Verizon

Mobile networks really hate Apple's Private Relay: Some folks find iOS privacy feature blocked on their iPhones

In brief Plus: Verizon's personal data grab, and more

Networks11 Jan 2022 | 65

Yahoo! Answers! will! be! wiped! from! the! internet! next! month!

Now we'll never know how babby is formed

Personal Tech05 Apr 2021 | 26

After spending $45bn on 5G licences, Verizon tells customers to turn off 5G to save battery life

You've just got to have 5G... except when you don't

Networks01 Mar 2021 | 35

3G ain’t totally dead yet: Verizon pushes back cut-off plans to some unspecified future date

It’s hard to kill off a trusted, stable technology that works

Networks06 Jan 2021 | 14

Beloved US telco Verizon puts arm around Nokia, Microsoft, preps enterprise 5G for Europe, APAC

Lucky old us. Plus: Azure Edge biz service software bundled in

Networks20 Oct 2020 | 5

Yahoo! Groups! to! shut! down! completely! on! December! 15!... Tens! mourn!

After nearly 20 years, it's time to say goodbye to venerable messageboard

Personal Tech13 Oct 2020 | 26

Verizon: Just 25% of global businesses comply fully with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard

Gives you confidence in an era where nobody accepts cash any more

Security06 Oct 2020 | 17

No Huawei, America: Samsung scores $6.6bn for 5G at US giant Verizon

Remember how established carrier vendors were going to clean up after Huawei bans? Not so much, maybe ...

Networks07 Sep 2020 | 12

You call Verizon. A Google bot answers. You demand a human. The human is told what to say by the bot

The only winning move is... not to play?

AI + ML13 Jul 2020 | 37

Insider threat? Pffft. Hackers on the outside are the ones mostly making off with your private biz data, says Verizon

Malware-led intrusions falling out of fashion, too

Security19 May 2020 | 11

Tick tick Zoom, is this thing on? US comms giant Verizon pulls on BlueJeans for 'undisclosed amount'

Video chat for the work-at-home world

On-Prem16 Apr 2020 | 10

Guess we have to do this the Huawei then: Verizon sued by Chinese giant for allegedly ripping off patented tech

So hard to pick a side when it's the Hannibal Lecter and Charles Manson of technology going toe to toe

Networks06 Feb 2020 | 22

What a terrible result from this year's Super Bowl. Can you believe it? Awful. Yes, we're talking about the tech ads

Comment Verizon's hypocrisy, Amazon's negging, odd targeting from Google

Bootnotes04 Feb 2020 | 53

Ooh, watch out Google. You've got competition. Verizon has a new 'privacy-focused' search engine

Yep, the Verizon that sold subscribers' location data

Security23 Jan 2020 | 28

You are faking it! No, you are! No, AT&T is... Verizon, T-Mobile US execs form 5G circular firing squad on Twitter

Finally, something actually exciting happening with this mobile broadband tech

Personal Tech26 Sep 2019 | 10

How four rotten packets broke CenturyLink's network for 37 hours, knackering 911 calls, VoIP, broadband

FCC delivers postmortem after blunder cripples US fiber links

Networks20 Aug 2019 | 53

BGP super-blunder: How Verizon today sparked a 'cascading catastrophic failure' that knackered Cloudflare, Amazon, etc

Updated 'Normally you'd filter it out if some small provider said they own the internet'

Networks24 Jun 2019 | 61

US telcos' best pal – yes, the FCC – urged to dump its dodgy stats, crowd-source internet speeds direct from subscribers

Meanwhile: Commissioner celebrates forcing ISP to remove abusive content ban

Networks19 Feb 2019 | 6

Go big (with our bandwidth) or go home, Verizon: Texas mulls outlawing 911 throttling after Cali wildfire fiasco

Public safety versus profit

Networks13 Feb 2019 | 45

Judge! snuffs! Yahoo!'s attempt! to! settle! 2013! megahack! class-action!

$35m for attorney fees? Judge Lucy says Koh, hell no!

Security29 Jan 2019 | 13

Finally. The palm-sized Palm phone is back. And it will, er, save you from your real smartphone

Video Like a little tiny ghost in the machine

Personal Tech16 Oct 2018 | 72

FCC's 5G masterstroke little more than big biz cash giveaway – expert

One-size-fits-all pricing in America will expand, not narrow, digital divide

Networks19 Sep 2018 | 11

Look at me! Phone industry contracts nasty case of 5g-itis

Our 5G is bigger and better than theirs, promise Ericsson, Verizon, T-Mobile and AT&T

Networks11 Sep 2018 | 20

DraftKings rides to court, asks to unmask 10 DDoS suspects

Fantasy sports outfit looks to hunt down group that bombarded its site

Security31 Aug 2018 | 12

Fire chief says Verizon throttled department's data in the middle of massive Cali wildfires

Not a great look for telco giant ahead of net neutrality suit

Networks22 Aug 2018 | 146

Verizon promises to stop selling its subscribers' location data... for now

But T-Mobile US and Sprint? Not so much

Personal Tech19 Jun 2018 | 14

Yahoo! Kills! The! Messenger!

