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Protect your tech! Open enrollment for Verizon’s device protection options starts now

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Wednesday, February 14, 2024
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NEW YORK, Feb. 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- For a limited time, now through April 13, eligible Verizon customers can enroll in Verizon Mobile Protect or any other device protection option .

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  • NEW YORK, Feb. 14, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- For a limited time, now through April 13, eligible Verizon customers can enroll in Verizon Mobile Protect or any other device protection option .
  • Verizon Mobile Protect covers eligible devices for loss, theft, damage (including liquid) and post-warranty malfunctions.
  • Verizon Mobile Protect eligible customers will have access to an unlimited number of claims 1 and a $99 damage replacement deductible2.
  • For no additional cost, customers will also have access to unlimited cracked screen repairs3 and benefits such as same-day device delivery and setup4.

Audiohook Collaborates with Sounder to Activate Episode-Level Contextual Targeting in Podcast Advertising

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Tuesday, February 13, 2024
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NEW YORK, Feb. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Audiohook, an audio-focused demand-side platform (DSP), and Sounder, the AI-powered audio intelligence platform and podcast advertising solution, today announced the launch of their cutting-edge episode-level contextual targeting capabilities. This new layer of their innovative partnership empowers advertisers to reach highly engaged audiences with laser precision by targeting specific content down to the individual episode level, going beyond the show's overall genre.

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  • NEW YORK, Feb. 13, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Audiohook , an audio-focused demand-side platform (DSP), and Sounder , the AI-powered audio intelligence platform and podcast advertising solution, today announced the launch of their cutting-edge episode-level contextual targeting capabilities.
  • "This innovative solution from Sounder (now available via Audiohook) unlocks unprecedented precision, enabling advertisers to connect with engaged audiences in the moments that matter most."
  • Audiohook and Sounder's contextual targeting offering solves this problem by enabling advertisers to target specific topics discussed within individual podcast episodes.
  • Audiohook and Sounder's episode-level contextual targeting activation marks a critical turning point for podcast advertising.

Verizon customers used 52.34 TB of data in and around Allegiant Stadium for Super Bowl LVIII

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Monday, February 12, 2024
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NEW YORK, Feb. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Verizon customers shared the championship game’s biggest moments, consuming a record amount of data on Verizon’s network in and around Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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  • On game day, Verizon fans used 52.34 TB of data in and around the stadium, the equivalent of playing HD video continuously for 3.3 years.
  • The data usage by Verizon customers was up 9.4% over the 47.8 TB used at Super Bowl LVII in 2023.
  • Verizon customers benefited from super-fast speeds in the stadium1:
    Verizon users experienced 3.8x faster download speeds and 3.1x faster uploads than the competition!
  • The biggest spikes of wireless data usage occurred during:
    70% of customers were using 5G UltraWideband, up from 63% last year.

Deepfakes and disinformation swirl ahead of Indonesian election – podcast

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Monday, February 12, 2024
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In this episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast, we look at what Indonesia’s experience is revealing about the disinformation battleground ahead in 2024, when an estimated 4 billion voters will be eligible to vote in an election.

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  • In this episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast, we look at what Indonesia’s experience is revealing about the disinformation battleground ahead in 2024, when an estimated 4 billion voters will be eligible to vote in an election.
  • One, which went viral in January, shows a video of Suharto, the former president of Indonesia, endorsing his former political party, Golkar.
  • For Nuurianti Jalli, an expert on disinformation in south-east Asia at Oklahoma State University in the US, these deepfakes, even when they’re crude, can influence the political conversation.
  • You can also read more about disinformation in the Indonesian election on The Conversation.

2024 Game Developers Choice Awards Honors Iconic Composer Yoko Shimomura With Lifetime Achievement Award and Industry Veteran Fawzi Mesmar With Ambassador Award

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Friday, February 9, 2024
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Lifetime Achievement Award honoree Yoko Shimomura is a respected Japanese composer and pianist who has delighted players across the world thanks to her work on many iconic game soundtracks.

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  • Lifetime Achievement Award honoree Yoko Shimomura is a respected Japanese composer and pianist who has delighted players across the world thanks to her work on many iconic game soundtracks.
  • Fawzi Mesmar, recipient of this year’s Ambassador Award, is an award-winning creative director, game designer, author, public speaker and mentor whose career has spanned over two decades in the games industry.
  • Recipients of the Lifetime Achievement and Ambassador Awards were chosen by this year’s Game Developers Choice Editorial Committee, following suggestions from the International Choice Awards Network (ICAN).
  • For more details on the Game Developers Conference, please visit the GDC’s official website , or subscribe to regular updates via Facebook , Twitter , or RSS.

