Hacker News with Generative AI: Verizon

Bad news for Verizon users: Samsung Messages is ditching RCS in January 2025 (neowin.net)
Samsung Messages will no longer support RCS after 1.6.2025. Switch to Google Messages to maintain the more robust messaging you're used to.

Messaging Apps, Samsung, Verizon, RCS

4 points by bundie 43 days ago | 0 comments

Florida Man Who Spied on Verizon for China Gets 4 Years in Prison (gizmodo.com)
A former Verizon employee who fed information to Chinese security agents about his employer, Chinese hacking operations, and pro-democracy activists living in the U.S. was sentenced to four years in prison on Monday.

Espionage, China, Verizon, Cybersecurity, Law Enforcement

14 points by indigodaddy 49 days ago | 2 comments

Verizon suggests I should use an unpatched operating system or trash my device (verizon.com)
Verizon does not provide bootloader unlock codes or the decryption necessary to unlock a bootloader.

Security, Verizon, Mobile Devices

4 points by headcr4sh 96 days ago | 4 comments

Verizon's mobile services are down across the country (theverge.com)
Verizon is experiencing a huge outage affecting its mobile services across the country.

Verizon, Telecommunications, Mobile Services, Outage

11 points by spdustin 110 days ago | 2 comments

Verizon experiencing widespread outage across the US (9to5mac.com)
Verizon is experiencing a massive outage, according to subscribers across the United States. Several of us here at 9to5Mac are also affected by the outage and are unable to an access any sort of cellular connectivity. This includes cellular data, phone calls, and text messages.

Verizon, Telecommunications, Outages, United States

48 points by mikece 110 days ago | 14 comments

Cellular Apple Watch buyers call out Verizon's maddening activation block (appleinsider.com)
Apple Watch owners can't activate their cell plans through Verizon — unless they bought the device from the carrier, or complain at length.

Apple Watch, Verizon, Cellular Service, Consumer Issues

5 points by miles 116 days ago | 0 comments

Verizon to eliminate 5,000 employees in nearly $2B cost-cutting move (fortune.com)
Verizon Communications Inc. will take a pre-tax charge of as much as $1.9 billion in the third quarter tied to 4,800 planned job cuts.

Verizon, Telecom, Layoffs, Cost Cutting, Business

13 points by belter 126 days ago | 7 comments

Music labels sue Verizon for more than $2.6B (theverge.com)

Music Industry, Lawsuits, Verizon

6 points by worstspotgain 186 days ago | 3 comments

Verizon and T-Mobile are trying to gobble up US Cellular (theverge.com)

Telecommunications, US Cellular, Verizon, T-Mobile

27 points by sea-gold 252 days ago | 11 comments

2024 Verizon Data Breach Investigation Report [pdf] (verizon.com)

Data Breaches, Security, Cybersecurity, Reports, Verizon

122 points by cws 262 days ago | 49 comments