Study: Amazon, Hulu and Netflix probably have too much overlap to subscribe to all three
Given how much of a major shift we’ve seen in where the average person gets their TV and movie fix from these days — the …
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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UK authorities may give police ‘new powers’ because of morons flying drones near airports
Barring any last-minute surprise, the second-busiest airport in the UK may finally reopen again before the end of the week after being forced to close …
Elon Musk is giving students in Flint, Michigan $423,600 to buy Chromebooks
After promising in October to foot the bill for water filtration systems to make sure schools in Flint, Michigan have access to clean water, billionaire …
Study: If you pay the average person at least $1,000, they’ll #DeleteFacebook
The latest privacy red flags to emerge out of Facebook — thanks this time to a bombshell New York Times report that uncovered all kinds …
Almost 130,000 people asked Alexa to explain what ‘Fortnite’ is in 2018
It’s that time of year. The time of year when the world falls in love, like the song goes, and when the tech giants start …
Why is Apple allowing iPad Pros to leave the factory with a slight bend?
A number of iPad Pro owners have taken to social media as well to MacRumors forums to complain about a physical flaw they’ve seen develop with …
Consumer advocates file FTC complaint over Google Play Store marketing to kids
Apps available for download in Google’s Play Store marketplace frequently expose kids to content that’s inappropriate and even trick some youngsters into unwittingly making in-app …
Steve Carell just confirmed he’s never returning to ‘The Office’ as Michael Scott
Steve Carell has been making the rounds doing press for his new movie that opens this weekend, Welcome to Marwen, which is about a nice …
Macaulay Culkin reprises his role from ‘Home Alone’ in Google’s clever holiday ad
Attention, whichever director is going to move forward with the inevitable Home Alone remake: Please give the enterprising young Kevin McCallister a smart speaker to …
Netflix is going to start making about 90 movies a year
If any of you watched director Alfonso Cuaron’s black-and-white cinematic epic Roma that landed on Netflix this weekend — the movie that pretty much the …
Facebook Messenger is adding a new skin-smoothing selfie mode to its camera
About a month after app researcher extraordinaire Jane Manchun Wong tweeted out one of the latest of her many scoops — that Facebook Messenger is testing …
Facebook thinks you might actually pay for and watch HBO on its social network
If you’re not posting as many status updates these days, Facebook is hoping it can at least convince you to open the app and watch …
Movies starring women outperform male-led films, new study shows
Hollywood filmmakers looking to maximize their returns at the box office might be interested in taking a look at the results of a newly published …
A new mid-range tablet is coming from Samsung in the first quarter of 2019
2019 is already shaping up to be a busy year for Samsung, which has a slew of hardware releases teed up that includes everything from …
Survey: More people than ever are able to go a whole week without spending physical cash
Here’s an idea for an experiment: Could you go an entire week without ever paying for something with actual paper currency? Without ever having cash …
Amazon patent hints at using doorbell cameras to build a suspicious persons database
Jacob Snow, a technology and civil liberties attorney for the ACLU, has been making the rounds telling media outlets that a newly publicized patent from …
Facebook’s Portal just got a slew of updates, for those of you who actually bought it
Talk about inauspicious timing. Facebook announced a bevy of new updates today for its Portal video chat hardware that already had some people a little …
Taylor Swift used facial recognition tech at an LA concert to track creeps
The kiosk set up at the site of Taylor Swift’s Rose Bowl concert in May stopped many fans in their tracks, and they came in …
Robocalls are out of control, and these were the most common types in 2018
People seem to be actually answering their phones less and less these days, also using them to make fewer calls when texting and social network …
Arizonans are slashing tires, throwing rocks, and pointing guns at Waymo cars
The presence of Waymo self-driving cars in Arizona has certainly kicked up a hornet’s nest, it seems. People are bullying, harassing and even outright attacking …
Using one of the worst passwords of 2018 is a great way to get hacked
No matter how much we read about hacks and data breaches and the importance of taking solid security precautions, one of the unchangeable truths of …
Study: US consumers pay more for wireless data than just about anywhere else
US consumers who feel a sense of foreboding that ultimately turns to sticker shock whenever they get their cellphone bill for the month have good …
Surprising no one, Samsung is ‘re-evaluating’ its partnership with that fake Supreme brand
Well, that didn’t take long. When you’re one of the premiere technology companies on the planet, aligning yourself with brands that so blatantly rip off …
Samsung unveils the Notebook 9 Pen, a new 2-in-1 portable PC with built-in S Pen
Ahead of CES 2019 in just a few weeks, Samsung is unveiling a new 2-in-1 notebook PC today, in addition to teasing three additional product …
Authorities think agents from China’s Ministry of State Security hacked Marriott
We’re starting to get a clearer picture of who authorities believe is responsible for the massive hack of the Marriott hotel chain in recent weeks …
Pixar’s ‘Onward’ is a suburban fantasy about finding magic in a world of machines
We’re calling it now. Pixar’s next original feature — titled Onward and set for release in early 2020 — is going to recapture the magic …
‘World Cup’ was the most-Googled search term in the world for 2018
The list of the most-Googled items over the course of the year is always a fascinating look back at the people, places, events and moments …
New form factors will give the smartphone market a much-needed boost in 2019
2018 has arguably been a boring year, bordering on an outright slump, for the global smartphone market, with a new analysis of shipment figures showing …
‘True Detective’ season 3 is going to tap into what made season 1 so great
Maybe the third time really is the charm. A pair of cops, plumbing the depths of the evil that men do amid the horror and …
Netflix reveals which shows and movies were binged the most in 2018
Netflix famously keeps data about viewership and other user behaviors close to the vest, often to the consternation of the Hollywood and other partners that …
