A behind-the-scenes look at what makes Mr. Robot so good
News accounts have abounded in recent days of computer hacking, systems intrusions, big data grabs and the like, with examples that range from the recent …
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.
Articles by Andy Meek
Interview: Meet the Ex-Googlers building the self-driving big rig trucks of the future
For ex-Googler Lior Ron, long-haul big rigs might seem like an unlikely next step in a career that’s so far included stints as an Israeli …
How a Netflix co-founder wants to make movie theaters way better
From the northern California Video Droid movie rental chain he once owned to later co-founding Netflix and then moving over to Redbox as president, Mitch …
Chatting you up: Former Facebook exec is using AI to build the ultimate chatbot assistant
What do you get when you take the former head of platform at Facebook, a former Mozilla engineer, veterans of other companies like Microsoft and …
Going Rogue: Entertainment industry vets build VR startup with Michael Bay
To longtime film, animation and video game production executive Pete Blumel, the increasingly hot virtual reality space represents the “perfect bridge” to bring together almost …
Interview: Spaces is the most exciting VR startup you’ve never heard of
Virtual reality startups like Spaces, a new Los Angeles-based VR shop, are in a race for eyeballs. For some companies in the space, it’s about …
Letting it ride: Entrepreneur bets it all on a $6,800, 84 mpg microcar for the masses
All of the buzz around the cars of the future — from the millions of dollars in investment sloshing around the industry to the glitzy …
Interview: Ex-Redditors launch a new platform they say is ‘healthier’ than Reddit
What do you get when you combine the functionality of Facebook groups, Twitter hashtags, the e-commerce options of a site like PayPal and the communities …
Welcome to the future of holographic computing
Ask Sebastien Motte and John Howard about the post-smartphone future of computing innovation, and the two Seattle-area technology industry veterans will happily talk at length …
Interview: Son of Spock actor Leonard Nimoy making doc about his dad
In a November 2015 episode of The Big Bang Theory — “The Spock Resonance” — Jim Parsons’ character Sheldon can be seen at one point addressing …
Meet Rep. Ted Lieu, a Congressman who says encryption is a ‘national security priority’
Ted Lieu is one of the few bona fide computer geeks in Congress. Even if you didn’t already know the California Democrat is one of …
Legendary car designer discusses Tesla’s Model 3 and the future of electric cars
“I believe good design is about finding beauty — an emotional connection with the consumer.” Those words might sound reminiscent of Apple’s celebrated design guru. …
We asked every member of Congress with a computer science degree about Apple’s war with the FBI
Just because Apple and the FBI avoided an historic showdown in court this week over a previously issued court order for Apple to create a …
Beyond gaming: VR will soon change how we work, not just how we play
Bob Berry has been waiting for this moment. For years, he’s been among the crowd of geeks that’s anticipated a time when the technology and …
New food startup aims to be ‘GPS for your kitchen’
Just as the Internet of Things is going mainstream, here comes … the Internet of Food. The team behind connected kitchen startup Innit said in …
Meet your new digital butler
Ali Ahmed’s newly launched on-demand shopping and delivery app Dispatch is riding the wave of a trend that should continue to pick up steam in …
Neil deGrasse Tyson: Don’t leave space exploration up to private companies
Neil deGrasse Tyson was not among those of you unreservedly cheering the implications of Jeff Bezos’s tweet last week announcing that the Amazon founder’s private …
One of Apple’s first employees talks Steve Jobs movie, Tim Cook and more in exclusive interview
Heading to the theater to watch a big-budget Hollywood treatment about the life of a friend you met in college who died only a few years …
New documentary premiering Wednesday on Netflix pulls back curtain on ‘Back to the Future’
Pepsi has a limited run of a special product on the way – Pepsi Perfect, a promotion set to arrive on October 21. Along those …
Linux creator explains why a truly secure computing platform will never exist
Twenty-four years ago this month, a Finnish developer with a sharp tongue who’s regarded by some as one of the most influential programmers alive today …
DDoS attacks are getting much more powerful and the Pentagon is scrambling for solutions
No wonder the Pentagon has announced it’s working on a plan to fund tools and researchers to help organizations defend themselves against the pervasive threat …
Photo sharing site Imgur is growing up
One way to go about building a company, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone once told me, is to start by creating something fun. If you do …
DuckDuckGo founder on privacy and why he doesn’t track users like Google
When Gabriel Weinberg, founder of the privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo, first started working on the concept for it almost a decade ago now, he didn’t …
Game of Thrones Season 6: New Director Shares Inside Look, Teases What’s to Come
Mind-boggling. That’s the way Jack Bender – one of five newly announced directors who’ll be responsible for two episodes each in the coming sixth season …
Ex-Apple Exec Rips Company for ‘Arrogant’ Apple Music Launch
Apple Music’s stumble before the service has even gotten out of the starting gate, via the initial decision to not pay artist royalties during the …
Will the Periscope Revolution Steer Twitter’s Future?
To get a sense of why Periscope has come to be regarded as the buzzy new social app of the moment, a good place to …
Flipboard CEO: Apple didn’t surprise us because it’s always been watching us
Apple’s unveiling of a Flipboard-like news hub during its annual developer conference Monday didn’t come as a surprise to the team behind the now 5-year-old …
The team behind iconic iOS app Camera+ has just released a game-changing video editing app
Third-party iOS camera app Camera+, which launched five years ago this month and brought a companion app to the Apple Watch this week, is known …
Exclusive interview: Xbox co-founder discusses the future of gaming
Ed Fries in recent days took a trip from Seattle down to New Mexico Tech, his college alma mater that had decided to bestow on …
Ex-Googlers launch exciting new iPhone app that could change the way you read the news
A pair of ex-Googlers is bringing another player to the news app space today with their launch of Spotter, an app that crawls hundreds of …
