Have you noticed some regular household items you want to buy on Walmart.com are out of stock? There may be a good reason for that. Walmart changed its e-commerce systems to avoid orders deemed too expensive to ship and started telling customers those items are “out of stock,” according to The Wall Street Journal. If …

Indianapolis will get 5G service later this year. On Thursday, AT&T said the capital of Indiana would get next-generation mobile service by the end of 2018, part of the company’s roll out of 5G to a dozen cities this year. AT&T has already begun preparations for the service in Indianapolis, which will be the 7th city to get the company’s high-speed service. “Indy …

Now you can keep up with your favorite Facebook Watch shows outside the US. The social network’s online video streaming service is rolling out worldwide on Wednesday. Facebook is also offering new opportunities for creators and publishers from all over the world. Facebook launched Watch a year ago in the US, featuring programming produced exclusively for the social network. Watch …

Forget going to the library. Amazon will now deliver children’s books right to your door. Amazon said on Tuesday that Prime members in the US can now subscribe to Prime Book Box, a subscription service that delivers curated hardcover books for children up to age 12 every one, two or three months. Each box is $22.99. You can put in …

Uber wants you to shift from cars to electric bikes and scooters for short city trips. The ride-hailing giant reportedly plans to put more emphasis on electric bikes and scooters, saying they’re better suited than cars for inner-city travel. “During rush hour, it is very inefficient for a one-tonne hulk of metal to take one person 10 blocks,” Uber CEO …

A group of Amazon employees has nothing but nice things to say on Twitter about working at the online retailer. The so-called “FC Ambassadors” are people who work in Amazon warehouses and are paid to defend and promote the company on Twitter, reported the BBC. TechCrunch spotted 15 of the ambassador accounts on Twitter, according to a report published Thursday. …

A Muslim woman sued US Customs and Border Protection on Thursday, alleging agents confiscated and held her iPhone for more than four months without explanation after she returned to the US from Europe. Rejhane Lazoja, a US citizen, alleges she was taken to a small room at Newark Liberty Airport after returning from Zurich, Switzerland, with her 6-year-old daughter on …

At least now we know what the back of a new BlackBerry TCL phone is expected to look like. The mobile giant on Friday tweeted a video that hints at the official release of the rumored BlackBerry Key2 LE at IFA Berlin. “Almost time for a new introduction,” the company wrote. This would be the first official teaser for the phone, a low-end successor to the …

Teens are trying to be responsible users of technology, a new report says, attempting to monitor and control the amount of time they’re glued to screens.  Roughly 52 percent of US teens say they’re taking steps to curb their mobile phone use, according to a Pew Research Center study published Wednesday. Similarly, 57 percent of teens are limiting their social …

Apple’s plan to buy Shazam, an app that can name a song playing nearby, may finally get the thumbs-up from European regulators. The European Commission is set to approve Apple’s acquisition of the British music recognition app, Reuters reported on Wednesday. The commission, the executive arm of the European Union, is reportedly expected to decide on the deal by Sept. …