Associate Editor
Jacob Siegal is Associate Editor at BGR, having joined the news team in 2013. He has over a decade of professional writing and editing experience, and helps to lead our technology and entertainment product launch and movie release coverage.
When software developer Lemi Orhan Ergin alerted Apple to the fact that he and his team had discovered a massive security flaw that allowed anyone to gain root access to a Mac running macOS High Sierra earlier this week, Apple was quick to respond. Within 24 hours, the company had released a security update that fixed …
If you picked up your Xbox One X on launch week, you might see a gift in your inbox the next time you turn it on. Yesterday, a user on the Xbox subreddit shared a screenshot of his messages from the official Xbox Live account, the latest of which included a free download code for …
We all want Facebook to keep our personal information safe, but when do security measures go over the line? The next time Facebook detects suspicious activity on your account, you may be required to upload a photo of your face in order to unlock your account. That’s what some Facebook users have been faced with …
The biggest shopping day of the year has come and gone, and there’s a decent chance that your bank account took a hit. If so, you’re probably looking to save as much money as possible until the end of the year, which is why you might want to check out Sony’s latest selection of PlayStation …
It can be difficult to rebound back to reality after a week full of holiday jubilation and skillfully avoiding family members that you’d rather not get stuck in a conversation with. Three days in, we’re still struggling to return to normalcy, but maybe a bunch of paid apps that have temporarily gone free on the …
After hinting that big changes were in store for the popular social media app during an earnings call earlier this month, Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel debuted the redesigned Snapchat app on Wednesday morning. Once the update rolls out, your friends and the content that brands share will be separated into two completely separate tabs. From …
Back in 2008, when Iron Man released in theaters, none of us could have predicted just how enormous the Marvel universe would become, in terms of both scope and popularity. At the time, the appearance of Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury in the post-credits scene seemed like little more than a fun cameo, but …
Apple has long been the brand to beat when it comes to massive, captivating advertising campaigns. From the iPad commercial that you likely saw close to a hundred times over Thanksgiving to the holiday ads that we’ve highlighted throughout the years to the 1984 ad that is fondly remembered as one of the greatest Super …
Despite its issues (of which there are a multitude), Destiny 2 is one of the best games of 2017. The campaign is more compelling than that of its predecessor, the cooperative, dynamic events in the game’s open worlds give players more reasons to play together, and the grind is as addictive as its ever been. …
Pokemon Go players are still anxiously awaiting the next big in-game event (presumably set to take place around the holiday season), but in the meantime, developer Niantic is giving players something else to focus on: catching a new Legendary Pokemon. On Monday, Niantic announced that Ho-Oh — an incredibly rare creature that made its debut …
