T-Mobile expands jobs, services for veterans
T-Mobile has launched a campaign geared toward veterans, with a hiring effort, discounts on phone lines, and investments in its network near military bases.
View ArticleSprint, T-Mobile have to sell $26.5B deal to antitrust cops (Update)
To gain approval for their $26.5 billion merger agreement, T-Mobile and Sprint aim to convince antitrust regulators that there is plenty of competition for wireless service beyond Verizon and AT&T.
View ArticleRadio reporter regains a voice with new technology
Two years ago, longtime radio reporter Jamie Dupree encountered what others in his profession might see as an insurmountable challenge: He lost his voice.
View ArticleDude, Dell is going public again
Dell is going public again after a five-year sojourn as a privately held company.
View ArticleFrogwatching—charting climate change's impact in the here and now
We've arranged to meet in a gravel car park at the foot of Mt Majura, a darkening wedge above us in the dusk. My daughter and I wait in the car. It's winter. A woman passes along the nearby pavement,...
View ArticleCan wireless challenge cable for home internet service?
Cellular companies such as Verizon are looking to challenge traditional cable companies with residential internet service that promises to be ultra-fast, affordable and wireless.
View ArticleQualcomm touts 5G in 2019, launches new processor for flagship smartphones
Qualcomm said Tuesday that another milestone has been hit in efforts to bring ultra-fast 5G wireless devices to consumers next year when a smartphone using its latest modem chip operated on a 5G...
View ArticleWatching TV is free and easy with under-the-radar Locast
You canceled cable long ago. Your TV antenna has trash reception for ABC. But you want to host an Oscars viewing party. What to do?
View ArticleExtinction Rebellion: disruption and arrests can bring social change
Extinction Rebellion burst onto everybody's screens with disruptions and mass arrests across the UK and around the world, in protest against government inaction on climate change. Radical disruptions...
View ArticleHere's how hackers are making your Tesla, GM and Chrysler less vulnerable to...
In March, a Tesla Model 3 was hacked.
View ArticleStudents are still using tech to cheat on exams, but things are getting more...
In many ways, cheating on high school and college exams used to be a lot harder than it is nowadays.
View ArticleFirst all-female spacewalking team makes history
The world's first all-female spacewalking team made history high above Earth on Friday, replacing a broken part of the International Space Station's power grid.
View ArticleHow India's changing cotton sector has led to distress, illnesses, failure
India is the No. 1 cotton producer in the world, but its crop is in distress. Heavy use of pesticides, new genetically modified seeds, suicides, and an overabundance of seed choices have interacted...
View ArticleStudying whales with high-tech tools
Scanning the airwaves over Monterey Bay with a hand-held antenna, Stanford University researchers listen for blue whales—or, more precisely, they listen for the suction tags they've stuck on blue...
View ArticleAiring commercials after political ads actually helps sell nonpolitical products
About $7 billion reportedly will be spent this fall on television and digital commercials from political campaigns and political action committees, filling the airwaves with political ads many viewers...
View ArticlePenis bones, echolocation calls, and genes reveal new kinds of bats
If you've ever seen a bat flying around at sunset, chances are good it was a vesper bat. They're the biggest bat family, made up of 500 species, found on every continent except Antarctica. And most of...
View ArticleEarthlings and astronauts chat away, via ham radio
The International Space Station cost more than $100 billion. A ham radio set can be had for a few hundred bucks.
View ArticleNews media keeps pressing the mute button on women's sports
The talented athletes are there. The cheering fans are there. But the media? It's nowhere to be found.
View ArticleUS braces for billions of cicadas to emerge after 17 years underground
Some are waiting for their arrival with trepidation, others are curious what they might taste like: Americans are swapping tips on how best to weather the storm when billions of cicadas soon emerge...
View Article'New winter of discontent could be hard to avoid': Economic expert on the...
Everyone over the age of 50 remembers the year in which rubbish piled up in the streets and graves were left undug. With Boney M and Gloria Gaynor dominating the airwaves and "Superman" as the big...
View ArticleStrobe light for 5G: NIST imaging system spotlights the tiny mechanical...
Inside every cellphone lies a tiny mechanical heart, beating several billion times a second. These micromechanical resonators play an essential role in cellphone communication. Buffeted by the...
View ArticleRocket startup's Florida launch debut ends in ocean crash
A rocket startup's big Florida launch debut ended with all four mini satellites destroyed Thursday.
View ArticleShockwave caused by Tonga underwater eruption may help scientists predict...
Using data from the eruption of the underwater volcano near Tonga in 2022, a research group at Nagoya University in Japan has used disturbances in the earth's upper atmosphere to track the airwaves...
View ArticleWhy 'erasure' could be key to practical quantum computing
Researchers have discovered a new method for correcting errors in the calculations of quantum computers, potentially clearing a major obstacle to a powerful new realm of computing.
View ArticleGoing 'rogue': Researchers discover viral trend in global marketing
Chris Taylor, director of the beverage management program in the University of Houston Conrad N. Hilton College of Global Hospitality Leadership, watched in awe as sales of White Claw skyrocketed...
View ArticleIf Democrats prevail during the midterms, TV advertising might have something...
The neck-and-neck race for control of the U.S. Senate is particularly unwelcome news for Democrats. Not long ago, it looked as if they could maintain or even expand their slim Senate majority. Now,...
View ArticleOpinion: Enduring democracy should encourage rather than discourage media...
Everyone seems to hate what they call "the media."
View ArticleNew study detects inaudible sounds of volcanic mudflows
A study published in Scientific Reports shows that catastrophic volcanic mudflows, known as lahars, can be effectively monitored with infrasound remote sensing technology.
View ArticleThese Marines drank Camp Lejeune's poison. The road to justice is long
Joan Palumbo wasn't told the danger she was in when she stepped under the showerhead in her bathroom in Jacksonville, North Carolina.
View ArticleWith higher fees and more ads, streaming services cashing in by using old...
There's one thing that television viewers can count on in 2024: higher fees and more commercials.
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