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Microsoft 365 outage hits as Teams, Outlook, and more services are down on AT&T

Sayan Sen — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 13:10:01 +0000

Microsoft 365 services like Teams, Outlook, and more are currently down, the tech giant has confirmed. Read more...

FCC hits top US carriers with nearly $200 million fine for sharing user location illegally

Karthik Mudaliar — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 04:24:01 +0000

The FCC has fined major U.S. wireless carriers, including AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon, nearly $200 million for illegally sharing customers' location data without consent despite knowing. Read more...

AT&T confirms data breach affecting more than 70 million customers

Karthik Mudaliar — Sat, 30 Mar 2024 18:46:01 +0000

U.S. mobile carrier AT&T has confirmed that more than 70 million customers' data has been leaked in a breach, and the information is up for grabs on the dark web, including email, address, and SSN. Read more...

AT&T will give customers a $5 credit for this week's extended outage

John Callaham — Sun, 25 Feb 2024 14:08:01 +0000

AT&T announced this weekend that it will grant its customers a $5 credit on an upcoming bill to compensate for the extended wireless network outage that occurred earlier this week. Read more...

AT&T offers a vague explanation for today's cellular outage; says it wasn't a cyberattack

John Callaham — Fri, 23 Feb 2024 04:50:01 +0000

AT&T has now restored access to its cellular wireless network. It has offered up a very general and vague explanation for what happened but added that it was not a cyber attack on its systems. Read more...

AT&T is experiencing a massive cellular outage; other wireless carriers are also affected

John Callaham — Thu, 22 Feb 2024 16:32:01 +0000

AT&T's cellular network is currently in the middle of a major national outage that began earlier this morning. Other wireless carriers like Verizon and T-Mobile are also dealing with smaller outages. Read more...

AT&T partners with Samsung to launch a kids' edition of Galaxy Tab A7 Lite

Anushe Fawaz — Mon, 31 Oct 2022 18:44:01 +0000

AT&T is introducing its first-ever tablet for kids as the Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 Lite Kids Edition. The tablet is in partnership with Samsung and consists of educational apps and parental controls. Read more...

Meta sued for violating Apple's privacy rules

Usama Jawad — Thu, 22 Sep 2022 13:26:01 +0000

Meta has been sued by two Facebook users who claim that the company can track all their activity and collect their data through an embedded web browser inside the Facebook app without their consent. Read more...

AT&T joins Ericsson's 5G consumer tech hub to connect with startups

Paul Hill — Mon, 21 Feb 2022 20:04:02 +0000

AT&T has joined the Ericsson Startup 5G hub which will allow the carrier to connect with startups developing new products and services that leverage 5G networks that have recently been deployed. Read more...

AT&T unveils its affordable Fusion 5G smartphone, will be out January 7

Paul Hill — Mon, 03 Jan 2022 20:34:01 +0000

AT&T is launching a new smartphone on January 7 dubbed Fusion 5G. As the name suggests, this device supports the latest generation of mobile networks and comes with an affordable price tag. Read more...

Samsung unveils the Galaxy A13 5G, due to launch in the U.S. on December 3 for $250

Paul Hill — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 16:36:01 +0000

Samsung has unveiled the Galaxy A13 5G, which is due for launch in a few days. The $250 device gives customers on a tight budget a way to get on board with 5G which delivers faster download speeds. Read more...

AT&T will carry the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro with big trade-in discounts

Paul Hill — Tue, 19 Oct 2021 17:00:01 +0000

AT&T has announced big discounts on Google's new Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro devices. Customers can get $700 off the Pixel 6 Pro with a trade-in and $200 off the Pixel 6 for entering a contract. Read more...

AT&T removes data capping for Unlimited Elite, raises mobile hotspot data allowance

Jay Bonggolto — Tue, 13 Jul 2021 00:54:01 +0000

AT&T is following in the footsteps of T-Mobile as it announced today that it will scrap high-speed data throttling starting this week for its Unlimited Elite plan, plus more benefits at no extra cost. Read more...

The OnePlus 9 series is only certified for U.S. 5G on T-Mobile

Rich Woods — Tue, 23 Mar 2021 16:18:01 +0000

Today, OnePlus announced its newest series of flagship smartphones, the OnePlus 9 series. In bad news for most customers, the pair of handsets will only get 5G connectivity on T-Mobile. Read more...

