| AT&T says 5G support is coming this week for its new mobile hotspot, the NAACP launches its boycott of Facebook and Tumblr clarifies its adult content ban. Here's your Daily Crunch for December 18, 2018. 1. AT&T is turning on 5G access for its new mobile hotspot this week A little taste of 5G is coming early, courtesy of AT&T's new mobile hotspot. The carrier announced this morning that it will be firing up limited 5G service in a dozen cities across the U.S. this Friday, initially only accessible via the Netgear Nighthawk 5G Mobile Hotspot. Those who pick up the router will be able to access the new network speeds in Atlanta, Charlotte, Dallas, Houston, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Louisville, Oklahoma City, New Orleans, Raleigh, San Antonio and Waco. Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Nashville, Orlando, San Diego, San Francisco and San Jose are all coming early next year. 
2. As NAACP kicks off boycott, Facebook says content moderation, infrastructure changes are coming in 2019 Today — the first day of #LogOutFacebook, a week-long boycott of the service led by the NAACP — Facebook published an update to its ongoing civil rights audit, where it laid out some goals for the year ahead. 3. As adult content ban arrives, Tumblr clarifies and refines rules The site issued a blog post clarifying what had initially appeared to be a scorched earth approach to the explicit content as Tumblr frantically attempted to work its way back into Apple's good graces. The note is a bit of a retread of earlier statements, while offering a much clearer vision of what things will look like on Tumblr's end. 4. Cisco to acquire silicon photonics chip maker Luxtera for $660 million As networks get put under increasing pressure from ever-growing amounts of data, network equipment manufacturers are facing huge challenges to increase transmission speeds over farther distances. Luxtera, which was founded in 2001 and raised more than $130 million, will give Cisco a photonic solution for that data networking problem. 5. Google will make it easier for people without accounts to collaborate on G Suite documents Currently in beta, a new feature will enable G Suite users to invite people without G Suite subscriptions or Google accounts to work on files by sending them a pin code. 6. Twitter warned of phone country code leak two years ago — but did nothing, security researcher says At the time, his bug report was closed as it did "not appear to present a significant security risk." Twitter now says that the bug may have been abused by nation-state actors. 7. Sphero is finished making Star Wars products The move is no surprise. The company announced nearly a year ago amid layoffs that its licensed products would be a casualty of its shift toward education. | 
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