By now we all know that fried foods are not usually the best choice when it comes to healthy eating, but just how bad could they be? A new study aimed to answer that question, and it comes with some serious warnings about specific fried foods.

The study followed over 100,000 individuals — all postmenopausal women — from as early as 1993 through early 2017. The researchers surveyed the women who answered questions about their diets and the scientists kept tabs on their mortality rates. What they found was that fried chicken and fish were the foods most the foods most closely linked to early death.

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Fried chicken could put you in an early grave, study finds originally appeared on BGR.com on Sat, 26 Jan 2019 at 14:07:01 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Glass will probably own the box office for one more week, but if you’re looking for new flicks, we do have two new movies launching this week that should be on your radar: Serenity, featuring Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway, as well as a modern-day story of King Arthur called The Kid Who Would Be King.

As for new trailers, we have a few exciting new clips this week, including the new Pokemon Detective Pikachu trailer, a Shazam! teaser, a Netflix basketball flick, and a vile Zac Efron movie.

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‘Detective Pikachu’ and all the new trailers you need to watch this week originally appeared on BGR.com on Sat, 26 Jan 2019 at 12:05:19 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Earlier yesterday, a rumor surfaced claiming that T-Mobile would be rolling out a brand new ad-supported TV streaming service over the next few weeks. The rumor didn’t seem all that outrageous given previous reports that T-Mobile has been working on rolling out a skinny bundle of select TV channels.

While the rumored T-Mobile TV streaming service was a far cry from the revolutionary and “disruptive new TV service” T-Mobile CEO John Legere promised to roll out in 2018, it turns out that T-Mobile’s TV plans are even more uninspiring than we first thought.

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There’s no room for a T-Mobile streaming service in an already saturated market originally appeared on BGR.com on Sat, 26 Jan 2019 at 11:34:14 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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For $150, you can get yourself an awesome Philips Hue LightStrip plus that supports 16 million colors, smartphone or voice control, and compatibility with most popular smart home systems, as well as the Philips Hue Hub you’ll need to control it. Or for $30, you can get a MagicLight LED Strip Light that also supports 16 million colors, smartphone or voice control, and compatibility with most popular smart home systems. Oh, and it’s even longer than the Philips Hue version and doesn’t even need a hub!

MagicLight LED Strip Lights, WiFi Wireless Smart Phone Controlled Light Strip Kit 16.4ft 150led…: $29.95

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• Compatible with Alexa & Google Assistant: Voice Control Your MagicLight WiFi Strip Light with Amazon Echo or Echo Dot and Google Assistant.
• Works with IOS/Android: Personalize Your Lights to Match Your Mood, Control it Remotely When You are not at Home, DIY Your Lights Depending on Various Events by Connecting it to IFTTT.
• Various Modes: Color Palette, Group Control, Music Mode, Timer, Dimmable, MIC Function, DIY Mode, Scene Mode …It is great for holidays and events like Christmas, Halloween, Parties etc.
• Applications: Showcase, Residential, Office, Hotel, Shop, TV Backlighting, Exhibition Room, Landscaping, Indoor, Dining Room, Bed Room, Upstairs, Kitchen, Porch, Desk, and Living Room etc.
• What You Get: 12V UL Listed Transformer + 16.4Ft 150LEDs IP65 Flexible RGB Strip Light + WiFi Control Box with 24Key Remote. 30-Day Money-Back Guarantee for Any Reason + 18 Month Warranty for Quality-Related Issues.

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You can get 3 of these LED light strips for the price of one Philips Hue LightStrip Plus originally appeared on BGR.com on Sat, 26 Jan 2019 at 10:34:28 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Spotify has officially acknowledged a curious phenomenon that’s manifested itself recently across the streaming music service’s platform. Fake artists and bands with strange names — and practically no Internet presence at all — have been showing up on legitimate Spotify user playlists. And, presumably, getting legitimate streaming revenue when their fake songs get played.

The bands that are putting a digital, streaming spin on that old bit of wisdom about faking it till you make it include acts like Bergenulo Five, DJ Bruej and Bratte Night. A BBC investigation found that the Bergenulo Five had racked up almost 60,000 track streams, and there seems to be a common thread with so-called “mysterycore” bands like these — songs that have basically no lyrics, minimalist song titles and barebones cover art.

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No one knows why non-existent bands have started showing up on Spotify playlists originally appeared on BGR.com on Sat, 26 Jan 2019 at 09:33:05 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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With Super Bowl 53 now just a week and a day away, Amazon decided to surprise us all with one last big sale before the big game. Tons of different products from the company’s Fire TV lineup are discounted right now, including the Fire TV Cube (lowest price yet), Fire TV Recast (lowest price yet), and Insignia 39-inch Smart HDTV – Fire TV Edition. Amazon’s new upgraded Alexa Voice Remote is even on sale for the first time ever, so you can upgrade your older Fire TV device for just $15.

