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FCC fines AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon nearly $200 million for illegally sharing location data

Photo by Jabin Botsford / The Washington Post via Getty Images The Federal Communications Commission is fining the largest US mobile carriers a combined nearly $200 million for allegedly illegally sharing customers’ location data without their consent. The FCC says it found the carriers “sold access to its customers’ location information to ‘aggregators,’ who then

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Meta had its biggest lobbying quarter ever

Illustration: Nick Barclay / The Verge Meta had its biggest lobbying quarter ever in the first few months of 2024, spending a record $7.6 million engaging with the US government, according to its public lobbying filing released last week. It’s a 64 percent jump from its spending in the fourth quarter of 2023 and represents

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Peacock is getting a $2 price increase

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Peacock is getting another price hike. Starting this summer, Peacock’s ad-supported Premium plan will go from $5.99 to $7.99 per month, and its Premium Plus plan will increase from $11.99 to $13.99 per month. The $2 increase will take effect on July 18th for new customers, while current

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A CH552G Devboard In Case You Missed It

We might just never get tired of covering cool small cheap MCUs, and CH552G sure fits this description. Just so you know, here’s a Hackaday.io project you should check out – a CH552G devboard that’s as simple as it sufficient, in case you needed a tangible reminder that this chip exists, has a lively community,

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The best headphones and true wireless earbuds I’m looking forward to in 2024: Sony, Samsung, more!

2023 delivered some of the best wireless earbuds and headphones that money can buy. From the sporty Jabra Elite 8 Active to the future-proof Bose QuietComfort Ultra Headphones, there were plenty of feature-rich headphones to choose from. But with such fast-paced change and increasing competition from more affordable brands, can high-end manufacturers deliver the goods

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