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This March 29, 2017, photo shows a sign outside the Comcast Center in Philadelphia. Comcast will start selling cellphone plans called Xfinity Mobile in the coming months.

Comcast wants be your new cellphone carrier

May 23, 2019 at 2:11 p.m.

Comcast on Thursday leapt into the cutthroat market for cellphone service by unveiling Xfinity Mobile, a move that other cable companies are expected to follow as consumers' rising Internet consumption...

Nick Cave has been singing about mortality for decades, and he's really good at it. Whether the narratives are biblical or pulpy, the victims innocents or death row convicts, the circumstances comprehensible or cruelly random, Cave's songs are on intimate terms with the infinite ways a life can be extinguished. And yet, "Skeleton Tree", his latest album with his estimable band, the Bad Seeds, is a relatively concise song cycle shadowed by death that feels different than all the rest. <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/kot/sc-music-nick-cave-skeleton-tree-ent-0916-20160916-column.html" target="_blank">Read the full review.</a>

AT&T is now offering HBO for free

June 5, 2018 at 8:06 a.m.

If you've been thinking about subscribing to HBO so you can watch "Westworld," "Game of Thrones" and other hit shows, AT&T is hoping a new promotion will lure you to...

Subscription-based car model gains traction in cities

August 18, 2019 at 4:10 p.m.

Recent years have seen an explosion in services that offer a product for a flat monthly fee. Now, that approach is increasingly coming to the automobile. Since its debut in...

In this Nov. 5, 2014, photo, a Yahoo sign is seen at the company's headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif. The beleaguered Web company is seeking to close a sale to Verizon.

Verizon is reportedly looking for a $250 million price cut on Yahoo

June 5, 2018 at 10:39 p.m.

Verizon is close to a new deal with Yahoo that could see the telecom giant purchasing the beleaguered Internet company for a slight discount of $250 million, according to Bloomberg...

Mark Zuckerberg, chairman and CEO of Facebook, waves during the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Lima, Peru.

A group of investors is trying to oust Mark Zuckerberg as Facebook’s chairman

May 23, 2019 at 2:09 p.m.

Mark Zuckerberg should give up some of his control over Facebook by relinquishing his position as chairman of the board, according to a new proposal by a consumer watchdog group...

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler listens to testimony before voting on Net Neutrality at the FCC headquarters February 26, 2015 in Washington, DC.

The FCC could soon be paralyzed in a partisan stalemate

June 8, 2018 at 5:01 p.m.

With its final open meeting of the year coming up Thursday, the nation's top telecom regulator could be deadlocked in a 2-to-2 partisan stalemate by week's end unless the U.S....

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, and chairman of SolarCity.

Donald Trump’s sweep could be a big setback to Tesla and Elon Musk

May 23, 2019 at 2:07 p.m.

The Republican Party's sweeping victory at the polls Tuesday may deal a difficult blow to one of America's most closely watched companies: Tesla, the electric car maker that's trying to...

FILE - In this Monday, Jan. 11, 2016, file photo, the Chevrolet Bolt EV debuts at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The Chevrolet Bolt, General Motors' Tesla-fighting electric hatchback for the masses, will be able to go 238 miles on a single charge.

Electric vehicle highway charges cross-country under Obama administration

June 1, 2019 at 1:56 a.m.

President Barack Obama is making it a little easier for electric car owners to make cross-country drives. The White House said Thursday that it's officially designating 48 U.S. interstates as...

A new privacy rule will require broadband providers like Verizon and Comcast to get your permission before sharing with advertisers the websites or apps you've been using on your phone or computer.

The FCC just passed sweeping new rules to protect your online privacy

June 9, 2018 at 7:32 a.m.

Federal officials delivered a landmark ruling in favor of online privacy Thursday, limiting how Internet providers use and sell customer data, while asserting that customers have a right to control...

How the AT&T-Time Warner deal could escape deeper regulatory scrutiny

June 9, 2018 at 8:10 a.m.

AT&T's enormous, $85.4 billion purchase of one of America's top media conglomerates could radically reshape the digital economy, making the deal's next step — regulatory review — hugely important to...

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