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chrismills@bgr.comThere’s a tired old trick for internet service providers that want a tax break to continue gouging customers. The ISP will make some vague promise of future broadband investment, in return for immediate …
Politics
Tech
The Galaxy Note 8 will cost nearly $1,000 when it launches in September, insider claims
Evan Blass, better known by his Twitter handle @evleaks, is one of the most reliable and longest-serving cellphone leakers in the business. So when he puts out a report with two big claims …
Tech
Google will stop snooping on your emails to target ads at you
Gmail has always been a tradeoff: good free web email for everyone, but in return Google gets to (anonymously) scan your emails and use that data to target ads at you. Constantly buying …
Science
Watch SpaceX’s first rocket launch this weekend right here
This afternoon marks the beginning of a real hold-your-butts weekend for SpaceX fans. Two launches are planned over the next 48 hours, and thanks to the magic of the internet, you can watch …
Business
Uber’s next CEO has six huge problems to fix
Even though a significant part of Uber’s workforce doesn’t want to admit it, Travis Kalanick is out at Uber. The CEO job is going to be the hottest one in town, and not …
Tech
Tesla’s next big thing might be… internet radio?
If a new report from Recode is right, Tesla’s next new product isn’t going to have one single wheel. The site is quoting industry sources as saying that the car company is in talks with …
Business
Video shows CenturyLink’s ex-Chief Diversity Officer giving homophobic rant
It’s not been a good few weeks for CenturyLink. While in the midst of a $34 billion merger, the firm has been hit with a pair of lawsuits seeking up to $12 billion …
Business
I give up: let’s just have one giant cable company
The cable industry is already a hot mess in the US. Nearly 80 percent of the country has only one option for high-speed broadband, because a handful of big cable companies has split …
Tech
Dish is adding multi-room streaming music to its DVR boxes
TV set-top boxes normally fight with internet modems for the crown of “most boring but necessary electronic thing in your house.” It’s normally big news when a cable company updates its box to …
Tech
T-Mobile is having network problems across the country
T-Mobile users across the country have woken up to widespread network outages. According to reports on the Down Detector and Twitter, thousands of users are having problems getting any data connectivity, even if …
Lifestyle
This video of a dog chase through traffic is all the excitement you need today
I dropped my puppy’s leash walking along a crowded sidewalk once, and in the two seconds it took to dive-catch my pup, I thought my world was ending. So I have absolutely no …
Business
$12 billion lawsuit claims CenturyLink routinely ‘defrauded’ cable customers
It’s tough being a cable company. You have this perfect monopoly over a valuable resource, but customers keep on complaining about “service” and “price” and “satisfaction.” So your only option to generate more …
Tech
Sprint trials 4G network that’s faster than Google Fiber
5G is going to be the unicorn-pooping high-speed internet future that we all need, but it’s also years away from being real. The technical standards still aren’t finished, and there’s plenty of trials …
