$2 per megabyte: AT&T mistakenly charged customer $6,223 for 3.1GB of data
Texas police officer switched to AT&T FirstNet and got a horrible surprise.
Policy // Civilization & Discontents
Supreme Court to decide if TikTok should be banned or sold
TikTok won’t get injunction but will get SCOTUS review ahead of potential ban.
TP-Link faces possible US ban as hijacked routers fuel Chinese attacks
Founded in China, TP-Link makes routers popular in US homes and businesses.
Who needs the dark web? Drug sales flourish on social media
Drug sales on the dark web are trending downward in favor of Snapchat, Telegram, and others.
Companies issuing RTO mandates “lose their best talent”: Study
Despite the risks, firms and Trump are eager to get people back into offices.
Big loss for ISPs as Supreme Court won’t hear challenge to $15 broadband law
ISPs fear more states will regulate prices as New York law survives challenge.
Facing ban next month, TikTok begs SCOTUS for help
Will TikTok shut down next month? SCOTUS may intervene.
Trump FCC chair wants to revoke broadcast licenses—the 1st Amendment might stop him
Brendan Carr backs Trump's war against media, but revoking licenses won't be easy.
Character.AI steps up teen safety after bots allegedly caused suicide, self-harm
Character.AI's new model for teens doesn't resolve all of parents' concerns.
Report: AT&T, Verizon aren’t notifying most victims of Chinese call-records hack
Telcos reportedly aren't telling users about call metadata taken in Chinese hack.
Photobucket opted inactive users into privacy nightmare, lawsuit says
Class action could foil Photobucket’s plan to turn old photos into AI goldmine.
Report: Google told FTC Microsoft’s OpenAI deal is killing AI competition
Microsoft gatekeeping OpenAI models saddles AI rivals with costs, report says.
Micron’s $6B CHIPS funding should have more strings attached, critics say
Micron's NY fabs are the only CHIPS projects undergoing full environmental review.
Location data firm helps police find out when suspects visited their doctor
Leaked form shows how Fog Data helps cops find where suspects have been and when.
Chatbots urged teen to self-harm, suggested murdering parents, lawsuit says
Parents suing want Character.AI to delete its models trained on kids' data.
