Weekly output: Google Translate, Boost Mobile, Starship test flight, T-Mobile’s SuperMobile, FTC eyes Gmail spam filtering
I’m off to Berlin Monday night to cover the IFA tech trade show–but this time, I’m paying my own way. I think I’ve structured my travel expenses and freelance pitches to assure that I make a profit from the coming week.
In addition to what you see below, I wrote a bonus post for Patreon readers Sunday sharing travel tips from my first ride on Amtrak’s NextGen Acela train.
8/26/2025: Google Translate Enlists AI for Live Translation and Language Lessons, PCMag
I may get a chance to try out this feature in the field while I’m in Germany–except that so many locals speak English there.
8/26/2025: Boost Mobile Sells Off Spectrum to AT&T, Ends Its Fourth-Carrier Ambitions, PCMag
This was not on my list of possible stories at the start of the week, but the early coverage of this wireless-industry plot twist made it clear that I had to write up this news.
8/27/2025: On Tenth Test Flight, SpaceX’s Starship Hits Its Marks, PCMag
After two days of having the launch waved off, Tuesday saw the elements line up for SpaceX’s newest test flight of its giant Starship rocket.
8/28/2025: T-Mobile Unwraps ‘SuperMobile,’ a Network-Sliced Business Plan, PCMag
If T-Mobile had announced its new rate plans for business customers on the day it revealed this new option for business customers, this would have been a shorter post.
8/30/2025: FTC Chairman Suggests Gmail Spam Filtering Has It In for GOP Candidates, PCMag
I have to admit to missing this when FTC chair Andrew Ferguson posted this letter Thursday, but after seeing nobody else at PCMag jump on this idea by Friday, I decided to pick it up myself.
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