You’ve spent the past few weeks shopping for gifts for other people and now it’s time to snag a great gift for yourself. The Fire TV Stick is Amazon’s best-selling Fire TV device of all time for one simple reason: it’s super affordable at $39.99. But what if we told you there’s a sale right now on Amazon that’ll get you a much more powerful media streaming device for that very same price? Amazon is running a limited-quantity sale on the Certified Refurbished Fire TV with 4K Ultra HD and Alexa Voice Remote that drops the price down to $39.99, the very same price you’d pay for a Fire TV Stick. This is a killer deal and it won’t last long, so grab one while you still can.

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Here are the highlights from the product page:

• A Certified Refurbished Fire TV with with 4K Ultra HD and Alexa Voice Remote is refurbished, tested, and certified to look and work like new.
• Experience true-to-life picture quality in 4K Ultra HD and HDR.
• 40% more powerful than Fire TV Stick—an ultra-fast quad-core processor delivers an even smoother, more responsive experience.
• Now supports Dolby Atmos audio—feel scenes come to life in three dimensions.
• Access 500,000+ movies and TV episodes from popular channels and apps including Netflix, Prime Video, Hulu, HBO, SHOWTIME, NBC, and more.
• Do more with Alexa—find and control content, play music, check movie showtimes, order a pizza, and more. Just press and ask using your Alexa Voice Remote or pair an Echo device for hands-free control.
• Navigate millions of websites such as YouTube, Facebook, and Reddit with browsers like Silk and Firefox.
• Amazon Prime members get unlimited access to thousands of movies and TV episodes, plus ad-free listening to millions of songs with Prime Music.
• No cable or satellite? No problem. Watch live TV and sports with subscriptions to Hulu, PlayStation Vue, and Sling TV.

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You can get a 4K Fire TV today on Amazon for the same price as a Fire TV Stick originally appeared on BGR.com on Fri, 7 Dec 2018 at 07:56:53 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The Galaxy S10 series is several months away from being official, but the phone is already in production, various reports said, which means Samsung has already finalized the phone’s design. We saw a bunch of Galaxy S10 renders in previous leaks, some based on recent rumors, and others created with the help of allegedly leaked CAD designs. It’s all par for the course for a new Samsung phone, as the Korean smartphone maker has never kept new flagship devices secret for too long. But now we may have an even better thing for you, a photo that might give us our first look at the Galaxy S10+.

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This might be our first look at the Galaxy S10+ and its triple-lens camera originally appeared on BGR.com on Fri, 7 Dec 2018 at 07:31:01 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The third day of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Technology Summit brought us one other major announcement from the chipmaker, following the 5G innovations and the 7nm Snapdragon 855 processor that were unveiled earlier this week. Qualcomm unveiled the world’s first 7nm PC platform that will power Windows laptops in the near future. Qualcomm previously used the Snapdragon 835 platform for the first ARM Windows 10 laptops and launched a successor earlier this year, the Snapdragon 850. The new Snapdragon 8cx is supposed to be even more powerful than that and deliver an even better overall Windows experience.

The new platform doesn’t have a regular number as we would have expected — earlier this year we heard that a Snapdragon 1000 CPU would power future laptops. Instead, the “X” in the name stands for “extreme,” an indication that the chip is supposed to deliver an even better performance than previous Qualcomm powered laptops and 2-in-1s convertibles.

Qualcomm did manage to beat Intel to launching a 7nm chip for computers, which is no small feat. The Snapdragon 8cx packs an octa-core chip featuring the new Kryo 495 CPU and a brand new Adreno 680 graphics processing unit that can support two 4K monitors at the same time. On top of that, support for 2Gbps LTE connectivity is also built into the platform. That’s still going to be 4G connectivity rather than 5G, as the Snapdragon 8cx platform doesn’t include the brand new X50 5G modem.

When it comes to RAM, the new platform supports up to 16GB of fast LPDDR4x RAM as well as NVMe SSDs. Snapdragon 8cx computers will be able to support Windows 10 enterprise customers, Qualcomm says.

Other features include “multi-day battery life,” which is thanks to the new 7nm chip than only needs 7 watts of power. The processor should be about as powerful as a 15-watt Intel U processor, and twice as fast as some 7-watt Intel chips. Snapdragon 8cx laptops will also support UBS-C quick charging via Qualcomm’s proprietary Quick Charge 4+ tech, as well as USB 3.1 Gen 2 connectivity.

The new Qualcomm processor for Windows devices does sound exciting, but the company did not reveal which PC makers will launch Snapdragon 8cx computers next year. That said, with CES 2019 and MWC 2019 on the way, it’s likely that several big names in the business will unveil more Qualcomm-powered laptops.

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Qualcomm just announced the ‘world’s first’ 7nm processor for Windows 10 laptops originally appeared on BGR.com on Fri, 7 Dec 2018 at 06:50:26 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We’re all happy for the hard-working developers, composers, designers, and content creators who walked away with trophies at The Game Awards tonight, but if we’re being totally honest, the reason that many of us tuned in was to see all the world premiere trailer and announcements that Geoff Keighley wrangled for the event.

