A handful of Republican lawmakers led by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is waging a last-ditch effort to stop the US government from handing over control over internet domain names to a nonprofit group of global stakeholders in a debate that has become highly politicized. At a Senate subcommittee meeting Wednesday, Cruz even suggested that Commerce …

A 6-year-old boy from Brooklyn suffered burns to his body Saturday night when a Samsung Galaxy smartphone exploded. The boy was watching videos on the phone when the device suddenly exploded in his hands, the boy’s grandmother told the New York Post. The family called 911 and he was rushed to the hospital with burns on his body. He has …

Magazine publisher Time Inc. is getting into the streaming media business. The company is launching its first streaming video network based on content from its popular entertainment magazines, People and Entertainment Weekly. The network, which is free due to advertising support, is called People/Entertainment Weekly Network, or PEN for short, and goes live on Tuesday. The online network is available …

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is upping the ante in his fight to make sure the US maintains control over the Internet. The former presidential candidate is meeting with conservative congressional leaders in an effort to block the US Department of Commerce from transferring its oversight of the domain-naming system for the Internet, which is scheduled to happen on October 1. …

Univision Communications, the new owner of Gawker Media Group, has deleted six posts from the online publisher that are the subject of litigation, Reuters reported Saturday. Univision, which bought Gawker for $135 million in a bankruptcy proceeding last month, said it wants to create a “clean slate” for the site, according to a memo from company executives that Reuters obtained. …

People say some pretty nasty things on social media. But Instagram wants its users to be able to share and enjoy its video and photo sharing community without worrying about all the Nasty Nellies out there. The Facebook-owned company said Monday it’s rolling out a new tool that will allow people to filter out offensive language from comments on their …

The iPhone 7 is almost here, and wireless operators and Apple want to make sure you get your hands on it. AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint are all running promotions offering new and existing customers a free iPhone 7 with 32GB of memory. Sounds like a great deal. But is it really as good as it sounds? In this edition …

Now playing: Watch this: FCC wants to help you ditch the cable set-top box 1:13 FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler has revised a controversial proposal to free consumers from renting set-top boxes from cable companies and other pay-TV providers. Screenshot by CNET US regulators have revised a proposal that’s supposed to free consumers from set-top box rental fees after months of …

The wait is over for Apple’s next-generation smartwatch. Apple announced Wednesday at its iPhone event in San Francisco that the Apple Watch Series 2 will be available for preorders on September 9. Pricing for the new device will be $369. Apple also introduced a watch made specifically for runners called the Apple Watch Nike+, which is also priced at $369. …

Consumers in Japan will soon be able to use their iPhones to pay for things just like Apple fans in the United States and other parts of the world. Apple announced Wednesday at its iPhone event in San Francisco that it will include new technology in the iPhone 7 and the Apple Watch Series 2 to expand availability of its …