From PC World: HP’s new crop of back-to-school laptops debut when summer has barely started—but the countdown to Windows 10 is already under way, and with that comes a lot of new hardware. On Thursday the company announced four laptops aimed at students: the Pavilion x2, and three new Envy models...

From CNET: When it comes to Nintendo's Amiibo line of toys, demand is still far larger than the company had expected.

Nintendo has been significantly raising its internal production estimates for the figurines, which are molded to look like popular characters, such as Mario or his pal Yoshi from...

From DailyTech: The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced today its intent to fine AT&T, Inc. (T) $100M USD for allegedly pulling a bait-and-switch on customers regarding "unlimited" data. The fine is the second major fine levied against the carrier by the FCC in under a year.

The...

From InfoWorld: Competition is good, but what if that competition means you have to make a choice between digital assistants? You'll have the luxury of experiencing this dilemma later this summer.

Microsoft announced it's bringing Cortana to Android as soon as July. Android users will be able to...

From PC World: As HTC faces shrinking revenue, the smartphone vendor is testing ads over its BlinkFeed media aggregation app, and some users aren’t happy.

On Tuesday, HTC said it had begun rolling out an update to its BlinkFeed app that would include advertisements for users in the U.S., the U.K...

From CNET: Wireless carrier T-Mobile is being shopped around to several companies, and the top cable company in the US might just be the one to get it.

Comcast and Deutsche Telekom are exploring the possibility of the cable provider acquiring T-Mobile, German publication Manager Magazin is...

From DailyTech: At the 2015 E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo) Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) made it clear that it wasn't playing favorites, when it came to the much-buzzed-about field of virtual reality (VR) gaming.

Ahead of his company's Monday night keynote, Microsoft corporate vice president (CVP)...

From CNET: "In 2015, everything is a remix." That's what Alex Evans, co-founder of game studio Media Molecule, said onstage at Sony's PlayStation 4 press conference when talking up his company's newest drawing game, Dreams.

In the age of never-ending sequels, remakes and reboots, Sony wore that...

From InfoWorld: Google last week retreated after Chrome users revolted against a change in the browser, saying that it's given up on a radical redesign of the bookmarks manager.

Retreated, yes, but Google has not surrendered.

"Our team is committed to improving Chrome's bookmarks experience, but...

From PC World: With each passing year, the line between mobile and desktop continues to blur. No longer limited to content consumption alone, smartphones and tablets have become powerful tools capable of liberating artists and designers from having to create their best work while chained to a...