But if there’s one deal that shines brighter than all the rest, it’s Amazon’s discount on the insanely popular Fire TV Stick 4K with all-new Alexa Voice Remote. This newer model adds 4K Ultra HD, Dolby Vision, HDR, and HDR10+ support to the features found in the cheaper Fire TV Stick, but you can snag one for the same low price while they’re on sale right now!

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

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• The most powerful 4K streaming media stick with a new Wi-Fi antenna design optimized for 4K Ultra HD streaming, with more storage for apps and games than any other 4K streaming media stick.
• Launch and control content with the all-new Alexa Voice Remote. Watch favorites from Netflix, Prime Video, Hulu, STARZ, SHOWTIME, or CBS All Access, plus stream for free with Pluto TV, IMDb Freedive, 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.
• Choose from 500,000 movies and TV episodes. Watch favorites from Netflix, Prime Video, Hulu, STARZ, SHOWTIME, CBS All Access, and others.
• Experience tens of thousands of channels, apps, and Alexa skills, plus millions of websites like YouTube, 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.
• No cable or satellite? No problem. Watch live TV and sports with subscriptions to Hulu and PlayStation Vue.

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

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Amazon’s Fire TV Stick 4K is down to the same price as the Fire TV Stick for Super Bowl 53 originally appeared on BGR.com on Sat, 26 Jan 2019 at 08:12:20 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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NASA’s 2019 started off with a bang as its New Horizons probe zipped by the most distant object mankind has ever tried to visit, a strange space rock known as Ultima Thule. Scientists quickly discovered that Ultima Thule isn’t one object, but two, making it the first contact binary ever studied in such detail.

Now, as NASA continues to gather more data from the flyby, the New Horizons team has revealed the most detailed glimpse yet of Ultima Thule, and it’s a real stunner.

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NASA reveals best-yet image of twin space rocks Ultima Thule originally appeared on BGR.com on Fri, 25 Jan 2019 at 23:07:17 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Do we finally have a sense of why so many key Facebook leaders, particularly co-founders of the myriad products that comprise its suite of apps, have left the company over the last year or so? Maybe, if today’s huge news revealed by The New York Times — about the company’s ambition via a directive from Mark Zuckerberg to integrate all of its messaging services — is any indication. Apparently, Zuckerberg wants to not only make the backend more cohesive for products including WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger. He also wants to make it possible for a Facebook user to start chatting with, say, someone on Instagram who may not even have a Facebook account.

One California congressman, however, is not having it. U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna, a Democrat, took to social media today to blast the social networking giant over the fact that it owns Instagram at all. The company never should have been allowed by antitrust officials to buy Instagram in the first place, Khanna argued, adding that its ownership of the photo-sharing site still raises antitrust concerns in his mind today.

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Congressman: The world would be better off if Facebook didn’t buy Instagram originally appeared on BGR.com on Fri, 25 Jan 2019 at 22:05:44 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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When Apollo 11 astronauts returned from the Moon and handed over the first samples of lunar material ever gathered by human hands it was a monumental moment for NASA and humanity as a whole. It would have been impossible for the astronauts to predict that one of their more mundane pieces of equipment would become the subject of a hefty lawsuit almost half a century later.

Nancy Lee Carlson was the previous owner of a lunar sample return bag that was used during the Apollo 11 mission to carry moon rocks and dust. The bag has an incredible history, and not just because it visited the Moon. As CollectSpace reports, Carlson now alleges that NASA owes her money over damage to the bag.

Buckle up, because this is one very odd story.

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NASA is now being sued by the owner of an Apollo 11 lunar sample bag originally appeared on BGR.com on Fri, 25 Jan 2019 at 21:03:35 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Samsung’s Unpacked 2019 event is fast approaching, and there’s starting to be speculation the company may launch a couple of additional products at that time. Specifically, a new Galaxy Fit fitness tracker as well as wireless earbuds.

This news comes after a variety of sites spotted model registrations for two Galaxy Fit variants, both with Bluetooth 5.0 support. Per SamMobile, one is designated as simply ‘Galaxy Fit,’ while the other is listed as ‘Galaxy Fit e’ — and while it’s not clear what the extra letter means, one guess is that it reflects eSIM support. Also, both models will apparently come in black, silver, yellow and white.

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Samsung is apparently preparing to launch a fitness tracker and earbuds soon originally appeared on BGR.com on Fri, 25 Jan 2019 at 20:08:39 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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