T-Mobile says it’s getting more aggressive in fighting scammers who use robocalls to take advantage of American wireless customers. The company made the issue the subject of its latest Un-carrier marketing event via webcast Thursday.  It’s the first Un-carrier announcement since T-Mobile’s acquisition of Sprint, which was finalized in April. The big news? T-Mobile is packaging …

This story is part of Generation China, CNET’s series exploring the nation’s technological ambition. China is moving full steam ahead on 5G, barely slowed down by a pandemic that has ravaged the world. This is setting up a race between the nation and the US, which led the way with 4G cellular technology and wants to keep its pole position …

The US Supreme Court on Monday struck down an exception in federal law that allowed debt collectors to use robocalls to automatically dial cellphones.  The Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) prohibits robocalls made to cell phones without a user’s consent. But in 2015, Congress added an exception in the law that allowed debt collectors, who were seeking to recover money …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. The coronavirus crisis in the US rages on, but many broadband and wireless customers who are struggling to pay their bills may no longer benefit from a promise service providers made to the Federal Communications Commission to keep them connected and to waive …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Ajit Pai, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, wants the new 988 suicide prevention number to be as top of mind for Americans in a mental health crisis as the easy-to-remember 911 emergency number. And he hopes it can save lives. That’s why …

For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Comcast is extending through the end of the year its free Internet Essentials program to provide broadband service to low-income households with students.  Comcast initially offered 60 days of free internet service to college, elementary and high-school students in March as part of …

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has a month to convince officials at the Federal Communications Commission that its service is up to snuff to participate in an upcoming auction for government subsidies to deliver broadband to rural parts of the country. The agency said it has “serious doubts” that low-Earth orbit satellite providers, like SpaceX, will be able to meet latency requirements …

The Federal Communications Commission voted Tuesday to clarify rules limiting local governments’ say in upgrading existing wireless infrastructure to 5G. The Republican majority on the FCC said the rules will help speed up deployment of 5G infrastructure.  FCC Chairman Ajit Pai said in a statement that the regulations are necessary to avoid “unnecessary ambiguities and roadblocks in order to advance …

AT&T wireless customers without unlimited data plans won’t have to worry about going over their data usage when streaming HBO Max. The company isn’t counting usage from its own streaming service, but competing services like Netflix and Disney Plus can still eat up data plans. AT&T confirmed in an email to CNET on Wednesday that wireless subscribers streaming HBO Max …

When Matthew MacNeil uses the voice-to-text feature on an Android phone, the resulting transcription looks nothing like what he said.   “Hello, my name is Matthew MacNeil. I live in Tillsonburg, Ontario,” becomes “Hello my name is Master MacNeil. I live in traffic Ontario.”  MacNeil, who is 30, has Down syndrome, and he’s often frustrated that voice technology, like the …