A lot of “wireless” tech inside practically any smart device that’s currently available in stores, but there’s still one magical wireless feature that’s still not widely available. We connect wirelessly to Wi-Fi and cellular networks. Bluetooth and NFC are also wireless technologies that allow us to transmit information across short distances. And we can recharge devices wirelessly, as long as we place them on wireless-charging surfaces that are hooked up to a power outlet via a wire. True, long-distance, wireless charging is the next big thing that we expect from device makers, something that will forever fix battery life worries. It may be a while until an iPhone’s battery can be recharged wirelessly from across the room, but the time has come to do that with other devices that you might be more than familiar with, including Amazon’s Echo Dot and Google’s Home Mini smart speakers.

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BGR Top Deals:

1. It’s true: Bose makes a sound bar you can actually afford
2. Amazon’s massive Black Friday sale officially starts right now

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Crazy next-gen accessory lets you wirelessly charge an Echo Dot from across the room originally appeared on BGR.com on Fri, 16 Nov 2018 at 08:00:46 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Ladies and gentlemen, the moment you’ve been waiting for has finally arrived: Amazon’s huge Black Friday 2018 sale has begun! Amazon is offering thousands upon thousands of killer Black Friday deals starting right now, and we’re actually quite impressed with the sales we’re seeing right out of the gate. Some examples of today’s top Black Friday deals include $250 Sony noise cancelling headphones as good as Bose for just $113, SanDisk’s Ultra 128GB microSD card for under $22 (an all-time low!), Blink home security camera bundles with insane 2-year battery life at their lowest prices ever, deep discounts on LG 4K TVs, half off a Nespresso VertuoPlus Coffee and Espresso Maker Bundle, and so much more.

You can shop Amazon’s massive Black Friday sale right here on the Amazon site.

In addition to all the deals noted above, here’s the master list of Amazon device deals that are already live now, or that will become available over the course of the next week.