Needless to say, the show outdid itself again with an eye-popping number of shocking reveals (many of which didn’t leak before the show!), and while this isn’t quite all of them, we’ve rounded up the best below.

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The 16 biggest trailers and announcements from The Game Awards 2018 originally appeared on BGR.com on Thu, 6 Dec 2018 at 23:52:06 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Hubble consistently delivers gorgeous images of the cosmos as its handlers point it at distant galaxies and star clusters, but its imaging capabilities weren’t always so breathtaking. The telescope was launched way back in early 1990, and for the first few years of its life, it severely underperformed its high expectations.

You see, a flaw in the telescope’s mirror led many of its images to come out blurry, and it wasn’t until the lens was in orbit that scientists realized just how bad it was. In 1993, NASA decided to fix it, and now, as the agency celebrates the 25th anniversary of the first Hubble servicing mission, we can look back and see how well they did.

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Just look at how much better Hubble’s photos look after it was serviced originally appeared on BGR.com on Thu, 6 Dec 2018 at 23:07:59 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Verizon has announced today an expansion of sorts related to the discounted plans it already offers government agencies. Now, the carrier is taking that benefit and applying it to the personal phone plans of first responders, who can sign up for special plans from the company.

The discounted plans are available to both current and retired first responders as well as volunteers who will now be able to save more on their personal Verizon Unlimited plans. Starting today, according to the carrier, those customers can sign up for a Go Unlimited plan for just 30 bucks per line per month for four lines when they enroll in Auto Pay. That represents a savings of $40 per month. Those first responders can also save more on all Verizon Unlimited consumer plans in order to stay connected with family — they can get $15 off one line, $35 off two lines and $40 off three or more lines.

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Verizon gives first responders a discount (after throttling some firefighters’ plans) originally appeared on BGR.com on Thu, 6 Dec 2018 at 22:05:42 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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When the Apple Watch first hit store shelves, the device was positioned as something of a fashion accessory. This was clearly evident by Apple’s marketing efforts at the time, not to mention the $17,000 Apple Watch Edition which was clearly designed to compete with high-end timepieces.

A few years later, a lot has changed. Not only is the Apple Watch Edition nothing more than a memory, the Apple Watch has evolved into a potent and capable lifestyle. Indeed, the focus of the Apple Watch user experience has shifted and is now centered strongly on health and fitness features. In turn, we’ve seen quite a few stories over the past few years involving the heart sensor on the Apple Watch quite literally saving lives.

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New Apple ads show how the Apple Watch has helped save lives originally appeared on BGR.com on Thu, 6 Dec 2018 at 20:39:30 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Deep within a citadel in the ancient city of Los Angeles, an order of maesters that operate a library for the Writers Guild of America West preserves a special collection of texts. These texts are the scripts from the seven seasons of HBO’s hit fantasy epic Game of Thrones, and while they’ve been tucked away there on the first floor of that library in LA for some time now, the fascinating insights they offer in the form of script notes has in recent days been making the rounds online.

Indeed, the wealth of knowledge GoT fans may not have even been aware of until now is deep and fascinating, and it includes a ton of easter eggs, hitherto unknown revelations, and secrets that had only been speculated about before. One example involves a dramatic scene towards the end of the show’s seventh season, which concluded by leaving us with quite a gap to deal with before things pick back up in April for the eighth and final season.

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‘Game of Thrones’ script notes prove Tyrion really is in love with Daenerys originally appeared on BGR.com on Thu, 6 Dec 2018 at 20:08:58 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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While they may not have the clout of the Emmys or the Oscars (yet), the Game Awards have become the preeminent show for celebrating the best video games, developers, and esports teams of the year. Produced and hosted by Geoff Keighley, the annual awards ceremony is now in its fifth year, and as in previous years, the show will be packed with exclusive world premieres, as well as an eclectic group of presenters and performers.

You can watch the show on virtually any device you own, from your phone to your tablet to your PC to your TV. We’ve embedded the official YouTube stream in this post, but if you want to watch it on a larger screen, you have that option. The stream officially begins at 5:30 PM PT / 8:30 PM ET on Thursday, December 6th.

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The Game Awards 2018: How to watch, what to expect, and all the nominees originally appeared on BGR.com on Thu, 6 Dec 2018 at 19:37:19 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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A juicy new tidbit has been discovered as part of the massive hack of Marriott we told you about just a week ago that included an unauthorized party gaining access to the hotel’s Starwood guest reservation database in September.

According to a Reuters report, we may know who was behind the hack. Three sources claim that private investigators found clues suggesting that the hack was a Chinese government intelligence-gathering operation.

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Report: Chinese intelligence operation behind Marriott hack originally appeared on BGR.com on Thu, 6 Dec 2018 at 19:06:19 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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