When Apple uncharacteristically warned investors that its holiday-quarter earnings would miss its earlier guidance by a substantial margin, we weren’t very surprised. Something that did surprise us, however, was how quick industry watchers were to accept Apple executives’ explanation that troubles in the China market were the root cause of slower than expected iPhone sales. We have no doubt that China played a role, but there are other factors at play here. The biggest problem with Apple’s latest iPhones isn’t China, it’s Apple’s latest iPhones.

After completely reimagining the iPhone in 2017 when Apple released its tenth-anniversary iPhone X, the company followed it up with what may be the most boring new iPhone lineup in the phone’s 11-year history. For the first time since the iPhone 3GS, Apple released an “S” series that didn’t introduce a single new marquee feature. The iPhone 4S had Touch ID, the iPhone 5s had Siri, and the iPhone 6s had 3D Touch. Meanwhile, the iPhone XS featured nothing more than a slight specs bump compared to the iPhone X, and the XS Max is merely a larger version of the same phone.

Despite all that, the XS line is still Apple’s most expensive iPhone line ever, with pricing that tops out at around $1,500. That’s exactly why Apple also introduced the slightly more affordable iPhone XR, but that model also lacks anything that might resemble a compelling new feature. Instead, it’s just a dumbed down version of the iPhone XS that comes in a few shiny colors. Thankfully, however, it appears as though Apple took the hint and it plans to introduce at least one exciting new feature on the upcoming iPhone 11.

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Key Apple supplier might’ve just leaked the iPhone 11’s most exciting new feature originally appeared on BGR.com on Tue, 12 Feb 2019 at 08:15:33 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We’re only a month and a half into 2019, but we’ve already seen a ton of terrific deals on various Instant Pot models. In fact, there are four impressive Instant Pot deals happening right now that we shared with you just yesterday. Out of everything we’ve seen so far this year though, there’s one deal that shines brighter than all the rest — and it just so happens that it’s still available right now. The Instant Pot DUO80 8 Qt 7-in-1 Multi- Use Programmable Pressure Cooker is the largest version of Instant Pot’s best-selling cooker, and it’s worth every penny at $140. Pick one up today on Amazon, however, and you’ll only pay $99.95!

Instant Pot DUO80 8 Qt 7-in-1 Multi- Use Programmable Pressure Cooker, Slow Cooker, Rice Cooke…: $99.95

Here are the bullet points from the product page:

• Duo 8 Quart, the number 1 selling multi-cooker, combines 7 kitchen appliances in 1, Pressure Cooker, Slow Cooker, Rice Cooker, Steamer, Sauté, Yogurt Marker and Warmer, prepares dishes up to 70% faster to support your busy lifestyle
• Features 14 Smart Programs – Soup, Meat/Stew, Bean/Chili, Poultry, Sauté/Simmer, Rice, Multigrain, Porridge, Steam, Slow Cook, Keep Warm, Yogurt, Manual, and Pressure Cook. Now, your favorite dishes are as easy as pressing a button
• Healthy, stainless steel (18/8) inner cooking pot made from food grade 304, no chemical coating, 3-ply bottom for even heat distribution, fully sealed environment traps the flavours, nutrients and aromas within the food
• Built with the latest 3rd generation technology, the microprocessor monitors pressure, temperature, keeps time, and adjusts heating intensity and duration to achieve your desired results every time
• UL and ULC certified with 10 safety mechanisms to provide you with added assurance, designed to eliminate many common errors
• Accessories include stainless steel steam rack with handles, rice paddle, soup spoon, measuring cup, condensation collector and recipe booklet
• Power supply: 120V – 60Hz

Instant Pot DUO80 8 Qt 7-in-1 Multi- Use Programmable Pressure Cooker, Slow Cooker, Rice Cooke…: $99.95

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This is definitely the best Instant Pot deal of 2019 so far originally appeared on BGR.com on Tue, 12 Feb 2019 at 07:52:11 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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With Valentine’s Day coming up, you have the perfect occasion of buying a couple of discounted new Pixel phones for you and your significant other, especially if you’re both fans of Google’s Pixel phones. That’s because Google has brought back its Pixel 3 buy-one-get-one-cheaper promotion, offering fans up to 50% on the second Pixel 3 or Pixel 3 XL purchase.

