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jacob@bgr.comI feel like I’m going to jinx it just by typing it, but winter finally appears to be coming to an end (at least here in NYC). In celebration of the long-awaited thawing …
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How to watch the ‘Westworld’ season premiere on Sunday for free
At long last, one of HBO’s best original shows returns this weekend. Westworld’s second season debuts on Sunday at 9 PM ET, nearly a year and a half after the first season concluded …
Tech
The system-wide dark mode everyone wants on the iPhone is finally coming… to Macs
After revealing that iOS 12 will support the iPhone 5s earlier today, 9to5Mac has returned with another surprise. While poking around in the WebKit source code (which is the engine that power Safari) …
Tech
Apple is having serious trouble trying to escape from Samsung
Apple has depended on Samsung to supply its displays for far longer than the company would like, but a new report from The Wall Street Journal reveals the difficulty of that separation. According to …
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Watch a robot prove humans are obsolete by performing the most difficult task known to man
One of the many reasons I’ve lived in the same apartment for five years is because the idea of having to deconstruct and then reconstruct my IKEA furniture (or worse yet, buy new …
Tech
Anyone can use Amazon’s new Alexa Blueprints to create custom skills for Echo
Just hours after announcing that Amazon Prime has surpassed 100 million members, the e-commerce giant revealed a new way for Alexa users to build their own custom skills and responses. Alexa Skill Blueprints …
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Chrome’s new autoplay video blocker doesn’t really work, but this free extension does
When Google announced that the next Chrome update would introduce a feature that would block autoplay video, the internet was thrilled. Now that pop-ups are mostly a thing of the past, there’s nothing …
Entertainment
See Microsoft’s expressive new Xbox Avatars in action in leaked video
During its press conference at last year’s E3, Microsoft announced a complete overhaul for the Xbox Avatars that first made their debut in 2008 on the Xbox 360. Both Microsoft and Nintendo have …
Business
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings is looking for excuses to raise prices again
After raising prices for the second times in two years last fall, Netflix was understandably cautious about its results for the first quarter in 2018. Higher prices might cause some existing users to …
Tech
You can pick up a new MacBook Air for as little as $699 at Best Buy right now
Even as other brands cast a wider net with more affordable notebooks, Apple has held fast to its commitment to offer premium devices (and nothing else). Cheap MacBooks simply don’t exist, which is …
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Amazon and Best Buy are teaming up to sell Fire TV Edition smart TVs
Best Buy and Amazon announced on Wednesday that they will begin working together to sell the next generation of Fire TV Edition smart TVs in the United States and Canada. The new televisions …
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Watch the iPhone X and Galaxy S9+ go head-to-head in a battery life test
Unsurprisingly, no phones on the market are generating as much buzz as Samsung’s and Apple’s newest flagships: the Galaxy S9/S9+ and the iPhone X. Samsung and Apple have something of a stranglehold on …
Entertainment
Konami is developing a new ‘Castlevania’ game for iPhone
As traditional console and PC games continue to invade mobile app stores around the world, Konami announced this week that a new Castlevania game is currently in development for iOS devices. Castlevania: Grimoire of …
