FCC chair seeks stricter rules after ISPs used previous subsidy to upsell users.
Verizon’s 5G upgrade imposes new hotspot data limits on older phone plans
Verizon will make 5G more useful with C-Band but remove unlimited hotspot data.
Verizon Tries To Defend Collecting Browsing Data on its Network
Verizon has sent an email to customers to let them know they’re getting opted in to its Custom Experience data collection scheme after reports came out about it being turned on by default for some users. From a report: If you (understandably) trashed t…
It Takes Two Wins Game Of The Year At The 2021 Game Awards
It Takes Two won Game of the Year at the 2021 Game Awards, beating out games like Deathloop and Metroid Dread for the top spot.Read more…
MainOne CEO Funke Opeke says Equinix is buying her company for the right price
The African tech scene woke up today to exciting news about the landmark acquisition of MainOne, one of the region’s most important and pivotal tech companies in the past decade, by Equinix, a U.S. multinational specializing in internet connection data centers. The story of MainOne starts with founder and CEO Funke Opeke moving back to […]
Verizon Might Be Collecting Your Browsing History
Verizon might be collecting information about your browsing history, location, apps, and your contacts, all in the name of helping the company “understand your interests,” first spotted by Input. The Verge reports: The program, which Verizon appears to…
Playground launches in beta to help creators cultivate community
Launching today in beta, Playground is a social platform that seeks to help people discover and develop community while empowering creators to monetize their audience. Already, the website has a wide variety of users like the Museum of Modern Art, comedy host Alexis Gay, the Abolitionist Teaching Network, activist Nupol Kiazolu, and a Malaysian virtual […]
FAA forced delay in 5G rollout despite having no proof of harm to aviation
US delays even as 40 countries use C-band with no reports of harm to altimeters.
Verizon will use Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellites to extend 4G and 5G
Verizon/Amazon satellite deal will include fixed-wireless Internet in rural US.
YouTube plans week-long live shopping event, following tests of livestream shopping with creators
YouTube announced earlier this year it would begin pilot testing livestream shopping with a handful of select creators. Now, the company is ready for a larger test of its live shopping platform with plans to host a week-long live shopping event, “YouTube Holiday Stream and Shop,” starting on November 15. The event will allow viewers […]