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New Google Pixel 3 BOGO deal saves you up to 50% on your second phone originally appeared on BGR.com on Tue, 12 Feb 2019 at 07:31:25 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We’ve come a long way, when it comes to the evolution of personal computers, but if you’ve started using a PC before the iPhone came out, then you’ve probably been trained to navigate laptops and desktops with the help of mouse (or trackpad) and take advantage by all the features associated with their buttons. “Right-clicking” is a gesture that many people are more than familiar with, and many apps take advantage of the extra menu that can be associated with the secondary mouse click. Gmail, sadly, wasn’t one of them until Monday, when Google announced some important updates for the right-click menu of the popular email app.

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Gmail is finally getting the ‘right-click’ features we’ve always wanted originally appeared on BGR.com on Tue, 12 Feb 2019 at 06:50:08 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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How can we best measure the largely negative impact mankind has had on the planet? Well, we can measure the increasingly dramatic global temperature spikes, observe the disappearance of arctic ice, or tally the number of species that have been pushed to extinction by human expansion. Those are all great data points that we should take as not-so-subtle hints that we need to do a better job, but insects might be giving us the most dire warning of all.

In a new study published in Biological Conservation, researchers looked at over 70 reports and surveys related to insect activity and decline dating back decades, and what they found is truly troubling.

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Widespread insect die-off could devastate ecosystems worldwide originally appeared on BGR.com on Mon, 11 Feb 2019 at 23:07:40 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Ahead of the press conference it has scheduled for February 24, one day before Mobile World Congress 2019 kicks off, Xiaomi has shared some deeper insight into what the company has been experimenting with around flexible displays and foldable smartphones. Insights that include how the China-based company is apparently still working through some of the technical challenges inherent in the double-folding smartphone with its three different form factors that the company has in the works, with Dutch blog LetsGoDigital reporting that Xiaomi is considering the possibility of calling it either the Xiaomi Dual Flex or the Xiaomi MIX Flex.

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These new renders of Xiaomi’s double-folding smartphone should worry Samsung originally appeared on BGR.com on Mon, 11 Feb 2019 at 22:05:27 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Mankind will be headed for Mars sooner or later, but planning an executing the first manned mission to another planet is obviously a complex and expensive endeavor. Mars One was one of the first and most ambitious attempts at getting a manned Mars mission off the ground. It was also terribly mismanaged, shortsighted, and possibly even fraudulent in nature. It is also now dead.

Mars One — which is broken into a confusing mishmash of a non-profit foundation and a for-profit company — gathered tens of millions of dollars from investors who saw promise in the company’s goal of creating a permanent Mars settlement. Needless to say, things didn’t work out.

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The worst Mars mission ever conceived is now dead originally appeared on BGR.com on Mon, 11 Feb 2019 at 21:03:01 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Amazon has apparently decided that Scotland will suffice as Middle Earth for the Lord of the Rings prequel series it’s developing — a series that will reportedly have the biggest budget in the history of television.

Location scouts on behalf of the company who dressed and acted like tourists, blending in to the local communities, were reportedly spotted last summer checking out sites like Dunskey Castle, Portpatrick, Callander in Perthshire and Balloch Castle Country Park near Loch Lomond. That’s according to Scottish newspaper The Daily Record, which quotes an “insider” as saying that “When Amazon people scouted locations, they didn’t make themselves known, acted as tourists and connected straight away with local communities.”

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Amazon’s ‘Lord of the Rings’ series is reportedly going to be filmed in Scotland originally appeared on BGR.com on Mon, 11 Feb 2019 at 20:08:10 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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A recent report said that Apple will launch the AirPods 2 this spring, and that the new wireless headphones will be more expensive than their predecessors. The report detailed the upcoming AirPower wireless charger as well, also set for a spring release, and offered an unexpected tidbit about the Mac line. Apparently, Apple is testing Macs with Face ID and touchscreen displays, although it’s unclear when these devices will launch, if ever.

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Apple reportedly testing Macs with Face ID and touchscreen displays originally appeared on BGR.com on Mon, 11 Feb 2019 at 19:06:01 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Although the internet will undoubtedly prove me wrong over the next few days, there doesn’t seems to be much else left to leak about the Galaxy S10 series. We know how many phones Samsung is set to unveil at its Unpacked event on February 20th, we know what those phones will look like, and we know how they’ll differ from their predecessors. But until the phones have been made official by Samsung, the leaks will continue to trickle in.

That’s exactly what happened over the weekend, as prolific leaker Evan Blass shared the highest quality renders we have seen to date of the S10, S10+, and S10E — all of which will be unveiled next week.

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Leaked Galaxy S10 renders give us our clearest look yet at the new phones originally appeared on BGR.com on Mon, 11 Feb 2019 at 18:35:12 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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