8,000 ‘Avengers: Endgame’ showings are now sold out around the country
Ahead of the Thursday night opening in the US of Avengers: Endgame, Fandango is reporting some impressive news related to the much-anticipated, three-hour-long film that …
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HBO shares new ‘Game of Thrones’ photos ahead of the bloodiest, longest episode yet
The Lady of Winterfell looks a little shaken in the image at the top of this post, and it’s certainly no secret why. The epic …
Facebook could be fined up to $5 billion by the FTC due to privacy violations
Facebook has been dealing with one privacy-related scandal after another for more than a year now, a reality that’s about to present the social networking …
AT&T will unveil its new streaming service (and maybe ruin HBO Now) this fall
Apple and Disney have already hosted splashy media events showcasing the new streaming services they each plan to launch later this year to host original …
NBC is finally taking steps to remove ‘The Office’ from Netflix
According to Nielsen data covering the 12 months that ended this past July, Netflix users during that span watched The Office for 45.8 billion minutes. …
The redesigned Google Fit app is coming to iOS today
Google unveiled a major refresh back in August for its Google Fit activity-tracking app, an update that was built around two new and simple activity …
Don’t miss this chance to earn 75,000 Marriott Points With Bonvoy Amex Cards
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 issuers. …
‘Game of Thrones’ has used 4,000 gallons of fake blood, and other fun facts about the show
Bringing a hit TV series like Game of Thrones to fruition is a massive creative endeavor that requires so much behind the scenes to make …
Galaxy Fold units keep mysteriously breaking, while the iPhone XS survives a shark bite
If you’ve paid attention to tech industry news to any degree over the past day or two, you’re no doubt aware that Samsung is dealing …
Avoid these Android apps like the plague
Revelations about apps from the Google Play Store sneaking past available protections and collecting gobs of user data without permission are nothing new, but a …
Hear me out: This ‘random episode’ feature Netflix is testing could be a good idea
You don’t have to be a power user of Netflix to know that as time goes by, there’s a massive and ever-changing inventory of content …
A backpack with a flexible screen? Sure, Sony, why not
The race among consumer electronics giants to develop all manner of screens that flex and fold — and to attach them to phones, tablets and …
Amazon finally accepts that it’s 2019 and allows YouTube back on the Fire TV
If Amazon’s Fire TV platform is your streaming medium of choice, you won’t have to use a web browser to watch YouTube videos for much …
Facebook now says ‘millions’ of Instagram passwords were exposed, not ‘tens of thousands’
Well, that’s a heck of a revision. Back in March, as part of a disclosure about Facebook having learned that some user passwords were being …
A robot that kind of looks like Wall-E’s big brother helped save Notre Dame
Notre Dame was reportedly only about 15 to 30 minutes away from a fire completely destroying the historic cathedral earlier this week when Paris firefighters …
Apple’s got a credit card, and now T-Mobile is launching a checking account
Tech companies and telcos, all of a sudden it seems, have decided to start making money by getting into, well, money. The same way Apple …
Samsung says it won’t delay the Galaxy Fold launch date, despite mysterious problems
Samsung has finally weighed in with an official statement addressing the slew of media reports over the past 24 hours detailing a series of mysterious …
HBO teases us with new images from episode 2 of the final season of ‘Game of Thrones’
There were a few major, game-changing revelations and bombshells that Game of Thrones dropped on us in episode 1 this past Sunday that fans will …
T-Mobile and Comcast are now working together to fight robocalls
The fight against the barrage of spam calls and robocalls continues to pick up steam, as a pair of rival carriers announced today that they’re …
Stunning double-folding concept design shows the iPhone of your dreams
Foldable smartphone designs are all the rage at the moment among handset makers, with the form factor currently the focus of widespread media coverage given …
Samsung’s Galaxy Fold is breaking after a day or two of use for some reviewers
A number of prominent reviewers, a few of which work for major tech news publications, are out today with follow-ups to their original reviews of …
Facebook is developing its own Alexa-like voice assistant that nobody asked for
Facebook is continuing to build out new technology that promises to extend its reach and capabilities well beyond the main blue app with its simple, …
Apple rumored to unveil redesigned Find My Friends app with Tile-like functionality
Engineers at Apple are currently working on an app with the code name “GreenTorch” that would combine the company’s existing Find My iPhone and Find …
Watch Millie Bobby Brown, Steve Aoki and Ninja react to the Galaxy Fold
“What! You’re folded!” raves Stranger Things actress Millie Bobby Brown, snapping the phone closed in her hand. Likewise, Grammy-nominated DJ and producer Steve Aoki. “I …
Hackers unleashed 40 million cyberattacks on Ecuador after Julian Assange’s arrest
Julian Assange’s arrest at the end of last week by British officials who finally snatched him at the London embassy in Ecuador where he’d been …
Capcom’s new 16-game mini-console will make you feel like a kid again
We’ve seen a handful of video game companies, including Nintendo and Sony, launch super retro mini-consoles that are packed with classic video games, and it’s …
Netflix just added another 10 million subscribers, will experiment with top 10 lists
Netflix is just out with its earnings results covering the first three months of the year, and a key highlight of the companion shareholder letter …
Apple helping rebuild Notre Dame is a perfect example of how it’s changed under Tim Cook
Apple CEO Tim Cook tweeted early Tuesday morning that the company would be donating money as a way of helping French officials rebuild the Notre …
‘Game of Thrones’ season 8 premiere watched by a record-breaking 17.4 million people
HBO has just released its audience stats for the premiere of Game of Thrones season 8, which the network says drew a record 17.4 million …
Facebook is copying Snapchat again with a new way to browse the News Feed
Facebook’s new Snapchat-like “Stories” format could be about to completely transform your News Feed, if the latest scoop from app researcher Jane Manchun Wong comes …
