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AT&T is finally facing the music with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for its "Unlimited Data" practices – to the tune of $60 million -- 8 years after it first fleeced customers. The problem lies in the fact that AT&T marketed its smartphone plans ... Here are your HotHardware.com email updates for {EMAIL} - [AT&T Hit With $60M FTC Fine Over Shady Unlimited Data Throttling Scheme](#0) - [Chrome OS 78 Gains Virtual Desks, Simpler Printing, Click To Call](#1) - [Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Players Exploit Assault Rifle, Shotgun Quirks For Max Carnage](#2) - [Fortnite Stealthily Adds Harpoon Gun For Dealing Damage And Catching Fish](#3) - [Sound Blaster X3 Review: Portable Super X-Fi Audio For PCs And Consoles](#4) - [NVIDIA AI Hardware To Help USPS Process Packages 10 Times Faster](#5) - [Researchers Hack Echo, Google Home, HomePod Speakers With Cheap Lasers](#6) - [Google's Original Pixel No Longer Eligible For Monthly Security Updates](#7) - [Microsoft's Surface Pro X Now Available, But Performance And Compatibility Issues Raised](#8) - [Red Dead Redemption 2 For PC Is Now Available, Here's Everything You Need To Know](#9) - [AMD’s 3rd Gen Ryzen Threadripper Zen 2 Processors Rumored For November 7 Unveil](#10) - [Microsoft Unveils Hot Black Friday Deals On Surface Devices And More](#11) - [HotHardware's 20th Anniversary Talon Giveaway With Falcon Northwest, AMD And Obsidian!](#12) - [More Recent Articles](#237542_recap) --------------------------------------------------------------- [HotHardware.com News Rss Feed]( - 13 new articles [][AT&T Hit With $60M FTC Fine Over Shady Unlimited Data Throttling Scheme]( [AT&T Hit With $60M FTC Fine Over Shady Unlimited Data Throttling Scheme]( AT&T is finally facing the music with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for its "Unlimited Data" practices – to the tune of $60 million -- 8 years after it first fleeced customers. The problem lies in the fact that AT&T marketed its smartphone plans as having unlimited data, but instead began to throttle customer's connections after surpassing [Add to Delicious]( to FaceBook]( to LinkedIn]( to Reddit]( by email]( on Facebook]( by RSS]( This]( • [Email to a friend]( Hit With $60M FTC Fine Over Shady Unlimited Data Throttling Scheme;6715235) • [][Chrome OS 78 Gains Virtual Desks, Simpler Printing, Click To Call]( [Chrome OS 78 Gains Virtual Desks, Simpler Printing, Click To Call]( Google has announced that it has made some updates to Chrome OS 78 that will bring new features and capabilities to Chromebooks. Google notes that the latest version of Chrome OS in particular adds new tools to help users keep their desktop organized. The updated Chrome OS also makes phone calls easier and brings improvements to printing and [Add to Delicious]( to FaceBook]( to LinkedIn]( to Reddit]( by email]( on Facebook]( by RSS]( This]( • [Email to a friend]( OS 78 Gains Virtual Desks, Simpler Printing, Click To Call;6715235) • [][Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Players Exploit Assault Rifle, Shotgun Quirks For Max Carnage]( [Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Players Exploit Assault Rifle, Shotgun Quirks For Max Carnage]( Call of Duty: Modern Warfare has been on the market since late last month. That has given avid gamers enough time to play the game and figure out the in and outs of what works... and what doesn't. So far, there is a list of weird quirks that have surfaced about the game. One of those quirks deals with the recoil of some of the games more powerful [Add to Delicious]( to FaceBook]( to LinkedIn]( to Reddit]( by email]( on Facebook]( by RSS]( This]( • [Email to a friend]( of Duty: Modern Warfare Players Exploit Assault Rifle, Shotgun Quirks For Max Carnage;6715235) • [][Fortnite Stealthily Adds Harpoon Gun For Dealing Damage And Catching Fish]( [Fortnite Stealthily Adds Harpoon Gun For Dealing Damage And Catching Fish]( Starting with Fortnite Chapter 2, developer Epic Games has kept mum on patch notes, breaking from tradition in the previous chapter. That means players are on their own to discover what is new. Fortnite is hugely popular, though, so secrets get revealed rather quickly. The latest one is the inclusion of a Harpoon Gun. Players are also tasked [Add to Delicious]( to FaceBook]( to LinkedIn]( to Reddit]( by email]( on Facebook]( by RSS]( This]( • [Email to a friend]( Stealthily Adds Harpoon Gun For Dealing Damage And Catching Fish;6715235) • [][Sound Blaster X3 Review: Portable Super X-Fi Audio For PCs And Consoles]( [Sound Blaster X3 Review: Portable Super X-Fi Audio For PCs And Consoles]( Creative Labs has been on something of a roll in 2019. The company has diversified into all kinds of gaming products from keyboards and mice to headsets and speakers. At the same time, Creative never lost track of its PC audio roots, and its flagship Sound BlasterX AE-9 delivered the goods with its high-end SABRE-class DAC and external... 