AT&T says it was perfectly legal to sell user location data, but stopped anyway
AT&T came under fire in the last year or so — as did rival carriers Sprint, Verizon and T-Mobile — when press reports surfaced about …
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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Spotify is testing its first piece of hardware – the voice-controlled ‘Car Thing’
Spotify has started testing its first piece of hardware, a music player for your car that the company has named “Car Thing” and which will …
I can’t believe this Taco Bell hotel and resort is a real thing
The newest creation that Taco Bell has cooked up is something the fast food chain is describing, with great fanfare in an official announcement today, …
Epic Games Store’s first mega sale gives Steam a run for its money
The Epic Games Store just unveiled its newest assault on rival Valve’s PC games storefront Stream, using the same big discount strategy that’s come to …
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More than 830,000 ‘Game of Thrones’ fans sign petition begging HBO to remake season 8
With just one episode to go in its eighth and final season, many Game of Thrones fans at this point are so dissatisfied with the …
Spotify is once again offering three months of Premium for 99 cents
If you’re still on the fence about subscribing to a streaming music service, wondering if you’ll actually consume enough tunes to justify paying at least …
Here’s what Samsung is doing to fix the Galaxy Fold’s embarrassing mistakes
Samsung is still committed to an imminent relaunch of its super-expensive foldable handset. The one that was supposed to have been on the market by …
Millions of Americans will skip work Monday or show up late because of ‘Game of Thrones’
A slump in productivity is coming. Okay, that doesn’t have the same ring to it as “Winter is coming,” but for Game of Thrones fans, …
Netflix is making its E3 debut to talk about adapting its shows into video games
Netflix is about to share some fresh details about its ambition to push deeper into video games, ahead of the planned launch of its Stranger …
You’re about to start seeing ads for the first time on Google’s mobile homepage
During Google’s Marketing Live conference for advertisers on Tuesday, the search giant announced a first for the company: Ads are coming soon to Google’s iconic …
Sorry, ‘Friends’ fans: WarnerMedia has decided to pull its shows from Netflix
At a conference in Boston on Tuesday, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson just confirmed what many Netflix fans have long feared — that the streaming giant …
Second-to-last ‘Game of Thrones’ episode had the highest ratings in the show’s history
Sunday night’s episode of Game of Thrones was certainly a controversial one, with Daenerys finally making good on the fan theory that she was destined …
Sonos’ long-promised support for Google Assistant is finally here
Sonos is finally making good on its promise to support the Google Assistant, which is coming to the company’s Sonos One speaker and Sonos Beam …
Spotify might be the next app to add Instagram-style Stories
Once companies started to notice the runaway popularity of ephemeral “Stories” within apps like Instagram and Snapchat, the format started showing up everywhere from Facebook …
Lenovo introduces affordable new ThinkBook line of laptops
At Lenovo’s annual “Transform 3.0 at Accelerate” event today in Orlando, the Hong Kong-based electronics giant introduced a new line of laptops that combines an …
US Supreme Court decides to let consumers sue Apple over App Store rules
The US Supreme Court on Monday ruled against Apple in a case that could have broad implications for the e-commerce industry and which also means …
New trailer for the ‘Game of Thrones’ series finale teases a controversial end
Well, it’s finally here. A little more than eight years after Game of Thrones’ first season premiered back in April 2011, the 80-minute series finale …
The Google Play Store is nagging some users to get rid of old apps
There have been a handful of updates to the Google Play Store’s operation that garnered headlines in recent days, such as the news that apps’ …
NYC tenants sue landlord for a physical key after he gives them a fancy smart lock
After a New York City apartment landlord installed a smart lock on the building’s lobby door, a group of tenants filed a lawsuit arguing they …
The Wachowskis are reportedly working on a fourth ‘Matrix’ movie because nothing is sacred
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the release of the original Matrix film that introduced us to Neo, Morpheus and the world of green …
This deal combines Uber, Marriott, and Hertz savings with 60,000 Amex bonus points
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Your next Delta flight may offer free Wi-Fi
Spotty Wi-Fi that also costs too much is often among the more frequent complaints of an airline’s customers, which is why you’re starting to see …
Good luck hiding from this new Chinese camera that can spot you from 28 miles away
A team of Chinese researchers has just announced their creation of an inexpensive but powerful camera that’s the size of a shoebox and which seems …
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Even a Facebook co-founder thinks Mark Zuckerberg has way too much power
Chris Hughes hasn’t seen Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in-person since the summer of 2017, when Hughes, a fellow Facebook co-founder, hung out with Zuck at …
Netflix just released its first ever top 10 list of most-watched content
As part of a gradual shift toward more transparency, Netflix made good today on a pledge to investors that it would start being less stingy …
Dire new figures show the cable industry is now losing 14,000 subscribers every day
At this point, it’s pretty hard to argue that the traditional pay TV industry is not living on borrowed time, as it continues to bleed …
Huawei nixes the notch with this sleek new smartphone design
Chinese consumer electronics brands like Huawei and Xiaomi have been on the ascendancy these days, thanks to everything from their ability to produce premium-quality devices …
Here are the first photos from the next-to-last episode ever of ‘Game of Thrones’
Only two more episodes of Game of Thrones to go, and HBO has just released the first batch of photos from the second-to-last episode of …
