AT&T charged customers for a corporate tax that it doesn’t have to pay
Enlarge / An AT&T store in Chicago.
AT&T charged customers in Portland, Oregon for a corporate tax that AT&T doesn’t actually have to pay. AT&T has agreed to provide refunds …
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Sikorsky makes its bid for Army’s next scout copter
Enlarge / An artist’s rendering of Sikorsky’s proposed Raider X attack-scout helicopter.
As the Association of the US Army (AUSA) kicks off its annual Washington, DC meeting—a …
I watched over 100 Tesla Smart Summon videos—here’s what I learned
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In late September, Tesla released a major software update that included a new feature called Smart Summon. It enables a customer to summon their car from across a parking lot with no one inside—though
Dyson kills its plan to challenge Tesla with an electric car
Enlarge / James Dyson, founder and chairman of Dyson Ltd., speaks during the launch of the Airwrap product during the company’s beauty technology launch event in New York on Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018. (credit: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Planting tiny spy chips in hardware can cost as little as $200
More than a year has passed since Bloomberg Businessweek grabbed the lapels of the cybersecurity world with a bombshell claim: that Supermicro motherboards in servers used by major tech firms, …
Activists’ phones targeted by one of the world’s most advanced spyware apps
Mobile phones of two prominent human rights activists were repeatedly targeted with Pegasus, the highly advanced spyware made by Israel-based NSO, researchers from Amnesty International reported this week.
The Moroccan …
AT&T raises prices 7% by making its customers pay AT&T’s property taxes
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Telecom companies like AT&T love creating new fees to tack on customer bills, and they really love raising those fees after customers sign contracts that are …
How self-driving shuttles could enable car-free living in the suburbs
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RESTON, VIRGINIA—A Boston-based startup called Optimus Ride has launched a new self-driving vehicle service in the Washington, DC suburb of Reston, Virginia. On Monday, I traveled to the site, a 45-minute drive