New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s staffers have likely been burning the midnight oil. Just a day before the FCC’s scheduled vote to reverse net neutrality rules, Schneiderman reported that as many as 2 million comments submitted to the agency on the topic misused identities of real Americans. He says he found more than 100,000 …

Further confirming the notion that Black Friday may not actually be the start of the holiday shopping season, Thanksgiving Day sales this year jumped by more than 18 percent from last year. US consumers spent a record $2.87 billion at online retailers Thursday, according to Adobe Analytics. In 2016, that number was $1.3 billion. Black Friday was always considered the …

Ask teenagers how many “streaks” they have going, and they’ll know exactly what you’re referring to. That’s how many people they’ve been Snapchatting back and forth with for consecutive days.  It’s actually addicting, they’ll tell you. So much so, Facebook apparently wants in on the game. Facebook confirmed to Mashable on Wednesday that it’s testing out a feature similar to …

Creating a serene garden of AR flowers to put in your app? Google on Wednesday launched a tool that will make finding the right 3D objects easier. Poly is a one-stop shop for browsing, discovering and downloading 3D objects and scenes that was built from the ground up with augmented and virtual reality development in mind, Google says. There are …

Turns out it’s not just web hosting provider DreamHost that’s fighting Justice Department search warrants on users linked to an anti-Trump site associated with inauguration protests. Facebook is in the same boat. The Justice Department in February issued three warrants to search the Facebook accounts of people associated with violent protests of President Donald Trump‘s inauguration. The warrants — which name …

Streaming device maker Roku could have an Amazon Echo-type smart speaker in the works, a Variety report published Monday suggests. Meanwhile, Los Gatos, California-based Roku is looking to raise as much as $220 million when it goes public next month, according to an SEC filing Monday. Roku declined to confirm or comment on the Variety report, which is based on …

You’ll need to wait a bit longer to borrow money from your friends on iMessage. Tuesday is the release day for Apple’s new mobile operating system, iOS 11. But its new Venmo-style peer-to-peer Apple Pay feature won’t be a part of the release. The new feature lets you send payments to friends or anyone else in your contacts list via …

Have you ever referenced a story you read on Facebook, not knowing the actual source of the news? You’re not alone, and Facebook, recognizing the importance of promoting the source, this week started including publishers’ logos next to stories on the site. “We’re going to keep experimenting with different ways to support the news industry and make sure reporters and …

Virgin Mobile is continuing its courtship of Apple users in a big way. Now any iPhone owner willing to switch to Virgin can get in on its deal of 12 months of unlimited data for $1. When the deal launched in June, it was limited to those buying a new phone, which at the time was the real catch. Now, …

In a throwback to a time when carriers differentiated themselves by branding and selling exclusive phones, T-Mobile confirmed Wednesday that it’s launching its very own budget Android phone called the Revvl. The Revvl, which runs on Android Nougat, offers pretty basic specs: a 5.5 inch HD display, 2GB of RAM, 32GB of storage, a 13-megapixel rear-facing camera a 5-megapixel front-facing …