Some Amazon delivery drivers have been forced to use trucks with bald tires and broken doors
Amazon is a notoriously frugal company, its thrifty nature so pervasive that the company has turned doors into employee desks. But there’s also a darker …
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T-Mobile says its 5G network will bring home broadband to half the country
The regulatory discussion over the merger between T-Mobile and Sprint is chugging along at the usual speed of government bureaucracy, but new details about T-Mobile’s …
EU commissioner probing Facebook calls it ‘a channel of dirt’ after deleting her account
Vera Jourova, the European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality, has been outspoken in her defense of why she thinks the EU needs to …
Amazon lays creative traps to catch drivers that steal packages
Losses attributable to things like theft and fraud cost retailers almost $50 billion in 2017, according to the National Retail Federation. Given the scale of …
Google clarifies that it still lets outside apps scan all your Gmail messages
Google announced last year it would finally stop scanning all of your Gmail messages for the purposes of targeting more personalized ads to you, finally …
Undercover report details how Ticketmaster is shadier than you could possibly imagine
Ticketmaster is one of the few companies that can compete with Comcast or payday lenders in the stakes to be America’s most-hated company, and a …
Nest has been trying hard to keep its push into digital health products a secret
Nest made a name for itself as a maker of smart thermostats and other connected home products. But parent company Google’s purchase last year of …
AT&T is already dreaming up ways to milk 5G for every possible cent
After literal years of breathless hype, 5G is finally set to arrive. Verizon is rolling out the first sorta-5G network in a handful of neighborhoods …
Smart speakers might be popular, but the HomePod sure isn’t
Five years ago, “digital prophets” were predicting that the future would be made up of digital villages and brand mindshare. Even the more grounded technologists …
Report: Tesla under criminal investigation for Elon Musk’s tweets
In what can only be described as a very 2018 crisis, Bloomberg is reporting that Tesla is under criminal investigation from the Department of Justice regarding CEO Elon …
Killing off the Galaxy J line of budget phones is part of a major shakeup planned at Samsung
Details keep trickling out about a major shakeup under way at Samsung that encompasses everything from the handset maker revamping the design of its flagships …
Apple catches a break on Trump China tariffs – Watch and AirPods will be spared
You could make an argument that Apple CEO Tim Cook’s delicate handling (or courting?) of President Trump is starting to pay off. Exhibit A? After …
Why Apple doesn’t care that people aren’t buying new iPhones every year
Apple last week unveiled three new products, including the Apple Watch 4, the iPhone XS series (which includes the Max model), and the iPhone XR. …
Google’s search engine for China censors results for ‘democracy,’ ‘human rights,’ or ‘free speech’
Early in August, a report from The Intercept claimed that Google was working to make a China-friendly version of its search engine that would censor results to …
Apple’s greatest magic trick: A $749 iPhone is now ‘cheap’
Yesterday, as all the leaks foretold, Apple released three new iPhones. The iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max were the most obvious of the new …
Some Amazon drivers are going to extremes like peeing in bottles to make deliveries on time
Neither rain nor snow nor the absence of a bathroom facility will apparently stop Amazon drivers from their appointed rounds. With apologies to our vamp …
Google is pulling the plug on its experimental Inbox email app
Google has been in kind of a weird position for a little while now relative to email, what with its popular Gmail app and the …
Apple is opening a glam new store in Paris on one of the swankiest streets in the world
The Champs-Elysées is a famed avenue in Paris that’s home to cafes, theatres, super-luxe shops — and, soon, a new flagship retail store from Apple. Apple …
South Korea likely to ban iPhone X and iPhone 8, just as Apple launches new iPhones
From the Ministry of Flawless Timing comes a report that the South Korean government is “likely” to ban imports of current-gen iPhones, including the iPhone …
If Netflix cut your bill by $3 – but started showing ads – tons of you would still cancel
Netflix, if you’re listening — there are more warning signs that your current dalliance with the ads that you’re not really referring to as ads …
Arizona might slap a huge fine on Google over location tracking practice
A bombshell report from The Associated Press a few weeks ago, which explained how Google stores location data from some of its services when people …
T-Mobile Sprint merger review delayed by FCC
T-Mobile’s merger with Sprint has been cruising through the regulatory process with few hiccups thus far, but news from the FCC makes it sound like …
It looks like Amazon is leaning towards Washington DC for HQ2, based on a ton of clues
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is set to headline a meeting on Thursday of The Economic Club of Washington DC, a city that just so happens …
Apple might have to raise prices on some products in the US thanks to Trump tariffs
Over the weekend, President Trump acknowledged via a tweet (how else) that Apple might raise prices on some of its products as a result of …
Samsung’s fans are nowhere near as enthusiastic as Apple’s, according to this study
The hype cycle, the buzz machine, the rumor mill — however you want to describe it, excitement is at a fever pitch for the new …
Amazon is opening a checkout-free Go store in New York City
Amazon is now branching all the way to the opposite coast by way of expanding a rollout of its checkout-free Amazon Go physical store concept. …
Mark Zuckerberg blames all of Facebook’s problem on all those pesky human users
Mark Zuckerberg sums up a lot of the challenges Facebook has been confronted with this year in a new post he published today to his …
Elon Musk smokes weed on Joe Rogan’s podcast, two Tesla execs ‘mysteriously’ resign at the same time
The last 12 hours of the hit TV show How To Wreck A Car Company have taken yet another bizarre twist. On Thursday evening, Tesla CEO Elon …
Why Apple’s iPhone Xs will be a smash hit while Samsung’s ‘S’ upgrades failed miserably
We’re now less than one week away from seeing Apple finally take the wraps off of its hotly anticipated new smartphone lineup. The iPhone Xs, …
Apple just came up with a model for how to cooperate with law enforcement
Technology companies are fielding a growing number of requests for user data from law enforcement agencies, now that so much of our lives is tied …
