T-Mobile and Sprint are nearing a $6 billion payday for their assets in a move to gain regulatory approval for their $26.5 billion merger, with satellite TV provider Dish Network the buyer, a report says. The assets reportedly include the Boost Mobile prepaid wireless service and wireless spectrum. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai greenlit …

Facebook, Twitter and Google are scheduled to testify before the US House Homeland Security Committee later this month about online terrorist content. The hearing will also look at the spread of misinformation on social media platforms, as reported earlier Wednesday by Bloomberg Law. The hearing follows the March Christchurch mosque shooting, which was livestreamed on social media. At the time, Facebook, Twitter, …

In internet-fail news, it looks like streaming service Hulu, gaming service Xbox Live and self-described “front page of the internet” Reddit all experienced outages Wednesday afternoon. Down Detector recorded over 10,000 reports about Microsoft’s Xbox Live being down and another 10,000 reports of Hulu being down. The Xbox Live status page confirms that core services are “limited.” “Our team is working hard to …

Google has responded to reports that it’s stealing lyrics from Genius, explaining how it finds lyrics to show on its search pages. Google conceded its lyrics feature has been “under scrutiny this week,” but said it pays music publishers for the rights to display their lyrics. Reports on the alleged lyrics thefts, which emerged in The Wall Street Journal last …

China is home to 219 of the world’s supercomputers while the US houses 116, the latest report from Top500 says. But the two highest-powered supercomputers are still Summit and Sierra, owned by IBM in the US. Supercomputers, massive computing machines, are used for power-intensive programs like quantum physics, forecasting global climate change effects, designing engines and aircraft, reconstructing the history …

The Federal Communications Commission is set to decide whether to auction off 2.5GHz spectrum for 5G mobile use. The meeting on July 10 is part of the Facilitating America’s Superiority in 5G Technology (5G Fast) program, FCC Chair Ajit Pai said Tuesday. 5G, already launched in the US by Verizon, AT&T and Sprint, is the next-generation network being used by …

Now playing: Watch this: Pixel 4 photo released by Google 1:45 After dozens of Google Pixel 4 leaks over the past weeks, Made by Google has tweeted the first picture confirming the upcoming flagship phone. The image seems to confirm that the device will have a square camera bump on the back with three rear cameras. Rumors earlier this week …

Apple’s top app publishers are making around 64% more in gross income than those on Google Play, according to mobile app analytics firm Sensor Tower. During the first quarter of 2019, the report said the top 100 App Store publishers made $83.8 million in average gross income, while Google Play’s top publishers saw around $51 million. People are continuing to …

Amazon appears to have closed down its Spark social networking platform. The closure comes less than two years after Amazon launched Spark as its social media play in July 2017. Spark was focused on users posting images, stories and ideas about products and purchases, and was originally launched only for Amazon Prime members. Other users could then react with “smiles” and …

Satellite TV provider Dish Network is reportedly considering a merger with AT&T’s DirecTV service. AT&T and Dish have no active deal talks ongoing, however, Reuters reported Friday. Dish Network’s spectrum holdings — it has been hoarding spectrum for years but has yet to build out its own satellite network — could also be a valuable acquisition for AT&T as it …