Director of Netflix’s gritty new outlaw drama ‘The Highwaymen’ takes us behind the scenes
Director John Lee Hancock has been trying for 13 years to make a movie about outlaws and the grizzled lawmen who hunt them down. Not …
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.
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Snapchat will launch a gaming platform, now that its rivals have copied everything else
After being hampered by stagnant growth as its rivals relentlessly copy and repurpose its core features, the next era in the story of Snapchat is …
Apple wants Oscars and Emmys for its original content, just like Netflix
Lest anyone out there was still wondering how committed Apple is to producing premium original content that generates buzz among critics and the general public, …
Samsung’s newest Notebook 9 laptops arrive on March 17th
Following up on the Samsung announcement we told you about back in January, related to the pair of new notebook PCs the company unveiled at …
Here’s how long every ‘Game of Thrones’ season 8 episode will be, and when they’ll air
Former HBO chief executive Richard Plepler made headlines with a recent Variety interview, in which he raved about the feature film quality of the upcoming …
James Gunn is back on as director of ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’
Disney has apparently had a change of heart when it comes to giving James Gunn the boot as director of the forthcoming Guardians of the …
Future Huawei phones could get a triple camera setup with an extra screen on the back
Huawei is continuing to ship well-regarded smartphones, despite the Chinese brand’s widely publicized troubles with US authorities, and it will continue to do so later …
Most Americans are still afraid of self-driving cars, new study reveals
When it comes to the safety of self-driving cars, reports of traffic accidents, like the one in early 2018 involving an Uber self-driving car that …
Apple’s new privacy ad is definitely going to annoy Facebook and Google
“Privacy matters,” Apple declares in the opening frame of its just-released new iPhone ad, continuing the same marketing push that also led to the billboard …
‘Sopranos’ prequel movie, now called ‘Newark,’ will hit theaters in September 2020
America’s favorite mobster family is returning to the screen soon — the big screen this time, that is, thanks to a release date of Sept. …
Facebook confirms a server problem was behind its worst outage ever
Facebook just can’t catch a break. The target of myriad investigations, scandals and user ire that’s led to a steady migration away from the main …
Spotify complains to European officials that Apple is stifling competition
A spat between the companies that operate two of the biggest music streaming services in the world has landed at the doorstep of the European …
DC is going to let some ‘Shazam!’ fans see the movie two weeks early
This is starting to be a pattern with DC superhero movies released over the past few months. As with Aquaman, for which Amazon Prime members …
Most Android antivirus apps barely offer any protection at all
This won’t exactly be a big reveal to some of you, but a new study of Android antivirus apps in the Google Play store is …
Google is reportedly cutting back on hardware, moving some workers to new jobs
Is the hardware honeymoon over at Google? That’s certainly one interpretation of reports that have emerged from within the company suggesting Google seems to be …
Google just released the first Android Q beta
In keeping with its pattern of a March release for the last several years, Google has as of this afternoon launched the first developer preview …
Google’s vision for the ‘future of gaming’ will be unveiled at GDC next week
Google is setting the bar pretty high for its Game Developers Conference keynote that’s scheduled for a week from today, during which the company promises …
Some analysts think Apple’s Netflix rival will top 100M subscribers within a few years
At this point, there are still tons of unknowns surrounding the streaming video service Apple is reportedly going to unveil at an event March 25, …
More specs have leaked for Motorola’s upcoming RAZR foldable phone
We’re learning a little more about what the comeback of the Motorola Razr is going to look like, building off of previously reported details that …
Samsung may be working on a smartphone you can wear on your wrist like a watch
Every day, it seems, we learn new details about yet another experimental smartphone concept to emerge out of Samsung, and today is no different. Because …
The Trump administration wants to expand face-scanning at airports ASAP
The Trump administration is pushing hard for the installation of facial recognition technology at the biggest airports in the US, with a goal of eventually …
Huawei has its own mobile OS ready in case it ever needs to ditch Android
Given the embattled state of affairs at Huawei these days, it should probably come as no surprise that the Chinese smartphone brand finds itself thinking …
Here’s the only thing you can do to help make sure Netflix doesn’t cancel your favorite shows
Whenever a new Netflix TV series or original movie catches your attention, try to sit down to watch it within the first month of it …
Could this be our first glimpse of the Galaxy Fold 2?
We’re about a month away now from Samsung’s first attempt at a foldable phone hitting the market, with the $1,980 Galaxy Fold set for an …
If you’re a pop culture junkie, you should be using Amazon’s X-Ray feature
Unless you’re a super nerdy pop culture junkie who loves going down rabbit holes and consuming all the quirkiest, tiniest details of every movie and …
Trolls hit ‘Captain Marvel’ with bad reviews on its release day on Rotten Tomatoes
Captain Marvel was met by another barrage of negative user reviews via Rotten Tomatoes on the morning of its release Friday. The film site had …
Chinese government praises Huawei for suing the US and not being ‘silent lambs’
At this point, it’s starting to seem unusual if there’s not a new development in the ongoing saga of Huawei from one day to the …
Google Assistant is getting an update that makes it easier to talk to
Having a conversation that feels natural with a digital assistant is still not in the same league as a person-to-person interaction, but there are certainly …
Samsung launches ‘experience tour’ to celebrate 10 years of Galaxy phones
In tandem with the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S10 — and the fact that 2019 marks the 10-year anniversary of Samsung’s Galaxy line of …
ZTE’s vision of a foldable phone looks nothing like what we saw at MWC
Chinese smartphone maker ZTE has previously patented a design for a horizontally folding tablet-like device, and it now it seems the brand may also be …
