Somewhere, deep within season 2 of True Detective, there was a show worth watching.
There was a coherent plot, there was a consistent tone, there were characters whom we cared about — but none of those elements made it to the screen. What we got instead was an overwritten script, an unnecessary number of secondary and tertiary characters and another mystery with a vapid, unsatisfying conclusion.
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File this one under smartphone hacks that are definitely unnecessary but insanely fun. When simple science meets smartphones, the result is a nifty little “hack” that can be performed in just a few minutes for less than $1 in supplies. In fact, this might be one of the coolest little iPhone and Android phone hacks we’ve ever seen, allowing you to transform any smartphone into a 3D hologram projector in no time at all.
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It’s time to start another week off on the right foot, and BGR is there to make it happen. Today’s list of paid iPhone and iPad apps on sale for free includes seven solid iOS apps that would normally cost $15 all together to purchase, but if you act fast you can snag all of them without paying a dime.
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There have been few gadgets that have failed as colossally as Amazon’s Fire phone, but don’t let that disaster steer you away from other Amazon devices that might actually be pretty cool. In fact, the Amazon Echo has a 4.5-star rating from more than 23,400 reviews. That’s right… 23,400 reviews. Amazon recently made the Echo available for anyone to purchase, so it’s time to see what everyone’s been talking about.
Amazon Echo, $179.99 with free Prime shipping
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Last week we saw a series of leaked images that showed the alleged display assembly of the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus, complete with the necessary components for the device’s Force Touch technology. Now a video originating from an iPhone repair shop shows the same leaked display and compares it to the display of the iPhone 6.
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Over the weekend, a hilarious post on Reddit captured an instantly classic email exchange between a drunk student and his surprisingly forgiving and well-humored professor.
In an email sent out under the influence of more than a few drinks, our protagonist Patrick Davidson emailed his teacher, Mr. Martin, asking for an extension on his paper. In the process, Davidson dropped a few F-bombs, poked fun at Mr. Martin’s baldness, and naturally, told him to “keep slayin boi.” The last part is especially poignant because, after all, isn’t that what we want all of our nation’s teachers to keep on doing, to keep on slayin’?
Taking the email in good humor, Mr. Martin’s response is awesome as one could hope. In addition to granting the requested extension, Martin responds with some well-placed wit of his own.
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Donald Trump really likes to call other people “losers” a lot, which is particularly ironic since it seems most of his Facebook fans are unemployed guys with shirtless profile pictures. The Washington Post has made a solid-but-incomplete list of people whom Trump has deemed “losers” over the years and it includes some people who we’re pretty sure are not losers, if for no other reason than because they’re wildly successful. Let’s check out five of them below.
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This has been a record-breaking year for Apple… and the company has only launched one major new product so far in 2015. Stop for a moment to think about how crazy that is. The new Apple Watch is barely a blip on the radar right now where Apple’s bottom line is concerned, but the company is still setting records with no other major launches.
Of course, all that is about to change, and Apple is gearing up for one of the busiest fall seasons in the company’s storied history. Apple fans can expect at least eight major launches squeezed into the remainder of 2015, and they’ll all fall within the span of just a few short months.
What exactly can we expect to see from Apple this fall? Let’s take a look.
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It’s that time of the week again, and BGR is bringing you a roundup of the best new Netflix movies and shows for your streaming pleasure. A lot of your time is wasted by looking around Netflix for something you haven’t seen yet, so this update will save you some precious ticks on the clock.
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Not everyone wants to accept this simple truth, but that doesn’t make it any less real: hackers outpace security advancements. When it comes to both online security and real-world security, hackers have already devised 10 new tools by the time security researchers come up with an effective way to block one old tool. As a result, no one is ever truly safe — and a new device recently shown off by a well-known security researcher is yet another example of just how vulnerable we really are.
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