Well, well, well… what do we have here? Just when you thought Amazon was done discounting its Fire TV products for a while, the nation’s top online retailer just surprised us all with an awesome and unexpected sale! Hurry and you can snag the Fire TV Stick 4K with Alexa Voice Remote for just $39.99 instead of $50. That’s the same price as the entry-level Fire TV Stick, but this model gives you 4K resolution and HDR support as well. There’s no telling how long this discount will last though, so definitely hurry up if you want to make sure you don’t miss it.

Fire TV Stick 4K with Alexa Voice Remote, streaming media player: $39.99

Here’s more info from the product page:

• The most powerful 4K streaming media stick with a Wi-Fi antenna design optimized for 4K Ultra HD streaming.
• Launch and control content with the Alexa Voice Remote. Watch favorites from Netflix, YouTube, Prime Video, HBO, STARZ, SHOWTIME, and more, plus stream for free with Tubi, IMDb TV, and others.
• Enjoy brilliant picture with access to 4K Ultra HD, Dolby Vision, HDR, and HDR10+. Experience immersive sound with Dolby Atmos on select Prime Video titles.
• Fire TV Stick devices have more storage for apps and games than any other streaming media stick.
• Experience tens of thousands of channels, apps, and Alexa skills, plus millions of websites like Facebook and Reddit.
• Alexa on Fire TV provides the most comprehensive voice experience of any streaming media player—view live camera feeds, check the weather, dim the lights, and stream music.
• Amazon Prime members get unlimited access to thousands of movies and TV episodes, plus ad-free listening to millions of songs with Prime Music.

Fire TV Stick 4K with Alexa Voice Remote, streaming media player: $39.99

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Surprise sale slashes the Fire TV Stick 4K to the same price as an entry-level Fire TV Stick originally appeared on BGR.com on Wed, 4 Sep 2019 at 07:54:25 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Google released the Android 10 update on Tuesday, just as several rumors claimed in previous days, which means Pixel device users can download and install the final Android 10 release. Compatible devices include all Pixel generations to date, even the first-gen Pixel, and Pixel XL models which shouldn’t have supported Android 10. The launch, however, isn’t flaw-free, as users have experienced an annoying, but fixable, issue. Several Pixel phones got stuck on the boot screen for minutes to hours, but there are ways to get out of it.

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Google’s just-released Android 10 update is already causing problems originally appeared on BGR.com on Wed, 4 Sep 2019 at 07:31:25 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We’re now less than a week away from Apple’s most important keynote of the year, the one where all the new iPhones and Apple Watches are unveiled. The iPhone 11 series will have three models that will look a lot like their predecessors, at least when it comes to the front side. On the back, we’ve got more cameras than before on all three handsets. Inside, meanwhile, there will be a brand new A-series processor to power them as well as other potential surprises. We already think we know a lot about the iPhone 11, as well as Apple’s launch plans for the handset, and a purportedly leaked document seems to confirm it all. The internal memo also mentions other products arriving this fall, including Apple’s upcoming software releases, the new Watches, and the new iPads.

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Purported internal document may confirm Apple’s iPhone 11 product names and iOS 13 release plans originally appeared on BGR.com on Wed, 4 Sep 2019 at 06:50:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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With so many eyes on missions to Mars and other interesting destinations in our solar system, it might seem like making it to Earth’s Moon is old hat. Nothing could be further from the truth, and to date, just three countries (the United States, USSR, and China) have managed to land softly on the lunar surface.

Now, after launching its Chandrayaan-2 mission in late July, the Indian Space Research Organization is just days away from becoming the fourth country to touch down on the Moon. In an update on Monday, the mission team revealed that the landing module successfully separated from the orbiter which has been traveling around the Moon since August 20th, paving the way for the lander to complete its most daring maneuver in just a few days.

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India’s Moon lander is poised to make history originally appeared on BGR.com on Tue, 3 Sep 2019 at 23:20:06 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Huawei has stepped up its counter-attack against the US-led ban on the company’s products, with a bizarre press release issued Tuesday that levied a number of sensational claims against the US while offering no proof to support them.

