An employee at an Apple Store in Bakersfield, California has been fired after it was discovered that he texted himself an intimate photo found on a customer’s iPhone. The story first came to light when Gloria Fuentes — who is the customer in question — posted a detailed recap of events on her Facebook page.

As Fuentes recounts, she went to a nearby Apple store to get the display on her iPhone repaired. Ahead of time, Fuentes — in the interest of safety and privacy — began deleting a number of sensitive photos from her phone. Her appointment at the Apple Store, however, was pushed up by a few hours and subsequently didn’t leave her with enough time to delete everything she was intending to.

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Apple Store employee fired after stealing an intimate photo from a customer’s iPhone originally appeared on BGR.com on Thu, 14 Nov 2019 at 19:05:01 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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At an event in New York on Thursday, Netflix chief content officer Ted Sarandos was asked the question that he had to have expected just two days after the highly-publicized and hotly-anticipated launch of Disney’s new streaming service, Disney+. Now that it’s here, Sarandos was asked during the Paley Center for Media’s 24th Paley International Council Summit: What does that mean for you? What changes for Netflix?

“Nothing,” answered the Netflix executive.

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Top Netflix executive dismisses Disney+ launch: ‘Nothing changes’ now that it’s here originally appeared on BGR.com on Thu, 14 Nov 2019 at 18:42:29 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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SpaceX has enjoyed many successes in 2019. It delivered many satellites into orbit for its clients, it launched the Falcon Heavy again, and it sent an empty Crew Dragon to the International Space Station in a successful demonstration of its crew-ferrying capabilities. It was all going so well… until it didn’t.

Unfortunately, a static fire test of Crew Dragon in April resulted in a catastrophic explosion and total loss of the spacecraft. It was a major setback for SpaceX and NASA’s commercial crew program. An investigation uncovered the likely cause of the failure and the problem was fixed, clearing the way for a much more successful test on Wednesday.

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SpaceX’s Crew Dragon blew up in April, but it’s alive again originally appeared on BGR.com on Thu, 14 Nov 2019 at 18:19:22 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Microsoft promised that the latest edition of the Xbox Inside show would be its biggest yet, and it didn’t disappoint. In order to kick off its X019 celebration in London, the Xbox team hosted a live stream on Thursday that was jam-packed with game announcements, updates on services such as Xbox Game Pass and Project xCloud, as well as trailers for highly-anticipated titles coming to Xbox One within the next year.

For now, we’re going to focus on the announcements, because there were eight entirely new games that made their world premiere at X019 on Thursday, and we cobbled together all the trailers and details below. The big highlight was undoubtedly Rare’s Everwild, but more than a couple of these should catch your eye.

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Every new Xbox One game Microsoft revealed at X019 originally appeared on BGR.com on Thu, 14 Nov 2019 at 17:56:27 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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One of the more remarkable things about the original iPhone was how quickly it made established handset makers irrelevant. In seemingly the blink of an eye, the iPhone set the blueprint for what a modern-day smartphone should look and act like. In the process, entrenched players like Motorola and Nokia quickly found themselves scrambling for scraps.

Motorola in particular represents an interesting case-study, if only because the company was behind one of the more popular and iconic phones of the pre-iPhone era — the Razr. Boasting a svelte design, the original Motorola Razr was a bonafide phenomenon and ultimately become one of the best selling mobile phones in history. Now, about 15 years after the original Razr hit the market, Motorola has decided to leverage the nostalgia surrounding the device with a new foldable smartphone it’s calling — wait for it — the Razr.

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Why the Motorola Razr’s display won’t break as easily as the Galaxy Fold’s originally appeared on BGR.com on Thu, 14 Nov 2019 at 17:33:19 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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While tech companies like Google, Amazon, Apple, and Facebook have made our collective lives easier in a myriad of ways, there’s a growing consensus that these tech giants have accumulated too much power and influence. In turn, each of the above companies has been subject to an increasing amount of antitrust scrutiny over the past few months. As an illustrative point, one of the cornerstones of Elizabeth Warren’s presidential campaign is that she’ll work to break big tech companies up, similar to how AT&T in the early 1980s was broken up into seven independent companies.

