Hasbro is pushing Nerf’s radio-controlled toys into video-equipped territory. Nerf has crawling robots that shoot foam things. Nerf has cameras to record you shooting these foam things. And now, Nerf has an RC vehicle that shoots foam things and records video of it at the same time. Hasbro’s Nerf N-Strike Elite Terrascout RC Drone Blaster, …

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Signing up to Vodafone? Now you can tweet to your heart’s content on holiday this summer as the network has scrapped roaming charges across 40 European countries as of today. Vodafone previously charged £3 per day to use roaming calls, texts and data across Europe. The new roaming plan will provide unlimited calls, texts and picture messaging and “up to” …

Apple Music is getting cheaper for young people. In a bid to compete with rivals Spotify and Google Music, Apple is offering half-price subscriptions to its streaming service for students. Students in the US, the UK, Australia, Germany Denmark and New Zealand will be able to make use of the discount, TechCrunch reports. A monthly subscription to the service currently …

Researchers have long waffled over whether mobile phones cause cancer. The concern persists since more than 90 percent of people use them, according to a University of Sydney study (PDF) published this week in the journal Cancer Epidemiology. After examining 29 years of mobile phone use in Australia, the research team “found no increase in brain cancer incidence compatible with …

The Federal Communications Commission has officially given Charter Communications the green light to purchase Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks, in a deal worth $65 billion. The agency said Friday that it had voted to approve the merger with conditions, which likely include restricting Charter from making it harder for video streaming services like Netflix and Hulu to get …

If you don’t use Cortana, Microsoft’s voice-activated personal assistant, you’re missing out on some handy, hands-free functionality — especially now that she’s fully integrated into Windows 10, and Windows 10 is everywhere. Like Apple’s Siri and Google’s Google Now, Cortana is an intelligent personal assistant who can help you with everything from launching applications to scheduling appointments. She can even …

Amazon will fill gaps in its same-day delivery service, according to Bloomberg, responding to criticism the service excluded some minority neighborhoods, The online retail behemoth pledged to expand its Prime Same Day Service to all zip codes in the 27 cities in which it’s offered, according to an Amazon statement obtained by the Congressional Black Caucus and seen by Bloomberg. …

Apple Music’s Connect feature will reportedly have a less prominent spot in iOS 10. Connect will lose its dedicated tab and is getting relegated to the “For You” recommendations page in Apple’s next mobile OS upgrade, according to a report by 9to5 Mac. The idea behind Connect, launched in 2015, is to allow musicians to chat directly with fans and …

Granted, you could wear any pair of underwear for a week. But things could get pretty gross if you did. But Danish company OrganicBasics is in the process of creating SilverTech “odorless” underwear — and odorless socks — that are infused with bacteria-fighting and heat-regulating silver that the company says is a key ingredient in space suits. The material is …

Even if you aren’t a card-carrying member of the Avengers and don’t have access to Tony Stark’s bank account, you can still make an arsenal worthy of a superhero. In a new webseries for Mouser Electronics, former MythBusters cast member Grant Imahara teams up with Youtuber and engineer Allen Pan to teach fans how to use real-life electronics to making …

We still don’t know who “John Doe,” the pseudonym for the person who leaked 11.5 million documents detailing corporate tax shelters around the world, really is. But on Friday we got a little closer to understanding why he or she leaked the information, known as the Panama Papers because they came from Panama tax law firm Mossack Fonseca. The short …

From Donald Trump GIFs to “Birdie Sanders” memes, your Facebook and Twitter feeds are no doubt full of opinions about the upcoming presidential election. But a new poll suggests, when it comes to politics, the social media environment is increasingly hostile. More than 50 percent of Americans have recently expressed opposition to a 2016 presidential candidate on social media, according …

Uber has recruited some heavyweight former lawmakers to help smooth the road between the ridesharing company and governments. The company has formed a new public policy advisory board including a former US Secretary of Transportation and the EU’s former digital czar. Remunerated with equity in the company, they will meet twice a year and will throw their weight behind the …

With VR headsets like the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive just now hitting store shelves, we’re quickly learning the potential of virtual reality. But it’s not just consumers who are seeing what the nascent platform can do, but academics as well. A study from Oxford University has found that VR can be used to help the 1 to 2 percent …