AT&T expands 5G to all on older unlimited wireless plans

Paul Hill — Fri, 12 Mar 2021 21:24:01 +0000

AT&T has announced that customer on older unlimited wireless plans will be able to use the firm's 5G and 5G+ networks. It said the move was to show appreciation to long-term customers. Read more...

U.S. carriers offering the Galaxy S21 5G series with discounts or for free with trade-in

Jay Bonggolto — Thu, 14 Jan 2021 18:58:01 +0000

Samsung's Galaxy S21 5G series will be available at discounted prices or for free with an eligible trade-in via the major carriers in the U.S. The latest flagship devices will ship on January 29. Read more...

Apple's iPhone 12 series costs $30 more if you're on T-Mobile, for the same device

Rich Woods — Tue, 13 Oct 2020 19:44:01 +0000

Apple finally announced its iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini today, promising that they start at $799 and $699, respectively. Unfortunately, it seems that they actually cost $30 more on T-Mobile. Read more...

AT&T is launching new hotspot with mmWave and sub-6 5G this Friday

João Carrasqueira — Tue, 15 Sep 2020 14:40:01 +0000

AT&T has announced a new mobile 5G hotspot that supports both its sub-6GHz and mmWave 5G networks. It also uses Wi-Fi 6, and it can connect up to 32 devices at once. It will cost $509.99. Read more...

AT&T won't be selling Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment after all

Jay Bonggolto — Wed, 02 Sep 2020 05:16:02 +0000

AT&T has reportedly withdrawn its decision to sell Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment for approximately $4 billion as it sees potential growth in that business, among other reasons. Read more...

Samsung Galaxy A51 5G will be available on AT&T from August 21

Jay Bonggolto — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 21:02:01 +0000

Samsung's Galaxy A51 5G will land on AT&T's network on August 21 with a huge discount, which will bring its total price to $150. However, this deal will be available only for a limited period. Read more...

T-Mobile claims it is now the second largest wireless carrier in the U.S., surpassing AT&T

Jay Bonggolto — Fri, 07 Aug 2020 06:26:01 +0000

Today, T-Mobile reported its Q2 2020 financial results and announced that it has overtaken AT&T in the U.S. wireless network market, boosted by its Sprint merger and customer growth. Read more...

LG will not sell an unlocked variant of the Velvet in the U.S.

Abhay V — Wed, 22 Jul 2020 19:16:01 +0000

LG began selling the Velvet smartphone in the U.S. today through AT&T, with Verizon and T-Mobile versions due later this summer. However, the firm will not sell an unlocked version in the U.S. Read more...

AT&T asks users to buy a new phone to avoid losing service - for changes coming in 2022

Abhay V — Wed, 22 Jul 2020 18:00:01 +0000

In a poorly worded email, AT&T is urging users to update their phones to avoid service disruptions. The change mentioned is actually the phasing out of the 3G network - which is due in February 2020. Read more...

Microsoft is allegedly interested in acquiring WB Games

Florin Bodnarescu — Mon, 06 Jul 2020 20:02:01 +0000

As per a new report, Microsoft has expressed interest in acquiring WB Games from AT&T, although there's currently no timeline in place, nor do we know how much the Redmond giant is willing to pay. Read more...

The National Advertising Review Board tells AT&T to stop saying 5G Evolution

Rich Woods — Wed, 20 May 2020 19:46:01 +0000

Today, the National Advertising Review Board is recommending that AT&T stop using its 5G Evolution branding, due to the fact that it's not 5G at all, and it might confuse customers. Read more...

HBO and HBO Max are coming to YouTube TV

João Carrasqueira — Thu, 20 Feb 2020 19:18:01 +0000

WarnerMedia and Google have struck a licensing agreement that will allow the Mountain View giant to include HBO and Cinemax as part of its YouTube TV offering. HBO Max will also be available. Read more...

Samsung Galaxy Note9 on AT&T gets Night mode update

Steven Parker — Wed, 07 Aug 2019 09:10:01 +0000

Hours before the unveiling of the Galaxy Note10, carriers are still pressing on with updating the previous Note9 flagship which in this instance brings native Night mode and QR scanning. Read more...

