Paul Horner, a leading peddler of fake news and internet hoaxes during the 2016 election, has died at the age of 38. Horner was discovered dead in his bed on Sept. 18, Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Mark Casey said in a statement Wednesday. Casey said evidence found at the scene southwest of Phoenix suggested …

Video-sharing website Vimeo said Tuesday that it will acquire live video-streaming service Livestream and launch a new streaming service called Vimeo Live. IAC-owned Vimeo didn’t disclose financial details for the acquisition of the Brooklyn-based company, which says it serves up live videos to 50 million viewers from customers such as Spotify and Dow Jones. Once the deal closes, Livestream’s technology …

What good is a birthday without fun and games? That’s apparently the thinking at Google, which on Wednesday celebrates its 19th birthday in numeric symmetry. The search giant has pulled together some of its most memorable interactive doodles from the past 19 years and presented them to you in a carnival prize wheel. By spinning the wheel, you can relive …

DirecTV is reportedly offering refunds to customers who want to cancel their subscription to NFL Sunday Ticket over players’ national anthem protests. The refund offer is being extended to at least some people who contact the satellite TV service and cite players kneeling during pregame performances of the national anthem as a reason for canceling their $280 package, customer service …

President Donald Trump’s escalating war of words with North Korea’s leadership on Twitter has many wondering why some of his tweets aren’t being deleted by the social media platform, despite their apparent violation of its rules. Twitter’s rules forbid using the service to make violent threats, either direct or indirect. Accounts violating that rule may be subject to a temporary …

Time has run out for Verizon‘s Wear24 smartwatch after just four months. Verizon Wireless began selling the 4G LTE-connected Wear24 in May for $300. The smartwatch ran Google’s Android Wear 2 software and featured a 1.4-inch AMOLED display and a 450mAh battery with wireless charging. Apparently that battery power wasn’t enough to keep Verizon charged about the Wear24 and the …

You may have to wait a bit longer to get your hands on Apple’s new iPhone X. Production of Apple’s newest flagship handset likely hasn’t even begun, even though Apple will begin taking orders for the device in just over a month, according to an investor’s note from Raymond James chip analyst Christopher Caso. The iPhone X, which Caso notes …

Those of you on T-Mobile’s unlimited data plans will soon get to use at least 50 gigabytes of data each month before you face a possible speed reduction. T-Mobile, the third-largest wireless player — well behind Verizon and AT&T — previously warned that it may reduce customers’ download speeds once they’ve consumed 32GB of data each month. The wireless carrier …

If you aren’t expecting, getting notified a baby gift is on the way is, well, unexpected. Amazon caught a handful of customers off guard Tuesday by sending emails informing them of purchases that were made from their baby registry. The reason for the surprise: Many of those receiving the email don’t have a baby registry or even plans to have …

An Apple Watch may not have helped the Boston Red Sox allegedly steal signs from the New York Yankees after all. The Yankees filed a complaint earlier this month with Major League Baseball saying the Red Sox were stealing pitch signs by using the smartwatch during a four-game series last month in Boston, according to The New York Times. The Yankees …