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Verizon Is Adding a New Fee to Some of Its Older Unlimited Plans

The nation’s largest carrier really wants to push people to its latest unlimited plans.

Verizon is adding a new $2 fee to some of its older unlimited plans, CNET has confirmed. The new fee, which the carrier is describing as a «rate plan adjustment,» will affect those who are on a variety of unlimited plans, including Beyond Unlimited (and its age 55 Plus variation), Go Unlimited and the older Verizon Unlimited plan.

Customers will begin to be told about the new charge through email, physical mail and notices on their upcoming March bills. The new fee — which will be $2 per line, per month — will start with April bills.

A Verizon spokesperson says that fee is «to account for the added cost of maintaining these legacy plans.»

The Go and Beyond plans were introduced in 2018 while Verizon Unlimited was announced back in 2017. The carrier is not adding new fees to its more recent unlimited plans.

The new fee was first reported by YouTuber Tech Life Channel.

New fees or rate hikes on older plans are not new for Verizon as it looks to push its users onto its more recent plans. Last year the carrier added new «economic adjustment charges» to its customers’ bills while separately also raising rates for its older, shared data plans.

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Were You ‘Tricked’ Into an Amazon Prime Subscription? You Might Be Owed Part of a $2.5B Settlement

Consumers who were «tricked» into a Prime subscription and unable to cancel could see a payout. Here’s who qualifies, and how much you might receive.

Amazon used to make it easy to sign up for a Prime subscription — but very difficult to cancel. From tricky shipping options to Prime Video, plenty of customers wound up with a subscription they didn’t want, and now Amazon is paying the price. In September, the US Federal Trade Commission dropped a massive $2.5 billion settlement on the company for its deceptive subscription tactics.

This isn’t just a slap on the wrist. A whopping $1.5 billion is earmarked to refund eligible subscribers, with the rest serving as a civil penalty. Amazon is now legally required to provide a clear, obvious option to decline Prime, making it as easy to leave the service as it is to join.

Amazon isn’t admitting to any shady behavior. «Amazon and our executives have always followed the law, and this settlement allows us to move forward and focus on innovating for customers,» Mark Blafkin, Amazon senior manager, said in a statement. «We work incredibly hard to make it clear and simple for customers to both sign up or cancel their Prime membership, and to offer substantial value for our many millions of loyal Prime members around the world.»

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Why did the FTC file a lawsuit against Amazon?

The FTC filed suit against Amazon, accusing the company of using «dark patterns» to nudge people into Prime subscriptions and then making it too hard to cancel. The FTC maintained Amazon was in violation of Section 5 of the FTC Act and the Restore Online Shoppers’ Confidence Act.

«Specifically, Amazon used manipulative, coercive or deceptive user-interface designs known as ‘dark patterns’ to trick consumers into enrolling in automatically renewing Prime subscriptions,» the FTC complaint stated.

Who’s eligible for Amazon’s payout?

Amazon’s legal settlement is limited to customers who enrolled in Amazon Prime between June 23, 2019, and June 23, 2025. It’s also restricted to customers who subscribed to Prime using a «challenged enrollment flow» or who enrolled in Prime through any method but were unsuccessful in canceling their memberships.

The FTC called out specific enrollment pages, including Prime Video enrollment, the Universal Prime Decision page, the Shipping Option Select page and the Single Page Checkout. To qualify for a payout, claimants must also not have used more than 10 Amazon Prime benefits in any 12-month period.

Customers who signed up via those challenged processes and did not use more than three Prime benefits within one year will be paid automatically by Amazon within 90 days. Other eligible Amazon customers will need to file a claim, after Dec. 23, and Amazon is required to send notices to those people within 30 days of making its automatic payments.

Customers who did not use a challenged sign-up process but instead were unable to cancel their memberships will also need to file claims for payment.

How big will the Amazon payments be?

Payouts to eligible Amazon claimants will be limited to a maximum of $51. That amount could be reduced depending on the number of Amazon Prime benefits you used while subscribed to the service. Those benefits include free two-day shipping, watching shows or movies on Prime Video or Whole Foods grocery discounts.

Customers who qualify for the payments should receive them by Dec. 24.Customers outside the US aren’t eligible for the payout.

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Today’s Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for Nov. 27, #1622

Here are hints and the answer for today’s Wordle for Nov. 27, No. 1,622.

Looking for the most recent Wordle answer? Click here for today’s Wordle hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles.

Today’s Wordle puzzle is a little tricky. If you need a new starter word, check out our list of which letters show up the most in English words. If you need hints and the answer, read on.

Today’s Wordle hints

Before we show you today’s Wordle answer, we’ll give you some hints. If you don’t want a spoiler, look away now.

Wordle hint No. 1: Repeats

Today’s Wordle answer has no repeated letters.

Wordle hint No. 2: Vowels

Today’s Wordle answer has two vowels.

Wordle hint No. 3: First letter

Today’s Wordle answer begins with R.

Wordle hint No. 4: Last letter

Today’s Wordle answer ends with T.

Wordle hint No. 5: Meaning

Today’s Wordle answer can refer to sending money to pay for something.

TODAY’S WORDLE ANSWER

Today’s Wordle answer is REMIT.

Yesterday’s Wordle answer

Yesterday’s Wordle answer, Nov. 26, No. 1621 was HOVEL.

Recent Wordle answers

Nov. 22, No. 1617: THICK

Nov. 23, No. 1618: BUNNY

Nov. 24, No. 1619: DOUGH

Nov. 25, No. 1620: PLEAD

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Today’s NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for Nov. 27, #900

Here are some hints and the answers for the NYT Connections puzzle for Nov. 27, #900

Looking for the most recent Connections answers? Click here for today’s Connections hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Wordle, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles.

Today’s NYT Connections puzzle is kind of tough. The purple category relies on you to know the other games in the New York Times stable. (We feature answers to five of those games.) If you need help sorting them into groups, you’re in the right place. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.

The Times now has a Connections Bot, like the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. Players who are registered with the Times Games section can now nerd out by following their progress, including the number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak.

Read more: Hints, Tips and Strategies to Help You Win at NYT Connections Every Time

Hints for today’s Connections groups

Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.

Yellow group hint: Look out!

Green group hint: Store things here.

Blue group hint: In the shop.

Purple group hint: Some meta rhyming.

Answers for today’s Connections groups

Yellow group: Inundation.

Green group: Main folders in a computer.

Blue group: Woodworking tools.

Purple group: Rhymes for New York Times games.

Read more: Wordle Cheat Sheet: Here Are the Most Popular Letters Used in English Words

What are today’s Connections answers?

The yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is inundation. The four answers are avalanche, outpouring, tidal wave and torrent.

The green words in today’s Connections

The theme is main folders in a computer. The four answers are desktop, documents, downloads and music.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is woodworking tools. The four answers are drills, files, routers and saws.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is rhymes for New York Times games. The four answers are confections (Connections), grands (Strands), hurdle (Wordle) and swelling sea (Spelling Bee).

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