Tesla updates Autopilot to force users to keep their hands on the wheel
Tesla is pushing a new update to its Autopilot cruise control system that “nags” drivers every 15 to 20 seconds if their hands are off …
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FCC chairman celebrates the end of net neutrality with more lies
The FCC’s abandonment of net neutrality laws, voted on last year, finally takes effect today. Nothing is likely to change overnight — if nothing else, …
OnePlus just added a feature that Apple should totally steal
The smartphone industry has a love-hate relationship with Apple’s design. Hate, because it consistently leads its competitors with product design, but love — because everyone …
Amazon just gave Prime members even better deals at Whole Foods
Since buying Whole Foods last year, Amazon has been working aggressively to get as many of its million of Prime members to shop in-store as …
Apple bans crypto mining on iPhones and iPads as Bitcoin price slumps again
During its recent Worldwide Developer Conference, Apple quietly slipped some language into the App Store review guidelines that prevent anyone from using iPhones and iPads …
Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam is stepping down this summer
Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam will be stepping down from his role in the company on August 1st, 2018, after exactly seven years at the helm …
3-D printed houses are going from hype to habitable in the Netherlands
Although we’ve seen concepts and demonstrations of 3-D printed concrete houses in the past, there’s a giant gulf between building one structure as a demonstration, …
The FCC has officially banned phone companies’ worst trick
The Federal Communications Commission has voted through new rules that ban unauthorized charges on phone bills. In case you’re thinking “wait, that was legal before?!” …
Don’t live in the South if you like good internet
Checking whether your new home has coverage from a good internet provider is one of the cardinal rules of buying a house these days. But …
Sprint is offering an unlimited plan for $15, and no, that’s not a typo
While Sprint can’t compete with Verizon and AT&T on network coverage or exclusive devices, it’s always had the advantage of being dirt cheap. Sprint’s offerings …
Verizon is matching T-Mobile’s iPhone and Android buy-one-get-one-free deal almost exactly
This time last week, we told you about a series of buy-one-get-one-free deals that T-Mobile started running on iPhones, Samsung Galaxy S devices, and almost …
Oops! Facebook changed 14 million users’ default privacy setting to public
Facebook has been having a rough time with privacy and trust recently. Between the problem of fake news during the 2016 election, revelations about data-scraping …
AT&T is hiking the price of its oldest and best unlimited data plan yet again
If you only joined the smartphone-wielding majority within the last five years, you could be forgiven for thinking that T-Mobile was the first company to …
A day later, some Comcast phone customers still don’t have service
Yesterday, a nationwide outage affected Comcast phone customers, impacting service for customers in Denver, Atlanta, New York, San Francisco, Chicago,, Portland, Houston, Philadelphia, and Seattle. Although …
Report: Justice Department looking into the T-Mobile Sprint merger
When T-Mobile and Sprint finally made their merger official in April, after years of coquettish flirting, the big question instantly became whether the government would …
Vizio’s fantastically cheap 4K HDR TVs are finally on sale
Earlier this year, Vizio continued its trend of putting cutting-edge display tech into surprisingly cheap TVs with the unveiling of its 2018 consumer TV lineup. …
T-Mobile’s coverage is miles better than 12 months ago – but only if you have an Android phone
A little under one year ago, T-Mobile turned on the first site in the US to use its 600MHz frequency, a low-band chunk of spectrum …
Comcast outage hits cities across the US
Comcast appears to be having intermittent problems with its service across all of the US. The company has confirmed that customers “may still be experiencing …
Sonos has a new $399 soundbar that’s going to make you hate your smart speaker
Sonos, a company that’s made its name with excellent but pricey wireless speakers, just unveiled the device it thinks is going to kill the HomePod …
Report: ZTE has reached a deal to have US sanctions lifted
According to a report from Reuters, ZTE has reached a deal with US authorities that would lift a ban that prevents it from buying parts from …
The best iOS 12 feature by far: No more dumb iPhone X screenshots
The iPhone X is, objectively speaking, a fantastic phone. It’s has a great screen and a pleasing design and good battery life and all is …
How iOS 12 could make iPhones way more difficult to hack
Apple has been engaging in a highly public game of cat-and-mouse with law enforcement and hacking companies ever since it started encrypting iPhones by default. …
Asus one-upped the MacBook Pro’s Touch Bar with a 5.5-inch touchscreen
Since someone first worked out how to put a keyboard and screen next to each other with a hinge in the middle and a trackpad …
T-Mobile’s latest move shows its ‘Un-carrier’ ideals are on life support
When John Legere took control of T-Mobile in 2012, the carrier was in a sorry state. Scrapping with Sprint to be the third-biggest carrier with …
The first iOS 12 developer beta is available to download right now
On stage during the WWDC 2018 keynote, Apple showed off iOS 12 and all the funky new features contained inside. But seeing is one thing; …
Apple is bringing iOS apps to the Mac – sort of
To wrap up a WWDC 2018 keynote that was distinctly lacking in major announcements, Apple gave us a rare sneak peek at something coming in …
Exclusive: Charter’s launching a wireless service called Spectrum Mobile, and we have all the details
We’ve known for a while that Charter is planning on launching its own cell plans, following on the success that Comcast has had with Xfinity …
Zedd thanks Tesla’s Autopilot for saving his life after he fell asleep behind the wheel
Tesla’s Autopilot gets into the headlines every time an Autopiloted vehicle crashes, and given Autopilot’s seeming love for stationary emergency vehicles, those headlines have been …
How 5G is going to make smartphones ugly again
The first 5G mobile devices should finally arrive next year, which means that smartphone manufacturers are hammering out the details right now. Unlike a lot …
Facebook is going to further destroy your timeline with its own version of cable news
Not content with destroying the web traffic of publishers and public confidence in, uh, everything, it seems like Facebook is now coming for cable news …
