAN
CONFUSE DRIVERS
Electronic gear shifters on some newer Fiat
Chrysler SUVs and cars are so confusing that
drivers have exited the vehicles with the
engines running and while they are still in gear,
causing crashes and serious injuries, U.S. safety
investigators have determined.
The National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, in documents posted during the
weekend, has doubled the number of vehicles
involved in an investigation of the problem, but
it stopped short of seeking a recall. The agency
found more than 100 crashes and over a dozen
injuries, mostly in Jeep Grand Cherokees.
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Agency tests found that operating the center
console shift lever “is not intuitive and provides
poor tactile and visual feedback to the driver,
increasing the potential for unintended gear
selection,’ investigators wrote in the documents.
They upgraded the probe to an engineering
analysis, which is a step closer to a recall. NHTSA
will continue to gather information and seek a
recall if necessary, a spokesman said.
The investigation could determine just how
much automakers can change the way cars
operate when they introduce new technology,
and how far they can stray from conventional
ways of controlling vehicles that drivers are
accustomed to.
Jake Fisher, director of auto testing for
Consumer Reports, expects more problems and
investigations as automakers continue to roll
out new electronic controls that are unfamiliar
to drivers. “I think the manufacturers need to be
much more responsible as they try these new
technologies,’ he said.
The government's probe now covers more than
856,000 vehicles including the popular Jeep
Grand Cherokee SUV from the 2014 and 2015
model years and the 2012 through 2014 Dodge
Charger and Chrysler 300 sedans with 3.6-liter
V6 engines.
In the vehicles, drivers pull the shift lever
forward or backward to select gears and the
shifter doesn’t move along a track like in most
cars. A light shows which gear is selected, but
to get from Drive to Park, drivers must push the
lever forward three times. The gearshift does
not have notches that match up with the gear
you want to shift into, and it moves back to a
centered position after the driver picks a gear.
The vehicles sound a chime and issue a
dashboard warning if the driver's door is opened
while they are not in Park. But investigators
found that the push-button start-stop feature
doesn't shut off the engine if the vehicles aren't
in Park, increasing the risk of the vehicles rolling
away after drivers have exited.
“This function does not protect drivers who
intentionally leave the engine running or
drivers who do not recognize that the engine
continues to run after an attempted shut-off,’
investigators wrote.
Thus far, the investigation has found 314
complaints, 121 crashes and 30 injuries from
the problem. Three drivers reported fractured
pelvic bones, while four others needed to be
hospitalized with a ruptured bladder, fractured
kneecap, or severe leg trauma.
Fiat Chrysler says it is cooperating in the probe.
The company changed the shifters in the
2016 Grand Cherokee and 2015 Charger
and 300 sedans so they function more like
people are used to. But FCA said it did so to
increase customer satisfaction and not for
safety concerns.
One driver, in Atkinson, New Hampshire,
complained that in November of last year,
her 2014 Grand Cherokee began traveling in
reverse with no driver inside. The SUV crossed
a street, crashed into a mailbox and rolled up
a driveway. The driver wrote that she tried to
get back into the Jeep but was knocked to the
ground and it rolled over her legs and injured
her. The Jeep eventually stopped after hitting
a fence. Drivers are not identified in the NHTSA
complaint database.
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“The shift knob is a real problem,’ wrote
another driver from Enumclaw, Washington,
who reported two unintentional roll-away
incidents in a 2015 Grand Cherokee. “I am not a
complainer, however this is a major safety issue.
It terrifies me to drive this vehicle.’
Fiat Chrysler is not alone with the tricky shifters.
Fisher says BMW and Mercedes-Benz have
similar gearshifts. He said the government has a
thin line to walk between stifling innovation and
keeping people safe.
“| think the best thing for consumers isn’t that
legislation comes,’ he said. “The best thing is
that automakers really do not start adding
features that are really confusing to people and
cause accidents.”
