Apple is the best when it comes to keeping smartphone secrets, but every new iPhone leaks in some capacity. It’s not as bad as Google’s Pixel 3 and 4, or every Galaxy S and Note phone that launched in the past few years, but the newest iPhone is featured in plenty of reports in the months leading to its announcement — and who can forget the whole iPhone 4 leak from a few years ago, when Apple lost a prototype of the handset? Still, Apple can keep plenty of new iPhone details under wraps for a longer time thanks to an entire culture of secrecy, as well as a security team that enforces it. This year, however, things may go a little differently than usual, a new report says, and it’s all because of an unforeseen 2020 event.

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How coronavirus might lead to major iPhone 12 leaks originally appeared on BGR.com on Wed, 26 Feb 2020 at 07:31:36 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The Galaxy S20 series is available for preorder in several markets, and you can already test it out in stores, if you need hands-on experience with a new phone before buying it. That means you can feel for yourself the new design, test the cameras, and check out the 120Hz refresh rate, a signature Galaxy S20 feature that should make improve your entire Android experience. What you won’t be able to see in stores is battery life, and, specifically, whether the 120Hz screen will have a significant impact on it. Others, however, were able to put the S20 through battery tests, and the first Galaxy S20 Ultra battery tests are already here. Yes, the 120Hz screen will consume a lot of battery juice, but you shouldn’t even worry about it.

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Galaxy S20’s best feature is a big drain on the battery, but it’s totally worth it originally appeared on BGR.com on Wed, 26 Feb 2020 at 06:50:51 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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One of the things that might stand out to the average reader when checking out all the various credit card products we cover here from time to time are the often byzantine-sounding rules and features associated with the cards. It’s not usually stressed amid the coverage here and elsewhere of these kinds of rewards credit cards, but the terms and features can certainly seem downright daunting to a lot of people who don’t have the time or patience to sit down and study all the different ways they can use and get value out of the most feature-rich rewards cards. Keeping track of points and miles, remembering all the specific perks you can enjoy on flights, understanding the travel protections and so much more that come with a card — who has time for it?

Luckily, plenty of card issuers offer at least one benefit that’s much simpler and easier to understand. Today, we’re going to take a look at some of the top cash-back credit cards on the market today. They include:

• Wells Fargo Propel American Express® card: Perfect for travel
• Citi® Double Cash Card: Best for flat-rate cash back
• Capital One® Savor® Cash Rewards Credit Card: Especially tailored for dining and entertainment rewards
• Blue Cash Preferred® Card from American Express: Best for gas and groceries

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The great thing about these credit cards is you can make money just by using them originally appeared on BGR.com on Wed, 26 Feb 2020 at 02:23:11 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Here’s one of those bits of news that’s going to make a rock-ribbed portion of you out there shake your head in disgust and wag your finger as a result of once again having deeply-held beliefs confirmed. The other half of you will no doubt read this and greet it with a barely enthused shrug of the shoulders. Are you ready? Here goes:

Apple is apparently so conscious of how its brand is portrayed in pop culture, that it has an actual agreement for movie directors stipulating that, no, you may not allow the bad guy in your production to use an iPhone. Give him an Android, whatever other handset you want — but, by god, one of our immaculate, sleek phones better not come anywhere near his evil fingers in your movie.

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Apple won’t let the bad guy in movies use an iPhone, director reveals originally appeared on BGR.com on Wed, 26 Feb 2020 at 00:55:36 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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For a couple of months now, the nearby star known as Betelgeuse has been acting rather strange. At first, the star appeared to be getting very dim, hinting at the possibility that the Red Giant may soon collapse and explode into a supernova. Not everyone believed the star was nearing its final act, but its strange behavior had plenty of scientists questioning how things would pan out.

The next chapter came earlier this month when observations of the star revealed that only part of it was actually dimming. The star’s glow was taking on a sort of crescent shape, raising the possibility that its surface was just acting weird and that the star wasn’t actually approaching a supernova event. Now, new observations are pushing the supernova theory even farther out the window, and it now appears the star isn’t actually at risk of going supernova.

