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andy@bgr.comTime was, Amazon led the way in pushing the e-commerce industry towards a consumer expectation that delivery should be free. Then came the push for a two-day delivery option, and now that Amazon …
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Amazon is being sued over claims that Alexa ‘routinely records’ children
Anyone who opens YouTube can find countless videos of children reacting with glee and amusement when conversing with Alexa, the digital voice assistant that powers Amazon’s smart speaker products. That’s to be expected …
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Netflix has renewed its beautiful show about the bond between dogs and their owners
We called it the most life-affirming Netflix show of 2018 when it debuted last year, and with good reason. Dogs, an insanely heartwarming six-part Netflix series, followed a handful of storylines involving dog …
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Google login chief actually praises new ‘Sign In with Apple’ button
At WWDC last week when Apple got around to introducing the new app sign-in button it’s planning to introduce with the launch of iOS 13 this fall, it actually drew a big round …
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New Spotify playlist wants to replace your car radio
Americans spend much of their time every day stuck behind the wheel of a car, logging some 70 billion hours each year that are passed while just sitting or moving along in traffic …
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‘Chernobyl’ producer begs tourists to be more respectful when visiting the site
This is 2019, so, of course, selfie culture being what it is there’s been a spike in tourism to the site of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster — thanks to HBO’s …
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9 Netflix shows to get excited about in the second half of 2019
It’s hard to believe we’re already pretty much at the halfway point of the year, with 2019 having thus far been a jam-packed pop culture year that has so much still to come. …
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Opera unveils a new browser built specifically for gamers
As Krystian Kolondra explains it, the just-announced new gamer-specific browser his company unveiled today was designed for the subset of 1.2 billion PC gamers in the world who spend “a lot of time …
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Watch Keanu Reeves voice his ‘Toy Story 4’ character in this hilarious clip
The fourth installment in the beloved Toy Story franchise doesn’t hit theaters until next week, but early reactions are starting to trickle in from reviewers and journalists who’ve already seen the film, which …
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Facebook will pay you to let it spy on you
After coming under fire earlier this year for quietly paying users between the ages of 13 and 35 up to $20 a month in most cases for permission to install a “Facebook Research&rdquo …
