People keep complaining to the FCC that TV commercials are too loud
Did you know that loud TV commercials are actually against the law? The CALM Act passed by Congress back in 2011 directed the FCC to …
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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IRS says to do this one thing to get the biggest possible tax refund
In a normal year, one in which the country wasn’t dealing with the catastrophic public health and financial impacts of a global pandemic, tax season …
Is Apple tricking iTunes customers?
A federal class-action lawsuit against Apple in California looks like it’s set to move forward, now that a judge has denied a request by the …
Apple TV+ subscribers should check this one thing before ‘Ted Lasso’ returns
One of the announcements out of Apple’s big “Spring Loaded” event this week, which was the iPhone maker’s first virtual event of 2021, was a …
If you downloaded these iPhone apps, delete them immediately
According to Apple CEO Tim Cook, “The reality is that the web in some areas has become a dark place.” That was a comment he …
If you use this car insurance company, your personal data might’ve just been stolen
The second-largest auto insurer in the US, the one with the cute little gecko from the TV commercials that you’re all familiar with, has been …
iOS 14.5: This is when Facebook’s nightmare officially begins
Apple has confirmed that we’re just a few days away now from the arrival of a huge mobile software upgrade in the form of iOS …
Apple Card: One of my favorite Apple products just got even better
Right off the top, as Apple’s “Spring Loaded” event was getting underway on Tuesday — this being the iPhone maker’s first virtual product launch event …
‘Ted Lasso’ season 2: Here’s when the best Apple TV+ original series is returning
Apple was apparently so excited on Tuesday, following the iPhone maker’s big “Spring Loaded” virtual product event, to announce the return of its hit Apple …
Apple TV 4K: Here’s everything you need to know about the update Apple just unveiled
We’re following Apple’s big “Spring Loaded” virtual product event broadcast from Cupertino this morning, and Apple just announced a massive upgrade to Apple TV 4K, …
Apple Podcasts Subscriptions: Here’s the big update for podcast fans that Apple just announced
Well, it turns out the rumors were true. At Apple’s “Spring Loaded” event in Cupertino on Tuesday morning, the iPhone maker’s first virtual product event …
SolarWinds 2.0? Feds investigate hack that could impact thousands of companies
An extremely worrying new data breach has been reported at a San Francisco-based software auditing company that the general public has likely never heard of …
If you use this popular smartphone app, change your password immediately
We’ve got another popular and very commonplace smartphone app to add the list of apps and services that have either been hacked or suffered a …
This is the new service Apple is rumored to be debuting at Tuesday’s big event
At this point, the Apple blogosphere is hyped up and ready for a slew of new product announcements at Apple’s April 2021 “Spring Loaded” event …
Here’s what’s crushing it on Netflix right now
Netflix has been ramping up the dark, twisted true crime portion of its content library lately, to appeal to those of you apparently fascinated by …
If you use this dating app, a big hack might’ve just exposed your private data
Today is a day of the week that ends in –y, so that means another data breach has been reported with clockwork-like regularity. This time, …
Apple wants to make it much easier to fix typos on your iPhone
We’ve all had our fair share of typos and hilarious auto-corrects generated by the on-screen iOS keyboard that former Apple designer Ken Kocienda came up …
This epic fantasy show might be your next Netflix obsession
Book adaptations have become a pretty reliable generator of new content for almost all of the streaming services at this point, with a growing number …
Apple’s splashy launch events are so lame, says The New York Times
Like many companies, Apple has deftly made the transition in the coronavirus era from splashy, elaborately stage-managed and in-person product showcases, for which writers from …
A huge new hacking threat was just discovered
“You have the watches,” goes a famous quote with different variations throughout history but most recently attributed to a captured Taliban commander, “but we have …
The FBI is hacking hundreds of computers in the US, but for a good reason
A little more than a month after Microsoft disclosed a bombshell piece of cybersecurity industry news — an attack on Microsoft Exchange servers, whereby state-sponsored …
Apple TV+ is the ‘highest quality’ streamer, a new study says
Competition among the major streaming TV services is starting to heat up even more now that we’re into the second quarter of 2021 and getting …
Roku’s new voice remote is perfect for fans of Apple TV+
Roku made a handful of big product announcements on Tuesday, some of which should make Apple users pretty happy — and all of which are …
This video of Facebook being creepy might convince you to ditch the social network for good
University student Zamaan Qureshi, who works on social media for the ad-hoc group of activists who call themselves the Real Facebook Oversight Board, was gobsmacked …
The iPhone 12 is selling like hotcakes right now
New sales data is out from Counterpoint Research about Apple’s iPhone 12 series, which the company unveiled in October last year about a month later …
Clubhouse user data was posted on a hacker forum
Data associated with 1.3 million users of the Clubhouse app — including their name, username, User ID, numbers of followers, and more — has been …
‘This is insane’ – more leaked Facebook data found online
This is going to surprise absolutely no one, but less than a week after word that more than half a billion people had their personal …
Please stop doing this when you create a new password
One of the things that often goes hand-in-hand with the countless hacks and data leaks we’ve written about in the past, and which continues to …
Smuggled Nvidia GPUs recovered after dramatic, high-speed boat chase
Among the latest bits of news out of Hong Kong is an episode involving smugglers, a cache of stolen goods, and a high-speed boat chase …
A huge trove of credit card records and Social Security numbers just got hacked
Not a week goes by anymore, it seems like, when we don’t have multiple hacks to report on, as well as a fresh data breach …
