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Dienstag: Gericht stärkt Sportrechteinhaber, Apple ist Branchenprimus
Kampf gegen illegale Sportstreams Smartphone-Markt mit globalem Wachstum Datenleck bei Instagram Apple setzt auf Google Gemini Meta kürzt beim Metaverse

Survey: 41% of US teens aged 13 to 17 support a ban on middle and high school students from using phones in class while 51% oppose it; 73% oppose a full-day ban (Pew Research Center)
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/20

About 4 in 10 teens support cellphone bans in classrooms; fewer back all-day restrictions
About one-in-five teens support banning cellphones during the entire school day, including at lunch and between classes.

Gasoline and diesel shortages spread across Russia as stations run dry and prices jump: https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/14/gasoline-and-diesel-shortages-spread.html

🏆 The College-Coaching Carrousel Is Completely Out of Hand
https://www.newyorker.com/sports/sporting-scene/the-college-coaching-carrousel-is-completely-out-of-hand
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The College-Coaching Carrousel Is Completely Out of Hand
In most states, the highest-paid public employee is a football coach. Lately, more and more of them are getting money to go away. Louisa Thomas writes.

Ach ja, damals, als "das Metaverse" die Zukunft war und ich gescholten wurde, weil ich es für Bullshit hielt...
(Original title: Reality Labs: Meta streicht jede zehnte Stelle in der Metaverse-Sparte)
https://www.golem.de/news/reality-labs-…

Reality Labs: Meta streicht jede zehnte Stelle in der Metaverse-Sparte - Golem.de
Meta verschiebt Prioritäten: Während Mark Zuckerberg Milliarden in KI pumpt, muss die Reality Labs Division massiv Personal abbauen.

Trump shows support for Pete Hegseth's Pentagon press restrictions, saying "the press is very dishonest", after expressing skepticism about the rules last month (Isaac Schorr/Mediaite)
https://www.mediaite.com/me…

Trump Flip-Flops, Throws Support Behind Pentagon Press Policy — And Threatens to Kick Media Out of White House
President Donald Trump threw his support behind Secretary of War Pete Hegseth's controversial new Pentagon press policy on Tuesday.

I posted this before without explanation. Tyler was the cousin of a friend of mine. Anything you can chip in to help pay for burial expenses is appreciated. https://www.gofundme.com/f/donate-to-tyler-pastors-funeral-and-family-support

Donate to Tyler Pastor's Funeral and Family Support, organized by Andres Villegas
We are heartbroken to share the loss of my cousin, Tyler Pastor. H… Andres Villegas needs your support for Donate to Tyler Pastor's Funeral and Family Support

An interview with IMG President Adam Kelly on streaming platforms' increasing share of sports media rights, live sports as an antidote to AI content, and more (Josh Noble/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/d03bef02-0cf6-4aee-a4ab-0455cdca98cd

IMG’s Adam Kelly: sport is the antidote to AI
As Netflix and Apple expand their sports ambitions, the head of IMG says media rights are entering a new phase driven by scarcity, retention and measurable returns

Sources: Versant, the NBCUniversal spinoff, is exploring a sale of its youth sports management app SportsEngine; NBC bought SportsEngine in 2016 (Sara Germano/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/comcast-cable-spinoff-v…

Comcast Cable Spinoff Versant Explores Sale of Youth Sports App
Versant, Comcast’s planned spinoff of its cable channels, is exploring a sale of its youth sports management app, SportsEngine, people familiar with the matter said. It’s the latest indication that the market for youth sports technology is headed for consolidation. SportsEngine is a platform ...

Microsoft officially ends support for Windows 10, which runs on ~40% of Windows PCs per Statcounter; users can enroll in an Extended Security Updates program (Andrew Cunningham/Ars Technica)
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/10/…

Windows 10 support “ends” today, but it’s just the first of many deaths
End users can get an extra year of security updates relatively easily.