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Man who unlocked nearly 2 million AT&T phones gets 12 years in prison

The Verge

According to a news release from the DOJ , in 2012, Muhammad Fahd, a citizen of Pakistan and Grenada, contacted an AT&T employee via Facebook and offered the employee “significant sums of money” to help him secretly unlock AT&T phones, freeing the customers from any installment agreement payments and from AT&T’s service.

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HBO Max will launch internationally in June

The Verge

HBO Max will finally make its international debut in June, with the streaming service set to launch in Latin America and the Caribbean. The company promises it will also transition HBO-branded services in Europe (specifically, “the Nordics, Spain, Central Europe, and Portugal”) to HBO Max later this year. Kitts and Nevis, St.

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These Social Security offices are expected to close in 2025 due to DOGE cuts

Fast Company Tech

The Associated Press has obtained an internal planning document from the General Services Administration, which manages federal real estate, which shows when nearly two-thirds of those cancellations are expected to go into effect. DOGE has published a list of nearly 800 federal real estate leases that it is seeking to cancel. Gadsden: Sept.