‘Game of Thrones’ script notes prove Tyrion really is in love with Daenerys
Deep within a citadel in the ancient city of Los Angeles, an order of maesters that operate a library for the Writers Guild of America …
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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Report: Chinese intelligence operation behind Marriott hack
A juicy new tidbit has been discovered as part of the massive hack of Marriott we told you about just a week ago that included …
Google pulled a batch of malicious apps with more than 2M downloads from the Play store
It’s happened again. Another batch of apps that exhibit malicious behavior has been found and pulled from the Google Play store — but not before …
Google is finally fixing its incomprehensible messaging apps strategy
As we and others reported last night, Google has confirmed it’s shutting down its messaging app Allo that never really caught fire in something of …
Apple just shed new light on its streaming TV plans by trying to buy the rights to ‘Friends’
The possibility that NBC’s mega-successful 90s sitcom Friends might disappear from Netflix less than a month from now was a major entertainment industry story a …
watchOS 5.1.2 with Apple’s revolutionary Apple Watch ECG app is now available to download
The software update that brings the highly touted electrocardiogram app to the Apple Watch Series 4 is finally available to the public. It follows the …
Goodbye to Allo: Google confirms it will shutter its short-lived messaging app
In a turn of events pretty much everyone outside of Google saw coming, the search giant is apparently poised to wind down its Google Allo …
Google is testing a way for Search to be your TV Guide for streaming apps
If you watch a lot of the content streamed by players like Netflix, Hulu, Amazon and the like, at some point you can feel a …
Your local coffee shop may start streaming Apple Music soon
Ben Thompson, the tech analyst behind the influential and widely read Stratechery blog, published a kind of mea culpa a few days ago in which …
Yandex, the Google of Russia, is launching its first smartphone
The search company known as the Google of Russia already does a lot of things to which you can make comparisons with similar services and …
Amazon’s ‘Lord of the Rings’ series may be getting secret help from Peter Jackson
It’s widely known at this point that Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos gave a directive to the team leading the development and commissioning of the company’s …
Mark Zuckerberg’s response to leaked Facebook emails: We’re actually the good guys
Facebook’s brutal year of one bad news cycle after another has continued pretty much interrupted, with today offering the latest bit of fuel for the …
Samsung’s target demographic for its foldable phone will be middle-aged professionals
There’s so much about Samsung’s soon-to-be-released foldable phone that’s just so, well, far-out and wildly different from everything else on the market today. There’s everything …
250,000 people (and counting) signed a petition over Tumblr’s porn ban
Well, that didn’t take long. Tumblr announced a major change to its platform Monday — the wholesale banning of adult content starting in two weeks …
Hulu and AT&T are working to make TV ads more annoying than ever
Nothing in life is as certain as death, taxes and the relentless expansion of advertising to every conceivable digital and real-world blank canvas that revenue-hungry …
Samsung apparently wants to bring ‘force touch’ to its smartwatches
Samsung has been working on in-display fingerprint scanning technology for its phones for years, but if a newly published patent is any guide, the South …
Here’s another reminder that Samsung’s mobile business needs a jolt
Samsung hung on to the top spot as the biggest smartphone maker in the world in the third quarter, but new data from Gartner shows …
Quora discloses major breach that affects 100 million users
You can’t exactly get a sense of the severity of the data breach that Quora disclosed late Monday, which came in the form of a …
Tumblr is banning all adult content in a major shift for the Verizon-owned platform
Tumblr is implementing a major shift to its platform starting later this month, one that has some users up in arms but will make it …
Spotify is testing a feature that will let you import your own songs
Spotify has been working to make its platform more open and useful, such as the streaming music giant’s plan to let musicians use Spotify’s app …
Netflix confirms ‘Friends’ will stay on the service through 2019
Three years after landing on Netflix, there’s been an uptick in chatter over the last couple of months that NBC’s mega-popular sitcom Friends may be …
Jason Momoa auditioned for Batman in ‘Dawn of Justice,’ got offered Aquaman instead
Jason Momoa landed his starring role in the Aquaman movie hitting theaters this month in a roundabout way, it turns out. The actor has revealed …
Comcast is about to increase its fees yet again for no good reason
It’s an old story by now but one that almost never fails to get many consumers’ blood to rise. We’re referring to the inevitability of …
British cops want to see if AI can prevent crimes, like ‘Minority Report’ in real life
Governments and entities around the world are starting to venture deep into Minority Report-land, giving serious attention to the use of artificial intelligence and scoring …
That customer service agent you’re chatting with might be watching you type in real time
Big Brother is watching you, and so it seems are many customer service agents you chat with online. Apparently, they can see what you type …
Interview: Facebook Messenger boss says 1-to-1 communication trumps every other form
On a call with analysts in October, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg laid out the future of his giant social networking empire, pointing to its efforts …
George R.R. Martin has an idea for yet another ‘Game of Thrones’ spinoff series
Game of Thrones creator George R.R. Martin apparently just can’t let go of Westeros and its myriad inhabitants. Not only is he hard at work on …
More potential names have leaked for Samsung’s revolutionary foldable phone
When you’re a smartphone manufacturer preparing to introduce an all-new form factor to the marketplace, you certainly want to give the new handset a great …
New scammy iOS app shows Apple may need to tweak its App Store review process
It’s always good to be reminded that there are no digital spaces that are completely impervious to bad actors and people who want to cause …
Instagram hopes its newest update means you won’t need a ‘finsta’ anymore
Instagram is Facebook’s hottest property and on its way to being the social networking giant’s cash cow at this point, so no surprise the app …
