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A Netflix DVD envelope is shown on Nov. 17, 2022 in San Francisco. Subscribers to Netflix’s DVD-by-mail service still look forward to opening up their mailbox and finding one of the discs delivered in the familiar red-and-white envelopes. (AP Photo/Michael Liedtke)

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Netflix nights still come wrapped in red-and-white envelopes
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE - AP Technology Writer
Fri,11/25/22-9:12AM , 230 Reads
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — Netflix's trailblazing DVD-by-mail rental service has been relegated as a relic in the age of video streaming, but there is still a steady — albeit shrinking — audience of diehards like Amanda Konkle who are happily paying to receive those discs in the iconic red-and-white envelopes.
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Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes, center, walks into federal court with her partner Billy Evans, right, and her parents in San Jose, Calif., Friday, Nov. 18, 2022. A federal judge will decide whether Holmes should serve a lengthy prison sentence for duping investors and endangering patients while peddling a bogus blood-testing technology. (AP Photo/Nic Coury)

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Elizabeth Holmes gets more than 11 years for Theranos scam
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE - AP Technology Writer
Fri,11/18/22-1:36AM , 234 Reads
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes was sentenced Friday to more than 11 years in prison for duping investors in the failed startup that promised to revolutionize blood testing but instead made her a symbol of Silicon Valley ambition that veered into deceit.
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Judges Milan D. Smith Jr., from left, sits on a panel with Sidney R. Thomas and Michael J. McShane before hearing arguments at the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, Monday, Nov. 14, 2022. Apple is heading into a courtroom faceoff against Epic Games, the company behind the popular Fortnite video game, reviving a high-stakes antitrust battle over whether the digital fortress shielding the iPhone's app store illegally enriches the world's most valuable company while stifling competition. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

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Battle over the iPhone app store spills into appeals court
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE - AP Technology Writer
Fri,11/11/22-6:53PM , 45 Reads
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple and the company behind the popular video game Fortnite squared off Monday before three federal appellate judges who will render the next decision in a high-stakes battle over whether Apple created an illegal monopoly via its exclusive control of its iPhone app store.
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The Netflix menu is shown on a screen in Pittsburgh, on Monday, Oct. 17, 2022. Netflix posted its third quarter results a few weeks before the company launches a cheaper version of its video streaming service that will include ads for the first time, a shift that the company is hoping will accelerate its growth again. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

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Netflix rebounds from recent subscriber losses with 3Q gain
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE - AP Technology Writer
Tue,10/18/22-3:24PM , 92 Reads
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Netflix reversed its recent subscriber losses with a summertime gain that management is hoping to build upon with the upcoming launch of a cheaper version of the video streaming service that will include ads for the firs
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