• Available Now
  • Echo Sub Bundle with 2 Echo (2^nd Gen) Devices is $80 off—just $249.97
  • Echo Sub Bundles with 2 All-New Echo Plus Devices is $100 off—just $329.97
  • Fire TV Stick Bundle with Echo Dot (2^nd Gen) is $40 off—just $39.98
  • Buy Three All-New Echo Dot and save $80—Just $69.97
  • Buy three Echo Dot Kids Edition devices is $110 off—just $99.97
  • Buy Two All-New Echo Show and save $120—just $339.98
  • Buy Two Echo Spot and save $100—just $159.98
  • Fire 7 Kids Edition tablet is $30 off—just $69.99; or save $80 when you buy two—just $119.98 (Buy 1 for $69.99, or Buy 2 for $119.98)
  • All-New Fire HD 8 Kids Edition tablet is $40 off—just $89.99; or save $110 when you buy two—just $149.98 (Buy 1 for $89.99, or Buy 2 for $149.98)
  • Fire HD 10 tablet with Alexa Hands-Free is $50 off—just $99.99
  • Fire HD 10 tablet and Show Mode Dock bundle $59.99 off—just $144.99
  • Show Mode Doc for Fire HD 10 is $10 off—just $44.99
  • Fire HD 10 Kids Edition tablet is $50 off—just $149.99; or save $150 when you buy two—just $249.98 (Buy 1 for $149.99, or Buy 2 for $249.98)
  • Ring Starter Kit with 1 Motion Sensor and 2 Contact Sensors will be $80 off—just $188.98
  • Blink Indoor 1 Cam System will be $33 off—just $66.99
  • Blink Indoor 2 Cam System will be $56 off—just $113.99
  • Blink Indoor 3 Cam System will be $76 off—just $153.99
  • Blink Indoor 5 Cam System will be $116 off—just $233.99
  • Blink Indoor Add-On Cam will be $18 off—just $71.99
• Starting November 18
  • Fire TV Stick with Alexa Voice Remote will be $15 off—only $24.99
  • Fire TV Stick 4K with all-new Alexa Voice Remote is $15 off—only $34.99
  • Fire TV Cube with Far-Field Voice Control and 4K UHD/HDR is $60 off—just $59.99
  • Fire TV Recast 500 GB with two tuners will be $50 off—just $179.99; or save an additional $10 on the Fire TV Recast 1 TB with four tuners—just $219.99
• Starting November 21
  • Blink XT 1-cam system is $51 off—only $78.99
  • Blink XT 2-cam System will be $80 off—just $149.99
  • Blink XT 3-cam system will be $90 off—just $229.99
  • Blink XT 5-cam system will be $150 off—just $349.99
  • Blink XT Add-On Cam will be $24 off—just $95.99
• Starting November 22
  • Echo Dot (2^nd gen) is $20 off—only $19.99
  • Echo Dot Kids Edition is $20 off—just $49.99
  • All-New Echo Dot is $25.99 off—just $24.00
  • Echo (2^nd gen) is $30.99 off—only $69.00; or save an additional $50 on two—just $119.98
  • Echo (RED) edition will be $30.99 off, only $69.00 – additionally for every Echo (RED) edition sold Amazon will donate $10 to (RED)
  • All-New Echo Plus is $40 off—only $109.99
  • All-New Echo Show is $50 off—just $179.99
  • Echo Spot is $40 off—only $89.99
  • Echo Look is $150 off—just $49.99
  • Amazon Smart Plug is just $5 with purchase of an Echo device
  • Fire 7 tablet with Alexa is $20 off—only $29.99
  • All-New Fire HD 8 tablet with Hands-Free Alexa is $30 off—just $49.99; save $105 when you buy three—just $134.97 (Buy 1 for $49.99, or Buy 3 for $134.97)
  • All-New Fire HD 8 tablet and Show Mode Dock bundle $39.99 off—just $79.99
  • Show Mode Doc for All-New Fire HD 8 is $10 off—just $39.99
  • Echo Dot Kids Edition Bundle with Fire HD 8 Kids Edition is $80 off—just $119.98
  • Echo Dot Kids Edition Bundle with Fire 7 Kids Edition tablet is $70 off—just $99.98
  • Echo Dot Kids Edition Bundle with Fire HD 10 Kids Edition tablet is $90 off—just $179.98
  • Kindle Paperwhite (7^th gen) is $40 off—only $79.99
  • Kindle Paperwhite (7^th gen) Essentials Bundle will be $40 off—just $119.97
  • All-New Echo Dot Bundle with Philips Hue White Starter Kit will be $60 off—just $59.99
  • Echo Bundle with Philips Hue Color Starter Kit will be $100 off—just $99.99
  • All-New Echo Dot Bundle with Philips Hue Color Starter Kit will be $100 off—just $149.99
  • Toshiba 32” 720p HD Smart TV – Fire TV Edition will be $50 off—just $129.99
  • Insignia 39” 1080p Full HD Smart TV – Fire TV Edition will be $60 off—just $189.99
  • Toshiba 50“ 4K Ultra HD Smart TV – Fire TV Edition will be $100 off—just $299.99
  • Ring Video Doorbell 2 will be $60 off—just $139.00; additionally you can add an All-New Echo Dot to your purchase for no additional cost
  • Buy Two Ring Spotlight Cam Battery HD Security Cameras and save $149—just $249
  • Ring Alarm Starter Kit will be $30 off—just $169
• Starting November 23
  • Sengled White Two Bulb Starter Kit is just $10 with purchase of select Echo devices
  • Save $20 on TP Link Light Switch, only $17 with any Echo device purchase
  • Save $17 on TP Link Mini Plug, only $8 with any Echo device purchase

BGR Top Deals:

1. It’s true: Bose makes a sound bar you can actually afford
2. Black Friday just came early for two of Dyson’s best cordless stick vacuums

Trending Right Now:

1. Galaxy S10 will reportedly have the smartphone design we’ve always wanted
2. Cheap Galaxy Note 9 and S9, and TV deals await in Sam’s Club’s early Black Friday sale
3. It’s finally here: This is the ugliest smartphone in the history of smartphones

Amazon’s massive Black Friday sale officially starts right now originally appeared on BGR.com on Fri, 16 Nov 2018 at 07:23:37 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Samsung is supposed to launch three Galaxy S10-branded phones early next year, and at least two of them are now expected to feature a design that’s not available on any other phone. Samsung teased the all-screen notchless display a few days before unveiling several types of Infinity display screens, including the foldable version, at SDC18 last week. Before and after the event, a slew of reports kept saying that the premium Galaxy S10 phones will feature a screen that will occupy almost the entire surface of the front side, save for a circular hole at the top, where the camera would reside.