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When buildings collapse in future disasters, the
hero helping rescue trapped people may be a
robotic cockroach.
Repulsive as they may be, roaches have the
remarkable ability to squish their bodies down
to one quarter their normal size, yet still scamper
at lightning speed. Also, they can withstand 900
times their body weight without being hurt.
That's equivalent to a 200-pound man who
wouldn't be crushed by 90 tons on his head.
The amazing cockroach inspired scientists to
create a mini-robot that can mimic those feats of
strength and agility.
The researchers hope swarms of future roach-
like robots could be fitted with cameras,
microphones and other sensors and then used
in earthquakes and other disasters to help
search for victims by squeezing through small
cracks. The skittering robots could also let
rescuers know if the rubble pile is stable.
Cockroaches “seem to be able to go anywhere,’
said University of California at Berkeley biology
professor Robert Full, co-author of a study about
the prototype cockroach robot. “I think they're
really disgusting and really revolting, but they
always tell us something new.’
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The study was published Monday in the
journal Proceedings of the National Academy
of Sciences.
The palm-size prototype, called the
Compressible Robot with Articulated
Mechanisms, or CRAM, looks more like an
armadillo and walks sort of like Charlie Chaplin
when it’s compressed. It's about 20 times the
size of the roach that inspired it. And it’s simple
and cheap.
Co-author Kaushik Jayaram, a Harvard robotics
researcher, said the most difficult part was the
design, but after that he used off-the-shelf
electronics and motors, cardboard, polyester
and some knowledge of origami. He could
probably put one together in about half an hour,
he estimated.
All told, the prototype probably cost less than
$100, Jayaram said. He figures if mass-produced,
with sensors and other equipment added
on, the robots could eventually cost less than
$10 apiece.
In the past, when engineers looked at trying
to create robots that could get into tight
places, they thought about shape-changing
soft animals like worms, slugs or octopuses,
Full said. But the cockroach, which already is
studied by roboticists for other abilities, has
certain advantages, including crush-resistance
and speed.
With nothing in its way, the American cockroach
can travel 50 body lengths in a second,
which would be the equivalent of a human
running more than 140 mph, Full said. When
compressed, the cockroach slows to 20 body
lengths per second, which is still pretty fast.
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Full and colleagues found roaches used a newly
identified type of locomotion to ooze through
cracks and crevices based on the ideal amount
of belly friction.
Cockroaches have inspired other robots,
including ones that travel on six legs to get
over debris more easily, said Johns Hopkins
University mechanical engineering professor
Noah Cowan, who wasn't part of the study. He
said cockroaches and insects in general are great
design guides for roboticists to borrow from.
“There's definitely a case for machines that
can go into environments that are not safe for
humans to go into,’ Cowan said.
Still, the robot designers have no love for the
bug that inspired them.
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“I'm still creeped out by them,’ Jayaram said. “|
don’t want them in my house. | don’t want them
in my kitchen. That hasn't changed. But we can
learn a lot of interesting things from even the
most disgusting animals.’
Online:
Journal: http://www.pnas.org
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STUDY:
GUN, DRUG,
CAR DEATHS
LOOM LARGE
IN US
LONGEVITY
GAP
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Guns, drugs and cars contribute substantially
to the life-expectancy gap between the
United States and other developed nations, a
study found.
Deaths from old-age ailments sometimes get
more attention in longevity research, but deaths
from these three causes tend to happen at
younger ages, contributing to many decades of
life lost, the researchers said.
Data from the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention show injuries including violence, car
crashes and drug poisonings and overdoses are
the leading cause of deaths for Americans up to
the age of 44.
U.S. death rates from these three injury
categories exceed those in 12 other developed
countries included in the study: Austria,
Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, Japan, the
Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden
and the United Kingdom, the researchers said.
Among men, life expectancy in 2012 in
those countries was 78.6 years versus 76.4
in the United States. Injury-related deaths
accounted for almost half of that difference, the
study found.
