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Cash App’s launching a phone service

2026-06-11T09:10:49-04:00

Cash App's AT&T-based MVNO will offer an unlimited 5G data plan for $40 per month including taxes and fees. The new mobile service is powered by Gigs, the same firm behind the Klarna mobile service that launched last year with the same pricing and is "rolling out to select users, with broader availability planned in the coming months."

Cash App also says it's planning connections to its Cash App Green rewards program and Cash App Families, its setup for managing supervised child and teen accounts.

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Beyond unlimited connectivity: Cash App, the #1 personal finance app in the US2, plans to deepen how Mobile connects to t …

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AT&T is launching $3 ‘unlimited’ day passes for iPads

2026-06-10T07:41:36-04:00

AT&T’s new day passes let you get your iPad online for 24 hours at a time, when you need it. | Photo: David Pierce / The Verge

AT&T has introduced a new "Unlimited Day Pass" cellular data offer for iPad users who need brief connectivity instead of signing up for a long-term plan. The day pass is available for $3 in the US starting today, providing 24 hours of unlimited data, with no contracts, subscriptions, or credit checks required.

This offer is available to anyone, including non-AT&T customers, with the 24-hour data activation beginning shortly after purchase. The first day pass is free as part of an introductory deal. There are no caps on speed or data mentioned in AT&T's announcement, but the company says it may "temporarily slow data speeds if the network is …

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AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon team up to eliminate coverage dead zones

2026-05-14T08:48:49-04:00

AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon have agreed to work together under a new joint venture that aims to end wireless dead zones in the US. The partnership was announced today as an "agreement in principle," but if finalized would see the three carrier companies pooling their ground-based spectrum resources together to increase coverage in rural areas.

The goal is to create the "best and most diverse ecosystem for wireless and satellite products and services," though details on how this will actually be achieved are fairly vague. There's mention of the venture developing a unified technical standard for customers and satellite network operators, and …

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How AT&T created the most iconic phone ever

2026-04-13T05:44:01-04:00

For years, even decades, virtually everyone in the United States had the same phone. Nobody really thought about it, it didn't even matter what it was called - it was just The Phone. Well, The Phone was called the Western Electric 500, and when landline phones ruled the world, the Western Electric 500 ruled the landlines. It was so ubiquitous for so long that even if you've never touched a landline, you've encountered the 500. The Phone app on your iPhone? Looks like a 500.

On this episode of Version History, we tell the story of the Western Electric 500, and the deeply strange world it came to represent. David Pierce, Nilay Patel, and prof …

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American Airlines is adding free AT&T Wi-Fi to all its planes

2026-01-06T14:18:24-05:00

American Airlines announced it would be offering free, high-speed, satellite-based Wi-Fi provided by AT&T to all of its jets this year. The installation process will start this month with the airline's narrow-body and dual-class regional planes, with the goal of having its entire fleet updated by spring 2026.

To access the free Wi-Fi, passengers will need to sign up for American's AAdvantage loyalty program. Signup is free, and once you're logged in, you can select "Free Wi-Fi" to start browsing. This is similar to United Airlines' deal with Starlink Wi-Fi, or Delta Air Lines with T-Mobile, both of which require users to sign up for the air …

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AT&T’s new home security system is powered by Google Home and Abode

2025-12-11T09:26:43-05:00

Here are all the devices that you get in the Connected Life $699 advanced kit.

AT&T is launching Connected Life, a new smart home security offering built around Google Home that keeps working during power or internet outages. Connected Life can be self-installed and features smart home cameras from Google Nest and security hardware from Abode, as well as professional monitoring.

This follows Google launching APIs for its smart home platform last year, which are also used by ADT's newest security system, ADT Plus. The Connected Life service is AT&T's latest attempt to step into the world of home security after shutting down Digital Life in 2022, a 3G-based home automation and security service that launched in 2013.

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AT&T’s AI call-screening tool uses your call history to filter out spam

2025-09-16T11:54:35-04:00

AT&T is testing an AI-powered assistant designed to screen phone calls for you. The mobile carrier is bringing the feature to a select group of customers this year, and likens it to a "digital receptionist" that can identify and filter out robocallers based on the information from its network, like your call history.

"This is only the foundation of what it can do," Andy Markus, AT&T's chief data officer, tells The Verge, adding that the AI assistant could eventually help you make reservations or schedule appointments in the future, similar to what you can do with Google's AI assistant.

When you receive a call from an unknown number, AT&T's …

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AT&T now lets you lock down your account to prevent SIM swapping attacks

2025-07-01T12:36:28-04:00

AT&T is launching a new Account Lock feature that's designed to protect wireless users against SIM swapping attacks. The feature, which you can enable from the myAT&T app, prevents unauthorized changes to your account, like phone number transfers, SIM card changes, and updates to billing information.

SIM swapping attacks have become increasingly common in recent years. They occur when a bad actor gets ahold of a victim's phone number, sometimes with social engineering techniques such as impersonating a victim and asking their carrier for a SIM change, and then intercepting messages and phone calls meant for the victim. This can let an attac …

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AT&T says ‘our network’ wasn’t to blame for Trump’s troubled conference call

2025-06-30T19:27:56-04:00

AT&T believes its network wasn't at fault for a conference call where President Donald Trump accused the company of being "totally unable to make their equipment work properly." Instead, AT&T is blaming an unnamed "conference call platform."

Earlier on Monday, President Donald Trump complained on Truth Social about apparent issues with AT&T's network during a "major conference call with faith leaders from all over the country" that had "tens of thousands of people on the line." Trump said that "this is the second time it's happened" and that if "the Boss of AT&T, whoever that may be" would get involved, "it would be good."

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AT&T is making it easier to send pictures to 911 dispatchers

2025-06-24T08:15:50-04:00

AT&T is updating its next-gen 911 network to give users more efficient ways to share important information with emergency services. Starting in October, AT&T's ESInet emergency communications platform will make it easier for AT&T customers to share pictures and video messages with supported dispatch centers, helping to quickly explain the situation and better prepare first responders who will arrive on the scene.

The ESInet platform helps 911 dispatch centers process callouts faster and more reliably by replacing traditional analog connections with fiber-based IP networks. Since its launch in 2018, AT&T says 1,700 emergency call centers hav …

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