One of the cheapest media streamers around gets a little cheaper for the holidays — sort of. Google is currently offering up $20 in Google Play credit when you buy one of its Chromecast streamers for $35. If you were already planning to blow some cash on movies or TV shows to stream, you can …

Live TV arrived online this year, and it’s going to cost you. The introduction of the first, legitimate Web-based television services happened in 2015. These new options stream live television channels. They include Sling TV from Dish Network and Vue on Sony’s PlayStation game console. These services are meant to be the final nudge that disgruntled pay-TV customers need to …

Hey, New Yorkers, is your Internet speed as fast as you think it should be? A new investigation aims to find out, with your help. New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman sent letters in October to Time Warner Cable, Verizon and Cablevision asking for proof that their advertised Internet speeds are accurate. On Sunday, the attorney general’s office asked New …

LG has announced not one but three new wireless multiroom sound bars for 2016 to replace the existing LAS751. The SH8 and the SH7 offer a wireless subwoofer and slightly different cosmetics to last year’s version. Meanwhile the SH6 comes without a sub but features “dual bass ports” to enhance bass response. All three models feature Wi-Fi — with compatibility …

Now playing: Watch this: Wearable tech, polyphasic sleeping and me 0:30 Editors’ Note: Originally published August 3, 2015, this piece has been updated throughout. Even more than my phone, my fitness band is a constant companion — at the gym, in the shower, and most importantly, when I sleep. It was my fitness band that inspired me to do one …

Hoverboards are a hot item this holiday season. Perhaps too hot. The self-balancing scooters have quickly grown popular with kids and fans of the “Back to the Future” movies, but now shoppers have to reckon with safety concerns after reports that some hoverboards have caught fire. Citing those concerns, airlines banned the boards from planes. Now the scooters are disappearing …

On Tuesday, December 15, CNN will host a debate featuring Republican presidential candidates in Las Vegas, Nevada. Among the topics up for debate, candidates will chat national security and global terrorism according to CNN. Naturally, the debate will be broadcast by CNN for those with a cable subscription. However, for those without access to CNN you’re in luck: CNN is …

Samsung’s Galaxy S7 may include a pressure-sensitive display and other innovative features designed to win back consumers. Next year’s phone will add a screen that responds to the strength of your touch, “people familiar with the matter” told the Wall Street Journal for a story published Monday. A new high-speed charging port, a higher-quality camera and a retina scanner on …

Now playing: Watch this: Get ready for Green Monday. It’s Black Friday Part 2 2:23 If it seems like every week between Thanksgiving and New Year’s there’s another shopping holiday, you’re not imagining it. Next up is Green Monday, which takes place Monday, December 14, 2015. What is Green Monday? Green Monday is touted as the third-largest online shopping day …

Online music service Pandora has created a station devoted to playing only your favorite songs. Launched Monday, Thumbprint Radio is based on all the music on Pandora that you’ve ever thumbs-upped to show your approval. The new station plays all of your thumbed-up songs, both old and new, but also adds new music based on the tunes you’ve already liked. …

Online shopping is awesome — there are deals around every corner, you can do it in your pajamas, and sometimes you don’t even have to pay sales tax! But there is a downside: No instant gratification. Once you make an online purchase, you need to wait days or even weeks before it’s in your hand, which can be agonizing. Related: …

It’s never been a better time to be a computer coder. But talk to hiring managers and you hear a different story. First the good news: A record 78 percent of hiring managers throughout the tech industry say they plan on hiring more people in the first half of 2016 than they did in the second half of this year, …

Telstra has opened up access to its Australia-wide Wi-Fi network, known as Telstra Air, giving mobile customers unlimited access to free Wi-Fi until June 2016. As an added bonus, existing Air customers on home broadband will also be able to use the Wi-Fi network over summer until next June without data usage counting towards their monthly broadband allowance. The move …

Perhaps the US presidential race would be more fun to follow if the candidates could fly? The Washington Post on Monday released a mobile game called Floppy Candidate that essentially mimics the gameplay elements from the hit game Flappy Bird by replacing the airborne bird with 2016 presidential hopefuls. “A team of in-house engineers, designers and producers came together to …

Have an Apple Watch and a GoPro camera with built-in Wi-Fi? Great, you can now get control of your shots straight from your wrist. The action-camera maker released an iOS app update so you can use your Apple Watch as a viewfinder, start and stop recordings and take photos and switch between capture modes. This is incredibly convenient for when …