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Satellite swarms built and operated by SpaceX and OneWeb are poised to fundamentally alter the way in which we access the internet and where we connect to the grid. On the surface, the two internet service offerings would seem to be in competition with each other, but this isn’t exactly the case. Read more…

You hear about class-action lawsuits all the time, like this one filed against Apple (based on a Gizmodo story!), or this other one against Apple (or this one or this one). Part of the reason is they’re so lucrative for lawyers; a “class” is a group of people who have the same grievance against a company, which means… Read more…

Junk Fees and Slow Speeds: Study of 22,000 Internet Bills Shows How Comcast, AT&T, and Others Hide the Cost of Broadband

If there’s one thing Americans seem to agree on, it’s that they don’t like their internet service providers. They have a lot of good reasons to be frustrated, according to a survey of US broadband service from Consumer Reports released Thursday. Read more…

SIM Card Swindler ‘Baby Al Capone’ Agrees to Pay Back $22 Million to Hacked Crypto Investor

A young man who was not even old enough to drive back in 2018 managed to yoink nearly $24 million from a major crypto investor’s account. Now, over four years later and thousands likely invested in both an investigation and lawyers fees, Michael Terpin can now claim he has reclaimed all… (presses earpiece closer)…… Read more…

A Short List of Texas’ Wildest, Most Nonsensical Investigations and Laws Against Big Tech

The Lone Star State is indeed going at it alone against big tech, or at least that’s how it seems by the piles of threadbare allegations, lawsuits, and investigations against the likes of Google, Facebook, and GoFundMe, just to name a few. Read more…

What Is ‘Fog Reveal,’ the Police App Tracking Your Phone?

Law enforcement officers across the country have obtained access to an obscure cellphone tracking app allowing them to map out people’s movements going back several months in time. The app, known as “Fog Reveal,” was first brought to light this month in a story by the Associated Press, which relied on documents… Read more…

Trump’s Truth Social Deal Is Reportedly Falling Apart

A merger that would’ve made Donald Trump’s social media venture into a publicly traded company, and provided Truth Social with $1.3 billion in cash investment is crumbling, according to a report from Reuters. Shareholders have rejected a one-year extension to finalize the acquisition, “people familiar with the matter”… Read more…

Motorola’s Latest Mid-Range Phone Has Plenty to Prove

On Thursday Motorola announced the Edge, its latest affordable Android phone. Not to be outdone by Google and Samsung’s mid-range devices, the phone boasts flagship-like features at a retail price of $500. But it still may be too much for too little. Read more…