The FCC has approved new rules expressly banning unauthorized charges on phone bills, a practice that was already illegal under federal law but never formally codified within the agency. It’s the first time the commission is adopting an explicit rule. The new rules ban unexpected phone bill charges, also known as “cramming” many services that …

Developer conference season is behind us, leaving in its wake a huge pile of software updates to come, promises of fancy features, and a slightly clearer direction for where the computer platforms we use every day are going. The last of them is always Apple’s WWDC, and this year, I was struck by a thought …

Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference happened this week, and Nilay, Dieter, Jake, and Ashley are on top of it. The crew runs through all the announcements at the event, and they analyze how Apple stands compared to what happened at Google I/O last month. In the second half of the show, we’ve got Dieter’s exclusive look …

Kingston’s HyperX teased a new Fury-branded RGB LED SSD at Computex. The company didn’t have set specifications for the new 2.5” SATA 6GB/s SSD (HyperX is still fine-tuning the product, according to the company rep), so we don’t know much at the moment. However, the drive itself features standard SATA connectors (power and data) and …

The first two seasons of Netflix’s Stranger Things were a cultural phenomenon, and there’s been plenty of tie-in merchandise to go along with it. Now, that’ll include a handful of books — including a prequel novel, authored by Gwenda Bond, which will follow the story of Eleven’s mother and her entry into the MKUltra program, …

Razer has announced that it’s once again expanding its Chroma system to include more third-party developers with the Razer Chroma Connected Devices Program. Now, third-party Razer partners including MSI, NZXT, AMD, Thermaltake, Lian Li, Vertagear, and Ducky will be able to integrate Chroma lighting into their hardware on a software level, making it easier to …

AMD’s Ryzen Threadripper made quite a splash in the industry with its massive core count and a server-class TDP. Building a system based on such a processor seems alluring to a creative professional because of multi-tasking performance, but a loud air cooling system, or necessity to go liquid could be a turnoff. Thankfully, be quiet! …

The best mode in Onrush, a new game from the ex-Sony team that made MotorStorm and Driveclub, is one of those ideas so decadent in design it’s a wonder it works at all, let alone as well as it does. Remember arcade racing games with checkpoint timers? Imagine that, except you’re on a team sharing …

A series of reports this week revealed that, for the past 10 years, Facebook’s broad sharing of data extended not only to app developers but to phone companies as well. That included an agreement with Huawei, which has already been under intense government scrutiny for potential cybersecurity risks due to its alleged ties to Beijing. …