AT&T has given up efforts to challenge the Federal Trade Commission’s authority to regulate broadband providers. AT&T on Tuesday informed court officials that it would not file a petition to the US Supreme Court to challenge a lower court’s decision in the case. In 2014, the FTC sued AT&T in the US District Court of …
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Project Fi is expanding its phone lineup just a tad. The Google phone network announced Wednesday that it’s adding the LG V35 ThinQ, the G7 ThinQ and the Motorola Moto G6 to its services. Announced earlier Wednesday by AT&T, the V35 is a half-step update to February’s V30 ThinQ and features a 6-inch OLED display, the Snapdragon 845 chipset and 6GB of RAM. Similar to …
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The affordable Motorola Moto G6 is joining the ranks of the LG G6 and Moto E4 as an Amazon Prime Exclusive phone. This means you can now buy the Moto G6 for $235 if you’re an Amazon Prime member in the US. The Moto G6’s regular price is $250. Amazon sells the phone unlocked so you can use it with the …
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AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson praised the cancellation of the popular ABC sitcom Roseanne after its star posted a racist-filled Twitter rant on Tuesday. Stephenson was asked about the controversy Wednesday during an interview at Recode’s Code Conference. AT&T is in the midst of trying to buy Time Warner, one of the biggest media companies, which owns cable channels such as …
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The LG G7 ThinQ will launch June 1, but you can preorder the new handset from major US wireless carriers beginning this week. Verizon will kick things off Thursday, with Sprint and T-Mobile following suit on Friday, all with different purchase options, of course. Sprint is offering the handset for $33 per month on an 18-month Sprint Flex lease, while …
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If you had to send your Samsung phone in for service, you’re in good company. Samsung sells tens of millions of smartphones every year, but more than 4 million of them were returned to the company for service in the US, the company revealed in a trial this week. Specifically, it was between 4 million and 5 million a year …
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The Red Hydrogen One phone will be available on Verizon and AT&T once it’s released later this year. That widespread availability is a nice feather in the cap for the Hydrogen One, a $1,200 Android phone that’s said to boast a revolutionary 3D display. The phone is the first consumer handset from Red, the company better known for its high-end …
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It’s been years since Samsung smartphones were found to have infringed several Apple iPhone patents, but some folks are still sore. “It was blatantly ripped off. They tried to steal the essential flavor of the iPhone,” said Richard Howarth, a senior director of Apple’s design team and one of two lead iPhone designers, testifying at a damages trial for Samsung’s …
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Los Angeles will be one of four US cities to get Verizon’s 5G service later this year, the company’s CEO, Lowell McAdam, told CNBC on Tuesday. For the last couple of years, Verizon has hyped its next generation wireless service, saying it’ll be 10 to 100 times faster than the company’s existing cellular network. But the carrier has been cagey …
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Those smartphones we’re always carrying with us? The police have a simple way to turn them into a tracking device without our knowledge. On Thursday, The New York Times revealed that Securus Technologies, a service that monitors calls to prison inmates, has been used by a former Missouri sheriff to monitor people’s phones and track their location. The sheriff, who was …
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