Verizon and Vonage announce collaboration to bring advanced 5G network APIs to developers

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Thursday, February 8, 2024
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The collaboration will build on existing APIs to innovate on next generation, advanced APIs that will drive the global industry forward towards easy, ubiquitous access to cutting-edge network capabilities.

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  • The collaboration will build on existing APIs to innovate on next generation, advanced APIs that will drive the global industry forward towards easy, ubiquitous access to cutting-edge network capabilities.
  • This is essential to unleash the full potential of the 5G network, speed digital transformation within enterprises and create incremental monetization of network assets.
  • Verizon operates the most reliable 5G network with advanced capabilities deployed from the core to the edge.
  • With Ericsson’s network leadership, this platform will be extended to enable developers to build advanced secure, reliable and innovative applications by exposing 5G capabilities as APIs.

How a place’s ecology can shape the culture of the people who live there – podcast

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Thursday, February 8, 2024
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Theories abound about how and why differences like these between cultures emerge and, increasingly, researchers are looking to the environments people live in for answers.

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  • Theories abound about how and why differences like these between cultures emerge and, increasingly, researchers are looking to the environments people live in for answers.
  • In this episode of The Conversation Weekly podcast, we explore what role ecological factors, including the climate, play in shaping cultural norms and behaviour.
  • But a growing body of evidence suggests that human culture can be shaped by key features of the environment.
  • The results indicate that a combination of long-term, sustained ecological conditions can explain nearly 20% of the differences between cultures.

The Allstate Corporation Announces Availability of Fourth Quarter 2023 Results

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Wednesday, February 7, 2024
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The Allstate Corporation (NYSE: ALL) has filed a Form 8-K reporting its financial results for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2023.

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  • The Allstate Corporation (NYSE: ALL) has filed a Form 8-K reporting its financial results for the quarter ended Dec. 31, 2023.
  • You can find the Form 8-K, including the earnings release and investor supplement, on the company’s page at sec.gov .
  • The Allstate Corporation will host a conference call and webcast at 9 a.m. Eastern on Thursday, Feb. 8 to discuss fourth-quarter results.
  • Stay up to date about financial information, like material announcements about The Allstate Corporation, which is routinely posted here.

Verizon Business brings multi-cloud management solution to network-as-a-service offering

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Tuesday, February 6, 2024
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The new solution is designed to work with Verizon Business’ NaaS offering and vastly simplify multi-cloud management as part of the NaaS flexible service-model fabric.

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  • The new solution is designed to work with Verizon Business’ NaaS offering and vastly simplify multi-cloud management as part of the NaaS flexible service-model fabric.
  • NaaS Cloud Management helps alleviate these concerns, offering quicker application connections and response times while providing better visibility into performance, process management, and network conditions across the multi-cloud environment.
  • And because it’s designed to work with Verizon Business’ existing NaaS offering, customers can now rapidly provision and monitor secure cloud and connectivity services across multiple cloud service providers, through a single management portal.
  • “The NaaS Cloud Management solution can revolutionize the way IT teams deploy and manage cloud applications and monitor multi-cloud connections, making the process simpler and more user-friendly than ever before,” said Debika Bhattacharya, Chief Product Officer, Verizon Business.

Verizon offers relief to customers most impacted by historic rainfall and flooding in California

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Tuesday, February 6, 2024
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IRVINE, Calif., Feb. 05, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In response to devastations caused by the historic rainfall and flooding in California, Verizon is waiving prepaid and postpaid call/text/data usage incurred from February 4 - February 13, for California residents in the areas most impacted by the storm. This will bring relief to the thousands of consumer and small business customers* who rely on their mobile devices now more than ever.

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  • Verizon has always, and remains committed to dedicating resources to ensure that people remain connected during critical times,” said Steven Keller, Market President - Pacific at Verizon.
  • Verizon is committing $100,000 in relief funds to organizations including the American Red Cross, The San Diego Foundation and Wildcoast to support individuals impacted by the flooding as well as flood mitigation efforts near the U.S. Border.
  • “We are grateful to Verizon for support to address flooding impacts in the Tijuana River Valley,” said Serge Dedina, P.h.D., Executive Director of Wildcoast.
  • Verizon remains committed to supporting the people of California during this challenging time and will continue to monitor the ongoing situation.