Under the Din of the Presidential Race Lies a Once and Future Threat: Cyberwarfare – New York Times

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Under the Din of the Presidential Race Lies a Once and Future Threat: Cyberwarfare
New York Times
That is still a risk, of course — one that the Pentagon and its United States Cyber Command spend billions of dollars trying to deter. Yet America's main adversaries know those steps would constitute an act of war, most likely prompting an …

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$13 million: That’s an early termination fee

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Let’s call it a tiny little consolation prize for anyone who’s ever had to pay a carrier early-termination fee: U.S. Cellular had to pony up $ 13 million last quarter to buy its way out of a stadium naming rights agreement with the Chicago White Sox.

From a Chicago Tribune report:

Mortgage provider Guaranteed Rate recently bought the naming rights, and the ballpark’s name officially changed earlier this week to Guaranteed Rate Field, from U.S. Cellular Field. The stadium originally was called Comiskey Park until U.S. Cellular bought the naming rights in 2003 in a deal that had been scheduled to run through 2028.

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International Business|China’s Internet Controls Will Get Stricter, to Dismay of Foreign Business – New York Times

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International Business|China's Internet Controls Will Get Stricter, to Dismay of Foreign Business
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A conference on internet security in Beijing in August. The new rules, which will go into effect next summer, are part of a broader effort to better define how the internet is managed inside China's borders. Credit Ng Han Guan/Associated Press. HONG …
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