#vz — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #vz, aggregated by home.social.
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Starkregen und RückstauschutzEnergieberatung der Verbraucherzentrale Niedersachsen gibt Tipps für den Ernstfall
Die vergangenen Jahre haben gezeigt, auch in Niedersachsen nehmen Wetterextreme zu: Innerhalb kurzer Zeit können große Regenmengen die Kanalisation überfordern und erhebliche Schäden an Gebäuden verursachen.#Regen #Starkregen #Verbraucherzentrale #VZ
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Trotz Todesfalls: 75 Prozent der Kosten als „Kulanzangebot“Verbraucherzentrale Niedersachsen mahnt Lifta ab
Die Verbraucherzentrale Niedersachsen hat die Lifta GmbH wegen unzulässiger Geschäftspraktiken abgemahnt: Das Unternehmen hat pauschal 75 Prozent der Kosten für einen Treppenlift gefordert, der nie eingebaut wurde, da die Frau, für die der Lift#LiftaGmbH #Treppenlift #VZ
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Can Verizon’s KDDI Tie-Up for Latest BMW Vehicles Boost Its Profits?
Verizon CommunicationsVZ has partnered with KDDI Corporation KDDIY to provide connectivity for newly manufactured BMW Group vehicles in…
#Germany #DE #Europe #EU #Europa #BMW #futures #indexmarketquote #indexmarketquotes #indexmarketsymbol #indexmarketsymbols #indices #TheGlobeandMail #VerizonCommunications #VZ
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Verizon lands BMW Group U.S. telematics deal
Verizon (NYSE:VZ) has been selected to provide 5G Standalone and LTE connectivity for newly manufactured BMW Group vehicles…
#Germany #DE #Europe #EU #Europa #BMW #5g #BMWGroup #Connectedvehicles #KDDI #LTE #telematics #Verizon #VZ
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https://www.europesays.com/at/236976/ Wie Rheinmetall, MTU Aero Engines, Beiersdorf, Merck KGaA, Deutsche Bank und Volkswagen Vz. für Gesprächsstoff im DAX sorgten #Aero #Aktie #AT #Austria #Bei #Beiersdorf #Business #Companies #Companies&Markets #DAX #Engines #KGaA #Markets #Märkte #Merck #MRK #MTU #MTX #Österreich #Perf #SK #Symbol #Unternehmen #Unternehmen&Märkte #Volkswagen #Vz
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Widerrufsbutton wird PflichtVerbraucherzentrale Niedersachsen begrüßt die Änderung, sieht aber Tücken bei der Umsetzung
Ab dem 19. Juni müssen Anbieter bei online geschlossenen Verträgen eine gut sichtbare elektronische Widerrufsfunktion bereitstellen.#Verbraucherzentrale #VZ #Widerrufsbutton
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Verbrauchertipps
#Linsen und #Kichererbsen➡️ Auf Bio-Produkte achten
➡️ Angaben richtig einordnen
➡️ Grundpreis vergleichen
➡️ Regionale Produkte bewusst wählen
➡️ Sortiment vergleichen
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Verbrauchertipps
#Linsen und #Kichererbsen➡️ Auf Bio-Produkte achten
➡️ Angaben richtig einordnen
➡️ Grundpreis vergleichen
➡️ Regionale Produkte bewusst wählen
➡️ Sortiment vergleichen
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Verbrauchertipps
#Linsen und #Kichererbsen➡️ Auf Bio-Produkte achten
➡️ Angaben richtig einordnen
➡️ Grundpreis vergleichen
➡️ Regionale Produkte bewusst wählen
➡️ Sortiment vergleichen
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Verbrauchertipps
#Linsen und #Kichererbsen➡️ Auf Bio-Produkte achten
➡️ Angaben richtig einordnen
➡️ Grundpreis vergleichen
➡️ Regionale Produkte bewusst wählen
➡️ Sortiment vergleichen
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#Cupra #Raval #VZ im #MEGATEST: Verbrauch, Reichweite & Ladezeit #ev
In diesem Video schauen wir uns den sportlichen #Elektro-Cupra ganz genau an: Wie gut ist die Reichweite im Alltag? Wie hoch ist der Verbrauch? Wie schnell lädt der Cupra Raval VZ? Wie schlägt sich die Software? Und vor allem: Macht der kleine Elektro-Cupra wirklich Spaß?
