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Verizon buys the not-quite-5G wireless ISP Starry to expand wireless broadband

Verizon is acquiring Starry, the ISP that delivers home internet using antennas and millimeter wave technology. The acquisition “advances” Verizon’s ability to offer high-speed internet in apartments, condominiums, and other multi-dwelling units, the company said on Wednesday. Starry made its…

Google Pixel Buds 2A review: the right kind of compromise

The current state of headphones is a bummer. In one sense, the market has never been so good: from Bose to Sony to Apple to Google to Samsung to Sennheiser to JBL to unpronounceable Chinese knockoffs, you can’t spin around…

The Google Pixel Watch 4 is the Android watch to beat

Five years ago, I used to groan when it came time to review an Android smartwatch. Back then, anything that wasn’t a Samsung watch was disappointing at best. The space was fragmented, battery life was dismal, and interest just didn’t…