FCC Approves Amazon Purchase of Globalstar - DTH
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FCC Approves Amazon Purchase of Globalstar - DTH

B1IntermediateOctober 28, 20264 min
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The US Federal Communications Commission approves Amazon's $11.5 billion acquisition of Globalstar, Dropbox announces 9% cut to workforce, and Discord will make some servers searchable on the web. Check out the show notes here. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/dth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Want to get this show ad-free? Head to dailytechnewsshow.com slash subscribe to find out how. These are the daily tech headlines for Wednesday, October 28, 2026. I'm Jen Cutter.

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On Tuesday, Discord announced an update for discoverable servers, making conversations more findable on the web. Beginning November 16th, discoverable servers will have web pages which may feature summaries of discussions and beginning mid-December, select messages from public channels could

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be found in search results. Server administrators do have the option to choose which channels are included and individuals can opt out of having their messages searchable by the public at all. Discord says published messages will not show usernames or avatars or any private servers

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