#cupraraval #cupra@ELEKTROBAYS
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#Cupra #Raval #VZ im #MEGATEST: Verbrauch, Reichweite & Ladezeit #ev
In diesem Video schauen wir uns den sportlichen #Elektro-Cupra ganz genau an: Wie gut ist die Reichweite im Alltag? Wie hoch ist der Verbrauch? Wie schnell lädt der Cupra Raval VZ? Wie schlägt sich die Software? Und vor allem: Macht der kleine Elektro-Cupra wirklich Spaß?
#cupraraval #cupra@ELEKTROBAYS
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#Cupra #Raval #VZ im #MEGATEST: Verbrauch, Reichweite & Ladezeit #ev
In diesem Video schauen wir uns den sportlichen #Elektro-Cupra ganz genau an: Wie gut ist die Reichweite im Alltag? Wie hoch ist der Verbrauch? Wie schnell lädt der Cupra Raval VZ? Wie schlägt sich die Software? Und vor allem: Macht der kleine Elektro-Cupra wirklich Spaß?
#cupraraval #cupra@ELEKTROBAYS
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#Cupra #Raval #VZ im #MEGATEST: Verbrauch, Reichweite & Ladezeit #ev
In diesem Video schauen wir uns den sportlichen #Elektro-Cupra ganz genau an: Wie gut ist die Reichweite im Alltag? Wie hoch ist der Verbrauch? Wie schnell lädt der Cupra Raval VZ? Wie schlägt sich die Software? Und vor allem: Macht der kleine Elektro-Cupra wirklich Spaß?
#cupraraval #cupra@ELEKTROBAYS
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#Cupra #Raval #VZ im #MEGATEST: Verbrauch, Reichweite & Ladezeit #ev
In diesem Video schauen wir uns den sportlichen #Elektro-Cupra ganz genau an: Wie gut ist die Reichweite im Alltag? Wie hoch ist der Verbrauch? Wie schnell lädt der Cupra Raval VZ? Wie schlägt sich die Software? Und vor allem: Macht der kleine Elektro-Cupra wirklich Spaß?
#cupraraval #cupra@ELEKTROBAYS
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https://www.europesays.com/hu/102267/ Menetpróba: Cupra Raval VZ – 2026. #Cupra #CupraRaval #ElektromosAutó #HotHatch #HU #Hungarian #Hungary #kisautó #Magyar #Magyarország #menetpróba #Science #Science&Technology #spanyolország #Technológia #Technology #Tudomány #TudományésTechnológia #villanyautó #vz
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Neuer #Cupra #Born im ersten #Fahrbericht. Gute ID.3 Neo Alternative. #ev
NEUER Cupra Born #VZ 2026 im Test: Besser als der VW ID.3 Neo? ⚡️ Erste Fahrt & #Review Der neue Cupra Born VZ ( #Facelift 2026 ) ist da – und er macht einiges anders! In unserem ersten Fahrbericht testen wir das sportliche Elektroauto auf Herz und Nieren. Cupra hat genau dort nachgebessert, wo es wichtig war:...
@ELEKTROBAYS
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Neuer #Cupra #Born im ersten #Fahrbericht. Gute ID.3 Neo Alternative. #ev
NEUER Cupra Born #VZ 2026 im Test: Besser als der VW ID.3 Neo? ⚡️ Erste Fahrt & #Review Der neue Cupra Born VZ ( #Facelift 2026 ) ist da – und er macht einiges anders! In unserem ersten Fahrbericht testen wir das sportliche Elektroauto auf Herz und Nieren. Cupra hat genau dort nachgebessert, wo es wichtig war:...
@ELEKTROBAYS
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Neuer #Cupra #Born im ersten #Fahrbericht. Gute ID.3 Neo Alternative. #ev
NEUER Cupra Born #VZ 2026 im Test: Besser als der VW ID.3 Neo? ⚡️ Erste Fahrt & #Review Der neue Cupra Born VZ ( #Facelift 2026 ) ist da – und er macht einiges anders! In unserem ersten Fahrbericht testen wir das sportliche Elektroauto auf Herz und Nieren. Cupra hat genau dort nachgebessert, wo es wichtig war:...
