T-Mobile retires legacy plans, prompting price hikes and customer backlash

Average plan increase is $4 per month

https://www.androidpolice.com/t-mobile-retires-legacy-plans-prompting-price-hikes-and-customer-backlash/

#TopNews #News #TMobiles #TMobile #Verizon

ProtoMail has an option turned on by default where it won't download images within an email in order to protect your privacy. In case you didn't know, clickable links - especially image files - identifies YOU and everything you do after you

That means the sender knows that *I* went to a specific web page and everything else that *I* did (when I arrived, how long I spent, all of my mouse clicks, my ISP, etc.)

I've attached an example from a #Verizon email.

The subject line is: "Good news, we've expanded our network for Verizon Home Internet!" Which is clearly clickbait.

Verizon emails are filtered into my Spam folder of course. If Verizon (or anyone) can't convey their message in a written form, then they can go pound sand.

(There is always the option within ProtonMail to manually select 'load remote content' from trusted sources)
#privacey #Proton #ProtonMail #clickbait

‘Off Campus’ Star Stephen Kalyn Takes You Behind-the-Scenes of His Calvin Klein-Inspired Verizon Spot
#Lifestyle #LifestyleNews #OffCampus #StephenKalyn #Verizon

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/off-campus-stephen-kalyn-verizon-ad-season-2-interview-1236628953/

Weekly output: Verizon revamps plans, edge and on-device AI in connected homes

I keep saying that the only thing I really want for Father’s Day is a nap. This one has somehow not featured that, but I still can’t complain about how today has gone for me.

6/16/2026: Verizon Wireless Drops 2 Fees, Adds Rewards Programs and ‘Simplicity’ Plan, PCMag

I spent more time quizzing a Verizon publicist about this bundle of announcements than I’d expected because the advance copy of the company’s press release left out so many details–and then I still had to revise the post Tuesday morning with additional information about its new Verizon One bundle of home and mobile broadband.

6/18/2026: AI at the Edge: Smarter Decisions, Less Latency, Unify 2026

The Connectivity Standards Alliance, the trade group behind the Matter standard for connected-home devices, hosted a conference in Austin and saw fit to include me in the proceedings (and to pay me a stipend for my work as a panel moderator). My spot on the program was this panel featuring Felipe Benavides, head of partnerships at Liquid AI; Alan Coleman, chief product officer of Plume; Colin Cureton, product line vice president for  home business at Silicon Labs; and Rolf de Vegt, vice president of technical standards at Qualcomm. We spent 45 minutes unpacking what on-device AI models can do for gadgets ranging from light bulbs to dishwashers to thermostats–in particular, about the privacy upsides of sending less data to cloud services.

Honestly, I don’t know why everyone complains about #Netflix prices. I have the cheapest plan (1080p w/ ads - $8.99 normally, I have it through #Verizon along with #HBOMax for $13/mo) and I’ve just finished watching #Apex with ZERO ads. And I’m constantly surprised by the video quality/clarity even with FHD resolution, to the point I don’t even feel the experience would be different enough from 4K to justify anything else.

Even if there are ads they’re usually 15s or less.