A Supreme Court decision is about to make your online orders more expensive
The Supreme Court just voted to close a loophole that has seen American consumers dodge billions in sales tax on online orders since 1992. The …
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New video shows Hawaii’s lava river flowing faster than you can run
The US Geological Survey has released a new video of the highly active Fissure 8, which has been releasing lava from the Kilauea for over …
Report: New ‘Star Wars’ Story movies on hold because ‘Solo’ sucked
Solo: A Star Wars Story, Disney’s latest attempt to turn the Star Wars universe into shareholder dividends, didn’t get the kind of box office reception the company was …
Bose releases $250 headphones that don’t play music
Bose, a company that was selling $300 headphones to normal people before Beats, has released its latest pair of headphones — sorry, Sleepbuds. They’re a …
The best home internet provider in the US is run by local government
If you listen to Ajit Pai and the telecoms industries’ paid mouthpieces, who have been crying foul over net neutrality ever since 2015, any kind …
Tesla sues former employee for hacking production lines, stealing data, and lying to the press
Late last week, Tesla CEO Elon Musk fired off an email to employees saying that the company had a saboteur in its ranks. The email …
T-Mobile might offer a cheap TV streaming bundle real soon, but it all depends on the merger
Late last year, T-Mobile announced that it had acquired TV company Layer3, a slightly oddball TV distributor that offers an expensive cable-esque TV bundle in …
Verizon, AT&T, and Sprint have stopped selling their customers’ location data
In today’s edition of “you probably didn’t know this was still a thing but be glad it stopped,” Verizon, AT&T, and Sprint have all confirmed …
For once, T-Mobile is trying to claim that its network sucks
Normally, when we hear anything from any of the big four carriers about its network, it’s about how it’s the best in the country and …
iOS 12 developer beta 2 is available for download right now
It’s been two weeks since Apple released the first beta of iOS 12, its most performance-focused iOS upgrade in years. The feedback has generally been …
Best Buy deal takes $400 off a Pixel 2 XL – and no, you don’t have to buy two phones
The Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL are likely just months away from release, which means that carriers are stores are starting to hustle unsold …
‘Incredibles 2’ just broke the opening weekend record for animated movies
The Incredibles 2 has got off to a spectacular start, breaking Finding Dory‘s 2016 record for an opening weekend by an animated movie. The film pulled …
There’s only one day left to get AT&T’s killer iPhone X deal
The iPhone 8 and iPhone X have been on the market for nearly nine months now, so we’ve seen dozens of deals from all the …
President Trump orders Pentagon to create a ‘separate but equal’ Space Force
At today’s meeting of the National Space Council, President Trump directed the Pentagon and Defense Department to “immediately begin the process” of establishing a “space …
New helicopter video confirms Hawaii is basically Mordor now
Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy relied heavily on CGI to turn Mordor into hell on Earth, complete with a lava-spewing volcano and rivers of molten …
Here’s everything AT&T now owns, apart from your soul
Earlier this week, a judge decided the fate of the AT&T Time Warner deal, and the result was a big thumbs-up in the general direction …
T-Mobile is trolling AT&T with a $900 deal for switchers
For T-Mobile CEO John Legere, poking fun at Verizon and AT&T is seemingly part of his job description. Whether he’s picking up their disgruntled customers …
Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes has gone from Forbes Rich List to criminal indictment in just 2 years
Elizabeth Holmes, once regarded as health tech’s Steve Jobs, has wrapped up her high dive from grace with a gold medal-worthy entry into the water. …
Apple Maps is more broken than usual
Apple Maps has a reputation for being “broken,” in the sense that it will send you to a place far from where you want to …
A longtime Apple developer slams the ‘sad state’ of Mac hardware
Despite what an Apple exec might promise on stage occasionally, it’s clear that the world’s most valuable company doesn’t really care about its computer lineup. …
Sprint is killing its $15 unlimited data promo this Friday because it was too popular
Seven innocent days ago, we told you about a Sprint promotion that was offering unlimited data to anyone willing to switch onto the network for …
Elon Musk wins improbably cheap bid to dig a tunnel through Chicago
Elon Musk’s Boring Company, an organization that I’m still partially sure is a front for Musk’s doomsday bunker, has won a bid to create an …
Verizon’s new unlimited data plan is the most expensive yet
Over the last two years, all four major wireless carriers have introduced unlimited data plans that have proved unsurprisingly popular. But despite the name, none …
Comcast CEO Brian Roberts, son of Comcast founder, is legally impossible to fire
Comcast’s share price is having a rough old year, down nearly 30% from January thanks to the company’s ongoing attempts to acquire 21st Century Fox. …
Apple is going to ruin cops’ favorite tool for breaking into iPhones
In recent months, a law enforcement tool called GrayKey has become publicly known as the gold standard for law enforcement agencies trying to break into …
The iPhone has slower cell data than Samsung’s Galaxy phones, and the problem is only getting worse
iPhone vs Android device speed tests are a well-explored enough genre to have their own YouTube niche, but there’s another kind of smartphone speed that …
Comcast makes offer to buy 21st Century Fox, less than 24 hours after AT&T-Time Warner deal is approved
At not-quite-5PM yesterday, a judge rejected the Department of Justice’s bid to prevent AT&T and Time Warner from merging, in effect giving the final stamp …
The Department of Justice may have screwed us all by losing the AT&T merger case
Yesterday, the Department of Justice suffered its first antitrust loss in court since 2004, paving the way for AT&T to merge with Time Warner and …
The Senate wrecked Trump’s deal to save ZTE
Last week, ZTE came to an agreement with the US Commerce Department that will lift a ban that prevents it from buying parts from US …
AT&T and Time Warner win legal battle, confirming the merger
It’s been years in the making, but the mammoth merger of AT&T and Time Warner Inc. is officially going to happen. Judge Richard Leon, a …