@ELEKTROBAYS
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Neuer #Cupra #Born im ersten #Fahrbericht. Gute ID.3 Neo Alternative. #ev
NEUER Cupra Born #VZ 2026 im Test: Besser als der VW ID.3 Neo? ⚡️ Erste Fahrt & #Review Der neue Cupra Born VZ ( #Facelift 2026 ) ist da – und er macht einiges anders! In unserem ersten Fahrbericht testen wir das sportliche Elektroauto auf Herz und Nieren. Cupra hat genau dort nachgebessert, wo es wichtig war:...
@ELEKTROBAYS
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Neuer #Cupra #Born im ersten #Fahrbericht. Gute ID.3 Neo Alternative. #ev
NEUER Cupra Born #VZ 2026 im Test: Besser als der VW ID.3 Neo? ⚡️ Erste Fahrt & #Review Der neue Cupra Born VZ ( #Facelift 2026 ) ist da – und er macht einiges anders! In unserem ersten Fahrbericht testen wir das sportliche Elektroauto auf Herz und Nieren. Cupra hat genau dort nachgebessert, wo es wichtig war:...
@ELEKTROBAYS
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Nevím úplně přesně, jak to číst:
‚Zresetujeme zařízení.‘ Čeští zpravodajci ve spolupráci s FBI zasáhli proti zneužitým přístrojům"‚Podstatou operace, na níž se Vojenské zpravodajství podílelo formou aktivního zásahu, bylo odebrat přístup útočníkům ke zranitelným zařízením a následně je zabezpečit, (...),‘ přibližuje Pejšek."
Znamená to, že Vojenské zpravodajství leze lidem do routerů a dělá jim úpravy ve firmwaru?
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Nevím úplně přesně, jak to číst:
‚Zresetujeme zařízení.‘ Čeští zpravodajci ve spolupráci s FBI zasáhli proti zneužitým přístrojům"‚Podstatou operace, na níž se Vojenské zpravodajství podílelo formou aktivního zásahu, bylo odebrat přístup útočníkům ke zranitelným zařízením a následně je zabezpečit, (...),‘ přibližuje Pejšek."
Znamená to, že Vojenské zpravodajství leze lidem do routerů a dělá jim úpravy ve firmwaru?
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Nevím úplně přesně, jak to číst:
‚Zresetujeme zařízení.‘ Čeští zpravodajci ve spolupráci s FBI zasáhli proti zneužitým přístrojům"‚Podstatou operace, na níž se Vojenské zpravodajství podílelo formou aktivního zásahu, bylo odebrat přístup útočníkům ke zranitelným zařízením a následně je zabezpečit, (...),‘ přibližuje Pejšek."
Znamená to, že Vojenské zpravodajství leze lidem do routerů a dělá jim úpravy ve firmwaru?
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Nevím úplně přesně, jak to číst:
‚Zresetujeme zařízení.‘ Čeští zpravodajci ve spolupráci s FBI zasáhli proti zneužitým přístrojům"‚Podstatou operace, na níž se Vojenské zpravodajství podílelo formou aktivního zásahu, bylo odebrat přístup útočníkům ke zranitelným zařízením a následně je zabezpečit, (...),‘ přibližuje Pejšek."
Znamená to, že Vojenské zpravodajství leze lidem do routerů a dělá jim úpravy ve firmwaru?
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Nevím úplně přesně, jak to číst:
‚Zresetujeme zařízení.‘ Čeští zpravodajci ve spolupráci s FBI zasáhli proti zneužitým přístrojům"‚Podstatou operace, na níž se Vojenské zpravodajství podílelo formou aktivního zásahu, bylo odebrat přístup útočníkům ke zranitelným zařízením a následně je zabezpečit, (...),‘ přibližuje Pejšek."
Znamená to, že Vojenské zpravodajství leze lidem do routerů a dělá jim úpravy ve firmwaru?