Google in particular is certainly no stranger to antitrust investigations and subsequent penalties. Just a few months ago, for example, the search giant was slapped with a $1.7 billion fine by the EU on account of “abusive practices” related to its advertising business. Previously, Google in 2018 was hit with a whopping $5 billion fine by the EU for leveraging the market dominance of Android to further the adoption of Chrome and other Google apps.

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Antitrust probe into Google’s business practices expands to include Android and search originally appeared on BGR.com on Thu, 14 Nov 2019 at 17:11:22 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The Apple Smart Battery Case for iPhone 7/8 is definitely the best battery case out there for Apple’s iPhones. It’s sleek and comfortable, but it also offers integration with the iPhone that you won’t get from any other case. The problem, of course, is that it’s very expensive. Many iPhone users are willing to pay the Apple tax, and there’s certainly nothing wrong with that… but why pay more than you have to? Head over to Amazon right now and you can get one in either black or white at a $21 discount!

Apple Smart Battery Case (for iPhone 7) – Black: $78.00

Here’s what you need to know from the product page:

• The Smart Battery Case for iPhone 7 gives you extra battery life with the look and protection of an Apple-designed case.
• Combined with the Smart Battery Case, iPhone 7 provides up to 22 hours of battery life for browsing the web, up to 24 hours of watching HD video, and 26 hours of talk time.
• The Smart Battery Case also works intelligently with your iPhone to charge simultaneously when you’re plugged in, so both case and iPhone will have more than enough battery life to get you through the day, and then some.
• The soft elastomer hinge and one-piece design make it easy to put the case on and take it off. You can even connect it to any Lightning accessory, such as the Lightning Dock. And iOS 10 or later allows you to see the battery status of your iPhone 7, your Smart Battery Case, and even your Apple Watch, all in one place.

Apple Smart Battery Case (for iPhone 7) – Black: $78.00

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Save $21 on Apple’s official Smart Battery Case for the iPhone 7 and iPhone 8 originally appeared on BGR.com on Thu, 14 Nov 2019 at 16:48:28 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Privacy has been a major tentpole for Google products this year. Google made it clear at I/O 2019 in May and then at its Made by Google press conference in October that user privacy is something it cares about deeply. Android 10, for example, brings over several features that should make it harder for others to collect user data, Google included, but that’s only useful if your phone will get Android 10 at any point down the road.

Then Google spent plenty of time during its hardware event last month emphasizing its focus on privacy when talking about new products, Google Assistant included, although some challenged Google’s claims, saying they were just marketing tactics. Even so, Google seems more interested in improving user data protections in its products, and the company just announced it’s about to make an important change to the way its ad business works.

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Google just announced important new steps to protect your privacy originally appeared on BGR.com on Thu, 14 Nov 2019 at 16:25:36 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It goes without saying that DNA tests are wildly popular holiday gifts each year, which is why they’re always among the best-selling products during Black Friday. Well, guess what: the hottest DNA test from Black Friday last year is already back down to its lowest price ever! Head over to Amazon and you can snag a $200 23andMe DNA Test – Health + Ancestry Personal Genetic Service for just $99. I’ve given this kit as a gift a bunch of time and people always love it!

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23andMe’s wildly popular $200 DNA test is already down to its Black Friday price of $99 originally appeared on BGR.com on Thu, 14 Nov 2019 at 16:02:48 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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All eyes have been on NASA’s Mars 2020 rover as the space agency prepares it to travel to the Red Planet midway through next year, but it’s not the only piece of high-tech hardware making such a trip. China is working hard on a Mars mission of its own, and it just completed a very important trial that suggests the Chinese space program is on schedule.

As CNN reports, the public test was conducted to demonstrate the ability of China’s new Mars lander to safely touch down on the surface of the planet. To ensure a soft landing, the spacecraft has to be capable of slowing its descent, hovering, and performing rapid alterations to its trajectory.

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China is going to Mars, and it just hit a major milestone originally appeared on BGR.com on Thu, 14 Nov 2019 at 15:39:35 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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