Samsung’s ‘unbreakable’ phone display is amazing news – if it actually works
Samsung Display has put its new supposedly unbreakable smartphone display panel through the paces, and the results are in. Samsung’s flexible OLED panel, fortified by …
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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Guess which tech giant that’s good at crushing rivals may be the first company worth $1T
Books, retail, hardware, groceries — Amazon is such a sprawling enterprise today and such an effective e-commerce machine that it may soon have an eye-popping …
Lyft might build a ‘Do Not Disturb Me’ mode so drivers know when to leave you alone
Ride-sharing services like those from Uber and Lyft are great for all of you outgoing types who love meeting new people. Not so much for …
Facebook’s disappointing Q2 earnings show why the company needs Instagram more than ever
Hours after its stock hit a record high during trading, Facebook reported its earnings for the second quarter and came in below analyst estimates on …
Strong iPhone sales may set Apple up for another earnings surprise next week
Back in May, Apple reported its strongest results for any fiscal second quarter in the company’s history, wowing observers with $61.1 billion in revenue for …
Check out this ridiculously gorgeous Apple store that opens Thursday in Milan
Apple has transformed a piazza at the center of booming Milan for one of its newest and arguably most gorgeous stores, bringing the tech giant’s …
Google really, really wants to replace call center workers with AI
This is the second time in a matter of just a few weeks we’re back writing about how Google is working on artificial intelligence software …
You can 3D-print your own guns starting Aug. 1 because sure, that sounds like a good idea
Cody Wilson, founder of Texas-based nonprofit Defense Distributed, once wrote in an email to TechCrunch that the era of downloadable guns is upon us — …
YouTube has a secret weapon to keep influencers from leaving for IGTV
“Money talks and the other stuff walks” goes one of those old nuggets of wisdom that’s true whether you’re working for The Man — or …
A consumer version of this 146-inch, 4K beast of a TV is on the way from Samsung
The 146-inch TV Samsung unveiled at CES this year is quite a beast, with MicroLED technology that provides for what the tech giant describes as …
Google stock shot up 5 percent after pulverizing earnings expectations
Reacting to another monster quarter from Google parent Alphabet Inc., a CNBC analyst wondered out loud if the tech giant has become more powerful than …
This makes the iPhone X’s $1,000 price tag sting a little less
Apple’s top of the line smartphone has just set a new record, this one relevant to anyone curious to see how much they can resell …
If smartphone speed is important to you, iPhones probably shouldn’t be your first choice
Bad news iPhone fans. Here’s an area where smartphones from rival device makers like Samsung and Google best Apple’s premium device, according to new data …
This could be another Cambridge Analytica for Facebook, not that anyone’s surprised
Well, here we go again. Facebook has suspended the Boston-based data analytics firm Crimson Hexagon from accessing its platform — a firm that, hoo boy, …
This first ‘Better Call Saul’ season 4 trailer is a dark, twisted, menacing thing of beauty
“Do you know why God made snakes before he made lawyers?” cracks Jimmy McGill in the season four trailer for Better Call Saul, the new …
Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Twitter actually want to make it easier for you to switch services
It was always harder than it needs to be for the average person to transfer, say, photos between Facebook and Google Photos, what with having …
Microsoft is crushing it, topping $100 billion in annual revenue for the first time
Microsoft has transformed itself into a lean, mean, cash-generation machine. The release of fourth quarter earnings Thursday from the computing giant showed year-over-year gains in …
The last Siri cofounder has departed Apple after a much-needed reboot of its AI strategy
Tom Gruber, the last of three co-founders Siri still plugging away at Apple, has left the company. That’s according to a report from The Information, …
Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at how Amazon scrambled to handle traffic on Prime Day
Within 15 minutes of the kickoff of one of Amazon’s biggest sales days of the year, it was quickly apparent the e-commerce giant didn’t have …
We spoke with ‘Lost’ showrunner Carlton Cuse and writer Graham Roland about their new Amazon show
If there was such a thing as the ability to wind back the clock about a decade, screenwriter and producer Carlton Cuse would be back …
VR rivals like Oculus and Valve have a fix for that annoying tangle of headset cables
Several VR industry players like Oculus, Microsoft and Valve are part of a new industry consortium that’s getting behind a new USB-C cable standard that …
Maybe all these AI researchers Facebook wants to hire can fix its toxic News Feed
Facebook has found itself plenty bruised in the press and generally beaten up this week over its handling of content, its News Feed and the …
Let’s hope Uber’s new chief privacy officer lasts longer than the typical Uber exec
Uber has been in the headlines in recent years almost as much for what it’s done wrong — for privacy flaps like hackers snatching information …
Marvel is giving Black Panther’s gadget-loving sister Shuri a spinoff comic book series
Shuri — the brilliant, gadget-loving, teenaged quip-dropping sister of Wakanda monarch T’Challa in Marvel’s Black Panther — is getting ready for her close-up.
Android fans rejoice: Google’s adorable blobmoji are back in time for world emoji day
The yellow blobs of emoji cuteness that Google scuttled as part of Oreo’s emoji redesign are back. Call it the triumph of the re-moji.
Anderson Cooper’s new show ‘Full Circle’ looks great – too bad it’s on Facebook Watch
As if CNN’s silver-haired journeyman anchor Anderson Cooper didn’t have a full enough day on Monday, with President Trump’s meeting with Putin in Helsinki, he …
Record-breaking fine expected this week could put Google’s business model at stake
European regulators are expected to hit Google with a multibillion fine on Tuesday or Wednesday, an announcement that’s being closely watched not because of the …
Roku is hoping you’ll buy $200 wireless speakers that only work with Roku TVs
Roku has decided that too many customers are dissatisfied with the default speakers that come built into TVs and think it’s also too much of …
Smartphones are down, PCs are up, and yes, it’s still 2018
The PC market has posted a surprise growth in shipments this year, the first such increase in 2012 — and the reason why probably won’t …
Autonomous racecar completes legendary 1.16-mile Goodwood hillclimb without a human driver
The Robocar, from a company called Roborace, is a thing of a beauty. Swooping lines, wing-like arches over the wheels — an all-around gorgeous, sleek …