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Today, NVIDIA announced a new partnership with the United States Postal Service (USPS) that will see the government agency [Add to Delicious]( to FaceBook]( to LinkedIn]( to Reddit]( by email]( on Facebook]( by RSS]( This]( • [Email to a friend]( AI Hardware To Help USPS Process Packages 10 Times Faster;6715235) • [][Researchers Hack Echo, Google Home, HomePod Speakers With Cheap Lasers]( [Researchers Hack Echo, Google Home, HomePod Speakers With Cheap Lasers]( It's bad enough we have to worry about sharks with frickin' laser beams attached, but now we have to be vigilant against the threat lasers present to smart home speakers and other devices with digital assistants. How so? Security researchers at the University of Electro-Communications in Tokyo and at the University of Michigan warn that relatively [Add to Delicious]( to FaceBook]( to LinkedIn]( to Reddit]( by email]( on Facebook]( by RSS]( This]( • [Email to a friend]( Hack Echo, Google Home, HomePod Speakers With Cheap Lasers;6715235) • [][Google's Original Pixel No Longer Eligible For Monthly Security Updates]( [Google's Original Pixel No Longer Eligible For Monthly Security Updates]( Google's original Pixel smartphone has enjoyed an epic run when it comes to major operating system and security updates, but the end of the road is finally in sight. Starting with November's monthly rollout of Android security updates, the Pixel is being abandoned by Google. The Pixel has been supported for a remarkably long time -- at [Add to Delicious]( to FaceBook]( to LinkedIn]( to Reddit]( by email]( on Facebook]( by RSS]( This]( • [Email to a friend]( Original Pixel No Longer Eligible For Monthly Security Updates;6715235) • [][Microsoft's Surface Pro X Now Available, But Performance And Compatibility Issues Raised]( [Microsoft's Surface Pro X Now Available, But Performance And Compatibility Issues Raised]( Microsoft launched its highly anticipated -- and might we say good lookin' -- Surface Pro X convertible early last month. The device is notable for its inclusion of a custom, Qualcomm-based Microsoft SQ1 SoC. The SQ1 is an offshoot of the Snapdragon 8xc, and thus is an ARM-based design rather than the x86 processors from Intel that Microsoft [Add to Delicious]( to FaceBook]( to LinkedIn]( to Reddit]( by email]( on Facebook]( by RSS]( This]( • [Email to a friend]( Surface Pro X Now Available, But Performance And Compatibility Issues Raised;6715235) • [][Red Dead Redemption 2 For PC Is Now Available, Here's Everything You Need To Know]( [Red Dead Redemption 2 For PC Is Now Available, Here's Everything You Need To Know]( It may have taken a country minute, but Red Dead Redemption 2 is now available to play on PC. The anticipated release to the best platform for gaming (sorry, console friends) unlocked this morning at 8:00 am Eastern (5:00 am Pacific), after having launched to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One consoles a little over a year ago. What's Special About [Add to Delicious]( to FaceBook]( to LinkedIn]( to Reddit]( by email]( on Facebook]( by RSS]( This]( • [Email to a friend]( Dead Redemption 2 For PC Is Now Available, Here's Everything You Need To Know;6715235) • [][AMD’s 3rd Gen Ryzen Threadripper Zen 2 Processors Rumored For November 7 Unveil]( [AMD’s 3rd Gen Ryzen Threadripper Zen 2 Processors Rumored For November 7 Unveil]( AMD is on the cusp of launching its third-generation Ryzen Threadripper processors based on its 7-nanometer Zen 2 CPU architecture, though the exact release date is still a mystery. Well, officially, anyway. Unofficially, it is said the new round of Threadripper chips will debut on Thursday, November 7. 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