While Amazon is delaying its January 2 return-to-office (RTO) mandate for thousands of employees because of a lack of office space, two other companies are following the tech giant’s lead and implementing strict back-to-the-office mandates. AT&T and Sweetgreen are telling non-frontline staff to come into the office more often in the new year, per Bloomberg. … Read more
Table of Contents Table of Contents The cost of traveling with your U.S. SIM card The benefits of travel eSIMs How much cheaper is Airalo, Holafly, or the Nomad eSIM? The one catch with most travel eSIMs Things to consider when picking a travel eSIM This is the travel eSIM I recommend If you’re considering … Read more
AT&T Following AT&T’s admission on Friday that a security breach had impacted tens of millions of its customers, a new report claims that the carrier paid around $370,000 to the hacker to delete all of the stolen data. The payment was made in cryptocurrency in May, and as part of the deal the hacker had … Read more
Joe Maring / Digital Trends The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has proposed a new rule that could eliminate one of the most frustrating aspects of smartphone ownership: carrier locking. FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel wants to require mobile providers to unlock customers’ mobile phones within 60 days of activation, making it easier for consumers to … Read more
AT&T Do you want to upgrade your phone more than once a year? What about three times a year? Are you on AT&T? If you answered yes to those questions, then AT&T’s new “Next Up Anytime” early upgrade program is made for you. With this add-on, you’ll be able to upgrade your phone three times … Read more
AT&T wants the seven biggest and most profitable tech companies, namely Apple, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia, and Tesla, to help subsidize Internet and telephone access in the U.S. AT&T CEO John Stankey said on Monday at a telecoms forum that big tech companies should be required to contribute to the Universal Service Fund (USF), … Read more
AT&T If you have an older unlimited plan from AT&T, it will soon cost you more. Starting in August, the second-largest mobile company in the U.S. will charge extra for several different legacy plans. At the same time, it’s adding new benefits for those customers. According to an AT&T support document, prices are rising by … Read more
AT&T We have bad news for AT&T customers who always expect to get the fastest 5G speeds. The second-largest carrier in the U.S. will now make you pay extra for the fastest option. On Thursday, AT&T announced its new “Turbo” add-on, which it says will provide “enhanced data connectivity for real-time responsiveness.” What this means … Read more
Millions of current and former AT&T customers’ leaked data, including Social Security numbers, were posted on the dark web earlier this month. The leak prompted a “robust investigation supported by internal and external cybersecurity experts,” the telecommunications giant said Saturday. The compromised data appears to be from 2019 or earlier and included the information of … Read more
About 30 years ago, American Telephone and Telegraph ended its telegraph services. Now AT&T is taking aim at “plain old telephone service.” The Dallas-based telecom giant has applied to the California Public Utilities Commission to be released as the state’s “carrier of last resort,” a designation the company has held since 1996 requiring it to … Read more
