Google is courting families with a new group offer for its Project Fi wireless service. Starting Tuesday, customers who sign up for the hybrid cellular/Wi-Fi wireless service will be able to add more lines to their account, the company said in a blog post. The new group plan can include up to six people on …

Google has added its new flagship phone, the Pixel, to the device lineup for its Project Fi wireless service. But is Project Fi right for you? Google on Tuesday announced the Pixel and Pixel XL, two high-end smartphones meant to go up against Samsung’s Galaxy devices and Apple’s iPhones. It’s Google’s first attempt to market a smartphone to the masses. …

The push and pull continues on how much the FCC will be able to safeguard your privacy on the internet. In a major shift in policy, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler eased back in his proposal for regulating privacy practices of internet service providers to keep them in line with the less restrictive approach of the Federal Trade Commission. …

AT&T is hitting the gas on plans to deliver ultra-high-speed broadband to more homes, apartment buildings and businesses. The Dallas-based phone giant on Tuesday said it plans to bring the newly branded “AT&T Fiber” service to 11 additional metro areas, which include Gainesville and Panama City, Fla.; Columbus, Ga.; Central Kentucky; Lafayette, La.; Biloxi-Gulfport, Miss., and Northeast Mississippi; Wilmington, N.C.; …

Project Fi fans will soon have two new phones to choose from when signing up for Google’s Wi-Fi-first service. Google took the wraps off the new 5-inch Pixel and its big brother, the 5.5-inch Pixel XL, at an event Tuesday in San Francisco. The company said the new smartphones will work with Project Fi. More from Google’s event Google Pixel …

New government rules that are meant to free consumers from set-top box rental fees have been put on hold. The Federal Communications Commission said Thursday it will wait to vote on the controversial proposal, which Chairman Tom Wheeler has said will help consumers cut their cable bills. Democrats on the FCC said they are still committed to “unlocking the set-top …

It’s hard to teach an old dog new tricks. Wireless subscribers have been conditioned to get a new phone every two years. That made sense back in the day, when wireless subsidies from mobile operators let you upgrade to the latest iPhone or Samsung Galaxy for only $200. Those days are over. Today consumers are expected to pay full price …

We can learn a lot from a 6-year-old boy, says President Barack Obama. After seeing the heartbreaking photo of Omran Daquneesh, a shell-shocked 5-year-old boy who was wounded in an airstrike in Syria, a 6-year-old from New York named Alex wrote President Obama with a request. “Can you please go get him and bring him to [my home]?” he said …

Thanks to phones and social media, a lot has changed since President Obama’s election eight years ago. Obama, making his final speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, reflected on the progress that’s been made on global issues during his presidency, from pulling the nation out of the 2008 financial crisis to pushing for attention on issues like …

This story is part of our Road Trip 2016 summer series “Life, Disrupted,” about how technology is helping with the global refugee crisis — if at all. Omar Mohamed has helped dozens of African refugees resettle in the US. Among the first items he sets up for them: a mobile phone. On a hot June day, the 28-year-old case manager …