Don’t worry. If you miss the first “future of TV” panel at CES next week, you can catch the second one a day later. For all the attention paid to off-the-wall gadgets at CES every year, the convention often feels like a giant stage to show off televisions. From eye-popping screen sizes to mind-bending display …

Apple’s controversial iPhone slowdown is drawing legal fire. A pending lawsuit against Apple says a software tweak that slows some older iPhones to counteract problems found in aging batteries is a fraud designed to spur upgrades to the latest model.  Apple didn’t immediately respond to a message seeking comment.  After years of complaints from consumers that their iPhones seem slower …

Even for streaming video, it’s true what they say: You can’t always get what you want.  The top complaint consumers have about streaming-video services like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Hulu is lack of content, according to a survey by IBM Cloud Video, which powers streaming for online video providers. Nearly half of those users say video-streaming services rarely or …

With Disney buying Fox, are your online video options about to resemble a map of Disneyland? Disney knows its future is streaming. Even before Thursday’s tectonic deal to buy large swaths of 21st Century Fox for $52.4 billion, Disney was already laying the groundwork to move into online entertainment in a big way. It has its own streaming services for …

If “Avengers vs. X-Men: The Synergy Wars” ends up at a theater near you, here’s why the movie was made. The Walt Disney Co. signed a deal on Thursday to buy major parts of 21st Century Fox in a $52.4 billion all-stock deal. It’s a dramatic example of Hollywood companies joining forces amid growing competition from digital powerhouses like Netflix and …

Pandora will let you listen to whatever song you want without signing up for a $10-a-month subscription, by giving you a 15-second video ad to watch instead.  The new feature is aimed to help Pandora better compete with Spotify, the biggest streaming-music service that offers free on-demand listening, by holding people’s hands to becoming subscribers.  Pandora was an early leader …

Ajit Pai’s plan to toss out the FCC’s net neutrality rules has some prominent critics. Pioneers of the internet and other computer technology on Monday called for the Federal Communications Commission to cancel a vote this week at which the agency is expected to repeal net neutrality regulations designed to protect internet traffic from discrimination.  “You don’t understand how the …

Apple on Monday confirmed its acquisition of music recognition app Shazam, saying it’s “thrilled” to be gaining one of the consistently most popular apps in its App Store.  “Apple Music and Shazam are a natural fit, sharing a passion for music discovery and delivering great music experiences to our users,” the company said in a statement. “We have exciting plans …

Starting in January, you won’t need to be a Verizon Wireless customer to stream live NFL games.  The NFL and Verizon, which have had a years-long partnership that kept live games off any competing carriers’ phones, said Monday they would serve up live games and other NFL video on Yahoo for anyone to stream.  By placing one of the country’s …

By many standards, 2017 was a dismal year for digital media. Once-buzzy publishers deflated. Hoax reports infected our searches and social feeds after tragedies. All those “fake news” stories about politics last year? Yeah, it turned out to be worse than we imagined. And on YouTube, 2017 first brought ads next to repugnant videos, then the stuff of nightmares for …