Among women, life expectancy was similarly
higher - 83.4 years versus 81.2 years in the
United States. Injury-related deaths accounted
for less of the difference - about 20 percent.
Gun deaths were a major factor among
men: The U.S. rate was 18.4 such deaths per
100,000 men, versus 1 per 100,000 in the
comparison countries.
Among women, drug-related deaths explained
most of the injury-related difference: the
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U.S. rate was 10 per 100,000 women versus
fewer than 2 per 100,000 among women in
comparison countries.
The researchers’ estimates are based on an
analysis of 2012 data from the U.S. government
and the World Health Organization. The
government study was published Tuesday in the
Journal of the American Medical Association.
“\f we brought mortality from car crashes,
firearm injuries and drug poisonings down to
levels that we see in these other countries, we’d
gain about a year of life expectancy,’ said lead
author Andrew Fenelon, a sociologist with the
CDC's National Center for Health Statistics.
The injury data include accidental and
intentional deaths and suicides, and deaths from
prescription medications and illicit drugs.
The study bolsters the argument that improving
U.S. life expectancy will require addressing
premature deaths among younger ages, said
Jessica Ho, a Duke University sociologist who
has done similar research.
Strengthening U.S. gun laws, making safer cars
and addressing the root causes of drug use,
including income inequality, are among policies
that might help, she said.
Online:
JAMA: http://tinyurl.com/z7xmnxf
CDC: http://tinyurl.com/jcvs5mx
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SUPER BOWL GETS
111.9 MILLION
VIEWERS, DOWN
FROM LAST YEAR
Setting television viewership records with the
Super Bowl has become almost routine, but
this year’s average of 111.9 million viewers for
Denver's victory over Carolina is down from the
past two years.
That makes Sunday's game the third most-
watched event in U.S. television history, the
Nielsen company said Monday. Last year’s
down-to-the-wire contest between New
England and Seattle keeps the record with
114.4 million viewers.
The Super Bowl had seemed to know no ceiling
in popularity, setting viewership records in six of
seven years until this one.
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CBS, the nation’s most-watched network, had
pushed the event hard the past few months,
playing up the historical nature of the 50th
Super Bowl game. But Denver's 24-10 victory
wasn't a sizzler, with defenses dominating the
marquee quarterback matchup between Peyton
Manning and reigning NFL MVP Cam Newton.
Nielsen said 21.2 million stayed up to watch
the special version of Steven Colbert’s “The
Late Show” that aired after the game. While
it represented Colbert's biggest audience
ever, that was almost a given - and it was
the smallest audience for a post-Super Bowl
program since 17.4 million people watched
“Alias” on ABC in 2003.
Colbert may have been hurt by the relatively
late start, 10:54 p.m. on the East Coast, following
post-game interviews and trophy presentations.
Nielsen said an average of 1.4 million computer
users watched the live stream of the game. The
stream had just under 4 million unique visitors
during the game.
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ADVENTURE OF A LIFETIME
COLDPLAY
STRESSED OUT
TWENTY ONE PILOTS
LOVE YOURSELF
JusTIN BIEBER
HELLO
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VIVA LA VIDA
COLDPLAY
ONE CALL AWAY
CHARLIE PUTH
SORRY
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ROSES (FEAT. ROZES)
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PARADISE
COLDPLAY
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AHEAD FULL OF DREAMS
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TRAVELLER
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Various Artists
A RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD
COLDPLAY
HERE AS IN HEAVEN
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BLURRYFACE
TWENTY ONE PILOTS
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NarHaniel RareliFF & THe NicHT SweATs
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UPTOWN FUNK (FEAT. BRUNO MARS)
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ADVENTURE OF A LIFETIME
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TVSHOWS
FROM THE ASHES OF TRAGEDY
Tie People V. O./. Simpson: AMERICAN CRIME STORY
ALISTAIR PITT (NO. 103)
THE BLACKLIST, SEASON 3
MILLIONS TO BILLIONS
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Suits, SEASON 5
THE MEEMAW MATERIALIZATION
THe Bic Bane THEORY, SEASON 9
CATCH ME IF YOU CANCER
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REDEMPTIONS
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BLOOD TIES
DC's Lecenos oF Tomorrow, SEASON 7
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FEBRUARY
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INSIDER Q&A:
COMPETING WITH CABLE'S
INTERNET OFFERINGS
Chet Kanojia, the founder of startup TV service
Aereo, has a new offering that could shake
up the cable industry again. His new Internet
service, Starry, would compete with cable
companies in big cities.