Chat app won't be part of Purple Palace's Oath chapter

Personal Tech08 Jun 2018 | 41

Verizon commits to AWS after buying and selling its own cloud

Can anyone catch the big three (plus Oracle and IBM?)

SaaS16 May 2018 | 6

Colt, Verizon show off inter-carrier SDN

Care for some extra bandwidth? Just turn the knob

Networks22 Mar 2018 | 1

Cisco's 'Hybrid Information-Centric Networking' gets a workout at Verizon

The ten-year odyssey from concept to product continues

Networks20 Mar 2018 | 2

Yahoo! Can't! Toss! Hacking! Lawsuit!

Judge Koh trims class-action complaint, but suit will proceed

Security12 Mar 2018 | 8

FCC levies largest ever fine: $614m on Verizon (that's about three days of profit for telco giant)

Straight Path veered off promises of 5G coverage

Networks01 Mar 2018 | 7

Ohhhh-klahoma! Where Verizon's sweeping legacy down the drain

Trials virty radio with Nokia, Chipzilla

Networks27 Feb 2018 | 6

Oi! Verizon leaked my fiancée's nude pix to her ex-coworker, says bloke

Intimate photos somehow ended up on some other guy's mobe, lawsuit claims

Personal Tech17 Feb 2018 | 90

FCC commish gobbles Verizon's phone-locking BS, says it tastes great

Analysis US telco reveals bright idea in response to robberies, ID theft

Personal Tech13 Feb 2018 | 27

New York lobs $210m at telcos to hook up 120k homes, businesses with bumpkin broadband

Funny story – Verizon didn't care until they were told other ISPs might do it

Networks01 Feb 2018 | 10

Can't wait for 5G? Don't then, Gigabit LTE will be around for ages

Yes, it's real

Networks29 Nov 2017 | 20

Yahoo! Groups! Go! TITSUP! for! Days!

Cunning plan: anger rusted-on users who've been with you before social networks existed

Personal Tech27 Nov 2017 | 40

AT&T, Verizon agree to hop into bed and thrust new erections over US

Duopoly guys do duopoly thing

Networks13 Nov 2017 | 4

Verizon whips out Big Johnson to lure FCC into axing US states' net neutrality, privacy rules

'Light touch' must be enforced with a heavy hand, says telco

Networks31 Oct 2017 | 19

Verizon coughs up $18m after crooked contractor overcharged NY schools

How'd you like them Big Apples? US telco caught up in kickback scam

Networks18 Oct 2017 | 3

Oath-my-God: THREE! BILLION! Yahoo! accounts! hacked! in! 2013! – not! 'just!' 1bn!

Every user pwned, how's that $4bn looking now, Verizon?

Security03 Oct 2017 | 66

Aw, not you too, Verizon: US telco joins list of leaky AWS S3 buckets

Now is a good time to go check your own Amazon settings. It's OK, we'll wait

Security22 Sep 2017 | 13

Sprint, T-Mobile US reignite mega-merger talks (again)

You want more competition, America? Here's another all-powerful telco monolith

Personal Tech19 Sep 2017 | 6

Sprint CEO straight out accuses Verizon counterpart of LYING

IN ALL CAPS, no less

Networks15 Sep 2017 | 7

Yahoo! must! face! the! music! over! data! breaches! judge! rules!

Purple Palace's corporate carcass to cop a kicking as class action gets green light

On-Prem04 Sep 2017 | 9

Telcos waive bills during Houston hurricane recovery

Carriers say they're holding up – more flooding is likely

Networks28 Aug 2017 | 8

Verizon kicks out hot new Unlimited* plans

*By 'unlimited' they mean 'significantly limited'

Networks22 Aug 2017 | 24

Who needs 5G? Qualcomm, Ericsson and Verizon hit 1Gbps with LTE gear

Trio squeezes a bit more life out of current-gen broadband standard

Networks21 Aug 2017 | 6

US cops point at cell towers and say: Give us every phone number that's touched that mast

Verizon says basestation dumps increasingly popular

Security17 Aug 2017 | 63

Multi-gig broadband spec passes interop test at Verizon

Five vendors help virtualize access network functions

Networks16 Jul 2017 | 3

14 million Verizon subscribers' details leak from crappily configured AWS S3 data store

Updated US telco giant insists only infosec bods saw the info

Security12 Jul 2017 | 12

Verizon!-owned! Yahoo! bins! AT&T! IDs! for! Tumblr! logins!

Yahoo!,Tumblr users need to register new email addresses

Personal Tech26 Jun 2017 | 7

Yahoo! cleanup! will! cost! Verizon! half! a! billion! bucks!

Ha! Ha! Another! chance! to! use! these! exclamations!

On-Prem15 Jun 2017 | 11

Marissa! Mayer! out! as! Yahoo!-Verizon! closes!

Chief exec says Yaho-o-oo! as biz becomes Oath

On-Prem13 Jun 2017 | 33

Yahoo! shareholders! sign! off! sale! to! Verizon!, which! sharpens! axe!

Purple Palace as we know it to close on June 13th

On-Prem09 Jun 2017 | 7