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#Verizon #MobilePhone . . .
Any other #Verizon #VZ users out there?
Got an offer by text from VZ for a "free" upgrade to a Google Pixel 10 Pro worth $1k without w/o a trade-in & w/o any change in my current unlimited talk/data plan.
Signed up for the new phone after long text chat with a VZ rep.
Of course, the phone really wasn't entirely "free." I had to pay $112.50 in taxes & other charges plus a $40 upgrade fee to get it but that's not bad considering that the 5 yr old Motorola phone that I'm using now didn't cost much more than $152.50 to begin with.
Technically, I have to "pay off" the phone with debits & credits of $27.77 per month over 3 years until I actually own it but that doesn't matter to me because I've been with VZ for over 40 yrs & have no plans of switching. The phone is also locked until then, which also doesn't matter to me.
They're also giving me a $10/mo "loyalty" credit for 12 months.
Just need to wait to get an email from my local store to pick it up.
An excellent deal IMO.
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#Verizon #MobilePhone . . .
Any other #Verizon #VZ users out there?
Got an offer by text from VZ for a "free" upgrade to a Google Pixel 10 Pro worth $1k without w/o a trade-in & w/o any change in my current unlimited talk/data plan.
Signed up for the new phone after long text chat with a VZ rep.
Of course, the phone really wasn't entirely "free." I had to pay $112.50 in taxes & other charges plus a $40 upgrade fee to get it but that's not bad considering that the 5 yr old Motorola phone that I'm using now didn't cost much more than $152.50 to begin with.
Technically, I have to "pay off" the phone with debits & credits of $27.77 per month over 3 years until I actually own it but that doesn't matter to me because I've been with VZ for over 40 yrs & have no plans of switching. The phone is also locked until then, which also doesn't matter to me.
They're also giving me a $10/mo "loyalty" credit for 12 months.
Just need to wait to get an email from my local store to pick it up.
An excellent deal IMO.
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#Verizon #MobilePhone . . .
Any other #Verizon #VZ users out there?
Got an offer by text from VZ for a "free" upgrade to a Google Pixel 10 Pro worth $1k without w/o a trade-in & w/o any change in my current unlimited talk/data plan.
Signed up for the new phone after long text chat with a VZ rep.
Of course, the phone really wasn't entirely "free." I had to pay $112.50 in taxes & other charges plus a $40 upgrade fee to get it but that's not bad considering that the 5 yr old Motorola phone that I'm using now didn't cost much more than $152.50 to begin with.
Technically, I have to "pay off" the phone with debits & credits of $27.77 per month over 3 years until I actually own it but that doesn't matter to me because I've been with VZ for over 40 yrs & have no plans of switching. The phone is also locked until then, which also doesn't matter to me.
They're also giving me a $10/mo "loyalty" credit for 12 months.
Just need to wait to get an email from my local store to pick it up.
An excellent deal IMO.
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#Verizon #MobilePhone . . .
Any other #Verizon #VZ users out there?
Got an offer by text from VZ for a "free" upgrade to a Google Pixel 10 Pro worth $1k without w/o a trade-in & w/o any change in my current unlimited talk/data plan.
Signed up for the new phone after long text chat with a VZ rep.
Of course, the phone really wasn't entirely "free." I had to pay $112.50 in taxes & other charges plus a $40 upgrade fee to get it but that's not bad considering that the 5 yr old Motorola phone that I'm using now didn't cost much more than $152.50 to begin with.
Technically, I have to "pay off" the phone with debits & credits of $27.77 per month over 3 years until I actually own it but that doesn't matter to me because I've been with VZ for over 40 yrs & have no plans of switching. The phone is also locked until then, which also doesn't matter to me.
They're also giving me a $10/mo "loyalty" credit for 12 months.
Just need to wait to get an email from my local store to pick it up.
An excellent deal IMO.
