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The Trump family is launching a new mobile phone service called T1 Mobile, which will sell phones built in the U.S. and offer affordable plans with free texts, calls, and additional services, amidst ongoing business ventures during Donald Trump's presidency.
Tens of thousands of AT&T customers experienced outages affecting home phone, internet, and mobile services, with most reporting issues with mobile phone service. The outages also impacted Verizon and T-Mobile users, with some experiencing difficulties contacting AT&T customers. AT&T is urgently working to restore service and encourages the use of Wi-Fi calling. Downdetector showed a spike in reported T-Mobile outages, but T-Mobile stated that their network is operating normally. Verizon confirmed that their network is also operating normally but acknowledged issues when contacting AT&T users.
Google Pixel has become the "Official Mobile Phone" of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) through a multi-year partnership, offering fans exclusive behind-the-scenes access and sponsoring a contest for U.S.-based fans to be part of the "Pitchside with Pixel" program at a regular season match. Pixel will also be the "Presenting Partner of the NWSL Playoffs and Championship," further expanding Google's sports partnerships, which include similar collaborations with the Arsenal and Liverpool Football Club, as well as Pixel Frauen-Bundesliga in Germany.
FLOSS Weekly Episode 767 features a discussion with JP Mens about Owntracks, an open-source project that enables users to manage their location data. Owntracks uses MQTT to send position data to a central server and offers features such as sharing trips, marking points of interest, and playback of movement. The project's source code is available on GitHub, and it can be integrated with other projects like Home Assistant.
A deadly fire at a school dormitory in Guyana that killed 19 people, mostly female students, was reportedly started by a pupil who was angry her mobile phone had been confiscated. The teenage suspect is currently in hospital with burns and has reportedly admitted to the arson. The fire was started in the bathroom area and eventually tore through the whole building, which was partially made of wood and was housing 57 pupils at the time. Survivors of the incident in the central town of Mahdia spoke of being woken up in the middle of the night by screams.
Just 30 minutes of mobile phone usage per week can increase the risk of high blood pressure, according to a study by Southern Medical University in China. The research, which surveyed over 200,000 UK adults over 12 years, found that regular callers who spend an hour on the phone per day are at the highest risk of developing the condition. The study raises questions about the safety of using mobile phones to make or receive calls, especially for heavy users. It is estimated that just over a quarter of adults in the UK have high blood pressure, which can lead to heart attacks or strokes.