In an effort to distance itself from a market where most smartphones look and feel exceedingly similar, Apple in 2017 is reportedly planning to do away with the aluminum backed casing it’s used ever since the iPhone 5s. Instead, Apple will reportedly opt for a glass casing, similar to what the company used on the iPhone 4 and 4s.

If true, this would mark one of the biggest strategic changes in Apple’s iPhone business since it first released the iPhone 10 years earlier.

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Unwieldy might be the kindest way to describe Facebook’s news feed. Friends’ statuses are stacked on top of ads which are stacked on top of news stories which are stacked on top of auto-play videos that slow your browser down.

If you’re one of the many news feed detractors, you might be interested to learn that Facebook is currently testing a massive overhaul that could help users focus on a specific topic by adding multiple news feeds to the social network.

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If you’re in the market for a new television and you don’t want to spend the extra cash for 4K Ultra HD resolution, we’ve got two deals for you that you have to check out. We all know Samsung makes the best TV displays in the business, but a lot of times you have to cough up a bunch of extra money in order to get an HDTV from Samsung. Of course, if you follow the BGR Deals team it’s an entirely different story.

Amazon has a great sale going from now through Thursday on Samsung TVs, and you’ll find two of our top picks below. The first is a 48-inch model for the insanely low price of just $399.99, and the second is a massive 65-inch HDTV on sale for under 1,300.

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One of the hidden features inside the second Android N Developer Preview release is native support for 3D Touch – and implicit confirmation that the iPhone 6s’ best feature is going to be supported on Android device. Since its discovery, a new video emerged showing how 3D Touch could work on Android, with the help of one of the most popular launchers in the Android universe, Nova Launcher.

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The Amazon Prime is one of the best products the giant retailer has to offer. Not only does it offer free shipping on Amazon purchases, but it includes additional perks, such as access to plenty of music and video streaming catalog. You still have to pay $99 every year to enjoy these perks, which is a great overall offer. However, Amazon is looking to make its Prime service even more enjoyable and affordable, by changing the way it’ll charge you. Furthermore, Amazon’s Prime Video service will be available as a standalone product, for the first time since its introduction.

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It’s been a long while since I’ve used a custom iPhone ringtone. In fact, ever since I had my phone start blaring Chamillionaire’s song Ridin’ in the middle of an important meeting, I’ve opted to play it safe with some of Apple’s default selections. Apparently, the out-of-touch big wigs at the meeting I was attending couldn’t have cared less that the song shocking their eardrums featured Krayzie Bone.

Consequently, I haven’t kept too close of an eye on the state of the iPhone ringtone world for quite some time. That said, an interesting new report from Dieter Bohn over at The Verge relays that trying to create a custom ringtone for your iPhone remains a frustratingly backwards process. Sure, you can buy iPhone ringtones, but sometimes the iTunes Store simply doesn’t have the ringtone you so desperately want.

So what happens then?

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You know those viral videos where some clever and exhaustive editing makes it seem as if Brian Williams is sort of singing along to Warren G’s song Regulate or that Barack Obama is casually performing Uptown Funk? Well, a new website lets users create similar videos on their own, albeit without the accompanying music.

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Finding a decent drone quadcopter for a fair price isn’t always easy since drones are so popular these days. On the one hand you have professional grade drones that are far too expensive to buy just for fun, and on the other hand you have cheap no-name quadcopters that fall apart within a month. Is there no happy medium?

There is, and the Holy Stone U818A HD Plus Drone with Camera might be just what you’re looking for.

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Have you ever wanted to see what it was like to hallucinate but were wary of taking LSD, magic mushrooms or other hallucinogens? Well it turns out that there is a way you can make yourself hallucinate without taking any illegal drugs. YouTube channel Scam School has put together a new video that explains how it’s possible to make yourself hallucinate using something called the Ganzfeld effect whereby you put yourself in a state of sensory deprivation with the help of some very simple household items.

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Over the past few weeks, Apple and the FBI engaged in a prolonged and highly publicized battle that sought to find a balance between user privacy and the interests of national security. As you likely know by now, Apple, while having no objection to helping the FBI when it could, drew a line in the sand when asked to create an entirely new version of iOS capable of bypassing the iPhone’s built-in security mechanisms. So while Apple had no problem handing the FBI information on its servers, pro-actively creating an entirely new OS was simply too much for Apple to bear.

Apple’s recent battle with the FBI notwithstanding, iPhone engineers recently explained during a conference call with reporters that they still view hackers as more of a pressing threat than the government.

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