Samsung’s most exciting flagship phone of 2018 won’t be the Galaxy S9 or Note 9
Samsung will soon take the wraps off of its next big worst-kept-secret, the Galaxy S9. Thanks to a large number of leaks we have a …
Chris Smith has been covering consumer electronics ever since the iPhone revolutionized the industry in 2008. When he’s not writing about the most recent tech news for BGR, he brings his entertainment expertise to Marvel’s Cinematic Universe and other blockbuster franchises.
Outside of work, you’ll catch him streaming almost every new movie and TV show release as soon as it's available.
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Bitcoin slides below $10,000 just as Korea and Facebook announce new crypto cash policies
Those brave crypto traders who remember with angst the great Bitcoin crash from mid-January 2018 will now have to deal with a dreaded sequel. Bitcoin …
Renowned filmmaker Steven Soderbergh open to using only iPhones to shoot movies
Apple turned the iPhone into one of the most used cameras out there, upgrading photo and video quality over the years, and introducing new features …
Child health groups urge Facebook to kill the Messenger Kids app
Not too long ago, Facebook launched a standalone Messenger app for children that would allow kids to chat with friends and family under tight supervision …
Pretend your old Android phone is a Pixel 2 with this free lookalike launcher
Your Android phone might not ever get an update to Android 8.0 Oreo, but that doesn’t mean it has to be stuck in the past. …
Forget the Galaxy S9, an outrageous new Android flagship might be in the works
An all-screen display with 4K resolution. A fingerprint sensor built into the screen. 10GB of RAM. 512GB of onboard storage. It’s supposedly a smartphone that …
Apple was reportedly planning a new home screen in iOS 12, but it’s fixing iOS 11 bugs instead
When Apple unveils iOS 12 five months from now, you shouldn’t expect too many major new features. Instead, Apple has shifted focus to improving the …
Supplier says Apple’s iPhone X production cut isn’t as big as recently reported
A report on Monday sent Apple’s stock down by 1.6% after revealing that Apple has purportedly cut iPhone X orders by 20 million for the …
Google’s acquisition of HTC’s design team is all about making the Pixel more like the iPhone
Google’s parent company Alphabet has closed the HTC purchase. Technically, Alphabet only bought most of HTC’s mobile division, some 2,000 engineers that have helped Google …
OnePlus hits back against ‘false claims’ its Clipboard app has been stealing data
Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus was again accused last week of siphoning user data off its smartphones with the help of a Clipboard app after a …
Microsoft issues emergency Windows patch to undo Intel’s bad Spectre fix
Intel and its partners scrambled to release patches that would fix the severe Meltdown and Spectre security issues unveiled a few weeks ago. But it …
Apple will launch three new Macs this year with a brand-new Apple chip, report claims
Every year, Apple updates its Mac computers, but not every upgrade brings over groundbreaking features. For example, one report said recently that while Apple will …
Viral fitness tracker heat map could reveal key military secrets
Many fitness enthusiasts are probably aware of Strava, an application that lets them track their routines, complete with precise positioning data. That’s great for anyone …
New leak might’ve revealed Galaxy S9 pricing and release details
Samsung is about to copy a major play from Apple’s “How to sell iPhones for more money” handbook, by releasing two not-quite-identical versions of the …
Apple reportedly slashes iPhone X orders in half due to slow sales
A variety of reports have said over the past few weeks that the iPhone X isn’t selling as well as Apple had hoped. The iPhone …
The Galaxy S9 might have an answer for the iPhone X’s Face ID
We’re less than one month away from the official Galaxy S9 launch, and with each day that goes by we find out more tidbits about …
10 new movie trailers you need to watch from this past week
I can’t in good heart recommend that you go watch Maze Runner: The Death Cure this weekend, but that’s just because the Maze Runner saga …
Chrome OS is coming to tablets, leaked Acer device suggests
If you’ve been looking forward to someone making a Chrome OS tablet, then you should know your weird prayers have been answered. Such a device …
More evidence suggests the first iPad with Face ID is in the works
Face ID might be the signature feature of the iPhone X, but it won’t remain an iPhone X-only trick. The 3D facial recognition system will …
A OnePlus app is supposedly collecting user data without consent. Again.
A few months ago, OnePlus’s extensive data collection practices came into the limelight, but the Chinese phone maker explained that it was using that data …
‘Dull’ iPhone X sales might be hurting Samsung as much as Apple
The iPhone X was the best-selling smartphone in the December quarter according to some estimates, putting plenty of pressure on Apple’s competitors that launched high-end …
There’s a chance Apple kills the 5.8-inch OLED iPhone for real this year
A report a few days ago said that Apple is already considering discontinuing the iPhone X after only one year of sales, as soon as …
Intel promises hardware fixes for Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities, but only for new chips
Intel on Thursday reported its financial results for Q4 2017, posting great numbers for the period: $17.1 billion in revenue, or an increase of 8%. …
The doomsday clock hasn’t been this close to midnight since the first H-bomb test
You might not agree with them, but doomsday experts say we’re the closest to a disaster since 1953. That’s when the first hydrogen bomb was …
LG hits back against reports that its 2018 flagship will be delayed
LG launched a great phone early last year, the LG G6, and then the Galaxy S8 came along and killed it. That was LG’s own …
This year’s iPhone X models tipped to have even bigger batteries
Of course, we expect better battery life from this year’s iPhones, just as we expect them to be faster than their predecessors and to introduce …
Researchers invent new smart contact lenses that might beat Google’s to market
Measuring glucose without poking a patient with a needle is one of the white whales of modern medicine, and that’s because so many people around …
OnePlus just released the most disturbing smartphone ad we’ve ever seen
Smartphone speed comparison tests are common practice nowadays, but they don’t usually come from smartphone makers. YouTube tech channels conduct these unofficial experiments as objectively …
Video demos all the new iOS 11.3 features except the one we want to see most
Apple on Wednesday announced the next major iOS update that will soon be available on iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, iOS 11.3, and then released …
Galaxy S9 color options leaked in new renders
It’s finally official, the Galaxy S9 and S9+ will be unveiled on February 25th, a day before the next edition of the Mobile World Congress …
