Huawei promises 100% refunds if Google and Facebook apps stop working
Huawei is resorting to drastic measures to counteract the effects of its inclusion on a US blacklist, which has resulted in several key US companies …
Andy Meek is a reporter based in Memphis who has covered media, entertainment, and culture for over 20 years. His work has appeared in outlets including The Guardian, Forbes, and The Financial Times, and he’s written for BGR since 2015. Andy's coverage includes technology and entertainment, and he has a particular interest in all things streaming.
Over the years, he’s interviewed legendary figures in entertainment and tech that range from Stan Lee to John McAfee, Peter Thiel, and Reed Hastings.
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One of the things that Pixar fans always look forward to whenever there’s a new feature film release from the beloved animation studio happens before …
Google shifts the blame after being accused of stealing lyrics from Genius
You’ve got to hand it to the folks at the song lyrics database company Genius — it was pretty clever how the company discovered that …
Domino’s Pizza to test unmanned, autonomous vehicles for deliveries in Texas
In the near future, a driverless, autonomous vehicle might be responsible for your next pizza delivery. On Monday, Domino’s Pizza announced that it’s teamed up …
Huawei delayed the Mate X, but it just patented another foldable phone
Huawei, the beleaguered Chinese consumer electronics giant that President Trump put on a US blacklist, just pushed back the launch of its much anticipated Mate …
This incredible offer of three months of Spotify Premium for 99 cents ends June 30th
Spotify has been emailing anyone who’s interested to let them know, but just in case you weren’t aware of the current trial offer which is …
Comcast’s new eye-controlled channel changer sounds like something from the future
The new eye-controlled channel changer that Comcast debuted today is a futuristic-sounding marvel that will certainly make life a little more enjoyable for people with …
This fake video perfectly imagines what will happen when the robots decide to fight back
Over the weekend, another of those freaky videos showing humans putting a human-esque robot through its paces began to explode in popularity, for reasons that …
If you think most TV shows are too long, check out these 7 excellent half-hour series
The modern TV landscape is starting to generate something of a first world problem among some harried viewers increasingly faced with a perplexing dilemma. Shows …
Study reveals how screwed we’d be during a GPS outage
The US government’s National Institutes of Standards and Technology recently decided to sponsor what appears to be the most comprehensive look to date at the …
Meet the former director at Epic Games who tried to cancel ‘Fortnite’
The video game industry over the last two years came close to looking dramatically different, thanks to an Epic Games ex-director admitting that he actually …
Here’s how Keanu Reeves got his part as Duke Caboom in ‘Toy Story 4’
At one point when Toy Story 4 director Josh Cooley and the producers were in the middle of a blind audio test, going through recordings …
Samsung may be prepping a high-end tablet to compete with the iPad Pro
A lot of the coverage that’s been devoted to Samsung lately has to do with its smartphone business, and particularly its experimentation in that arena. …
Brand new Chase rewards card gets you 50,000 bonus points and Marriott perks
BGR has partnered with The Points Guy for our coverage of credit card products. BGR and The Points Guy may receive a commission from card …
Huawei’s Android replacement is one step closer to becoming a reality
Huawei is getting closer, it seems, to the day when it will begin relying on a Plan B mobile operating system to replace the reliance …
Target expands same-day delivery to basically everyone in order to combat Amazon
Time was, Amazon led the way in pushing the e-commerce industry towards a consumer expectation that delivery should be free. Then came the push for …
Amazon is being sued over claims that Alexa ‘routinely records’ children
Anyone who opens YouTube can find countless videos of children reacting with glee and amusement when conversing with Alexa, the digital voice assistant that powers …
Netflix has renewed its beautiful show about the bond between dogs and their owners
We called it the most life-affirming Netflix show of 2018 when it debuted last year, and with good reason. Dogs, an insanely heartwarming six-part Netflix …
Google login chief actually praises new ‘Sign In with Apple’ button
At WWDC last week when Apple got around to introducing the new app sign-in button it’s planning to introduce with the launch of iOS 13 …
New Spotify playlist wants to replace your car radio
Americans spend much of their time every day stuck behind the wheel of a car, logging some 70 billion hours each year that are passed …
‘Chernobyl’ producer begs tourists to be more respectful when visiting the site
This is 2019, so, of course, selfie culture being what it is there’s been a spike in tourism to the site of the 1986 Chernobyl …
Opera unveils a new browser built specifically for gamers
As Krystian Kolondra explains it, the just-announced new gamer-specific browser his company unveiled today was designed for the subset of 1.2 billion PC gamers in …
Watch Keanu Reeves voice his ‘Toy Story 4’ character in this hilarious clip
The fourth installment in the beloved Toy Story franchise doesn’t hit theaters until next week, but early reactions are starting to trickle in from reviewers …
Facebook will pay you to let it spy on you
After coming under fire earlier this year for quietly paying users between the ages of 13 and 35 up to $20 a month in most …
Samsung is working on a rollable phone display, because the foldable one worked so well
Samsung still has the consumer tech world waiting to see if the company will actually make good on its ambitious plan to launch a foldable …
BET is joining the crowd and launching its own streaming service in 2019
As if the streaming video landscape wasn’t already crowded enough, yet another new service is being planned for launch later this year. Variety is reporting …
Samsung’s first G-Sync gaming monitor launches in July for $399
Add Samsung to the slew of companies with gaming-related announcements this week, in tandem with the industry’s annual E3 confab happening in Los Angeles. The …
Samsung says it will announce new Galaxy Fold launch timing ‘in the coming weeks’
Samsung is still giving somewhat vague signals about when it will actually move forward with the release of what was supposed to have been one …
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HBO’s ‘Chernobyl’ has Instagram influencers flocking to the site of the disaster
HBO’s miniseries that retells the story of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster has quickly become one of the best TV series of the …