In the wake of news that the US Justice Dept. is launching additional investigations into the beleaguered Chinese tech giant over claims of intellectual property theft, Huawei accused the US in the press release of “unscrupulous” behavior. Behaviors that includes, among other things, the US supposedly launching cyberattacks against the company.

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Bizarre Huawei press release claims the US is behind cyberattacks and employee threats originally appeared on BGR.com on Tue, 3 Sep 2019 at 22:05:33 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Slow wireless internet is a nightmare, especially if one’s ISP isn’t the problem. Thankfully, Wi-Fi devices are evolving fast, both when it comes to the home equipment and the smart gadgets that connect to said networks. Previously known as 802.11ax, the Wi-Fi 6 standard is just rolling out with the help of new devices such as the Galaxy Note 10. Wi-Fi 6 supports speeds four times higher than Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac), as long as your ISP and other equipment can deliver it — Wi-Fi 5 can go up to 1.3Gbps. And now we know precisely how fast Wi-Fi can get in the near future, as the first details about Wi-Fi 7 are already here.

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You don’t even have Wi-Fi 6 yet, but Wi-Fi 7 is already on the way originally appeared on BGR.com on Tue, 3 Sep 2019 at 21:03:59 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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As annoying as email spam can be, Google does a reasonable job of filtering junk away from our inboxes. My spam folder may be overflowing, but at least it isn’t getting in the way of the real email I actually need to see. Unfortunately, when one door closes, scammers are always on the lookout for an open window, and they seem to have found one earlier this year in the form of Google Calendar, which is being used to spam countless users.

As Android Police reported in June, scammers have found a way to exploit one of the Google Calendar app’s default settings, allowing them to add events to your personal calendar without you having to accept the event invite. These “events” are typically just malicious links and misspelled messages about winning money.

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Google knows your Calendar is being spammed, and is working on a fix originally appeared on BGR.com on Tue, 3 Sep 2019 at 20:08:07 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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When a story involving Tesla’s Autopilot feature makes the news, it’s typically due to an accident or an offbeat video of a driver caught falling asleep at the wheel. Those incidents aside, the reality is that Tesla’s Autopilot has improved by leaps and bounds over the past few years. And though we’re seemingly still a long ways away from Level 5 autonomy becoming a mainstream feature, Tesla continues to roll out noticeable performance improvements with each passing year.

In light of that, a Tesla video from a few months ago is making the rounds yet again and is worth revisiting. The video shows a Tesla Model 3 in full self-driving mode handling all sorts of traffic situations as it cruises along a highway at speeds as high as 75 MPH. Notably, the video also shows the Model 3 handling off-ramps and on-ramps with relative ease.

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A popular rock-climbing destination in Utah, Castleton Tower dominates the surrounding landscape, standing nearly 400 feet tall like a stone skyscraper. It’s a gorgeous sight and, as researchers from the University of Utah just discovered, it is incredibly in tune with our planet.

Geologists from the school recently studied the massive stone pillar, using seismic sensors to better understand how the rock has withstood the forces of nature for so long. The tower, it turns out, vibrates in sync with the Earth, and it’s that resonance frequency that likely protects it from potentially devastating events such as moderate earthquakes.

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Massive rock pillar in Utah resonates with the Earth, can withstand quakes originally appeared on BGR.com on Tue, 3 Sep 2019 at 19:06:57 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Less than a month ago, Makan Delrahim — an assistant attorney general in the US Justice Department — said during a public event that “a couple dozen state attorneys general have expressed an interest” in going after big tech companies.

That now seems to have been something of an understatement, given a new report out today from The Washington Post, and confirmed by other sources, that a massive antitrust investigation of Google is set to be unveiled next week, on September 9th. This follows the Justice Dept.’s own announcement back in July of an antitrust review of big tech companies, including the search giant.

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Massive antitrust investigation of Google set to be announced next week originally appeared on BGR.com on Tue, 3 Sep 2019 at 18:35:46 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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