Technology news

Still need your landline? California regulators just stopped AT&T from pulling the plug

https://calmatters.org/economy/technology/2024/06/landline-phone-service-preserved-california/

Summary:  

California’s Public Utilities Commission today rejected AT&T’s application to stop providing landlines and other services in areas where there is no other option. 

The Public Utilities Commission also voted 5-0 today to begin proceedings to change rules for companies that are designated a carrier of last resort. It’s time to modernize those rules, said commission president Alice Reynolds, because a lot has changed in the past 30 years, including a shift toward cell phones and away from landlines, and it’s now part of the commission’s mandate to make high-speed internet access universally available. 

Example of a really harsh privacy policy

https://www.mossy.com/privacy-policy

Summary:

A student recommended that we look at this.  It is an example of those privacy policies that we often skip over.  Maybe we need to pay closer attention?