The Unofficial Apple Weblog is back, but ad agency Web Orange has turned it into a nightmare plagiarism farm with AI-generated copy, and worse, stolen bylines from writers long since moved on.
Verizon has given up on its attempt to transform '90s internet giants Yahoo and AOL into a content and advertising behemoth, as it has agreed to sell the brands to private equity firm Apollo Global Management for $5 billion.
Telecom giant Verizon is reportedly exploring the sale of assets including parts of Yahoo, and AOL, plus news sites Techcrunch and Engadget in a deal worth up to $5 billion.
As promised, Verizon's Oath on Friday shut down AOL Instant Messenger, once as omnipresent on the internet as services like WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger are today.
AOL Instant Messenger — better known as AIM, and once a staple of the online world — will close down on Dec. 15 this year, according to Verizon's Oath, which controls the AOL brand.
Beginning in November, Verizon will start sharing the data gathered by its so-called "supercookie" identifier with AOL's ad network — potentially raising privacy and security concerns, a report noted on Wednesday.
Verizon on Tuesday announced a deal to buy AOL at a cost of $4.4 billion, or $50 per share, in what the company said is a bid to advance its "wireless video and OTT (over-the-top video) strategy."
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