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Verizon Communications (VZ)
#Tradingan - #Grafik #harga #saham #Verizon Communications (VZ) hari ini untuk membantu #analisa #pasar sebelum memulai #investasi dan #trading saham Verizon Communications #VZ. Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) adalah salah satu #perusahaan #telekomunikasi #terbesar di #dunia, menyediakan layanan broadband, nirkabel, dan komunikasi digital kepada #pelanggan di #Amerika Serikat dan #internasional. Berkantor pusat di New York City,…
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Weekly output: wireless-service satisfaction, ransomware survey, Dashlane report, Verizon fee increases, drone policy
I had one work event on my calendar this week that I don’t think rates as an appearance worth listing here, since I got roped into it at the last minute. I’d put the Internet Law & Policy Foundry’s tech-law trivia contest on my schedule Wednesday thinking it would be fun to watch, but then one of the contestants asked if I’d like to join their team–and we finished in third place. This was one of the first public trivia contests I’d joined since 1987, when I was a member of the high school team that won a New Jersey state championship, and it’s nice to see that I still have it or at least some of it.
This coming week has me traveling for work for the first time since the middle of June and to an event that first landed on my travel calendar in 2018: I’m headed to Las Vegas for the Black Hat information-security conference. The trip doesn’t include the DEF CON infosec conference that follows Black Hat, and on Patreon I explained why I opted out of that and feel a little guilty about it.
7/31/2025: People Like Wireless Service Best When It Doesn’t Involve the Big 3 Carriers, PCMag
The gap betweeen J.D. Power’s customer-satisfaction stats for the big three wireless carriers and that firm’s metrics for companies reselling the networks of AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon caught my eye.
8/1/2025: Ransomware Victims Are Still Paying Up, Some More Than Once, PCMag
This survey published by the security firm Semperis got an unfortunate news peg when the Trump administration rescinded the West Point department-chair appointment of one of the report’s expert contributors, former Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Administration head Jen Easterly.
8/1/2025: This Password Manager Caught Some of Its Own Employees Not Using Its Product, PCMag
Dashlane’s PR folks offered me this story ahead of time. Since I have always found the fallible-human element of information security to be fascinating, I accepted the offer, and then my editors concurred.
8/1/2025: Months After Freezing Wireless Rates But Not Fees, Verizon Slips in a Fee Increase, PCMag
One of my colleagues brought this to my attention, and I was happy to set aside some time Friday morning to cover it.
8/2/2025: The Drone Industry Can’t Wait for This One Federal Regulation to Take Off, PCMag
I spent Tuesday and Wednesday at Nationals Park to cover a drone-policy conference hosted there by the trade group AUVSI, but I didn’t get around to writing it until Thursday night.
#AUVSI #BlackHat #ConsumerCellular #Dashlane #droneDelivery #drones #finePrint #JDPower #junkFees #NationalsPark #NatsPark #passwordManager #ransomware #Semperis #verizon #Vz #wirelessServices
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Weekly output: wireless-service satisfaction, ransomware survey, Dashlane report, Verizon fee increases, drone policy
I had one work event on my calendar this week that I don’t think rates as an appearance worth listing here, since I got roped into it at the last minute. I’d put the Internet Law & Policy Foundry’s tech-law trivia contest on my schedule Wednesday thinking it would be fun to watch, but then one of the contestants asked if I’d like to join their team–and we finished in third place. This was one of the first public trivia contests I’d joined since 1987, when I was a member of the high school team that won a New Jersey state championship, and it’s nice to see that I still have it or at least some of it.
This coming week has me traveling for work for the first time since the middle of June and to an event that first landed on my travel calendar in 2018: I’m headed to Las Vegas for the Black Hat information-security conference. The trip doesn’t include the DEF CON infosec conference that follows Black Hat, and on Patreon I explained why I opted out of that and feel a little guilty about it.
7/31/2025: People Like Wireless Service Best When It Doesn’t Involve the Big 3 Carriers, PCMag
The gap betweeen J.D. Power’s customer-satisfaction stats for the big three wireless carriers and that firm’s metrics for companies reselling the networks of AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon caught my eye.
8/1/2025: Ransomware Victims Are Still Paying Up, Some More Than Once, PCMag
This survey published by the security firm Semperis got an unfortunate news peg when the Trump administration rescinded the West Point department-chair appointment of one of the report’s expert contributors, former Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Administration head Jen Easterly.
