Someone found a way to hack Pokemon Go’s speed restrictions
Driving and playing Pokemon Go is a no-go, according to Niantic. The company will not let you collect any Pokemon rewards if the game detects …
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
Intel’s incredible new hyper-fast 3D drive is 10 years in the making
Intel on Sunday took the wraps off its first Optane SSD, a device that’s been in the making for at least 10 years. The new …
Some of Android O’s most important new features may have just leaked
We have no idea what Google’s next major Android update will be called, but a new report appears to reveal some of the most important …
The Walking Dead season 7, episode 14 recap: Meh
Walking into episode 14 of Walking Dead I had high hopes. With just three episodes left in the series, I expected things to escalate at …
Galaxy S8 blasts through iPhone 7 Plus’ AnTuTu benchmark record
The Galaxy S8 is almost upon us, but the phone is hardly a well-kept secret. We know everything there is to know about its design, …
Samsung’s new Siri and Alexa rival ‘Bixby’ is now official, coming soon to Galaxy S8
Samsung on Monday unveiled what’s probably going to be one of the Galaxy S8’s most important new features, the Bixby assistant. After months of speculation, …
Watch the first trailer for The Walking Dead season 7, episode 15
We’re nearly there, Walking Dead fans… season 7 is almost over. Only two episodes remain of this year’s season, which definitely hasn’t always delivered what we …
Super Mario Run for Android finally has an official release date
First released in mid-December, Nintendo’s Super Mario Run became an instant hit on the iPhone and iPad as millions flocked to download the first Mario game …
Google’s newest innovation will make your internet feel significantly faster
You might not sense it immediately, but Google just made the internet faster. And you won’t have to upgrade computers or internet subscriptions to take …
The inside story of one of the biggest fights in self-driving car tech
One of the next big things in tech that we’re going to experience in the coming years is autonomous cars. Various companies are developing self-driving car …
The iPhone 8 might ditch Touch ID altogether
A report earlier this week said that the Galaxy S8 will have iris/face-based Samsung Pay authentication, a feature that’s not available on other devices, Apple’s …
A rumored iOS 11 feature is freaking people out
iOS 11 won’t be unveiled until this summer, and it will released to the public in September when the iPhone 8 and iPhone 7s handsets hit …
Yet another new Galaxy S8 feature was uncovered that no iPhone can match
Sony surprised the world at the Mobile World Congress a few weeks ago by releasing a flagship device that nobody really saw coming. The Xperia …
A massive change is coming to the Netflix movie rating system and you might not like it
Next time you’re going to rate a movie or TV series on Netflix, you won’t be able to give it a number of stars you …
The Nintendo Switch is sold out, but production is ramping up
The Nintendo Switch is undoubtedly one of the first tech hits of the year so far. The hybrid console system that works both in a …
Samsung just accidentally confirmed a huge Galaxy S8 feature
Samsung buried the name Bixby inside a local privacy page, practically confirming the name of the voice-based virtual assistant that we expect to see in …
Redesigned Surface Book 2 tipped to launch soon, but without a signature feature
Microsoft released a mild Surface Book update a few months ago, during a press event whose star was the Surface Studio all-in-one desktop. But that …
The Galaxy S8 will do at least one cool thing your iPhone can’t
We’re fairly confident that Samsung will have no surprises left for the Galaxy S8 come March 29th, considering the massive number of Galaxy S8 leaks that we …
Russian hackers targeted just one Yahoo employee in order to breach 500M accounts
More details about the activities that led to one of the biggest data breaches in history are coming to light now that the Department of …
Report sheds new light on the real game-changer coming to the iPhone 8
With each new iPhone release, Apple comes out with a signature feature for the brand new flagship, a feature that then becomes the norm for …
The Galaxy S8 might go on sale even sooner than we thought
A new report out of Korea indicates that Samsung might be in a hurry to kick off Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ sales, and the …
You’re much better off not buying this super rare black OnePlus 3T
OnePlus just pulled a move we didn’t see coming. The company announced a special OnePlus 3T edition that will be sold only in Colette stores …
How Russian hackers breached your Yahoo Mail account
The Department of Justice on Wednesday identified four people, including two Russian spies and two criminal hackers, as the main suspects behind one of the …
The world’s first lab-grown chicken tenders look better than McNuggets
A Bay Area food startup just served the world’s first chicken strips made that was cultivated in a lab directly from cells. No chicken was …
How to prevent your Twitter account from tweeting Nazi propaganda
In the early morning hours on Wednesday, a Twitter tool developed by a third party was breached by hackers who were then able to post Nazi …
Hackers can own any WhatsApp account with one malicious meme
WhatsApp and Telegram are two instant messaging apps that have more than a billion users between them. They offer encrypted communications, convenient messaging, and a …
Leak says two Pixel 2 smartphones are in the works at Google
We already know that Google plans to release a Pixel successor this year that will be a high-end premium handset, just like the first models. A …
Guess which iPhone feature Samsung seemingly plans to steal next
Often accused to copy the iPhone with its high-end Galaxy phones, Samsung is in a unique position when it comes to anticipating its biggest rival’s …
DOJ has charged Russian spies allegedly responsible for massive Yahoo breach
It’s been an uneasy few months for Yahoo, which had to disclose three different large-scale breaches, two of which affected more than one billion accounts in total. The …
New report says one of the iPhone 8’s biggest design changes isn’t what we thought
After a report said a few days ago that the iPhone 8 will feature a flat screen rather than the curved display almost all other …
