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Boy Genius Report, commonly known as BGR, is a blog focused on technology and consumer electronics. It was established in October 2006 by the mysterious online figure known as Boy Genius (or BG/BGR). The site provides updates and news on the latest happenings in the mobile gadget industry. On April 27, 2010, BGR became part of Penske Media Corporation.

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Scientists may have found a clean energy source hidden under the Earth

8 hours ago | bgr.com | Joshua Hawkins

Home Science News Published May 14th, 2025 8:37PM EDT Image: lovelyday12 / Adobe If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Imagine a source of energy that produces no carbon emissions, lies beneath our feet, and could power human civilization for millennia. A growing body of research now suggests that such a resource exists, and it’s been hiding in plain sight. Scientists believe Earth’s crust may hold vast reservoirs of...
Trump's budget cuts could halt decades of progress in space science

10 hours ago | bgr.com | Joshua Hawkins

Home Science News Published May 14th, 2025 6:47PM EDT Image: Gorodenkoff If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. For decades, NASA has pushed the boundaries of what humanity knows and what we dare to imagine. From walking on the Moon to exploring the distant reaches of our solar system, its missions have transformed science, inspired generations, and exponentially deepened our understanding of the cosmos. But now, that...
Humans give off visible light that vanishes when we die, new study shows

12 hours ago | bgr.com | Joshua Hawkins

Home Science News Published May 14th, 2025 4:57PM EDT Image: puhhha / Adobe If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. It turns out the idea that humans glow might not just be poetic. A new study from the University of Calgary and the National Research Council of Canada has captured physical evidence showing that living organisms, including mice and plants, emit a faint visible light that vanishes upon death. This barely-there...
Flamingos use this genius trick to catch prey more easily

1 day ago | bgr.com | Joshua Hawkins

Home Science News Published May 13th, 2025 8:12PM EDT Image: Yuliia Lakeienko / Adobe If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Flamingos are often seen as peaceful waders, standing gracefully in shallow lakes with their heads dipped underwater. But beneath that calm surface, they’re executing a surprisingly sophisticated and active hunting technique. Scientists studying Chilean flamingos at the Nashville Zoo have now...
The universe is dying faster than we thought

1 day ago | bgr.com | Joshua Hawkins

Home Science News Published May 13th, 2025 7:15PM EDT Image: Ulia Koltyrina / Adobe If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. The end of the universe has always felt like a distant abstraction. But new calculations suggest that our original timeline might have been wildly optimistic. According to a team of Dutch scientists, the universe is dying much faster than anyone thought, and could cease to exist within 10 to the power...
All the Marvel TV news from Disney's 2025 Upfront presentation

1 day ago | bgr.com | Jacob Siegal

Home Entertainment TV Shows Published May 13th, 2025 6:18PM EDT Image: Giovanni Rufino/Marvel If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Disney hosted its 2025 Upfront presentation on Tuesday to promote all of the upcoming shows and streaming services on the docket. It was a lengthy presentation, capped by a very raunchy roast from Jimmy Kimmel, but we wanted to dig in and discuss the news that Marvel Television was willing to...
Frightening new AI can recreate your face just by analyzing your DNA

1 day ago | bgr.com | Joshua Hawkins

Home Science News Published May 13th, 2025 5:21PM EDT Image: German Ovchinnikov / Adobe If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. A new AI model can actually recreate your face just by analyzing a few bits of your DNA. Developed by scientists at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Difface was trained on data from nearly 10,000 Han Chinese volunteers. Each participant provided a full genome sequence and a high-resolution 3D scan...
This is your best chance to get a Switch 2 at launch if you didn't preorder

1 day ago | bgr.com | Jacob Siegal

Home Entertainment Gaming Published May 13th, 2025 3:27PM EDT Image: Nintendo If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Trying to successfully lock in a Nintendo Switch 2 preorder back in April was a living nightmare, but even if you weren’t able to secure a preorder, there is still a chance you could grab the new console on release day. Best Buy notified us that, in addition to hosting midnight launch events at its stores to...
8 new Android 16 security features that will make your phone safer than ever

1 day ago | bgr.com | Chris Smith

Home Tech Security Published May 13th, 2025 1:30PM EDT Image: Google If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Google hosted its Android Show: I/O Edition on Tuesday to deliver all the Android 16 news that it won’t have time to discuss next week when I/O 2025 starts. That keynote will probably contain so much Gemini and AI talk that Android will only come up in passing. Tuesday’s event had three big themes: Android 16 design,...
Gemini AI is coming to your car, watch, TV, and more

1 day ago | bgr.com | Chris Smith

Home Tech Apps & Software Published May 13th, 2025 1:00PM EDT Image: Google If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Google on Tuesday hosted a special Android Show: I/O Edition event streamed on YouTube a week before I/O 2025. This is the event Google needed to go over the big Android 16 redesign and new security features ahead of Google I/O, likely because the developers conference will focus on Gemini and other AI...