From The Verge: HTC’s smartphone division isn’t dead yet. Freshly tweeted this morning, we now have a launch date for HTC’s next major Android release, which is almost certain to be the HTC U12 that has already made a couple of early appearances. Images ahead of the launch have suggested the U12 won...

From The Verge: Sling TV is expanding its Cloud DVR service to a ton of new devices, including the Google Chrome browser, Chromecasts, Xbox One consoles, LG smart TVs, and Samsung’s 2016 and 2017 model smart TVs, via TechRadar.

The feature was previously available on other platforms where Sling TV...

From PC Mag: Alongside offering PS4 games for purchase on disc or digitally via PSN, Sony also runs the PlayStation Now subscription service. It offers nearly 650 games to play for $19.99 a month or $99.99 a year. However, until now the games offered have been PS3 and PS4 titles, but from today PS2...

From CNET: The Pentagon has banned the sale of phones made by Chinese manufacturers Huawei and ZTE at retail outlets on US military bases around the world, the US Department of Defense confirmed to CNET on Wednesday.

The ban is based on the potential security threat the Pentagon believes the phones...

From The Verge: Smart luggage company Bluesmart is shutting down and selling off its technology, and has placed blame on the major airlines that adopted a de facto ban of its battery toting bags. The recent ban on smart luggage with non-removable batteries, which was meant to reduce the risk of...

From PC Mag: Back in March, Switch owners were warned against using third-party docks after it was discovered they could brick the console. The problem is linked to the release of Switch firmware version 5.0 and portable docks from Nyko and FastSnail. Now Nyko is facing a class-action lawsuit...

From CNET: Firefox users could soon see ads in the form of sponsored links to websites that appear in new browser tabs.

Mozilla has expanded a test of a privacy conscious advertising system to its Firefox 60 beta, Mozilla said Monday. The test will reach only a portion of users in the US, so don't...

From CNET: Scattered around Earth, you and other audience members slip on VR headsets and convene in a common virtual world. As you explore, you're approached by a character different from avatars you've met in VR before. It reacts to you like somebody in the same room would, but this isn't a...

From The Verge: The number of major wireless carriers in the United States could shrink from four to three. Sprint and T-Mobile have announced that they intend to merge. The merger will need to be approved by regulators and the company’s shareholders.

The combined company will be based in Bellevue...

From PC Mag: Twitter cofounder and CEO Jack Dorsey's other business – the mobile payments company Square – has announced plans to acquire fellow San Francisco-based firm Weebly for approximately $365 million in cash and stock.

Weebly, for the uninitiated, offers tools that make it easy to build...