Microsoft added a great Easter egg to its site for 8-Bit Day – here’s how to find it
In case you didn’t know, today is apparently 8-Bit Day, as it coincides with the anniversary of the release of Super Mario Bros. on NES. …
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Xerox Parc shows off computer chip that can self-destruct in 10 seconds
Engineers at PARC, formerly known as Xerox Parc, recently unveiled a new type of computer chip capable of self destructing on command. Initially demoed at DARPA’S …
This transparent solar-powered battery looks like a futuristic Tony Stark invention
Remember Iron Man’s transparent smartphones? They might become reality sooner than you think thanks to an unusual new type of battery that’s not only transparent, …
A simple shopping trick will save you tons of cash long before Black Friday
Are you one of those people who likes to be able to touch and try the products you plan to buy before actually paying for them? …
7 interesting iPad Pro tidbits Apple didn’t have time to talk about
Apple last week finally took the wraps off of its long-rumored iPad Pro, a gargantuan tablet with a 12.9-inch display. Because Apple’s special event was jam-packed …
Great Amazon deal: 300 Mb/s Netgear Wi-Fi router for under $22
Sometimes Amazon makes it too easy to save money. Take this NETGEAR N300 Wi-Fi Router with High Power 5dBi External Antennas, for example. There are people …
Man misdials and accidentally texts police officer asking for drugs
A man in Florida was recently arrested in a sting operation after he accidentally entered a wrong number into his phone and inadvertently texted the …
Ultimate menu hack: Watch someone go into McDonald’s and make an insane $12 burger
What would it look like if you went to McDonald’s and ordered a burger with everything? As in, literally, everything? YouTuber Casey Neistat recently went with his friend …
Google chairman Eric Schmidt slams Apple Music
Apple Music has been something of a polarizing product ever since Apple first unveiled it. Unarguably late to the game, the service is intended to …
Apple TV Unboxing video shows off device packaging and new Siri remote
The new Apple TV won’t be available for purchase until late October, but YouTuber Andru Edwards somehow managed to get his hands on one and …
New AT&T gadget turns your car into a Wi-Fi hotspot
AT&T earlier this week unveiled a nifty new gadget that can even to turn your old clunker of a car into a mobile hotspot. Called Mobley, …
Must watch: Longboarder dodges oncoming traffic and races down an open highway at 70 MPH
The stunt performed in the video below is pretty crazy. Zak Maytum, a downhill longboard racer from Colorado, recently decided it’d be a cool idea …
New military radio uses soldiers’ bones to send messages
A new radio technology lets warfighters talk to each other by harnessing their bones to transmit and listen to messages. The technology leverages the human …
One of the coolest Apple TV features won’t work with Netflix or HBO
The Apple TV demo we saw earlier this week was unbelievably slick. In particular, some of the Siri tricks Apple showed off were especially impressive. …
‘Bionic model’ will strut down New York Fashion Week runway with prosthetic arm
During fashion house FTL Moda’s New York Fashion Week show at Grand Central Station’s Vanderbilt Hall on Sunday, model Rebekah Marine will strut down the …
NASA just announced a 4K TV channel
Because there weren’t enough bombshell announcements this week already, NASA revealed on Friday that it is planning to launch an Ultra HD TV channel in North …
You won’t believe how cheap the best-selling router on Amazon is
There’s an old saying that goes, “you get what you pay for.” While it’s true much of the time, technology is a bit of a …
Hilarious Taiwanese Animators video imagines Steve Jobs’ furious reaction to yesterday’s Apple event
It seems the team at Taiwanese Animators were not impressed by this week’s big Apple event. In fact, they were so unimpressed that they made a video about it …
Apple TV reviews have started rolling in
For the first time in years, Apple finally unveiled an Apple TV worth getting excited about. With a new Siri-enabled and touch-based remote, universal search, and …
Brilliant video shows what would happen if Trump ran for president of Mexico
Does Mexico have its own equivalent of Donald Trump? That’s what comedian George Lopez wants us to imagine in his hilarious new video for Funny or …
Why Apple TV won’t see console quality games anytime soon
The new Apple TV may very well be the device to firmly cement Apple’s position as a dominant player in the living room. In addition …
Watch Elon Musk tell Colbert his insane plan to make Mars habitable
Elon Musk, the mad genius behind both Tesla and SpaceX, wants to see humanity colonize Mars. The problem, of course, is that Mars is not …
Amazon is offering $300 off one of the coolest drones we’ve ever seen
There are drones, and then there are drones. If you’re in the market for a toy quadcopter, this killer deal is not for you. But …
This device can save you hundreds and stick it to your cable company at the same time
Talk about a win-win scenario! If there’s one thing the BGR Deals Team is dedicated to, it’s saving you money. We typically do this by …
The BGR Show: Finding answers to our Apple event questions at the bottom of a bottle of bourbon
In case you missed it, Apple hosted a little get together on Wednesday and announced some new stuff. It was kind of a big deal. …
I realized yesterday that I love and hate Apple in almost equal measures
To say I have mixed feelings about Apple is putting it mildly. On the positive side, I love most Apple products — the MacBook Air …
Apple’s entire 2-hour iPhone 6s event in one 3-minute video
Apple’s iPhone 6s event on Wednesday was packed with more than two hours of announcements spanning nearly all of Apple’s major product categories. We saw …
Hero weatherman shows us how to flawlessly pronounce ‘Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch’
Have you ever studied Welsh? Probably not, and with good reason: It looks like a language that’s been developed entirely by a group of four …
How Ashley Madison conned users into paying to flirt with fembots
It seems cheating website Ashley Madison created an army of fembots to flirt with new male users and trick them into thinking that there were …
Does the new Apple TV suffer from the iPhone 6s’ biggest problem?
Yes, Apple has an incredible new Apple TV product that’s not only going to be an affordable gaming console ready to download many of the …
