He’s referred to it as the “most painful” year of his career.

Over the course of 2018, Tesla co-founder Elon Musk’s personal and professional life careened from the trappings of celebrity to raising eyebrows for appearing to smoke weed during an interview to getting sued by federal regulators and using his Twitter account to go on rants and skewer critics. All, of course, while continuing to run his electric car company, space venture, build underground tunnels and much more.

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Never have I felt so foolish for leaving the South and moving to New York than I do today. In an act of what can only be described as true bravery, KFC this week revealed its new Cheetos Sandwich, which is, as you might have worked out from the image atop this article, a crispy chicken sandwich stuffed with Cheetos.

Available at select KFC restaurants in Greensboro and Raleigh, North Carolina; Roanoke and Richmond, Virginia; and Greenville, Georgia, the Cheetos Sandwich is a Southern exclusive for the time being. When or if it will expand its cheesy reach remains to be seen, but for now, know that the rest of us are all very jealous.

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KFC is testing a Cheetos fried chicken sandwich, but only in a few lucky states originally appeared on BGR.com on Wed, 30 Jan 2019 at 21:03:46 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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While you’re watching SpaceX send rockets into space over and over again, it can be easy to forget that the company is really still just a startup. As such, it’s still working out the kinks in its operations, and one of the kinks it just can’t seem to iron out is its repeated failures to catch and reuse a portion of their rocket called the fairing.

The fairing is a piece that forms the nosecone of the rocket, and it’s not particularly cheap. SpaceX boss Elon Musk is determined to figure out a way to catch the nosecone before it slams into the ocean so that it can be reused at a later date, but in a newly-published video it’s clear that SpaceX has once again come up short.

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SpaceX just can’t catch its rocket nosecones, no matter how hard it tries originally appeared on BGR.com on Wed, 30 Jan 2019 at 20:08:45 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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A wild, if not disturbing, video that originally surfaced on Jalopnik shows a Tesla Model X owner taking a full-on snooze while his car drives down the highway. Tesla’s Autopilot feature is of course activated but it’s clearly not designed to let people fall asleep at the wheel. If anything, the Tesla driver in the video is so relaxed that he’s not even at the wheel; he’s full-on reclining.

The Model X in question was reportedly on a highway headed to Las Vegas and thankfully didn’t get into any type of serious crash. Indeed, there have been cases where Tesla vehicles on Autopilot get into serious crashes even with a fully alert and attentive driver. Tesla, to its credit, began implementing safety measures around its Autopilot feature in response to Tesla owners abusing the feature in downright dangerous ways. In one widely circulated video that has since been removed from YouTube, a Model S owner a few years ago turned on Autopilot and actually went into the backseat while the Tesla handled all the driving.

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Tesla Model X owner caught sleeping on the highway with Autopilot turned on originally appeared on BGR.com on Wed, 30 Jan 2019 at 19:06:32 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Two Chinese smartphone vendors last week unveiled two devices that offer designs that aren’t available from Apple or Samsung, as well as features that the iPhone XS or upcoming Galaxy S10 don’t have. These are the Meizu Zero and the Vivo Apex 2019 — both concept devices meant to highlight what the smartphones of our dreams may look like in the not too distant future.

These designs, however, make several compromises, which explains why they’re not necessarily useful right now. That’s why neither Meizu nor Vivo announced plans to mass-produce the handsets. However, the former is ready to manufacture the phone… if you’re willing to pay the price in advance.

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The first phone in the world with no buttons or ports is up for preorder originally appeared on BGR.com on Wed, 30 Jan 2019 at 18:35:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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That’s all, folks. After next month, Sony will stop giving away PS3 and PS Vita games as part of its monthly Instant Game Collection. The company first announced this change last February, but a year later, the time has come. The good news is that they’re going out with a bang, as Divekick and Metal Gear Solid 4 are the two (fantastic) games being given away for free in February (along with Gunhouse and Rogue Aces on PS Vita).

Sony also announced that cloud storage space for game saves will be expanded from 10GB to 100GB for all PS Plus subscribers. I’m not sure if anyone actually needs 100GB for their saves, but it’s a nice perk. And as for the free PS4 games, anyone who hasn’t played the first season of Hitman should get it ASAP.

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PlayStation Plus free games for February 2019 originally appeared on BGR.com on Wed, 30 Jan 2019 at 18:04:24 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The Hubble Space Telescope has produced some of the most stunning glimpses of distant objects mankind has ever laid eyes on, but one particular image has repeatedly wowed researchers and continues to yield new discoveries.

It’s a composite image of an area of space known as the Hubble Ultra-Deep Field, and it took hundreds of hours to produce using the telescope’s Wide Field Camera 3. The observations revealed ancient galaxies dating as far back as 13.2 billion years, and it’s the “deepest” image of space that exists. Now, a new effort to mine the original images for additional detail has resulted in an even deeper look into that area of space.

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Scientists create the deepest space image ever by mining Hubble images for new light originally appeared on BGR.com on Wed, 30 Jan 2019 at 17:30:28 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The day after Apple released its earnings for the most recent holiday quarter — which, among other things, underscored how much the company is continuing to orient itself around its myriad services like Apple Music — the iPhone maker released word of a new services-related partnership that’s about to get under way.

Apple and American Airlines have teamed up to offer fliers free access via in-flight Wi-Fi to the more than 50 million songs available through Apple Music, which comes at an interesting time for both companies.

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If you’ve cut the cord just like a whooooooole lot of other households in the United States, you’re undoubtedly thrilled at the fact that you’re saving so much money each month. Of course there are also probably a few things that you’re not so thrilled about, and losing your cable company’s DVR is likely near the top of the list. What you might not realize though, is that there are DVRs built specifically for cord cutters, and they work with OTA TV. Amazon makes what most people agree to be the best of the bunch — the Fire TV Recast — and it’s on sale right now at its best price yet.

Fire TV Recast, over-the-air DVR, 500 GB, 75 hours: $189.99

Fire TV Recast, over-the-air DVR, 1 TB, 150 hours: $229.99

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

• Fire TV Recast is a DVR that lets you watch and record over-the-air TV at home with Fire TV or Echo Show, or on-the-go with a compatible mobile device—with no monthly fees.
• Watch and record live sports, local news, late night shows, and other can’t miss TV from channels available through an HD antenna (sold separately) like ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, PBS, and The CW.
• With 2 tuners, you can record up to 2 shows at once. Plus, store up to 75 hours of HD programming.
• With 4 tuners, you can record up to 4 shows at once. Plus, store up to 150 hours of HD programming.
• With a compatible Alexa-enabled device, you can use your voice to search for shows, open and control the channel guide, manage and schedule recordings, and help with other requests. Say things like “Alexa, open Channel Guide” or “Alexa, record ‘Riverdale.’”
• Fire TV Recast delivers the most reliable video streams over Wi-Fi of any over-the-air DVR.

Fire TV Recast, over-the-air DVR, 500 GB, 75 hours: $189.99

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A new report from Bloomberg reveals that Apple’s 2020 iPhone lineup may include advanced 3D cameras as part of an ongoing effort to push the envelope with respect to augmented reality and mobile photography.

The report claims that 3D cameras on the device will enable users to create “three-dimensional reconstructions of the real world” at a distance of up to 15 feet. With advanced cameras in tow, and naturally accompanied by advanced software, the rumored camera scheme will provide users with incredibly accurate depth maps, improved camera quality, and open up an intriguing number of use-case scenarios.

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Bloomberg: Upcoming iPhones will take augmented reality and mobile photography to the next level originally appeared on BGR.com on Wed, 30 Jan 2019 at 16:20:14 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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