8/1/2025: This Password Manager Caught Some of Its Own Employees Not Using Its Product, PCMag
Dashlane’s PR folks offered me this story ahead of time. Since I have always found the fallible-human element of information security to be fascinating, I accepted the offer, and then my editors concurred.
8/1/2025: Months After Freezing Wireless Rates But Not Fees, Verizon Slips in a Fee Increase, PCMag
One of my colleagues brought this to my attention, and I was happy to set aside some time Friday morning to cover it.
8/2/2025: The Drone Industry Can’t Wait for This One Federal Regulation to Take Off, PCMag
I spent Tuesday and Wednesday at Nationals Park to cover a drone-policy conference hosted there by the trade group AUVSI, but I didn’t get around to writing it until Thursday night.
#AUVSI #BlackHat #ConsumerCellular #Dashlane #droneDelivery #drones #finePrint #JDPower #junkFees #NationalsPark #NatsPark #passwordManager #ransomware #Semperis #verizon #Vz #wirelessServices
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Weekly output: wireless-service satisfaction, ransomware survey, Dashlane report, Verizon fee increases, drone policy
I had one work event on my calendar this week that I don’t think rates as an appearance worth listing here, since I got roped into it at the last minute. I’d put the Internet Law & Policy Foundry’s tech-law trivia contest on my schedule Wednesday thinking it would be fun to watch, but then one of the contestants asked if I’d like to join their team–and we finished in third place. This was one of the first public trivia contests I’d joined since 1987, when I was a member of the high school team that won a New Jersey state championship, and it’s nice to see that I still have it or at least some of it.
This coming week has me traveling for work for the first time since the middle of June and to an event that first landed on my travel calendar in 2018: I’m headed to Las Vegas for the Black Hat information-security conference. The trip doesn’t include the DEF CON infosec conference that follows Black Hat, and on Patreon I explained why I opted out of that and feel a little guilty about it.
7/31/2025: People Like Wireless Service Best When It Doesn’t Involve the Big 3 Carriers, PCMag
The gap betweeen J.D. Power’s customer-satisfaction stats for the big three wireless carriers and that firm’s metrics for companies reselling the networks of AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon caught my eye.
8/1/2025: Ransomware Victims Are Still Paying Up, Some More Than Once, PCMag
This survey published by the security firm Semperis got an unfortunate news peg when the Trump administration rescinded the West Point department-chair appointment of one of the report’s expert contributors, former Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Administration head Jen Easterly.
8/1/2025: This Password Manager Caught Some of Its Own Employees Not Using Its Product, PCMag
Dashlane’s PR folks offered me this story ahead of time. Since I have always found the fallible-human element of information security to be fascinating, I accepted the offer, and then my editors concurred.
8/1/2025: Months After Freezing Wireless Rates But Not Fees, Verizon Slips in a Fee Increase, PCMag
One of my colleagues brought this to my attention, and I was happy to set aside some time Friday morning to cover it.
8/2/2025: The Drone Industry Can’t Wait for This One Federal Regulation to Take Off, PCMag
I spent Tuesday and Wednesday at Nationals Park to cover a drone-policy conference hosted there by the trade group AUVSI, but I didn’t get around to writing it until Thursday night.
#AUVSI #BlackHat #ConsumerCellular #Dashlane #droneDelivery #drones #finePrint #JDPower #junkFees #NationalsPark #NatsPark #passwordManager #ransomware #Semperis #verizon #Vz #wirelessServices
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The funniest part? He said that my Verizon loyalty is longer than he's been alive.
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The funniest part? He said that my Verizon loyalty is longer than he's been alive.
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The funniest part? He said that my Verizon loyalty is longer than he's been alive.
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The funniest part? He said that my Verizon loyalty is longer than he's been alive.
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Got an email from Verizon Wireless that my loyalty discount is going away on September 1. With a link to get info. The link showed a page about this but it then immediately popped to my overview page.
So I called. The out of country representative stated that they will be sending another email before September 1 with what the NEW discounts are, and to wait. Then he tried to upsell me an additional line.
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Got an email from Verizon Wireless that my loyalty discount is going away on September 1. With a link to get info. The link showed a page about this but it then immediately popped to my overview page.
