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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 …

The Federal Communications Commission has set the date for its first wireless spectrum auction to usher in the era of 5G. The five-member commission voted unanimously at its April meeting this week to begin the auction of 28 Gigahertz spectrum on Nov. 14. Another auction for spectrum in the 24GHZ band will immediately follow. All told, the FCC hopes to …

Democrat Mignon Clyburn, a leading defender of net neutrality, announced Tuesday she will be stepping down from the Federal Communications Commission in the next month, ending an eight-year stint at the agency. Clyburn announced her departure at the FCC’s April meeting and said she’d step down before the agency’s next scheduled meeting on May 10. “I’ve done all I know …

In the race to get to 5G wireless technology in a real way, China is poised to lead the world.  That’s according to a study conducted by Analysys Mason, which found that China had the best combination of wireless carriers committing to the technology, government backing for research, a clear rollout plan by 2020 and government commitment of spectrum, or …

What would you do if your smartphone suddenly told you a ballistic missile was on its way? In Hawaii, residents and visitors got a chance to live out that scenario after getting that message nearly two weeks ago, with people panicking as they searched for shelter and contacted loved ones. The warning, which initially stated it was “not a drill,” …

Now playing: Watch this: How to stop robocalls 2:42 People with landline home phones have long suffered unwanted marketing calls. Now these spam calls have made their way to our mobile phones in a big way. Robocalls to cell phones are illegal, so why am I still getting so many unwanted calls? Detroit Free Press If you’ve noticed a surge …

The babysitter of six-month-old Brandon Alex was frantically trying to reach 911. But that night in March, more than 400 calls flooded the 911 center in Dallas. Two attempts went by without connecting with an operator. Once the babysitter got through to an operator, she was on hold for 31 minutes, Brandon’s mother, Bridget, told a local CBS station in …

Months after the Galaxy Note 7 debacle, the topic remains too hot for the rest of the wireless industry to handle. With Samsung’s Galaxy S8 to launch next week, a renewed discussion of the Note 7, which had an unhealthy tendency to catch fire and which had to be recalled, is inevitable. Samsung opened that door in January when it …

Samsung apparently has only itself to blame. The dangerous batteries used in its ill-fated Galaxy Note 7 devices were tested by the company in-house, Samsung confirmed Monday. “Samsung has been testing Galaxy devices including the Galaxy Note7 for CTIA certification aligning with mobile carriers’ requirements in North America through [a] CTIA certified internal testing lab since February 2009,” the company …