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Google is switching the Pixel 9 to an ultrasonic fingerprint reader
  • The tech has been in Samsung phones for several years, and is good enough that one's fingerprint will read through vinyl gloves if they aren't too scrunched up. It's fast and decent.

    Does make me wonder though, it's a Qualcomm tech. Does that mean Google is finally going back to Qualcomm chips? The pixel modems have been trash ever since they left.

  • Nothing’s first CMF phone could be customizable with dial and kickstand add-ons
  • Fun fact. The Thunderbolt had two modem chips, a 3G modem and a 4G modem. Normally phones have one modem. Also the 4G modem was indeed super inefficient and ate electricity for breakfast. It was necessary at the time as Verizon hadn't fully integrated CDMA and LTE yet.

  • www.businesswire.com AST SpaceMobile CEO Publishes Letter to Partners, Shareholders, and Future Space-Based Cellular Broadband Network Users

    AST SpaceMobile, Inc. (“AST SpaceMobile”) (NASDAQ: ASTS), the company building the first and only space-based cellular broadband network accessible di

    Relevant Portion:

    >With both industry leaders – AT&T and Verizon – on board, AST SpaceMobile is now uniquely positioned to achieve a groundbreaking feat: target 100% geographical coverage throughout the continental U.S., the most valuable wireless market in the world. > >The key to unlocking this ubiquitous coverage lies in the power of the premium 850 MHz low-band spectrum, which offers superior signal penetration in the low band cellular range. AT&T and Verizon together will share with AST SpaceMobile a portion of their respective bands of 850 MHz low-band spectrum to enable nationwide satellite coverage.

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    State Farm seeking 30% rate hike for California homeowners
  • Do the insurance companies shield themselves by dividing into regional/state zones?

    Edit: also, because it seems it'd be safer to balance risk v reward across the whole country. (They also invest insurance money in the stock market where most of their profit comes from.) Although, I suppose it'd be easier to grift states of their money when it looks like a subsidiary is failing rather than just looking at the whole balance sheet instead.

  • Stop use docker
  • Separate containers works like a dream when one app starts shitting the bed, gets auto-cycled, and everyone else just chills. Not surprised on the Reddit downvotes though. That place is so culty, especially now.

  • Can Biden be replaced as Democrat nominee? Who could replace him?
  • That's an astute observation. The Democrats are like the perpetual optimist from 90s cartoons that think the story always ends happy, the good guys win, and all you need is honor and trust and a good soundbite to pull through, instead of actually playing chess, or checkers, or perhaps politics with enough forward thinking to actually plan a few moves ahead for once. Perhaps they should hire an evil person to teach them how the R's think.

  • CNN reports 20-year record low debate viewership
  • To bring sexy back.

    (But seriously, what a terrible television program, one old man spouting nonsense and the other looking confused and lost. There was absolutely zero reason for anyone to watch it.)

  • arstechnica.com AT&T imposes $10 price hike on most of its older unlimited plans

    Price hike paired with data boosts to make "unlimited" plans a bit less limited.

    AT&T imposes $10 price hike on most of its older unlimited plans

    AT&T is imposing $10 and $20 monthly price hikes on users of older unlimited wireless plans starting in August 2024, the company announced. The single-line price of these 10 "retired" plans will increase by $10 per month, while customers with multiple lines on a plan will be hit with a total monthly increase of $20.

    ...

    The $10 and $20 price increases "affect most of our older unlimited plans," AT&T said. The list of affected plans is as follows:

    AT&T Unlimited & More Premium AT&T Unlimited Choice Enhanced AT&T Unlimited & More AT&T Unlimited Choice II AT&T Unlimited Plus AT&T Unlimited Choice AT&T Unlimited Plan AT&T Unlimited Plus Enhanced AT&T Unlimited Value Plan AT&T Unlimited Plan (with TV)

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    arstechnica.com AT&T paid bribes to get two major pieces of legislation passed, US gov’t says

    Payments helped AT&T obtain key legislative wins in Illinois, prosecutors say.

    AT&T paid bribes to get two major pieces of legislation passed, US gov’t says

    The US government has provided more detail on how a former AT&T executive allegedly bribed a powerful state lawmaker's ally in order to obtain legislation favorable to AT&T's business.

    Former AT&T Illinois President Paul La Schiazza is set to go on trial in September 2024 after being indicted on charges of conspiracy to unlawfully influence then-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. AT&T itself agreed to pay a $23 million fine in October 2022 in connection with the alleged illegal influence campaign and said it was "committed to ensuring that this never happens again."

    US government prosecutors offered a preview of their case against La Schiazza in a filing on Friday in US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. A contract lobbyist hired by AT&T "is expected to testify that AT&T successfully passed two major pieces of legislation after the company started making payments to Individual FR-1."

    The Madigan ally referred to in the court document as "Individual FR-1" is former state Rep. Edward Acevedo, a Chicago Tribune article notes. Acevedo, who was Madigan's assistant majority leader in the Illinois House before retiring in 2017, was sentenced to six months in prison for tax evasion in 2022. Madigan left his House speaker post in 2021.

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    www.cnet.com AT&T App Update Reveals New, Unannounced 'Turbo' Priority Data Add-on

    AT&T appears to be working on a new add-on that lets users pay for better access to their network in times of congestion.

    AT&T App Update Reveals New, Unannounced 'Turbo' Priority Data Add-on

    AT&T doesn't charge users extra to access its fastest 5G networks, but it soon may charge more to let people get priority access to its network during busier times. In an app update published in the iOS App Store on Monday, the company detailed a new add-on feature called "Turbo."

    While the add-on did not appear accessible inside the updated app, a description alongside the update says that you can add "AT&T Turbo" to a line on your account which will "provide uninterrupted network speeds during peak traffic times." In short, pay more for better access to AT&T's network when it's busy.

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    abcnews.go.com AT&T outage caused by software update, company says

    AT&T outage impacting US customers prompts investigation into possible cyberattack.

    AT&T outage caused by software update, company says

    A temporary network disruption that affected AT&T customers in the U.S. Thursday was caused by a software update, the company said.

    AT&T told ABC News in a statement ABC News that the outage was not a cyberattack but caused by "the application and execution of an incorrect process used as we were expanding our network."

    "We are continuing our assessment of today’s outage to ensure we keep delivering the service that our customers deserve," the statement continued.

    The software update went wrong, according to preliminary information from two sources familiar with the situation.

    Sources have told ABC News that there was nothing nefarious or malicious about the incident.

    The outage was not caused by an external actor, according to a source familiar with the situation. AT&T performs updates regularly, according to the source.

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