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BGR Top Deals:

1. It’s true: Bose makes a sound bar you can actually afford
2. $40 kit converts any car’s headlights to high-end LEDs

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1. Galaxy S10 will reportedly have the smartphone design we’ve always wanted
2. Cheap Galaxy Note 9 and S9, and TV deals await in Sam’s Club’s early Black Friday sale
3. It’s finally here: This is the ugliest smartphone in the history of smartphones

Samsung teases its exciting all-screen Galaxy S10 design again originally appeared on BGR.com on Fri, 16 Nov 2018 at 06:50:16 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Facebook is getting slammed from all sides at the moment. Over the past 24 hours or so, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff compared the company’s negative side with the addictive potential of cigarettes. We learned that Apple CEO Tim Cook’s comments about privacy have rankled Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg for years. And a massive New York Times investigation has cast Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg in a supremely negative light.

But when you’re the biggest social network on the planet, the show must go on — and, indeed, a new patent shows Facebook may be about to take its data mining capabilities to a new level.

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BGR Top Deals:

1. It’s true: Bose makes a sound bar you can actually afford
2. Don’t wait for Black Friday when you can already save $150 on Google’s Pixelbook

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1. Galaxy S10 will reportedly have the smartphone design we’ve always wanted
2. It’s finally here: This is the ugliest smartphone in the history of smartphones
3. Cheap Galaxy Note 9 and S9, and TV deals await in Sam’s Club’s early Black Friday sale

Facebook might use your photos to target your entire family with ads originally appeared on BGR.com on Thu, 15 Nov 2018 at 23:07:57 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We might not know a whole lot about what’s going on inside Mars, the Moon, or even the deepest reaches of Earth’s oceans, but scientists have a pretty clear picture of the Earth’s surface. Or at least they thought they did. A new discovery in Greenland could help to rewrite some recent Earth history, and it’s all thanks to ice.

Using new, more powerful radar technology to examine what’s hiding beneath Greenland’s massive ice sheet, a team of researchers from around the world just made an incredible discovery. There, hidden under the ice, is a massive impact crater that was just waiting to be found.

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BGR Top Deals:

1. It’s true: Bose makes a sound bar you can actually afford
2. Don’t wait for Black Friday when you can already save $150 on Google’s Pixelbook

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1. Galaxy S10 will reportedly have the smartphone design we’ve always wanted
2. It’s finally here: This is the ugliest smartphone in the history of smartphones
3. The Thunder Purple OnePlus 6T is probably my favorite Android phone of 2018

A new meteorite impact crater was just found hiding under Greenland ice originally appeared on BGR.com on Thu, 15 Nov 2018 at 22:05:39 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Britain’s Duke of Cambridge has launched a full-throated attack on US tech giants like Facebook, Twitter and Google in a speech at the BBC, an outgrowth of his leadership of a task force aimed at fighting back against cyberbullying.

In his speech, Prince William lamented that over-attention to profits and business concerns is outweighing meaningful change on platforms like Facebook, which was also the focus of a major New York Times investigative piece that rocked media circles this week. The result of six months of work, the paper painted a picture of a slow-moving tech giant encumbered by inaction at the top, with leaders more focused on how to manage the crises of fake news and privacy issues than actually solving the problems.

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BGR Top Deals:

1. It’s true: Bose makes a sound bar you can actually afford
2. Don’t wait for Black Friday when you can already save $150 on Google’s Pixelbook

Trending Right Now:

1. It’s finally here: This is the ugliest smartphone in the history of smartphones
2. Galaxy S10 will reportedly have the smartphone design we’ve always wanted
3. The Thunder Purple OnePlus 6T is probably my favorite Android phone of 2018

Even British royals are now criticizing tech giants like Facebook for dodgy practices originally appeared on BGR.com on Thu, 15 Nov 2018 at 21:03:24 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sam’s Club last week hosted a special one-day early Black Friday sale, and we already know what the retailer has planned for the main shopping event of the holiday season. But, with more than a week to go until Black Friday deals arrive, Sam’s Club has one more trick up its sleeve: A special two-day sale that only covers Samsung gear. That means this year’s Galaxy Note 9 and S9 flagships, as well as plenty of Samsung TVs are getting hefty discounts.