So I called. The out of country representative stated that they will be sending another email before September 1 with what the NEW discounts are, and to wait. Then he tried to upsell me an additional line.
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Got an email from Verizon Wireless that my loyalty discount is going away on September 1. With a link to get info. The link showed a page about this but it then immediately popped to my overview page.
So I called. The out of country representative stated that they will be sending another email before September 1 with what the NEW discounts are, and to wait. Then he tried to upsell me an additional line.
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Got an email from Verizon Wireless that my loyalty discount is going away on September 1. With a link to get info. The link showed a page about this but it then immediately popped to my overview page.
So I called. The out of country representative stated that they will be sending another email before September 1 with what the NEW discounts are, and to wait. Then he tried to upsell me an additional line.
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Weekly output: Mark Vena podcast, Verizon customer service, AI fair use, Comcast ditches data caps, Aurora’s autonomous trucks, age verification for porn sites, Universal Service Fund, Trump tariffs
The first half of this year is almost in the books, which means I’m thinking of a few longer pieces that I’d meant to have seen published and paid for by now but instead have yet to start writing.
Patreon readers got an extra post from me this week: a recap of how Uber rides in Mexico City helped me realize how much trouble cheap Chinese EVs are going to cause for Tesla.
6/23/2025: Ep 112 SmartTechCheck Podcast — Apple WWDC 25, Apple Intelligence, OpenAI device, Trump phone, Mark Vena
I suggested that this podcast cover the exercise in commercialized cult worship that is Trump Mobile. Two days after we recorded the show, that site’s description of the T1 phone that it plans to sell changed from “proudly made right here in the USA” to “brought to life right here in the USA.”
6/24/2025: Verizon Touts Upgraded Customer Service Push: Will It Make a Difference?, PCMag
Put me down as a skeptic of the difference that customer service can make in broadband: I can’t remember when I last called either my wireless carrier or my Internet provider for help.
6/24/2025: Judge: It’s Fair Use to Train AI on Books You Bought, But Not Ones You Pirated, PCMag
I found this case interesting for two reasons: It did not involve any claims of AI plagiarism and it allowed for a distinction between training AI models on purchased content and training it on pirated material. That last point should have Silicon Valley nervious, since so many large firms–hi, Meta–could not resist taking that copyright-infringing shortcut.
6/26/2025: Comcast’s New Plans Dump the Data Caps, PCMag
This is a post I have wanted to be able to write for years. I guess seeing enough subscribers flee for unlimited-data offerings of fiber and fixed-wireless services had a persuasive effect on Comcast’s management that my own posts denouncing this exercise in abuse of market power did not.
6/27/2025: Aurora hits a self-driving trucking milestone, Fast Company
One of my editors suggested that Aurora launching commercial deliveries via its self-driving trucks meant it was time to revisit the company I’d profiled for Fast Co. last summer. Conveniently enough, Aurora’s president Ossa Fisher was one of the speakers at Web Summit Vancouver, allowing me to interview her IRL during that conference.
6/27/2025: Sorry, Pornhub Fans: Supreme Court Upholds Texas Age-Verification Law, PCMag
I had this case on my list of opinions to look for on the Supreme Court’s site Friday morning, with an idea that my lede would have to reference Avenue Q’s “The Internet Is For Porn” regardless of the outcome. I’m surprised nobody else seems to have gone with that. After publication, my editor added statements about the decision from a few interested parties.
6/27/2025: That ‘Universal Service Charge’ on Your Phone Bill Isn’t Going Away, PCMag
As I was working on a post about the Texas case, I saw this opinion pop up and realized that I should write about that as well. In the hours that passed, my inbox accumulated comments from a variety of groups–including telecom trade associations that in other scenarios want the government to butt out–applauding this decision.
6/28/2025: For Electronics Makers in Latin America, the Roller-Coaster Ride Is Worse Than Just Paying a High Tariff, PCMag
I started writing this piece from my hotel in Mexico City hours before my departure and then needed another week to check with NielsenIQ to see if they had any stats about the effects of tariffs on the country and then find time to finish and file the thing.
