[ad_1] The case very nearly didn’t go forward in the first place. An appeals court effectively tossed the lawsuit in 2016 on the grounds that AT&T’s common carrier status exempted it from disclosing its throttling activity. In 2018, however, a federal court decided that the FTC could proceed with the case after noting that AT&T’s […]
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Phone companies and state attorneys general join forces to fight robocalls
[ad_1] Under the new agreement, the carriers will implement call-blocking technology, make anti-robocall tools free to consumers and deploy a system that labels calls as legitimate or spam, The Washington Post reports. The companies also agree to aid investigations by law enforcement. The major players — AT&T, Comcast, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon (Engadget’s parent company) […]
Study finds US carriers aggressively throttle video streams
[ad_1] To compile their findings, the team of researchers behind the report spent a year collecting data with the help of some 126,000 participants in 183 countries across the globe using a platform called Wehe. In all, they sampled 1,045,413 data points, with some 650,000 coming courtesy of Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile and Sprint subscribers in […]
NVIDIA ray-tracing on ‘Minecraft’ looks surprisingly cool
[ad_1] Microsoft developer Mojang and NVIDIA added a type of ray tracing called “path tracing” to the Windows 10 version of the game. That realistically simulates a variety of lighting conditions, including direct light sources like the sun or glowing lava, hard and soft shadows, diffuse global illumination, reflections, refraction and atmospheric scattering. The final […]
Man charged with bribing AT&T staff to illegally unlock phones
[ad_1] There's no question that there's a market for unlocked phones, but one man may have been too eager to profit from that demand. The US has charged Pakistani citizen Muhammad Fahd with bribing staff at AT&T's call center in Bothell, Washington to… [ad_2] Source link
AT&T rolls out 5G in NYC, but only for business at first
[ad_1] This represents the 21st city to have AT&T’s 5G network, although it’s far from complete. Right now, access is largely limited to millimeter wave 5G that’s very fast, but doesn’t reach far and rarely holds up indoors. Practical 5G will arrive in the “coming months,” when AT&T starts a wider rollout of 5G on […]
Major broadcasters sue nonprofit TV service over copyright infringement
[ad_1] The lawsuit also alleges that Locast exists to help AT&T and Dish avoid paying to carry broadcast content. Both DirectTV and Dish customers are directed to Locast on their set-top box menus. The lawsuit claims that when Locast retransmits signals, the broadcasters lose out on vital viewership information. In its defense, Locast says its […]
Farewell DirecTV Now, hello AT&T TV Now
[ad_1] The AT&T TV app will be available sometime in the “coming weeks,” and existing customers will see the change take effect automatically through software updates. More details will be coming when the rollout starts in earnest, AT&T said. This does save you the trouble of downloading yet another app, and it’s more consistent with […]
Second season of DC’s ‘Doom Patrol’ will also stream on HBO Max
[ad_1] Word of the HBO Max arrangement came as DC announced that its first original live-action show, Titans, would return with its second season on September 6th. The animated series Young Justice: Outsiders has also been renewed for a fourth season. There’s also a trailer for the Harley Quinn animated series, which is clearly taking […]
CBS goes dark on DirecTV Now, other AT&T services in price dispute
[ad_1] AT&T has maintained that it not only offered CBS an “unprecedented rate increase,” but that the broadcaster wouldn’t let it sell All Access as a separate option and thus give customers the choice of subscribing to basic TV bundles without CBS included. CBS was allegedly trying to turn a free-to-air station into a premium […]