This week was a lot less hectic than the week before, and yet most of the items on my household to-do list remain undone.
8/13/2020: No, Facebook Isn’t Getting Political Clickbait Out Of Its News Tab, Forbes
I took a closer look at a new Facebook policy about political propaganda disguised as news and found two huge holes in it. I was pleasantly surprised to see the tech-news aggregator Techmeme give this post a shout-out, but a plug from that influential site doesn’t seem to have graced me with a lot of extra page views.
8/13/2020: The Best Cell Phone Plans, Wirecutter
This update to the smartphone-plans guide I’ve been maintaining since 2014 leads with the same two picks as before, but the Verizon plan we endorse as the best choice for most people is no longer limited to a single line, while T-Mobile’s advantage for high data use includes a big lead in usable 5G connectivity. (We thought about giving our best-for-most-people nod to an AT&T plan that offered more data but cost more, but “don’t buy more than you need” is a big Wirecutter principle.) This update also benefited from a more systematic process of ranking all of the services we considered in 11 different categories, from coverage to to cost to customer-satisfaction scores.
Rob Pegoraro 
You might look at differences in overseas coverage. After more than a decade with Verizon I found that it made a lot of sense to switch to T Mobile. Seamless use in Mexico was very important for me.
Thanks for the comment. That’s actually one of the things we factor into this judgment–T-Mobile’s international roaming is so much better than AT&T and Verizon’s.
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