Countdown to Prime Day: Massive savings on baby carriers, top reads, tech accessories and more for a limited time only


We’re less than 24 hours closer to the grandest online summer sales event of the year, the Amazon Prime Day, and eager shoppers are already holding on to their Amazon apps and browser tabs, patiently...

Alphabet’s Loon could provide internet in Kenya this year

Alphabet's internet-delivering balloon service, Loon, expects to begin commercial service in Kenya sometime this year. The company just received approval from Kenyan officials to begin flying and testing over the country, and a Loon spokesperson said...

US carriers create single sign-on service that could end passwords

AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon have teamed up to create a single sign-on service that could mean you won't have to use a password manager or remember your (hopefully strong) login credentials for every app on your phone. The carriers say Proj...

FCC: Verizon and AT&T ‘zero-rating’ perks harm consumers

Tom Wheeler may be leaving, but he's going out swinging. After grilling carriers Verizon and AT&T last month over their "zero-rating" policies, the FCC chairman released a report saying its practices harmed streaming rivals and, ultimately, consu...

Robocall ‘strike force’ sets out to end unwanted calls

The Federal Communications Commission is just as fed up with robocalls as you are. After opening the door for telecoms to offer robocall blocking services last year, and urging those companies to make them available for free last month, members of th...