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BuzzFeed News shutters amid digital media reckoning
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BuzzFeed News shutters amid digital media reckoning

Animated illustration of a pixelated newspaper icon being obscured by a falling metal garage door.

Illustration: Annelise Capossela/Axios

The shuttering of BuzzFeed News after years of painful layoffs and cutbacks represents the end of an era for the digital publishing industry.

Why it matters: Companies like BuzzFeed, Vox Media and Vice Media that rapidly expanded and raised lots of cash at high valuations in the aughts are struggling in a dramatically different media landscape.

  • Launched ahead of the 2012 election, BuzzFeed News quickly became known for fast viral scoops and sweeping investigations, with a slate of well-sourced reporters all over the world.
  • Though the news arm leant credibility to BuzzFeed — which had previously
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Rolex stuns with ’emoji’ watch debut [Video]
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Rolex stuns with ’emoji’ watch debut [Video]

With a special model released today, Rolex is taking another step into the “hype watch” space — whether traditionalists like it or not.

Among a slew of other watches revealed today at the Watches and Wonders trade show (including a “celebration” oyster perpetual that watch fans abuzz) were three new Oyster Perpetual Day-Date 36 models that Rolex has called “time stamped with emotion.”

Oyster Perpetual Day-Date 36

Oyster Perpetual Day-Date 36

The three watches, made from yellow, white or “Everose” gold, feature a quirky jigsaw puzzle enamel face — with two very surprising complications. Instead of the day showing in the window by 12

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T-Mobile to acquire Ryan Reynolds’ Mint Mobile for up to $1.35 billion
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T-Mobile to acquire Ryan Reynolds’ Mint Mobile for up to $1.35 billion

The T-Mobile logo is seen on a storefront, Oct. 14, 2022, in Boston.

T-Mobile is set to purchase prepaid wireless brand Mint Mobile but says the brand’s low monthly rate – as well as its marketing from part-owner and actor Ryan Reynolds – are here to stay.

T-Mobile on Wednesday said it agreed to purchase Ka’ena Corp. and its subsidiaries and brands, including Mint Mobile, the wireless service Ultra Mobile and wholesaler Plum. T-Mobile plans to pay up to $1.35 billion in cash and stock and close the deal later this year, with the final price depending on Ka’ena’s performance.

The deal should help brands grow and offer competitive pricing to more US

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Is Your Practice Fraudulently Billing?
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Is Your Practice Fraudulently Billing?

Most of our clients would obviously answer ‘no’, however, some providers are submitting bills incorrectly and could be subjecting themselves to hefty fines.

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Recently, a Florida Cardiology group and 10 of its physicians agreed to pay $2 million to settle False Claims Act allegations.

According to the settlement, the group submitted inflated claims to Medicare and Medicaid and billed for services while they were outside of the United States.

Whistleblowers

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MY BIZ: Coralville tech company aims to make ‘a safer world’
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MY BIZ: Coralville tech company aims to make ‘a safer world’

This IntelliSee example alert demonstrates how the artificial intelligence platform warns users of a weapon in a building. The Coralville-based company, which began selling the AI ​​platform in 2022, monitors existing surveillance cameras 24/7/365 to warn of hazards. (IntelliSee)

CORALVILLE — Is there a way to make schools and hospitals safer?

That was the question that led to the creation of IntelliSee, a real-time platform that uses artificial intelligence to monitor existing surveillance cameras and alert clients to potential problems.

“We have the audacity to think we can make the world safer,” said Scott Ketlinger, the Coralville-based company’s CEO, investor

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