Verizon is hoping that auto racing fans on hand for the Indianapolis 500 will take a look at ultra-high speeds of another sort. The company said Monday that it has worked with Ericsson and Intel to set up a house near the Indianapolis Motor Speedway with 5G mobile fixed broadband service — think a replacement …

LG has a phone for adventurers who don’t want to spend a fortune on their phones. The LG X Venture boasts a water- and dust-resistant body, and LG says it passed 14 durability tests designed for the US military. The phone also comes with a special app called Outdoor Essentials, which ties together a barometer, compass, activity counter, exercise tracker, …

Now playing: Watch this: FCC votes to start net neutrality rollback 1:39 The laws governing an open internet may not be laws much longer. On Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission voted 2-1 on a proposal to strip out the existing regulations that govern net neutrality, or the concept that all internet traffic must be treated equally. This is an initial …

Rivals T-Mobile and Sprint may end up on the same team. The companies are in early talks with each other about a deal to consolidate, Bloomberg reported Friday. Executives from Sprint’s parent, SoftBank, and T-Mobile’s parent, Deutsche Telekom, have also been in “informal contact,” according to the report. A combination would create a larger third player to compete against Verizon …

In the market for a Galaxy S8? T-Mobile has an offer for you. The wireless carrier on Friday began offering a buy one, get one free promotion on the Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus. You’ll have to pay for both phones up front, but T-Mobile will later send a prepaid card covering the cost of the second device …

Remember Tizen? No? That’s OK. You’d be forgiven if you don’t recall Samsung‘s home-grown operating system. Samsung remembers, though, and on Friday unveiled the Samsung Z4. The budget phone will launch in select markets this month, starting with India. Tizen was Samsung’s attempt to create products using its own mobile software. But the lack of app support and the popularity …

Now playing: Watch this: iPhone 8 expected to cost the same as a MacBook 1:29 I hope you’ve been saving up for the next iPhone. Goldman Sachs said in a research note Thursday that the iPhone 8 could start at a whopping $1,000. The next iPhone will boast a 5.8-inch display with OLED technology and 3D-sensing augmented reality capabilities, the …

Apple is giving display maker Corning some love. The tech giant said Friday that it would give $200 million to Corning as part of its Advanced Manufacturing Fund. The money will go toward funding Corning’s research and development and its glass processing. Corning has been a critical supplier of Gorilla Glass displays to the iPhone, and the hope is that …

Verizon really, really wants to get its 5G ambitions going. The nation’s largest wireless carrier said Thursday it would buy Straight Path Communications, snatching the little-known company away from AT&T, which previously agreed to acquire it. Verizon said it would pay $184 a share, or $3.1 billion. That’s nearly double the $1.6 billion AT&T offered. Verizon will also cover a …

Sprint is getting into 5G too. The wireless carriers can’t stop talking about the next generation of wireless technology, which promises to be faster, more responsive and able to handle connected devices without breaking a sweat. T-Mobile has committed to building out a nationwide 5G network before anyone else, and Verizon and AT&T are planning to roll out trials of …