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TV station working with police after Facebook “hacked” with child porn
The NBC affiliate for South Ben says it contacted police after someone posted porn on their Facebook page.
AT&T begins sending some customers free phones
Some AT&T customers went to their mailboxes last week to discover a surprise from the phone company: A free smartphone.
Law firm probing T-Mobile breach response
Pomerantz says it is investigating T-Mobile's response to the alleged breach of millions of customer records in August 2021.
Report says Amazon to launch branded television sets in U.S.
Amazon is expected to debut a new line of Amazon-branded television sets as soon as next month, according to a report.
Alleged T-Mobile hacker comes forward, grants interview
The hacker, an American living in Turkey, says he did it for notoriety because T-Mobile's security is "awful."
T-Mobile affirms data breach involving, current, former customers
The personal information of more than 50 million current and former T-Mobile wireless customers was compromised in a massive data breach, the company said this week.
Some Cricket customers to get cheaper HBO Max for free
AT&T is expanding its complementary access to HBO Max with free access for some customers of its prepaid service Cricket.
California regulators say T-Mobile misled over Sprint merger
The CPUC says T-Mobile made misleading statements when it was plotting to merge with Sprint.
AT&T forcing phone number change on some subscribers
AT&T says some customers with Puerto Rico or U.S. Virgin Islands phone numbers will have to change their digits.
Sling TV adds thousands of subscribers, continues to grow
Sling TV added more than 65,000 subscribers in the second quarter of the year, rounding out the quarter with more than 2.4 million customers.
T-Mobile brings 5G network to robots
T-Mobile is looking beyond ordinary human consumption of its 5G wireless network.
Amazon’s top Fire TV stick gets rare price cut
The Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K with Alexa Voice Remote is going for just $40, marking a rare mid-summer discount on the device.