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Travelers at Baltimore Washington International airport deal with the impact of Southwest Airlines canceling more than 12,000 flights around the Christmas holiday weekend across the country and in Baltimore, Maryland, December 27, 2022.Michael McCoy | ReutersSouthwest Airlines slashed another 2,500 flights on Wednesday, sending more frustrated customers scrambling to find seats on other airlines.The Dallas-based carrier's cuts amounted to 60% of its schedule and marked another day of disruptions even as weather conditions…

When a new iPhone is released, where do you purchase it? While some would say “the Apple Store,” this is in fact the second place most buyers go to. According to a survey conducted by CIRP (via 9to5Mac), US customers usually prefer a mobile carrier to buy a new iPhone. This analysis include both physical and online stores when accounting the most popular places to buy a new iPhone. Here’s the list: Mobile carrier stores and online: 67% Apple Retail: 24% Other: 5% Best Buy 4% With that, CIRP…

The Nothing Phone (1) is a mid-range smartphone from a company founded by Carl Pei, one of the co-founders of OnePlus. When it launched, the Nothing Phone (1) would not be made available in the US just due to how difficult it is for emerging smartphone brands to be successful in the US market without a major partner as a carrier. In an interview with CNBC, this could change soon. Pei confirms that that Nothing is “in discussions with some carriers in the US to potentially launch a future product there,” and although he…

The U.S. Department of Transportation is levying penalties against six carriers that it says were prone to “extreme delays” paying refunds they owed to passengers throughout the pandemic. Five of the carriers which were fined are foreign airlines. Denver, Colorado-based budget carrier Frontier Airlines was ordered to pay $2.2 million—the largest penalty—and was required to repay $222 million, according to the Transportation Department. In total, the department assessed $7.25…

The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has threatened to block calls from voice service providers that have failed to take action against illegal robocalls.A robocall is a call that delivers pre-recorded messages through auto-dialing software to millions of people each day.The FCC said that carriers must take key robocall mitigation steps and if they fail to demonstrate that they have met these requirements, they can be removed from the database and other networks will no longer take their traffic."This is a new…

The ornaments of the Arma Veirana Early Mesolithic infant burial. Credit: University of Montreal It seems logical enough: even in their earliest history, humans must have needed something to carry their babies around in as they moved from place to place. But because little hard evidence of this exists—no infant-sling fabrics discernible in archeological digs, and very few prehistoric baby burials, besides—it's been anybody's…

Negotiators from railroad carriers and unions met in Labor Secretary Marty Walsh's office Wednesday as the sides tried to negotiate a deal ahead of Friday's strike deadline.The meeting started just after 9 a.m. ET. A spokesperson for the Labor Department said talks were ongoing as of midday. "The parties are negotiating in good faith and have committed to staying at the table today," the representative said.Walsh's involvement comes as the Biden administration prepares for a work stoppage. A strike, which could affect…

Jason Hiner/ZDNETOn Wednesday, Apple announced its new iPhone 14, and with that announcement came the news that the typical SIM slot is now history, at least in the US. The iPhone 14 lineup in the US will only carry an eSIM instead of a physical SIM card. How are major US phone carriers adapting to that change?SEE: eSIM vs. SIM: What's the difference?When you purchase an iPhone 14 or iPhone 14 Pro it will already arrive with a ready to activate eSIM, and all you have to do is activate it through your carrier. Good…

As Apple’s iPhone 14 event gets closer, rumors continue to swirl around the phone’s potential ability to provide emergency communications via a satellite network. On Monday, noted analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said that Apple had “completed hardware tests for this feature” with the iPhone 14, but it would have to negotiate a business model with carriers if it wants to include it. According to Kuo, “whether iPhone 14 will offer satellite communication service depends on whether Apple and operators can settle the business model.”…

The Federal Communications Commission said the agency will investigate mobile carriers' compliance with rules requiring them to disclose to consumers how they are using and sharing location data. "This information and geolocation data is really sensitive. It's a record of where we've been and who we are," FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said. "That's why the FCC is taking steps to ensure this data is protected." In July, Rosenworcel asked the 15 top mobile carriers including Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, Comcast,…