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Disney is in talks to invest in pro baseball’s video streaming business — a sign that the media giant wants to own the technology to help it power direct-to-consumer video services. Sources say Disney is in advanced talks to take an equity stake in BAM Tech, the video technology business MLB …

Sprint announced today that it has enabled its LTE Plus service in New York City, making it one of the last major metropolitan areas to get access to the service. Initially launched in 77 markets last November, LTE Plus is Sprint’s version of LTE Advanced, and is now available in …

Imagine having a fitness tracker that doubles as a temporary tattoo. Or a monitoring device that doctors can paste straight onto an ailing organ. Or a watch so unobtrusive that it looks like it’s built right into your wrist. These are all long-term possibilities for electronic skin (or e-skin) — …

Fear the Walking Dead is coming back for a third season. AMC announced its renewal of the popular spinoff this afternoon, just under a week after the show’s second season premiered on April 10th. It’s a little too early to predict an exact premiere date for the new batch of …

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Cord cutters still can’t have it all, but the mildly successful Sling TV service might soon have a nice option: live local channels. A new box scooped by Zatz Not Funny!, dubbed “AirTV,” is basically a Slingbox with an OTA tuner. Local channels are, of course, all around us, broadcasting …

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Game of Thrones‘ upcoming sixth season could be its last to reach a double-digit episode count. In an interview with Variety, showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss confirmed that the show’s seventh and eighth seasons — its two final ones, according to the current plan — would have fewer episodes than …

In the last year, Edward Snowden got a verified Twitter account, was interviewed by John Oliver, and appeared on Neil DeGrasse Tyson’s Star Talk podcast. And today he can add something else to his list of impressive hobbies: making music. The NSA whistleblower has teamed up with electronic musician Jean-Michel …

If you look in the Verge forums right now you’ll find ECrispy wondering the same while arguing the merits of polycarbonate. Like plastic, polycarbonate is a synthetic resin. However, unlike the much maligned material used on old Samsung Galaxy devices, polycarbonate is that hard-as-nails machined (not cast) material used for Nokia’s piano-lacquered …