Yahoo bans employees from playing Fantasy Sports on any site
In the wake of a mini fantasy sports scandal that erupted earlier this week, The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Yahoo is now banning …
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Forget ‘The Martian’ for a second, we actually have a plan for going to Mars
Yes, The Martian is a great space movie because it depicts events that seem very real while building suspense and peppering everything with snarky remarks. Without …
Amazon deal: Save 15% on a 5-star portable speaker and battery bank
Portable Bluetooth speakers are hugely popular right now, and it’s pretty obvious why. You can go anywhere and pull out your wireless speaker to play …
Inside James Bond’s custom $1.5M Aston Martin from ‘Spectre’
A new James Bond movie is about to be released, Daniel Craig’s fourth and possibly final appearance in the famous spy saga. As always, you can …
Amazon wants to know why many of its employees are desperately miserable
Amazon has a problem: A lot of its employees seem desperately miserable. This isn’t something the company wants to become part of its permanent reputation …
Watch us play Dragon Quest Heroes, a new hack-and-slash action game on PS4
There’s really only one game that everyone’s going to be talking about this weekend — a game that doesn’t even launch until next month — but …
My favorite smartphone keyboard just got smarter… a lot smarter
For a long time now, I’ve been a big fan of SwiftKey, which I’ve found to be the most reliable third-party smartphone keyboard around. This …
Don’t fall for these smartphone battery myths
You probably think you know several tips and tricks for improving your phone’s battery life… but some of them may be straight-up myths. LifeHacker has written …
NASA confirms ancient lakes existed on Mars 2 to 3 billion years ago
Billions of years ago, there were lakes shimmering on Mars. That is the conclusion from the team behind NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory/Curiosity, who used data …
Did Apple quietly improve Bluetooth speed on iPhone 6 and iPad Air 2?
Bluetooth speed probably isn’t the kind of hardware detail you’re interested in when buying a new computer or smartphone, including the iPhone 6s. In fact, …
You’re still using email wrong: Here are 9 tips and tricks to fix it
We’re waiting for some bright-eyed tech company to come up with a system to fix everything we hate about email, but in the meantime we …
iPhone 6s Plus beats best camera on DxOMark in photo and video tests
Recently crowned as the top camera on DxOMark, Sony’s Xperia Z5 smartphone had appeared to be the current gold standard for smartphone cameras. But a recent comparison between …
Apple’s brilliant decision to drop its HDTV plans in favor of a new Apple TV
After nearly a decade of research, development, and prototyping, Apple not too long ago decided to completely scrap its plans to release an HDTV. Instead, …
Amazon sale: 3 deals that will take care of all of your phone charging needs
If there’s one thing that can be said of any smartphone, it’s this: the battery never lasts as long as you want it to. Even …
What an ex-Tesla employee thinks about Elon Musk ripping Apple
Tesla CEO Elon Musk caused a big stir late on Thursday when he said that Apple’s automotive project was a “Tesla graveyard” filled with engineers …
How to learn all the best things you can ask Siri
Siri got off to a rocky start in the early days. Apple decided to launch its voice-powered digital assistant as a beta and as a …
Here’s every new Star Wars, Marvel and Pixar movie coming between now and 2020
Disney has bold plans for the next 4+ years, and the company has now announced every single movie it plans to release through 2020. Hotly anticipated new Star Wars, Marvel …
The 10 wealthiest people in the history of the world, according to TIME
Extreme wealth, in more recent times, has tended to accumulate in the hands of individuals who have been at the forefront of either industrial and technological …
Anyone can buy the OnePlus 2 without an invite beginning at 3PM on Monday
We had some great things to say when we published our OnePlus 2 review back in August. For as little as $329 with no wireless service …
BlackBerry might finally stop making phones
The day of reckoning is almost here for BlackBerry fans still clinging to their BlackBerry 10 devices. Per VentureBeat, BlackBerry CEO John Chen told the Code …
Last chance: These 5 Amazon tech deals expire today
BGR readers tend to love the roundups that the BGR Deals Team puts together from time to time, so we’ve got a nice one for …
First person video shows French tourists plunging into water after a suspension bridge collapses
A group of French tourists vacationing in New Zealand got more than they bargained for when a suspension bridge they were walking on unexpectedly broke. …
The only iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus camera review you need to see
There are plenty of iPhone 6s reviews that people might be interested in, including complete reviews of the new device and camera reviews that focus solely on …
iPhone 6s ‘Batterygate’: World’s best benchmarking site weighs in
For people interested in learning a device’s actual performance apart from the baseline specs sheet, AnandTech has long been the gold standard of benchmarking websites. Because …
8 awesome paid iPhone and iPad apps on sale for free today
Yesterday’s list of paid iPhone and iPad apps on sale for free included 10 great options and plenty of savings for all to enjoy. For Friday, we’ve got eight more …
You can own your very own fog machine for $27 thanks to this Amazon deal
There’s something missing in your life, and the BGR Deals Team just found it. Whether you live in a house, an apartment, a dorm room …
Boeing’s new overhead bin design brilliantly fits 50% more carry-ons
Flying on planes has gotten worse and worse over the years, particularly since airlines now charge you extra to check in your bags. Thankfully, Alaska …
Watch this iPhone case heal itself from scratches in 20 seconds
This past August, I showed BGR readers an incredible iPhone case made by a company called Innerexile that had a capability no widely available rival case …
Why a pilot’s death isn’t the scariest thing that can happen on a plane
Tragedy struck the skies on Monday when the pilot of an American Airlines jetliner fell ill and died on a flight from Phoenix to Boston. The co-pilot was …
5G wireless data speeds hit 3.6Gbps in first large-scale field test (and there’s more good news)
For wireless subscribers in many areas of the United States, it’s difficult to remember what life was like before 4G LTE service blanketed the country. …
