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andy@bgr.comApple is continuing to beef up its News App, announcing this morning the launch of a 2018 section covering the U.S. midterm elections, with the section including content from a curated list of …
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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, Hulu, Amazon Prime, maybe HBO and more. Music …
Entertainment
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, but maybe not by much. Researchers — such …
Tech
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 run out of how many ad units it …
Tech
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 fees for paid apps, passing the rest on …
Tech
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 ties to the Chinese government and fears that …
Tech
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 is rolling out desktop support for Android Messages …
Tech
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 year. No wonder that tech giants like Google …
Tech
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. A court in Kansas earlier this month ruled …
Entertainment
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 titles from Atari, Nintendo and the like — …