Across the country, only one-third of homes
have a choice of broadband providers, according
to government figures. Starry will use a wireless
technology that has long existed, but hasn't
been used extensively before. The service is
expected to launch this summer, starting in
Boston. Kanojia hasn't disclosed prices, though.
Kanojia’s previous effort offered local TV
channels over the Internet at a lower cost than
cable, but broadcasters shut it down with a
copyright lawsuit. Kanojia says he doesn’t expect
legal challenges with Starry.
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In an interview with AppleMagazine, Kanojia
insists he’s not going after the cable industry
- but his service would compete directly with
cable companies’ residential and small-business
offerings. Here’s what he had to say. Responses
have been edited for length and clarity.
Q: Why go up against the cable industry?
A: People have a misconception that we're
going against someone. Competition is not
part of bringing somebody down. It’s about
better products, better prices. There’s a lack of
competition and there’s pent-up demand.
Q: Do you expect pushback from cable?
A: It’s not clear to me that we are a threat to
anybody. Everybody wants more options.
That includes the Federal Communications
Commission. Tons of other companies are
doing this. In rural areas and less-dense areas,
there are things called WISPs (wireless Internet
service providers). | think there's like a thousand
of them, small operations, mom-and-pop stuff.
Urban areas should have an option as well.
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Q: Why go the wireless route?
A: It’s a pretty interesting advantage compared
with the wired approach, in terms of cost of
construction, time to market. | don’t think we
would succeed if we were building out the
same technology that current providers use. We
think our technological approach gives us an
advantage. My cost advantage is so dramatic, it's
worth my while.
Q: Won't tall buildings in big cities be a problem
for wireless offerings?
A: Millimeter waves (which Starry is using) have
highly reflective properties. They bounce around
between buildings, urban canyons and rooftops
very well. You don’t need a direct line of sight.
Q: Why aren't you offering video service, too, like
cable companies do? Will that hurt you?
A: There is a market shift underway where
people are streaming more and more. Second,
you take a step back and see what other market
segments are there, like small businesses that
don't get TV. There are really large pockets
you can service effectively and well without
worrying about video packages and stuff.
Q: Where in Boston are you starting this?
A: We haven't finalized that. The initial
focus is going to be in areas where there is
a single provider.
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APOLLO
EDUCATION TO
GO PRIVATE IN
$1.1B DEAL
Apollo Education is being taken private ina
$1.1 billion deal by a consortium led by private
investment firm The Vistria Group.
Shares jumped more than 24 percent in trading
last Monday.
The announcement comes about a month after
the owner of the University of Phoenix and
Western International University among others
signaled that it may be looking for a buyer.
Apollo Education has had several lackluster
quarters as enrollments at for-profit schools
fell amid increased government scrutiny of
the industry.
Shareholders of Apollo Education Group Inc. will
receive $9.50 per share, a 37 percent premium
to the Phoenix-based company’s $6.95 Friday
closing price.
Vistria is joined in the buyout by funds affiliated
with Apollo Global Management LLC and
Najafi Cos.
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Class B shareholders have entered an agreement
to vote in favor of the buyout.
Apollo Education shares climbed $1.73, or 24.9
percent, to $8.68. Its shares are down 66 percent
over the past year.
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