New York Times
We No Longer Need a Big Carrier’s Wireless Plan. Discount Ones Are the Way.
With plans ranging from $60 to $200 a month for individuals and families, the price of a cellphone is soon eclipsed by the recurring service bills. What if I told you that it no longer had to be this way? Your phone bill could shrink to as little as $25 a month if you picked a wireless plan from a lesser-known service provider known as a discount carrier. The cheaper plans, based on my tests, offer sufficiently fast internet speeds and reliable phone service.
The Winners and Losers of OpenAI’s Wild Weekend (New York Times)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 11/21/2023 - 06:20Epic Games C.E.O. Says Google Has ‘De Facto Control’ on Android App (New York Times)
Submitted by benton on Tue, 11/21/2023 - 06:19Op-ed: This Is Why Google Paid Billions for Apple to Change a Single Setting (New York Times)
Submitted by zwalker@benton.org on Mon, 11/20/2023 - 16:57More Advertisers Halt Spending on X in Growing Backlash Against Musk (New York Times)
Submitted by zwalker@benton.org on Mon, 11/20/2023 - 14:36The White House May Condemn Musk, but the Government Is Addicted to Him
The White House denounced Elon Musk for “abhorrent promotion of antisemitic and racist hate,” for his endorsement of what an administration spokesman called a “hideous lie” about Jews. All of which might make one think the Biden administration was going to try to pull back from doing business with the world’s richest person. Except that, in recent weeks, the U.S.