“Today, DISH announced its response to COVID-19 which includes supporting consumer connectivity by making it’s entire nationwide, 600 MHz portfolio of spectrum available to T-Mobile at no cost for two months.”
Microsoft Teams goes down just as Europe logs on to work remotely
“Microsoft’s chat and communications tool, Microsoft Teams, is down across Europe this morning. The outage started just as thousands of workers started to sign into the service and attempt to work remotely amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.”
After deregulatory blitz, FCC scrambles to prevent ISP abuse during pandemic
“Under pressure from the Federal Communications Commission, Internet service providers today pledged to waive late fees and keep customers connected when they miss payments due to the coronavirus pandemic. FCC Chairman Ajit Pai announced that many ISPs signed his “Keep Americans Connected Pledge.”
Gmail update brings another new feature to your inbox
“Depending on who you’re conversing with, you might find yourself tediously changing your signature in Gmail over and over again. Whether you’re sending a personal email, chatting with a colleague or messaging someone from another country, it might be appropriate to switch up your sign off.”
Microsoft Confirms Takedown Of ‘Most Prolific’ Hacker Network: Millions Of Users Affected
“Microsoft and partners have announced a major breakthrough in the fight against hackers today (March 10), with the takedown of the prolific Necurs botnet. This automated network infected as many as nine million computers, used as endpoints to distribute dangerous emails and malware.”
Apple Issues New Warning Affecting Millions Of iPhone Users
“Apple may be working on the most exciting iPhone in years, but the company has had a rough start to 2020. Having already made one high profile warning impacting shareholders, now the company has made another which will impact millions of iPhone users.”
FCC to require anti-robocall tech after “voluntary” plan didn’t work out
“Phone companies would be required to deploy technology that prevents spoofing of Caller ID under a plan announced today by Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai. Pai framed it as his own decision, with his announcement saying the chairman “proposed a major step forward…”
Google Messages to send iMessage-like reaction texts such as ‘Liked a photo’
“Google has recently begun making progress toward bringing reactions to RCS, or at least their version of RCS in the Google Messages app.”
Google cancels I/O 2020, its biggest event of the year
“Google is canceling its I/O developer event this year, amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. Google I/O was due to take place between May 12th to 14th this year, and the cancellation comes just days after Google scrapped its Cloud Next event in San Francisco.”
Warning Issued For Millions Of Microsoft Windows 10 Users
“Windows 10 free updates are still a thing, but the cost for users has been very high in recent months. And now users need to know about another fundamental vulnerability, one which Microsoft enables on all Windows 10 PCs by default.”