#ageVerification #AITraining #Anthropic #Aurora #autonomousTrucks #autonomousVehicles #Comcast #ComcastDataCaps #copyright #dataCaps #ElectronicsHomeMexico #FirstAmendment #LLMs #MarkVena #podcast #SupremeCourt #tariffs #UniversalServiceFund #USF #VerizonCustomerService #VerizonSupport #Vz #Xfinity
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Weekly output: Mark Vena podcast, Verizon customer service, AI fair use, Comcast ditches data caps, Aurora’s autonomous trucks, age verification for porn sites, Universal Service Fund, Trump tariffs
The first half of this year is almost in the books, which means I’m thinking of a few longer pieces that I’d meant to have seen published and paid for by now but instead have yet to start writing.
Patreon readers got an extra post from me this week: a recap of how Uber rides in Mexico City helped me realize how much trouble cheap Chinese EVs are going to cause for Tesla.
6/23/2025: Ep 112 SmartTechCheck Podcast — Apple WWDC 25, Apple Intelligence, OpenAI device, Trump phone, Mark Vena
I suggested that this podcast cover the exercise in commercialized cult worship that is Trump Mobile. Two days after we recorded the show, that site’s description of the T1 phone that it plans to sell changed from “proudly made right here in the USA” to “brought to life right here in the USA.”
6/24/2025: Verizon Touts Upgraded Customer Service Push: Will It Make a Difference?, PCMag
Put me down as a skeptic of the difference that customer service can make in broadband: I can’t remember when I last called either my wireless carrier or my Internet provider for help.
6/24/2025: Judge: It’s Fair Use to Train AI on Books You Bought, But Not Ones You Pirated, PCMag
I found this case interesting for two reasons: It did not involve any claims of AI plagiarism and it allowed for a distinction between training AI models on purchased content and training it on pirated material. That last point should have Silicon Valley nervious, since so many large firms–hi, Meta–could not resist taking that copyright-infringing shortcut.
6/26/2025: Comcast’s New Plans Dump the Data Caps, PCMag
This is a post I have wanted to be able to write for years. I guess seeing enough subscribers flee for unlimited-data offerings of fiber and fixed-wireless services had a persuasive effect on Comcast’s management that my own posts denouncing this exercise in abuse of market power did not.
6/27/2025: Aurora hits a self-driving trucking milestone, Fast Company
One of my editors suggested that Aurora launching commercial deliveries via its self-driving trucks meant it was time to revisit the company I’d profiled for Fast Co. last summer. Conveniently enough, Aurora’s president Ossa Fisher was one of the speakers at Web Summit Vancouver, allowing me to interview her IRL during that conference.
6/27/2025: Sorry, Pornhub Fans: Supreme Court Upholds Texas Age-Verification Law, PCMag
I had this case on my list of opinions to look for on the Supreme Court’s site Friday morning, with an idea that my lede would have to reference Avenue Q’s “The Internet Is For Porn” regardless of the outcome. I’m surprised nobody else seems to have gone with that. After publication, my editor added statements about the decision from a few interested parties.
6/27/2025: That ‘Universal Service Charge’ on Your Phone Bill Isn’t Going Away, PCMag
As I was working on a post about the Texas case, I saw this opinion pop up and realized that I should write about that as well. In the hours that passed, my inbox accumulated comments from a variety of groups–including telecom trade associations that in other scenarios want the government to butt out–applauding this decision.
6/28/2025: For Electronics Makers in Latin America, the Roller-Coaster Ride Is Worse Than Just Paying a High Tariff, PCMag
I started writing this piece from my hotel in Mexico City hours before my departure and then needed another week to check with NielsenIQ to see if they had any stats about the effects of tariffs on the country and then find time to finish and file the thing.
#ageVerification #AITraining #Anthropic #Aurora #autonomousTrucks #autonomousVehicles #Comcast #ComcastDataCaps #copyright #dataCaps #ElectronicsHomeMexico #FirstAmendment #LLMs #MarkVena #podcast #SupremeCourt #tariffs #UniversalServiceFund #USF #VerizonCustomerService #VerizonSupport #Vz #Xfinity
