US regulators may scuttle Time Warner Cable-Comcast merger

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The Comcast/Time Warner merger may not happen after all. New information suggests the government will block the deal on the basis of potential harm to consumers.

Leaked Sony emails show MPAA’s opposition to fair use, confirms users are viewed as thieves

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The MPAA has often claimed it favored free use despite operating more like a mustachioed villain from an old movie serial. Documents from the Sony leak show otherwise.

AMD takes a beating in Q1, abandons SeaMicro, dense server business

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AMD’s quarterly results for Q1 are in, and it’s an ugly situation overall. The company’s revenue has taken a hammering over the past 12 months, and its core GPU and CPU markets are the worst affected.

New Apple MacBook ties for worst repairability score ever

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Apple’s new MacBook has gone under the spludger at iFixit, and the results aren’t great if you want to repair your own hardware. In fact, they’re tied for the worst Apple product ever. Is user-repairability a dead goal?

Split loyalties: Apple may pull back from Samsung chip deal due to low yields

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A new rumor suggests that Apple has pulled back 30% of its A9 orders from Samsung, opting instead to take the design to TSMC. That’s a huge blow, if true — but the timeline is hard to square with Apple’s traditional launch cycles.