But the new “Starry” wireless hub could run into the same problems Aereo did.
Chaitanya “Chet” Kanojia, the man who founded the now bankrupt Aereo, which allowed users to watch live broadcast television over an Internet connection, is launching a new company called Starry with the goal of bringing gigabit wireless Internet to every home.
Mattel hopes the new tall, petite, and curvy dolls will boost slumping sales.
Barbie is getting a makeover. Today, toy maker Mattel unveiled three new bodies for the iconic doll: tall, petite, and curvy. The change comes following slumping sales for the 57-year-old toy—from 2012 to 2014, Barbie sales dropped 20%, and in 2014, Lego surpassed Mattel as the biggest toy company in the world.
The campaign hasn’t yet built the kind of modern get-out-the-vote operation that won the last two presidential elections. Cruz has.
With a big mouth, plenty of buzz, and a yuuge media presence, does Donald Trump still need a data-driven get-out-the-vote operation to win in Iowa and New Hampshire?
The drugstore chain’s stance is a response to federal officials informing Theranos that its deficiencies jeopardize patient health and safety.
In the wake of the news that federal officials have informed Theranos its deficiencies pose “immediate jeopardy to patient health and safety,” the medical-testing startup’s partnership with Walgreens is hitting a bump. On Thursday afternoon, the drugstore giant announced that it told Theranos to stop sending the clinical laboratory tests collected from 40 Theranos Wellness Centers at Walgreens pharmacy locations in Arizona to the startup’s lab in Newark, California, for analysis.
According to the New York Post, Amazon is reportedly working on a full-fledged music subscription service because sure, why not?
If you’re a giant tech company in 2016 and you don’t have your own Spotify-killing, all-you-can-stream music subscription service, what good are you?
As Yahoo prepares to make cuts, Marissa Mayer is doubling down on mobile search and axing Yahoo’s low-performing media sites.
Leading up to its earnings report next week, Yahoo is lining up a number of stealth layoffs, which will be followed by a wider round of company-wide cuts. To do this, Re/code reports, CEO Marissa Mayer has put together a list with three categories: invest, maintain, and kill.
This maker of electric trucks is testing drones at an Ohio airfield.
At a small airport in Ohio, a truck manufacturer is testing out something decidedly futuristic: Small, retractable drone aircraft that pop off a delivery truck’s roof and fly packages to delivery points a mile away. The manufacturer, the Workhorse Group, thinks drones can cut gas costs and increase efficiency for companies like UPS. But first, it needs to get the technology right.
President Obama’s new memorandum sets up a task force of federal agencies—to meet Monday—to coordinate cancer research and treatment.
The government’s cancer cure moonshot is preparing for takeoff. After providing just a rough outline since President Obama first announced it in the State of the Union address, the White House is convening a federal task force to “clear out the bureaucratic hurdles — and, quite frankly, let science happen,” Vice President Joe Biden wrote in a post on Medium the evening of January 27. Biden will chair the first meeting of the task force on Monday (February 1), which will include the Departments of Health and Human Services, Defense, Energy, and Commerce, as well as the National Institutes of Health and Food and Drug Administration, the vice president wrote.
Despite poor financial results and a gloomy year-ahead forecast, Samsung can feel good about selling more phones than Apple.
Samsung has again sold more phones than Apple worldwide, this time in the final quarter of 2015.
Facebook’s 50th hackathon focused on four areas, but with Mark Zuckerberg’s urging, AI took center stage.
Mark Zuckerberg, wearing his trademark grey shirt, stood on a small stage at the front of a large room, a set of six gold-colored helium balloons hovering in the air behind him.
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