Apple might have to raise prices on some products in the US thanks to Trump tariffs
Over the weekend, President Trump acknowledged via a tweet (how else) that Apple might raise prices on some of its products as a result of …
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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A major Game of Thrones Season 8 plot detail just leaked thanks to a lawsuit
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, the actor who plays Jaime Lannister in HBO’s Game of Thrones, is currently embroiled in a lawsuit against his former manager Jill Littman. …
Samsung’s fans are nowhere near as enthusiastic as Apple’s, according to this study
The hype cycle, the buzz machine, the rumor mill — however you want to describe it, excitement is at a fever pitch for the new …
Smoking pot and promising us a human-computer interface: Just another day for Elon Musk
Tesla’s gonzo co-founder went on a podcast, said he’s probably a few months away from announcing a human-computer interface called the Neuralink, and then he …
The Pentagon is going to spend $2 billion on AI because things are getting serious now
If North Korea’s dear leader wakes up tomorrow, takes a crazy pill and decides to lob a nuclear missile at the U.S. mainland, there’s a …
Jude Law has been dropping some pretty intriguing hints about his role in Captain Marvel
Expectation about the role Jude Law is playing in the upcoming Captain Marvel movie is kind of building to a fever pitch at this point, …
Amazon is opening a checkout-free Go store in New York City
Amazon is now branching all the way to the opposite coast by way of expanding a rollout of its checkout-free Amazon Go physical store concept. …
Mark Zuckerberg blames all of Facebook’s problem on all those pesky human users
Mark Zuckerberg sums up a lot of the challenges Facebook has been confronted with this year in a new post he published today to his …
Paul McCartney is livestreaming a ‘secret’ gig on YouTube Friday to coincide with new album
To coincide with the release of his new album Egypt Station tomorrow, former Beatle Paul McCartney has been teasing details on social media of a …
Apple just came up with a model for how to cooperate with law enforcement
Technology companies are fielding a growing number of requests for user data from law enforcement agencies, now that so much of our lives is tied …
This job posting from Apple could mean its AR glasses are closer to being a real thing
Could Apple’s secret effort to bring a pair of AR glasses to fruition be closer to becoming, well, a real product? Maybe, if this job …
Tablet sales are plummeting, but Amazon hopes you’ll buy its new dirt-cheap models anyway
Amazon has unveiled a pair of new tablets today that, while we all know tablet sales in general are sinking like a stone, the company …
EU regulators give long-awaited approval to Apple’s Shazam acquisition
We don’t yet know how much Apple agreed to pay or what its plan is for the service. Nevertheless, European regulators said today they’ve given …
Netflix is trailing HBO, Hulu and Amazon when it comes to quality content, one analysis shows
Netflix by the end of this year will have spent an insane amount of money on content — some $13 billion, according to an Indiewire …
Tech industry is built around hijacking users’ attention, says Google research paper
In keeping with the new trend in tech toward a focus on “time well spent” and how more emphasis needs to be put on users’ …
Instagram might be building a standalone shopping app to get those sweet, sweet e-commerce dollars
Instagram is making headlines today over the fact it’s apparently building a standalone shopping app that could move the company into the realm of e-commerce, …
Ouch: 44 percent of younger users have deleted Facebook from their phone, Pew study finds
On a day when its chief operating officer was on Capitol Hill this morning getting a grilling from DC lawmakers, Facebook is also the focus …
More details leak about Samsung’s upcoming foldable Galaxy phone
Now that DJ Koh, the CEO of Samsung’s mobile division, has suggested the company might unveil its long-awaited foldable smartphone later this fall, we’re getting …
Former Apple software engineer describes demoing for Steve Jobs, and it doesn’t sound fun
There’s been no shortage of insider stories about how demanding a boss Steve Jobs could be and how exacting a quality standard he expected everyone …
Study shows just how much your so-called ‘unlimited’ plan is being throttled
New research out of Northeastern University and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst was picked up today in a Bloomberg piece that reports how carriers are …
Apple Watch is already killing off other wearables
At this point, it’s pretty clear that not only Is the Apple Watch the king of the smartwatch hill, but it’s going to stay that …
Top Apple insider says the feature everyone wants isn’t coming to next year’s iPhones either
Apple insider Ming-Chi Kuo, one of the most reliable analysts who covers the iPhone maker, believes that while plenty of Android manufacturers are very interested …
Apple may be working on an always-on mode for Apple Watch
Ahead of Apple’s annual event next week that will include a showcase of new products like iPhones, watches and more, a new patent for Apple …
Samsung is shaking up its mid-range smartphone lineup to attract more millennials
Samsung has a plan to get more millennials interested in its handsets, a new strategy that appears born partly out of a global slowdown in …
A Google engineer was apparently so bored he decided to hack open secure doors at a Google office
It’s widely known Google has some of the best software engineers on the planet. Last July, one of them — a Google engineer who works …
Firefox gets even more aggressive than Chrome and Safari with new tracker blocking features
A recent study by Ghostery found that more than 55 percent of the time it takes to load an average website is spent on behind-the-scenes drudgery the …
Here we go again: Newly discovered Android vulnerability can be used to spy on you
We write often here about the security vulnerabilities of Android devices that are due, at least in part, to how much of a delay there …
Netflix has spent years crushing movie theaters – turns out, it kind of needs them now
One of the more fascinating trends to watch these days is the way big digitally focused tech companies are incrementally moving back into the physical …
Forget that new ‘most popular’ Oscar – Marvel wants a ‘Best Picture’ for Black Panther
Actor Chadwick Boseman has confirmed in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter that Marvel wants to take home a very specific gold statue at the …
Heads up, app developers: Apple is getting even more serious about privacy
Apple has made its stance around privacy and the way it handles user data a centerpiece of the company under CEO Tim Cook, who’s been …