The sale event starts on November 16th and ends on November 18th, so you have plenty of time to check out the deals and make up your mind. The discounted items will be available both in store and online.

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BGR Top Deals:

1. It’s true: Bose makes a sound bar you can actually afford
2. Don’t wait for Black Friday when you can already save $150 on Google’s Pixelbook

Trending Right Now:

1. It’s finally here: This is the ugliest smartphone in the history of smartphones
2. Galaxy S10 will reportedly have the smartphone design we’ve always wanted
3. The Thunder Purple OnePlus 6T is probably my favorite Android phone of 2018

Cheap Galaxy Note 9 and S9, and TV deals await in Sam’s Club’s early Black Friday sale originally appeared on BGR.com on Thu, 15 Nov 2018 at 20:08:32 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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When NASA sets its sights on a far-away galaxy, there’s often a lot to take in. Even if it only appears to be a dim blob, researchers can often combine various observations to determine the galaxy’s size and shape. Normally, they’re just there, sitting in space, creating new stars and doing the other things that galaxies do. But a recent snapshot of a galaxy known as WISE J224607.55-052634.9 is special.

Originally discovered a few years ago, new observations of the galaxy by Chile’s ALMA array show that the galaxy is actually eating its neighbors. From our vantage point, the galaxy is tearing apart a total of three smaller galaxies, yanking material off of them with its gravitational pull.

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1. It’s true: Bose makes a sound bar you can actually afford
2. Black Friday just came early for two of Dyson’s best cordless stick vacuums

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1. It’s finally here: This is the ugliest smartphone in the history of smartphones
2. The Thunder Purple OnePlus 6T is probably my favorite Android phone of 2018
3. When NASA pointed its Spitzer telescope at Oumuamua they couldn’t even see it

NASA spots a distant galaxy that is actually sucking up other galaxies originally appeared on BGR.com on Thu, 15 Nov 2018 at 19:06:38 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sony has been busier than ever this year, cranking out several critically acclaimed titles for its PlayStation 4 console, which has just passed the five-year mark — and racked up some impressive statistics along the way.

In honor of the console’s fifth anniversary, Sony has revealed that it’s sold more than 86 million units of the popular gaming system to date, along with almost 778 million software units worldwide. Both figures, we should point out, are current through September, so those have no doubt climbed in the two months since.

By way of putting more of the console’s history into context, Sony says it’s also pushed out 11 major software updates to the PS4 since its launch back in 2013. And to top it off, the gaming giant is releasing a special console bundle later this month in honor of the milestone.

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1. It’s true: Bose makes a sound bar you can actually afford
2. Philips Hue is having an early Black Friday blowout sale on Amazon, today only

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1. It’s finally here: This is the ugliest smartphone in the history of smartphones
2. The Thunder Purple OnePlus 6T is probably my favorite Android phone of 2018
3. Leaked photos show Apple’s next-gen AirPods for the first time ever

Sony reveals ‘Black Ops 4′ PS4 bundle in honor of the console’s fifth birthday originally appeared on BGR.com on Thu, 15 Nov 2018 at 18:35:24 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Samsung’s Galaxy S10 is still several months away, but the flagship keeps appearing in leaks and reports, suggesting that the launch is indeed nearing. The latest story out of Korea says something we’ve come to suspect for a while now — that the Galaxy S10 will have the kind of design we’ve always dreamed about.

In previous weeks, we saw Samsung tease and announce an Infinity-O display that’s now believed to be the screen of the Galaxy S10: A display that extends from edge to edge, featuring only a tiny hole at the top for the selfie camera. Other leakers also mentioned the new screen design coming to the Galaxy S10 series.

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BGR Top Deals:

1. It’s true: Bose makes a sound bar you can actually afford
2. Philips Hue is having an early Black Friday blowout sale on Amazon, today only

Trending Right Now:

1. It’s finally here: This is the ugliest smartphone in the history of smartphones
2. The Thunder Purple OnePlus 6T is probably my favorite Android phone of 2018
3. Leaked photos show Apple’s next-gen AirPods for the first time ever

Galaxy S10 will reportedly have the smartphone design we’ve always wanted originally appeared on BGR.com on Thu, 15 Nov 2018 at 18:04:13 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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