AT&T strikes blockbuster $43 billion deal with Discovery to form media giant
AT&T strikes blockbuster $43 billion deal with Discovery to form media giant
AT&T shareholders will receive stock representing 71% of the new company and Discovery stockholders will own 29% of the new company.
Golden Boy, the Spirit of Communication statue, is pictured in the new AT&T Discovery District in downtown Dallas, Tuesday, April 20, 2021. The statue, originally called Genius of Telegraphy, stood atop AT&T s headquarters in New York City decades ago.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)
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Dallas-based AT&T Inc. agreed to spin off its media operations in a deal with Discovery Inc. that will create a new entertainment company, merging assets ranging from CNN and HBO to HGTV and the Food Network.
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Derrin Carelli’s Reddit post couldn’t be a better advertisement for Starlink, the satellite internet service brought to you by Elon Musk’s SpaceX.
In a short video, Carelli shows off the breathtaking view from his cabin, nearly 11,000 feet up in the Colorado Rockies. The camera pans down to a tiny satellite dish perched on the edge of a cliff, then Carelli walks into his cabin, where he taps on his iPad. A YouTube video of Joe Rogan interviewing Musk comes up and loads immediately. High-speed, low-latency internet in the middle of nowhere. Carelli gives the camera a thumbs up.
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Xiaomi is reportedly working on a phone named the Redmi Note 8 (2021). The phone has now received approval from the Bluetooth SIG authority. The older Redmi Note 8 was launched back in the year 2019.
The Bluetooth SIG listing reveals that Redmi Note 8 (2021) comes with model number M1908C3JGG. The phone will come equipped with Bluetooth 5.2 connectivity. It could come with MIUI 12+ interface.
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Apart from the model number and the Bluetooth version, the listing does not reveal anything about the hardware specifications of the Redmi Note 8 (2021) smartphone.
Redmi Note 8 (2021) with model number M1908C3JGG was recently spotted at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) certification site in the U.S. As per the listing the upcoming Redmi phone will be powered by a 4,000mAh battery with 22.5W fast-charging support.