Federal Judge Approves AT&T-Time Warner Merger

MARCY GORDON / The Associated Press Jun 12, 2018 The $85 billion mega-merger could usher in a wave of media consolidation while shaping how much consumers pay for streaming TV and movies. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Hijacking Cellphones Isn’t Nearly As Hard as It Should Be

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Aug 7, 2014 Hacking into cellphones, or staging a hostile takeover, doesn't require a lot of fancy tricks or even that many steps, according to two experts who sounded the alarm Wednesday at a security conference in Las Vegas. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

How to Opt Out of AT&T’s Sale of Your Personal Information

Staff / Truthdig Jul 9, 2013 Last week, AT&T quietly updated its privacy policy to include details about how it will begin to sell customers' personal data to the highest bidder. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Government Urges Free Wi-Fi Service

Staff / Truthdig Feb 5, 2013 Not surprisingly, the idea is being met with resistance by the $178 billion wireless industry, which is actively lobbying policymakers against the proposal. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

What We Have Here Is a Failure to Compensate

Staff / Truthdig Jul 24, 2011 At a time of record unemployment, American companies are increasingly exploiting the low-cost labor of 23 million Americans behind bars This means fewer jobs available for free citizens, which leads to more unemployment, which produces more crime (more). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

FCC Cashes In on Spectrum Auction

Staff / Truthdig Mar 19, 2008 After two months and 261 rounds of bidding, the FCC announced Tuesday that it has raised a total of $19.6 billion from the sale of the U.S. wireless spectrum. The revenue, slated to fund "public safety and digital television transition initiatives," is nearly double what Congress had previously estimated for the publicly owned spectrum. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

BlackBerry Addicts Get the Night Sweats

Staff / Truthdig Apr 18, 2007 There's a reason why it's nicknamed CrackBerry. North American BlackBerry users were dismayed Tuesday night by an overnight shutdown of the company's wireless e-mail service that left them bereft of their fix -- and forced them to communicate in passé ways. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Report: NSA Sought Phone Records Before 9/11

Staff / Truthdig Jul 3, 2006 The NSA asked AT&T to help it set up a domestic call monitoring site seven months before the attacks of Sept 11, 2001, allege lawyers filing a lawsuit on behalf of telephone company customers This is huge because, according to a lawyer on the case, "The Bush Administration asserted this became necessary after 9/11 This undermines that assertion''. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Cell Phones Set to Dial For Dollars

Staff / Truthdig Apr 17, 2006 PayPal will now allow users to buy goods and exchange money using their cell phones. Sweet! It's been getting far too hard to blow money on impulse items in recent years. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Google’s Wi-Fi Plan Stirs Big Brother Concerns

Staff / Truthdig Apr 12, 2006 The company's free wireless service in San Francisco would allow Google to monitor all its users' whereabouts--ostensibly to serve up location-specific advertising. The feeling you just got? That would be the hairs on the back on your neck rising. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Cellphones to Disrupt Final Sanctuary: Subways

Staff / Truthdig Jan 19, 2006 Rejoice! With bids coming in to wire New York's subway stations, you'll never have to miss a fascinating discussion about someone's dinner plans, or their stomachache, or whatever else they choose to spew on their captive audiences. | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )