Nintendo will pay you $20,000 to break the 3DS
Nintendo’s handheld game systems have long had an issue with piracy and hacking, and now the company is finally going to do something about it. …
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Man falsely accused of stealing Adam Sandler movie awarded $17,000
Being falsely accused of any crime is undoubtedly a stressful and frightening time for any individual, but being on the receiving end of a lawsuit …
Here are all the great films you missed in 2016
If you’re a film buff then you already know that IndieWire‘s David Ehrlich is basically the DJ Earworm of the movie mashup world. His year-end …
These are the versions of iOS and Android that WhatsApp will no longer support in 2017
WhatsApp is one of the most popular messaging apps on smartphones today, and it’s available on virtually every mobile operating system. Because of that, the …
Get ready to hate Zynga all over again
Zynga — the once king of mobile gaming that nobody talks about anymore but which still makes hundreds of millions of dollars every year — …
BlackBerry’s final smartphone will be as bad as ever, leaked images claim
You’ve really got to hand it to BlackBerry; years of brutal sales and a long history of bad timing and big missteps aside, the company …
Here are the best and worst airlines to fly this holiday
If you’re taking to the skies to visit family or friends this month, you better hope you’re flying Delta. That’s according to a report on …
Google’s new Trusted Contacts app tells you where everyone is
Google just released an all-new app aimed at giving you some peace of mind when potentially dangerous situations arise either for yourself or for your …
Scientists just figured out how much all of mankind’s crap actually weighs
We often hear about how much humanity’s technological creations, infrastructure, and existence affects the environment and the world as a whole, but trying to gauge …
Lexus covered a car in 42,000 LEDs and it’ll make you drool
Every car company has to do its best to strike a balance between tasteful design and eye-catching originality. That is, unless you’re Lexus, and can …
Samsung may adopt a beloved iPhone 7 feature for the Galaxy S8, and it’s not the camera
The rumor mill surrounding the Galaxy S8 is in full production mode at the moment, with anonymous sources from all corners of the web revealing …
Uber is tracking passengers even after their rides are over, and it isn’t going well
If you updated your Uber app recently — specifically since the most recent update on November 24th — you may not even have noticed that the …
BMW remotely locks car thief in stolen vehicle until cops arrive
Modern luxury cars are packed with all sorts of advanced security features, but not even a company like BMW can protect against someone leaving their …
Amazon just announced Amazon Go, a grocery store with no checkout
Amazon is the web’s largest retailer, but the company has long been planning a move into the brick-and-mortar retail scene as well. Now, the reports that …
Obscure iOS 10.1.1 flaw lets you bypass a stolen iPad’s strongest security feature
With the number of iOS devices out there in the wild, you can bet that if even the most obscure, ridiculous vulnerability exists in the …
This dude actually built a portable, wearable Tesla coil gun
Nikola Tesla’s contributions to modern technology can’t be overstated, and the fact that some of his original designs are so darn cool to look at …
DJ Earworm’s 25-song 2016 mashup is here to invade your brain
DJ Earworm’s annual tradition of cramming all of the year’s biggest pop songs into one undeniably catchy mashup continues with United States of Pop 2016, …
Facebook bans — then unbans — the B.S. Detector plugin that flags fake news stories
A few weeks ago we wrote about the B.S. Detector plugin. It’s a handy little tool that automatically produces a hard-to-miss pop-up tooltip whenever you’re …
Here’s how much money your cable company actually loses when you unsubscribe
If you’ve been considering cutting your cord in order to stick it to your cable company, you might be surprised by just how little that …
Android Auto gains ‘OK Google’ functionality so you can talk to your car
If your dream for the future includes everyone talking to their cars as though they’re KITT from Knight Rider, Google has some good news for you. The …
Apple is offering refunds for one very specific Mac repair issue
Apple’s track record when it comes to admitting to faulty design is somewhat spotty, but customers can put another notch in the win column thanks …
U.S. Government publishes augmented reality app that turns a dollar bill into the White House
The United States government has just published an iOS app that uses augmented reality to identify dollar bills and create three dimensional models of the …
Is this Tesla competitor’s new SUV literally a photoshopped Mitsubishi?
UPDATE: WM Motor has reached out to BGR with an official statement. The company denies that the images were produced by WM Motor, and also …
DirecTV Now is off to a really bad start
There’s just something about TV services that get human blood boiling, and it seems DirecTV’s much hyped DirecTV Now cable alternative hasn’t been able to …
Apple may soon be sending drones to map your neighborhood
We’ve known for some time that Apple has an army of sensor-packed vehicles doing its best to keep its Maps app up to date, but …
Someone is planning a trip back to the Apollo moon landing site, but it isn’t NASA
The Apollo 17 landing site is the last place where humans hung out on the Moon, and now we’re going back. Well, not us exactly, …
You can finally feel good about buying Apple’s utterly hideous iPhone battery case
Apple’s Smart Battery Case for iPhone is gross. It’s ugly, and there’s really no getting around that. Before today, buying one should have come with …
Apple fixes the MacBook’s weird, speaker-destroying bug
Apple’s Boot Camp makes it easy for MacBooks to run the Windows operating system, but a recent sound bug had been causing some serious headaches …
No, Google’s Pixel didn’t ‘trounce’ the iPhone on Black Friday
Black Friday is a big deal for retailers, and looking at the trends that emerge from the biggest shopping day of the year is a …
Netflix’s new offline download feature has one massive drawback
Netflix answered the streaming world’s prayers today by adding the ability to download movies and shows locally on your device, allowing you to watch them …
