Apple just banned popular iPhone chat app Telegram for showing inappropriate content
Telegram isn’t just an old-timey way to send printed notes across long distances. It’s also one of the most popular iPhone and Android chat apps …
Chris Smith has been covering consumer electronics ever since the iPhone revolutionized the industry in 2007. When he’s not writing about the most recent tech news for BGR, he closely follows the events in Marvel’s Cinematic Universe and other blockbuster franchises.
Outside of work, you’ll catch him streaming new movies and TV shows, or training to run his next marathon.
Articles by Chris Smith
The illuminated minds behind ‘Minions’ will make an animated Mario movie
Not only is Mario coming to the iPhone again, this time in a more exciting package that the previous Mario Run letdown, but Nintendo partnered …
Stop us if you’ve heard this before: Bitcoin is tanking right now
Welcome to the second major Bitcoin bloodbath of 2018. The price of Bitcoin dropped below the $10,000 mark yet again on Thursday, making this the …
Mark Zuckerberg brags that people now spend less time on Facebook than before
It’s unusual for the CEO of a social network or an ad-based business to brag users are spending less time on the product the company …
Drones can fix our forest problem by planting 100,000 trees a day
We’re so good and so busy at cutting down trees that we can’t possibly make up for the forests we lose each year by replanting …
The sad state of Android: Google removed over 700,000 bad apps last year
Google just released a security update on its Android blog in which it reveals how it fought bad apps this year, revealing it combined new …
New reports detail what might end up being iOS 12’s best new feature
Apple reportedly dropped some of the major changes it had planned for iOS 12 in order to focus on stability and performance improvements, according to …
‘House of Cards’ is back in production with two new stars
A scathing New York Times report three months ago started a revolution against sexual harassment and sexual assault in Hollywood, and not only. The story …
Apple confirms that government agencies are investigating secret iPhone throttling
Apple late on Tuesday confirmed that unspecified governmental agencies are currently investigating the iPhone slowdown scandal, a few hours after a report said that the …
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 …
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 …
