FCC chairman Ajit Pai is proposing new rules that would bar telecommunications and broadband companies from using a government subsidy program to buy telecom equipment and services from “any company that poses a national security threat.” Pai didn’t specify which companies or countries would be banned as part of the proposal. Officials from the FCC …

Xiaomi’s will be officially launching the Mi Mix 2S phone in Shanghai — and you can watch the unveiling live here. You can tell from the name that the Mi Mix 2S will likely be an updated refresh of its current Mi Mix 2, so chances are it probably won’t come with a notch — unlike other recent Chinese flagships. Not much else …

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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Enlarge Image But who will sell it best? Andrew Hoyle/CNET My inbox dripped with emails. After my visits to three Bay Area carrier stores last week in an attempt to see how — or even whether — the new Samsung Galaxy S9 was being sold, …

An Ars Technica investigation discovered Sunday that Facebook has been gathering phone and message metadata from Android phones. Facebook claims it does not sell this data and that it was always an “opt-in” feature. Regardless, if you want to make sure Facebook isn’t collecting this data, it’s a fairly easy process and there’s no real good reason to leave those permissions …

Telstra has admitted it may have charged up to 100,000 customers for third-party content like apps and games without them knowing, and will pay a fine of AU$10 million for the mistake. The penalty relates to so-called “premium direct billing” charges it made on customer accounts during 2015 and 2016. Premium direct billing (PBD) allows telco customers to sign up …