If there’s one thing that worked against Prison Break in previous seasons, it was the show’s title. There wasn’t any real prison breaking going on, and the adventures of Michael Scofield & Co. weren’t that exciting once they were no longer in prison. However, Wentworth Miller is back for season five and he’s got himself arrested again. That’s right, he’ll be breaking out of prison all over again, and now we get our first look at the new trailer for the upcoming season.

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We’ve said it time and time again — mobile platforms like iOS and Android have become so feature-packed that it’s simply impossible to remember all of the great functionality they now posses. We share nifty hidden features all the time, like this post on 25 hidden iPhone features that are really truly hidden, and we get great feedback each time we do. Even if there are a few things on these lists that you already know, we guarantee you’ll learn something new in each article.

This time around, I’ve come across a very cool hidden iPhone feature that even I didn’t know about, and it has instantly become one of my new favorites.

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T-Mobile’s Binge On service is a handy loophole that lets you stream video from select services without it counting against your data cap. Big players like Netflix and YouTube have already been on board, but this morning, T-Mobile’s rounding out the offerings by adding names like NBC and Univision.

The announcement today added a handful of new participating media outlets, bringing the total up to 80. The biggest names being added are NBC and Univision, which should be good news for fans of SNL or Ninja Warrior. The other interesting move is adding music videos from the likes of Spotify and Tidal onto the Binge On platform.

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Today’s post covering the best daily deals we found on Amazon has 11 entries but it actually covers 28 items in total. That’s because the first thing you’ll find on the list below is actually a huge sale on 18 different networking devices from TP-LINK that will take your home internet service to the next level. On top of that, you’ll also find a pair of discounted TVs, Roku’s latest Streaming Stick, shockingly cheap headphones, the coolest computer screen you’ve ever seen, and so much more.

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Although it initially passed Apple’s certification process, System and Security Info has been removed from the App Store a week after its release. As developer Stefan Esser explains, the app was capable of providing a detailed rundown of the running processes on an iPhone as well as detecting malware and security anomalies that would otherwise remain hidden from users.

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When Apple originally introduced Apple Pay with the iPhone 6, it was widely assumed that mobile payments were finally poised to go mainstream. The harsh reality, though, is that Apple Pay has been somewhat slow to get off the ground. While the service itself is intuitive and works incredibly well, wide-scale adoption has only started to pick up in recent months.

One of the ongoing roadblocks Apple Pay has had to contend with is the fact that not every retailer supports Apple’s payment solution. In fact, some retailers like CVS went so far as to proactively disable NFC support on their POS machines specifically to preclude services like Apple Pay from being used.

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If you’ve been wondering why Roku’s previous-generation streaming stick as been on sale so much lately, the answer is simple: a newer model was released recently. The Roku 3500R is still a terrific media player and it’s a bargain at $35, but all the cord cutters and “cord nevers out” there looking for a new media player have an even better option right now.

For a limited time, the quad-core Roku 3600R Streaming Stick is on sale for just $5 more than at $39.99 with free shipping, giving users access to more than 3,000 channels of entertainment on a quad-core streaming stick that’s more powerful than most full-size boxes.

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What does the future look like? Will floating autonomous cars cart us to and from work each day? Will we even have jobs anymore or will robots invade every industry from manufacturing, to trucking, to law and everything in between? The future has never looked less clear than it does right now, but a new prototype of a device called “Cubimorph” may help bring the future of consumer electronics into focus.

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Lenovo’s Motorola announced a couple of new affordable Android handsets on Tuesday. Motorola’s famous Moto G line is getting two new members this year, including the Moto G4 and Moto G4 Plus. The phones are virtually identical, but the Plus version does sport a better camera, a fingerprint sensor, more RAM, and more storage.

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