Cable prices are soaring as millions of customers jump ship
Traditional pay TV — cable and satellite — is in a bad place. Every three months we get a new record for the number of …
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Surprise: Netflix is the best streaming service you can buy today
Netflix and online streaming are as synonymous as Blockbuster and straight-to-DVD movies. But in the last two years, dozens of pretenders to the throne have …
The iPhone X is available for next-day delivery from Apple right now
When the iPhone X launched in early November, the usual lines of eager fans sprung up outside Apple stores worldwide. Thanks to a perfect storm …
Chrome will finally let you mute autoplaying videos
Autoplay videos are the new pop-ups of the internet: ugly, irritating, and completely useless for selling things. But that hasn’t stopped them from popping up …
The iPhone X isn’t selling as well as everyone hoped, one expert claims
In the first nine months of the year before the iPhone X’s launch, analysts worked themselves into a tizzy debating whether or not the iPhone …
Where are all the iPhone 7 offers?
Thanks to the launch of the iPhone 8 and iPhone X this fall, the iPhone 7 has experienced a faster-than-usual fall from grace. The previous-gen …
Forget fiber: Engineers made a broadband connection using wet string
Thanks to the FCC’s rollback of net neutrality provisions this morning, you’re even more in thrall to your local cable monopoly than you were yesterday. …
Verizon has a killer iPhone 8 deal just in time for Christmas
It’s been a tragically slow holiday season for smartphone deals thus far. Thanks to the late launch of the iPhone X and the success of …
Chromecasts and the Apple TV are finally coming to Amazon
Following a years-long Cold War between Amazon, Google, and Apple over the companies’ different TV streaming devices, winter seems to be coming to an end. …
Astronauts on the Space Station will get to see ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’
Only a vanishingly small number of humans will ever set foot on the International Space Station. It’s not exactly a tough or arduous posting, but …
Hack attack that took internet offline was about extortion and revenge
Last year, hackers used a network of hundreds of thousands of hijacked devices to take major portions of the internet offline for hours. The Mirai …
How the internet was tricked into thinking the ‘Redskins’ became the ‘Redhawks’
Earlier today, a series of stories appeared to hit major news organizations like the Washington Post and Sports Illustrated. “Washington Football Ditches Controversial Name for Redhawks,” one headline …
Can T-Mobile actually fix cable?
T-Mobile announced this morning that it’s bought out TV tech company Layer3, with the intention of launching an-new cable service sometime next year. It’s a …
Comcast’s new TV remote can also find your lost cellphone
If you’re anything like me, you probably use Find My iPhone (or Google’s neat trick) to retrieve a phone from the depths of your couch …
Live streaming TV is going to destroy cable, not save it
Streaming TV has had a stellar year. DirecTV Now, AT&T’s cord-cutting cable alternative, has signed up a million people thanks to some aggressive promotions, and …
We need to talk about Android’s upgrade problem
Android and iOS have been doing battle ever since 2008, and in that time, there have been some long-running problems with both operating systems. The …
Why Apple’s Shazam acquisition could be a big deal for the HomePod
Apple confirmed on Monday that it’s acquiring Shazam, a UK-based music recognition app. The move makes total sense, especially given that Apple has nearly $300 …
T-Mobile won’t pay any tax until 2024, thanks to Trump
Telecoms companies have been lining up to kiss the ring ever since Donald Trump was elected. Between massive tax cuts and net neutrality repeal — …
No, you shouldn’t mortgage your house to buy Bitcoin
Until very recently, Bitcoin was a pleasant fantasy for people who wanted to start crypto-micronations in the ruins of failed European cities. But thanks to …
Verizon’s TV strategy sounds like a mess
Thanks to those gosh-darn millenials’ refusal to pay $100 a month for a cable package, the traditional TV industry is going through a tough time …
Apple confirms it’s buying Shazam
Apple has confirmed reports that it’s buying Shazam, the ubiquitous music-recognition app. Rumors of an acquisition were first reported by TechCrunch on Friday, before being confirmed by …
The best smart home gadgets for apartment dwellers
2017 has seen plenty of trends, but one that seems to actually be sticking is the smart home. I’m not talking about Wi-Fi-connected kettles or …
Verizon hits back at T-Mobile over 5G claims
A battle is raging between the different mobile carriers to be the first to deploy 5G. But there’s a few difficulties with that, namely that …
T-Mobile is having a sale on the newest Apple Watch Series 3
While we’ve seen a frenzy of deals on the older Apple Watch Series 1 and Series 2 recently, discounts on Apple’s shiniest new wearable are …
Report: Apple is finally buying Shazam
A report from TechCrunch says that Apple is “close to acquiring” Shazam, the ubiquitous music-recognition service that’s been available on the iPhone virtually from the beginning. The …
More price hikes could be coming to Sprint
For years, Sprint has made up for its last-place network with first-place pricing. Cheap and cheerful is a slogan that’s basically designed to describe Sprint’s …
These photos show just how badly staring at the solar eclipse will mess up your eyes
Before the solar eclipse earlier this year, scientists had one warning: Don’t stare directly at a partial eclipse, or the sun will scortch your retinas. …
Overwatch’s Winter Wonderland event is going to be wonderfully weird
It’s that magical time of year when video games start cashing in with the digital snow, and Overwatch is absolutely no exception. The development team has just …
HomeKit is the latest Apple product to have a serious security flaw
A zero-day vulnerability with Apple’s HomeKit exposed users’ smart door locks and garage-door openers to hackers, 9to5Mac reports. The serious security issues have already been fixed via …
Even by Bitcoin’s standards, this is crazy
For the last five years, Bitcoin critics have said that the currency is too volatile to be a practical economic tool. The usual response is …
