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2019

November

06

• Headlines | AT&T to pay $60 million over misleading ‘unlimited’ data plans. {/exp:ce_str:ing}

  AT&T agreed to a $60 million settlement over allegations it misled more than 3.5 million customers by charging them for "unlimited" data plans while reducing their data speeds when their usage exceeded a certain amount.

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• Headlines | Apple, TikTok draw congressional rebuke for skipping hearing. {/exp:ce_str:ing}

  Apple and TikTok took a lashing Tuesday for skipping a congressional hearing meant to explore the tech industry and its ties to China, an absence that threatens to bring sustained political scrutiny of the companies’…

October

24

• Headlines | Facebook takes broad lashing at congressional hearing. {/exp:ce_str:ing}

  Congressional lawmakers delivered a broad lashing of Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg, sniping at his company’s plans to launch a digital currency called Libra, its pockmarked track record on privacy and diversity, and its struggles to…

21

• Headlines | In House antitrust hearing, lawmakers focus on harms to privacy. {/exp:ce_str:ing}

  House lawmakers on Friday pressed experts on how the market power of major tech platforms could hurt consumer privacy, showing that an antitrust investigation into Facebook, Google, Apple and Amazon is growing to include deeper…

16

• Headlines | Does your toothbrush have an app yet?. {/exp:ce_str:ing}

  New technology is creating some excitement in the formerly ho-hum world of dental care.

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10

• Headlines | California law blocks debt collectors from emptying your bank account. {/exp:ce_str:ing}

  Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law a bill that will prevent debt collectors from emptying Californians’ bank accounts.

  The bill — SB 616 — doesn’t block collectors from draining funds from the account of a…

03

• Headlines | Debunking a credit score myth: Use less than 30% of your credit limit. {/exp:ce_str:ing}

  The top two factors that determine your credit score are your payment history and the amount you owe.  If your credit card limit was $1,000, you should limit your purchases to no more than $300.…

02

• Headlines | Appeals court ruling upholds FCC’s canceling of net neutrality rules. {/exp:ce_str:ing}

  A federal appeals court on Tuesday ruled in favor of the Federal Communications Commission and upheld its repeal of Obama-era net neutrality protections, issuing a mixed decision that also appeared to open the door for…

September

25

• Headlines | A no-internet, just-for-kids cell phone is here. {/exp:ce_str:ing}

  Much to our chagrin, it seems like the age where kids get their first cell phone is skewing younger by the day. And while it's important that we're able to reach our children after soccer…

23

• Headlines | Streaming wars scorecard: What to watch and how much it will cost. {/exp:ce_str:ing}

  In the coming months, Disney (DIS), WarnerMedia and Comcast (CCZ)are all launching their own streaming platforms to compete with the likes of Netflix (NFLX) and Amazon (AMZN) — two powerful tech companies that got a…

21

• Headlines | Keeping consumer complaint database public is big win for consumers. {/exp:ce_str:ing}

  The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has decided it won’t remove from public view a complaint database that consumers use to ask for help in resolving financial issues, such as problems with a debt collector, mortgage…

18

• Headlines | These apps may have told Facebook about your sex life. {/exp:ce_str:ing}

  Your best friend may not know when you last had sex, but it’s possible that Facebook does.

  At least two menstruation-tracking apps, Maya and MIA Fem, were sharing intimate details of users’ sexual health with…

12

• Headlines | Lawmakers want to give us back the right to sue companies. {/exp:ce_str:ing}

  The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee passed a bipartisan bill, the Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal (FAIR) Act, that would end forced arbitration.

  A recent academic study found that 81 of the biggest 100 companies in…

August

31

• Headlines | How to complain and get results. {/exp:ce_str:ing}

  To breach the walls and successfully resolve your complaint, you must use the three p’s: patience, persistence and politeness. Don’t expect an instant fix, and give the company’s complaint process time to work. Be prepared…

28

• Headlines | Student allegedly denied U.S. entry over friends’ social media. {/exp:ce_str:ing}

  Ismail B. Ajjawi touched down at Boston Logan International Airport on Friday night, prepared to begin his freshman year at Harvard University. The 17-year-old Palestinian student never left the airport. The Harvard Crimson reported that…

23

• Headlines | Major phone service providers agree to plan to slow robocallers. {/exp:ce_str:ing}

  Verizon, AT&T, Comcast and nine other phone service providers reached a deal with 51 attorneys general across the country to install call-blocking technology. But the deal doesn’t have a deadline.

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21

• Headlines | Why aren’t older people using Lyft and Uber?. {/exp:ce_str:ing}

  Seniors need transportation alternatives more than ever, but many are intimidated by ride-hailing apps.

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15

• Headlines | I shared my phone number. I learned I shouldn’t have. {/exp:ce_str:ing}

  Our mobile phone numbers have become permanently attached to us because we rarely change them, porting them from job to job and place to place. In fact, your phone number may have now become an…

05

• Headlines | Instagram is changing the way people buy things. {/exp:ce_str:ing}

  In March, Instagram introduced a new checkout option that allows customers to purchase products directly off a handful of companies' pages within its app.

  Instagram has also added tools that allow customers to shop items…

• Headlines | A guide to picking the right phone plan. {/exp:ce_str:ing}

  Let’s make one thing clear: You can’t beat the house. Telecommunications is one of the world’s most lucrative industries, and wireless carriers will turn a profit no matter what. That’s why you must be judicious…

July

26

• Headlines | House passes anti-robocall bill. {/exp:ce_str:ing}

  The House on Wednesday took a major step toward cracking down on illegal robocalls by passing legislation allowing for tougher penalties against the scammers who generate billions of unwanted calls each year.

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25

• Headlines | Your college major may affect your ability to get a loan. {/exp:ce_str:ing}

  When students choose where to attend college and what subject to major in, they can expect those decisions to have an impact on certain aspects of their life, like their career or earnings. But if…

24

• Headlines | FTC orders Facebook to add oversight of data practices. {/exp:ce_str:ing}

  Facebook on Wednesday was ordered to create new layers of oversight for its collection and handling of users’ personal data by the Federal Trade Commission, as the agency detailed a privacy settlement with the social…

16

• Headlines | T-Mobile says it can’t be sued by users. {/exp:ce_str:ing}

  T-Mobile is already facing a class-action lawsuit that's making its way through the court system to hold the company accountable for its behavior. There's just one problem: the mobile carrier says that if its subscribers…

15

• Headlines | FTC approves Facebook fine of about $5 billion. {/exp:ce_str:ing}

  The Federal Trade Commission has approved a fine of roughly $5 billion against Facebook for mishandling users’ personal information, according to three people briefed on the vote, in what would be a landmark settlement that…

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