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As if robocalls weren’t annoying enough, now they’re reportedly spreading misinformation in a fight against net neutrality. This includes falsely saying that an upcoming California net neutrality bill may raise their cell phone bill by $30 if passed. One of the robocalls, which are likely targeting senior citizens, was transcribed in a report by Motherboard, …

The Santa Clara County Fire Department has been here before.  At a hearing before the California State Assembly on Friday, Fire Chief Tony Bowden said Verizon had throttled data for firefighters twice before a recent event in which the network operator slowed data speeds for first responders at the Mendocino Complex fire. “We’ve had three instances with this specific unit of …

Verizon is offering an olive branch after royally fumbling how it dealt with emergency responders in California.  The nation’s largest wireless carrier said it’s lifted all speed caps for first responders on the West Coast battling wildfires, as well as for emergency workers in Hawaii, who are dealing with Hurricane Lane. It added that if another disaster arises, it’ll lift …

The Red Hydrogen is not your typical phone. For starters, it has scalloped edges, like a serrated knife, at a time every other phone company is building ever-rounder rectangles.  Oh, and it’s a modular phone — bolt-on upgrades! — that comes standard with a special “holographic” screen that has to be seen to be believed.  In other words, it became an object …

Sprint’s insanely low offer for wireless service is back, if a little bit more sane.  The nation’s smallest national wireless provider will bring back its Unlimited Kickstart plan for a limited time. The original sale, which launched in early June, offered a basic unlimited data plan for $15 a month. It’s back this time, but $10 more expensive at $25 …

Samsung’s Galaxy Note 9 ($230 at Target) is currently its best phone. There are two storage options this year: 128GB or a whopping 512GB. And with the addition of a bigger battery, bigger screen and a new S Pen, the Note 9 looks to be a surefire hit. Samsung and its partners opened preorders on Aug. 10, and full retail …

Sometimes it just helps to wait. With Samsung’s launch of its new Note 9, the phone’s incremental updates like a Bluetooth-enabled S Pen stylus, a higher-capacity battery and a slightly bigger display doesn’t exactly deliver any new earth-shattering technology. In fact, in her review of the Note 9, CNET editor Jessica Dolcourt said that the phone “offers few real innovations over last …

The next-generation of wireless technology, known as 5G, is poised to change our lives. Once it actually gets here.  But how will 5G look and work when it does? T-Mobile is aiming for broad coverage and has committed to building a nationwide 5G network by 2020.  “Our view is 5G should be everywhere,” President and Chief Operating Officer Mike Sievert …

Qualcomm has a plan to bring super speedy 5G connectivity to consumers’ smartphones by next year. The chipmaker said Wednesday that its upcoming 5G platform will feature a system-on-a-chip built on the 7-nanometer mode process. When paired with the company’s Snapdragon X50, it’ll enable what Qualcomm calls the first 5G-capable mobile platform for mobile devices. Qualcomm said it’s already begun …

OnePlus‘ next flagship phone will get a feature that’s new to the company: the backing of a major US carrier. T-Mobile will be the exclusive US carrier partner for the OnePlus 6T when it launches in October, according to several people familiar with the launch plans. That includes a specific version of the OnePlus 6T optimized for T-Mobile’s network, the …