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Supernova dreams crushed as Betelgeuse starts brightening again originally appeared on BGR.com on Wed, 26 Feb 2020 at 00:16:09 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It’s been a pretty surreal, vaguely dystopian scene in downtown San Francisco over the past couple of weeks as filming continues on the set of Matrix 4, with area residents routinely greeted to terrifying sights that have by now become commonplace. Things like low-flying helicopters, simulated gunfire, heart-pounding explosions, movie stars visible amid the rubble, and so much more.

As filming winds down in San Francisco before the crews and actors prepare to move on to new locations in the coming days, some of the most dramatic set footage yet has emerged from fans and area residents pretty gobsmacked by what they’re seeing. Indeed, recent days have included the sight of ominous-looking helicopters hovering low to the ground, explosions that have flipped and wrecked cars, and even heat from those explosions that have melted nearby street lamps. “We just saw the plastic that was all melted, so we didn’t know what was going on,” Encar Orozco of JCDecaux street furniture told one local news outlet. “We called our manager and we found out that it was some explosion for the movie.”

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‘The Matrix 4′ filming winds down in San Francisco with explosions, wrecked cars, and melted lamps originally appeared on BGR.com on Tue, 25 Feb 2020 at 23:14:43 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Earth has an incredible diversity of animal life. It comes in all shapes and sizes, and lives in just about every type of environment our planet has to offer. There are, however, a number of things that all animal life has in common. Now, according to a new paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, there’s one fewer thing on that list: breathing.

In the paper, an international team of scientists reveals the discovery of a microscopic animal that has no mitochondrial DNA, which means it doesn’t need to breathe in order to stay alive. Woah.

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This animal doesn’t breathe, and it’s a first for science originally appeared on BGR.com on Tue, 25 Feb 2020 at 22:12:56 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The Moto Z3 was Motorola’s latest phone that might be considered a flagship, though its specs couldn’t exactly compete with other top Android vendors. That changed early last year with the help of a 5G Moto Mod, which packed both the 5G antenna and modem required to make 5G possible as well as a Snapdragon 855 processor — the same CPU that powered many of last year’s Android flagships.

The resulting contraption, however, was a huge device that didn’t have much going for it in the looks department. This year, however, Motorola will launch a true flagship that will not only deliver great design, but will also sport specs akin to what’s available on the Galaxy S20 and other 2020 Android flagships.

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Motorola’s next flagship phone already sounds more exciting than the Moto Z3 ever was originally appeared on BGR.com on Tue, 25 Feb 2020 at 21:10:42 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Fears over a larger global spread of the coronavirus and its disease COVID-19 show no signs of slowing. Global economies are beginning to feel the pinch and even the 2020 Tokyo Olympics faces a possible cancellation. With all this going on, scientists have been working feverishly in the background to develop countermeasures to combat the virus, and one US biotech company says it might have the answer.

As the Wall Street Journal reports, the firm called Moderna announced that it has developed a coronavirus vaccine that will soon be ready for human testing. The company, which produced the vaccine at its facilities in Massachusettes, has already provided the US government with samples for additional study.

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The first coronavirus vaccine is ready for human testing originally appeared on BGR.com on Tue, 25 Feb 2020 at 20:08:37 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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This year marks the 15th anniversary of the launch of Google Maps, and I have to say right off the bat that I’m certainly surprised at how much I’ve come to rely on the iOS version of the app far more than Apple’s own native map product over the years — and not just to help me navigate from one point to another, either. Like more than 1 billion other people around the world, I now depend on Google Maps for everything from directions to simply obtaining more insight into the world around me, via everything from opening up a business’ “page” within Maps to quickly place a call right from it, to check hours of operation, see what’s around me, share ETAs with friends and loved ones, and so much more.

In honor of reaching such an auspicious milestone in 2020, Google has unveiled a huge new update for the service that includes a new look (complete with a new mobile app icon) as well as a slew of new features baked into the product itself. Here’s a rundown of everything that’s new in the Android and iOS versions of Google Maps, including the five new tabs you should have access to by now that will open up so much more Google Maps functionality for you. They’re named Explore, Commute, Saved, Contribute and Updates.

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Every cool new Google Maps feature you should know about after this month’s huge update originally appeared on BGR.com on Tue, 25 Feb 2020 at 19:37:49 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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