Google Home just learned how to speak Spanish
Google’s smart speaker Google Home can now communicate with you en español, the computing giant announced Tuesday, which would appear to be an outgrowth 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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Instagram’s new Explore tab is a wonderful reminder that these sections are basically dumpster fires
Instagram is breathing new life into a section of its app that too often is a chaotic mess of content in other social media apps’ …
Facebook isn’t going anywhere thanks to its lucky bet on Instagram
New data compiled by Bloomberg Intelligence that pegs the valuation of the photo-sharing app Instagram at more than $100 billion represents more than an eye-popping …
AI bots from a lab backed by Elon Musk trained for thousands of lifetimes to beat humans at Dota 2
It’s game on for OpenAI, the research initiative co-founded by Elon Musk that has been setting its AI bots against amateur Dota 2 players and …
Report reveals some gaming display makers are misleading customers
Uh oh – some people with new 1440p monitors may actually be running monitors with 4K panels instead, a kind of bait-and-switch for gamers, for …
Here’s why it’ll be tough for YouTube Music to catch up with Spotify and Apple
Many of us happily play the field when it comes to streaming our favorite movie and TV shows, with multiple subscriptions to services like Netflix, …
Betting on the World Cup? AI might be your new best friend
Bookies could be one of the next jobs to disappear as AI systems take over the work. Okay, that’s a little bit of a leap, …
Of course Facebook was going to ruin Messenger with autoplay video ads
Facebook says it will start placing video ads inside the social media giant’s standalone Messaging service next week, an outgrowth of the company saying it’s …
Lawsuit blasting Apple’s App Store as anticompetitive headed to Supreme Court
Is Apple monopolistic in the way it distributes downloadable applications through its App Store? In the way it takes a 30 percent cut out of …
Huawei swears – again – that its phones don’t spy on you
One of Huawei’s key opinion leaders, Israeli-based tech blogger and adviser Hillel Fuld, tells BGR he thinks some of the pushback that Huawei gets over …
Google’s iMessage competitor just got a tiny bit better
Google is starting to plug the gaps, bit by bit, in what’s been an all-over-the-place messaging product until now. Starting today, for example, the company …
Apple’s newest iOS 12 feature is an even bigger game-changer than you realize
According to research from the Federal Communications Commission, an improvement of just one minute in emergency response times could save up to 10,000 lives each …
Judge issues landmark decision after Google Translate tricked a man into giving consent to police
Google Translate can do many things. One thing it can’t do, according to a judge — help you provide constitutionally-required consent to a police officer. …
Donkey Kong’s arrival on the Switch is a throwback to Nintendo’s glory days
There’s no such thing as a time machine, but I’m convinced entertainment properties from one’s childhood may be close enough. For me, that includes gaming …
It’s a little scary how smart Google’s DeepMind just got
Oh joy – Alphabet Inc.’s AI subsidiary DeepMind has taken another step forward in understanding the world the way humans do. The company that has …
Apple just made a big push to remind you it’s about more than just the iPhone
In Daniel Johnston’s song “The Story of an Artist,” you hear the imperfections, lack of polish, and earnestness of what sounds like a homemade recording. …
Snapchat’s new feature focuses on privacy, so Facebook probably won’t steal this
It was just a few weeks ago, during an onstage interview at the Code Conference, when Snap CEO Evan Spiegel zinged the blue juggernaut that’s …
Bill Nye takes us inside season 3 of his geektastic Netflix series
Bill Nye is a celebrity scientist who doesn’t so much act like the celebrity part. Or rather, who doesn’t seem to care about the celebrity …
Director Drew Pearce tells us all about his new pulse-pounding thriller ‘Hotel Artemis’
Hollywood vet Drew Pearce, whose directorial debut “Hotel Artemis” includes stars like Jodie Foster and Jeff Goldblum and hits theaters June 8th, has helped pen …
Google may be the one tech company the world can’t afford to lose
If the stream of big Google-related news so far this week — from details about Android P to some of the wow moments at I/O …
Is Google crossing a line with new AI that pretends to be human?
Most people, even if they don’t know anything about the norms of journalism, are aware that reporters are expected to identify themselves as such to …
Meet the research team using AI to help catch suspects in mass shootings
Data in the public domain like tweets and social media video is increasingly relied on to make sense of the immediate aftermath of tragedies like …
Bosch is helping build the future of personal transportation
Companies like Bosch that supply the component parts of electric bicycles are busier than ever these days. As such, they’re also armed with data that …
You’re what’s wrong with Facebook
These lines jumped out at me from CNN reporter Dylan Byers’s “Pacific” email newsletter, focused on tech and innovation, in the edition sent out the …
New IBM report predicts 5 technologies that will change the world in the next 5 years
At IBM’s inaugural THINK conference which kicks off today in Las Vegas, the company will be announcing what it describes as the world’s smallest computer. …
App creator says you’ll want to use his avatars every day, unlike Animoji and AR Emoji
Digital media entrepreneur Gary Vaynerchuk kicked off a recent episode of his DailyVee vlog series by thinking out loud about how the time is supposedly …
How one German company is trying to change how you think about e-bikes
Being the top executive at European e-bike company Riese & Muller, based near Frankfurt, Germany, has given Sandra Wolf a distinctly global perspective on the …
Experts agree: There’s no real threat of a robot uprising anytime soon
The Twitterati have been freaked out for several days now over a video showcasing the creepy door-opening ability of the SpotMini, a dog-like robot from …
Former Apple CEO Sculley: Apple’s still got it
In the wake of Apple reporting record quarterly earnings thanks in part to the high price tag of the iPhone X, former Apple CEO John …
Meet the Swiss startup with a VR glove that wowed CES
Following a warm reception at CES this year, a Swiss-based startup called Sensoryx in a few weeks is planning to launch an Indiegogo campaign to …