AT&T lights up 5G in New York City but only for businesses

Rich Woods — Tue, 06 Aug 2019 21:38:01 +0000

AT&T announced today that it's finally bringing its 5G network to New York City; however, the bad news is that for now, the carrier's 5G network is still only limited to businesses. Read more...

AT&T launches the Galaxy S10 5G, but consumers can't buy it

Rich Woods — Wed, 12 Jun 2019 22:00:01 +0000

AT&T announced today that the Samsung Galaxy S10 5G is now available for its network; however, only businesses and developers can buy the 5G handset, so consumers are left out in the cold. Read more...

AT&T's fake 5G network isn't as fast as competitors' 4G, since it's 4G

Rich Woods — Fri, 22 Mar 2019 18:14:01 +0000

Announced almost a year ago, AT&T's 5G Evolution network isn't just plain old 4G LTE, but it's actually slower than the 4G LTE services that are provided by competitors Verizon and T-Mobile. Read more...

Sprint files lawsuit against AT&T for misleading 5G branding [Update]

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Fri, 08 Feb 2019 14:10:02 +0000

The two networks seem to be in for a legal kerfuffle over AT&T's recent decision to start showing off what is its 4G LTE network as 5G Evolution (5GE) on both Android and iPhone handsets. Read more...

iOS 12.2 beta 2 now shows AT&T's fake 5G logo

Rich Woods — Mon, 04 Feb 2019 21:28:01 +0000

After Apple released the second iOS 12.2 beta today, some users with AT&T devices started noticing that their iPhone now displays AT&T's fake 5G logo, which is known as 5G Evolution. Read more...

AT&T is going to start slapping 5G logos on 4G phones

Rich Woods — Fri, 21 Dec 2018 18:24:01 +0000

In the latest way that history is repeating itself, AT&T will be branding 4G LTE phones as 5G E (5G Evolution), similar to what it did with HSPA+ phones and 4G just a few years ago. Read more...

The Razer Phone 2 is coming to AT&T on Friday for $26.67 a month

Rich Woods — Tue, 13 Nov 2018 15:24:01 +0000

AT&T announced today that it will begin carrying the Razer Phone 2 beginning on Friday. The gaming handset will be available to purchase starting at $26.67 per month on a 30-month plan. Read more...

AT&T will begin selling the RED Hydrogen One on Friday

Rich Woods — Mon, 29 Oct 2018 12:00:01 +0000

AT&T announced today that it will begin selling the RED Hydrogen One this Friday. Promising the world's first holographic display, the device can be yours for $43.17 per month for 30 months. Read more...

AT&T's first 5G device is a mobile hotspot, coming in 12 cities this year

Rich Woods — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 20:20:01 +0000

AT&T announced today that it's completed the first mobile 5G browsing session, and that it will roll out 5G in 12 cities this year, with 19 more next year. The first 5G device is a mobile hotspot. Read more...

Hey, remember when you could get a premium smartphone for $199 on a contract?

Rich Woods — Wed, 19 Sep 2018 15:46:01 +0000

These days, it seems like phones are getting more and more expensive, and it makes one look back at the days of two-year contracts, when you could buy a brand new iPhone for just $199. Read more...

Alcatel just released a new 4G LTE Android 8.1 Oreo handset for the U.S. priced at $79.99

Timi Cantisano — Wed, 29 Aug 2018 01:50:01 +0000

If you were looking for an affordable smartphone running Android 8.1 Oreo, the Alcatel 1 might be just the thing. The firm announced the new handset, which has an 18:9 display and support for 4G LTE. Read more...

AT&T announces that it will bring 5G to three new U.S. cities

Timi Cantisano — Fri, 20 Jul 2018 19:38:01 +0000

AT&T has been talking up 5G service for quite some time. The firm is announcing cities where the service will be available, adding three new locations, in addition to the three previously confirmed. Read more...

AT&T forms partnership with Google-backed Magic Leap start-up

Paul Hill — Wed, 11 Jul 2018 18:16:01 +0000

AT&T and Magic Leap have formed a partnership which will see AT&T become the only wireless carrier in the U.S. to sell the Magic Leap One later this year. The deal will help Magic Leap to market. Read more...