AT&T offers cheap wireless data to teachers and students stuck at home

Remote schooling is going to be a fixture of daily life for many people as long as the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, and AT&T is acknowledging that reality beyond lifting data caps. It’s offering free wireless data service (including free hotspots)...

Verizon has a phone plan for kids, complete with parental controls

Like it or not, many kids have smartphones -- and Verizon (Engadget's parent company) wants to capitalize on that with a plan meant to reassure parents anxious about what their young ones might see. The carrier's newly unveiled Just Kids plan melds 5...

Sidewalk Labs reveals site plan for smart neighborhood in Toronto

Sidewalk Labs' smart neighborhood in Toronto is edging closer to becoming a reality after it revealed the initial draft plan for the site. It's proposing that Quayside should be focused around 12 mass-timber buildings, with a maximum height of 30 sto...