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chrismills@bgr.comWhen Judge Richard Leon ruled in favor of AT&T’s merger with Time Warner last month, he explicitly warned the Department of Justice against seeking a stay of the ruling in order to delay …
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McDonald’s salads tainted with poop have now infected 163 people in 10 states
The entire concept of McDonald’s serving salad has always seemed wrong and unnatural, but now you have a health reason to only ever eat Big Macs: 163 people in 10 states have been …
Tech
Forget the myth about iPhones being more reliable than Android
Among all the mythical ways that iPhones are supposedly better than Samsung or LG’s products, one of the most pervasive is that the iPhones “just work.” A quality flaw with some display units …
Business
I am bored of Verizon constantly sweeping the JD Power awards
Testing which wireless network is the “best” is not a simple process, as we’ve covered before. There’s a handful of different testing companies that use varying methodologies that give wildly different results: Sometimes …
Tech
Fujifilm just made compact cameras worthwhile again
As smartphone cameras have become increasingly able to bend the laws of physics with clever algorithms and multiple-lens setups, the humble point-and-shoot camera has all but died out. Sure, you can still buy …
Lifestyle
Stop telling yourself you’re good at texting and driving
Distracted driving has been widely recognized to kill thousands of people every year, but despite the numbers, people don’t really seem to get the message. Drive for an hour down Florida’s Turnpike at …
Lifestyle
Uber is fixing its terrible wages by getting drivers to schill phone chargers during your ride
The question of how much take-home income Uber drivers actually make is a tricky one, to say the least. While Uber does put out some optimistic figures on what its best little worker …
Tech
New MacBook Pro keyboards get torture tested, can still be ruined by a grain of sand
Last week, in true Apple style, the company released a series of updates to the MacBook Pro lineup. We got new processors, support for Hey Siri, and a keyboard that Apple described as …
Tech
Apple’s $3,000 Core i9 MacBook Pro is apparently being throttled, according to one early test
When Apple overhauled its MacBook Pro lineup with some much-needed processor changes last week, it introduced an option to add Intel’s top-of-the-line Core i9 processor to the 15-inch MacBook. The cheapest version of …
Tech
This year’s iPhones might be the most durable yet, all thanks to Corning’s new Gorilla Glass
Since the very first iPhone, Apple has used specially-formulated Gorilla Glass from Corning, turning the niche glass manufacturer into a household name along the way. Corning specializes in using chemistry trickery to produce …
Tech
iOS 12 public beta 3 is available for download right now
That’s right, bold pioneers of iOS 12: Apple’s latest attempt to patch bugs that it created in the last version of the iOS 12 public beta is available to download right now. Assuming …
Tech
T-Mobile was just crowned the fastest mobile network by two different companies
In the constant battle between wireless companies for your monthly cell dollars, the most visibly important metric is who has the fastest LTE network. In years gone by, it was a two-horse race …
Tech
T-Mobile extends its barely-useable free roaming data to more countries
T-Mobile announced today that it’s extending Simple Global, its free roaming service, to nearly every country in the world. The feature, which is available to everyone on T-Mobile’s One plan and some customers …
