A Russian blog got its hands on a stolen Pixel 3 XL, and now we know every single detail
With the Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL set to launch in a month, this is exactly the time that we’d expect to see a …
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Poop nearly kills man
Ah, poop. It’s a funny thing. As humans, we talk and joke about poop quite a bit — there’s even an emoji for it — …
Wild theory says one Avenger already died and came back to life in ‘Infinity War’
Going into Avengers: Infinity War, I fully expected multiple Avengers including fan-favorite characters to die, and it happened quite fast too. The first deaths came …
Netflix doesn’t need the App Store to succeed, but should it still pay Apple’s 30% fee?
Earlier this week, TechCrunch reported that Netflix is removing the option to pay for a subscription through iTunes in 33 countries as part of a …
Pixel 3 XL camera samples just leaked, and they look fantastic
The Pixel 3 phones will be launching soon, but as always with Google-branded handsets, they’ll have no secrets by the time Googlers explain their features …
A huge purple ribbon of energy appeared in the sky in 2016, and scientists still don’t know what it was
Auroras — also called “Northern Lights” — are quite stunning. Massive, twisting bands of energy flying high above are always a good reason to look …
Every movie and TV show coming to Netflix in September
I figured it was going to be hard for Netflix to top the great slate of content it introduced in August, but this September might …
Insider leaks new Galaxy S10 details with Note 9 release days away
Samsung has its fingers crossed that the Galaxy Note 9 will reverse the downward trend at the top of its smartphone lineup. For those unaware, …
8 paid iPhone apps you can download for free on August 22nd
Apple fans, we hope you’ve saved some storage space in your iPhones and iPads because we’ve got some new apps for you to install on …
Yup, we know exactly when Apple’s 2018 iPhones will be released
This year is set to be something of a special year for Apple because it will mark the completion of a major transformation that began …
Facebook just pulled more fake news pages linked to Iran and Russia
Facebook on Thursday revealed that it has taken down more pages linked to Iran and Russia “for coordinated inauthentic behavior on Facebook and Instagram.” Most …
Forget the OnePlus 6, the Poco F1 is an even cheaper flagship
The OnePlus 6 is one of the best iPhone X clones out there, both when it comes to design and performance. The phone has the …
Apparently, enough people bought Samsung’s last 18-inch tablet that it’s making a new one
Samsung is apparently working on another ginormous Galaxy View Android tablet, this one being a 17-inch Galaxy View 2. Android Police is out with a …
‘Stormdivers’ is a new game like ‘Fortnite’ but with sci-fi and superpowers
Looking back at the launch day lineup for the PlayStation 4, there wasn’t much to get excited about. In fact, the only game that held …
Of course Russia denies Microsoft’s claim that Russian hackers are attacking the upcoming elections
Russia has always maintained it did not interfere in the 2016 US presidential elections, in spite of significant evidence that says otherwise. And Russia continues …
NASA’s Mars-probe InSight spacecraft is halfway to the Red Planet
NASA might already have plenty of hardware on and around Mars — it’ll have one less if Opportunity never wakes back up — but more …
Verizon refused to un-throttle a California fire department’s ‘unlimited’ plan during wildfires
Although calling out wireless carriers is a frequent pasttime here at BGR, sometimes a story comes along that sounds so cartoonishly villanous that you assume something …
Astronauts are about to play a tennis match in space, and you can watch it live
NASA astronauts who take trips to the International Space Station are obviously very dedicated to their work. They live aboard a massive floating laboratory for …
‘Pokemon Go’ now blocking all Android devices with files related to rooting
Shortly after Pokemon Go launched in the summer of 2016, Niantic updated the app to block all Android phones that had been rooted. This didn’t …
Documents detail how Tesla struggled to to manufacture 5,000 Model 3 units per week
Without question, demand for Tesla’s Model 3 has never been an issue. Shortly after introducing the Model 3 back in mid-2016, reservations for Tesla’s mass …
Here’s a first look at Facebook’s “Aloha” voice assistant that might power its smart speaker
Facebook is serious about raising its voice. An app researcher has discovered what appears to be code inside the main Facebook app and its standalone …
No, you don’t need Nvidia’s new RTX 2070 – especially since GTX 1070 prices are about to crater
On Monday, Nvidia took the wraps off its new line of RTX graphics cards. The new hardware is all about ray tracing, a new technique that …
Facebook is assigning users who report fake news a secret ‘trustworthiness score’
Facebook has started rating user that report content based on their “trustworthiness” on the platform, according to the Washington Post. The newspaper spoke to Tessa Lyons, the …
Don’t expect Apple to launch a 5G iPhone anytime soon
We’ve been talking about the next stage in mobile communications for a while now, but 2018 is finally going to be the year when the …
Google Fit just got a big update that includes Apple-like rings to track goal progress
Google has begun rolling out what it says is the biggest update to Google Fit since its launch in 2014, taking the lid off a …
How to track Hurricane Lane, currently aiming for Hawaii
A rare hurricane watch has been issued for parts of Hawaii as Hurricane Lane, a Category 4 storm, looks increasingly like it might hit some …
NASA might give SpaceX permission to do something nobody has ever done before
Launching rockets into space is a dangerous, risky job for anyone. Doing so with a crew pod sitting on top complicates things even more, so …
Study from Vanderbilt professor finds Google tracking is even creepier than you thought
Maybe Google’s motto all this time should have been “Don’t be creepy” instead of not being evil. Maybe that would have produced a different reality …
Google’s built-in malware protection for Android is literally the worst
Google has been improving its Android anti-malware protections for years, but that doesn’t mean its built-in tool to handle and prevent malware attacks is your …
This iPhone X screen protector heals itself from scratches like magic
On one hand, it’s kind of comforting to see nicks and scrapes on your screen protector because it means it’s doing its job. But on …
