Associate Editor
Jacob Siegal is Associate Editor at BGR, having joined the news team in 2013. He has over a decade of professional writing and editing experience, and helps to lead our technology and entertainment product launch and movie release coverage.
On Wednesday, the sixth and final episode of Obi-Wan Kenobi premiered on Disney Plus. It was a thrilling conclusion that connected a few more dots between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope. But while the end of this season was a foregone conclusion, Obi-Wan did manage to surprise with a cameo that very …
Earlier this month, Apple revealed iOS 16 at WWDC 2022. We got to see the redesigned lock screen, Live Text for videos, the ability to unsend text messages, and more. We also learned that iOS 16 will lose support for five older iPhone models. This was not especially surprising, as iOS 13, iOS 14, and …
As always, Hulu has an interesting mix of original content, licensed shows, and classic movies arriving in the month of July 2022. The originals we’re looking forward to are Solar Opposites season 3 (from the Rick and Morty team) and The Princess, which stars Joey King from Netflix’s The Kissing Booth trilogy. Hulu is also …
As the global economy reels, it’s no surprise smartphone demand is down. Spending $1,000 on a phone isn’t nearly as appealing with a potential recession looming. Earlier in the month, IDC projected that smartphone shipments would decline by 3.5% in 2022. Samsung seems to be feeling the effects of this slowdown as much as any …
Apple rolled out iOS 16 beta 2 and iPadOS 16 beta 2 on Wednesday, June 22nd. The second betas come just over two weeks after the first beta releases debuted at WWDC 2022. While Apple’s developer betas are typically followed shortly by public betas, we’re still waiting for the first public betas of iOS 16 …
One of the biggest Netflix releases of July 2022 happens to be arriving on the first day of the month. The final two episodes of Stranger Things 4 stream on July 1st, and the finale is going to be a whopping two and a half hours long. Will we finally get answers to all our …
Nearly 20 years after its 2002 debut, Google News received a major redesign for desktop on Wednesday. The company says feedback from readers inspired its new look. The goal was to bring the most important news to the top of the page. That way, readers will see the biggest headlines of the day without having …
If you need a break from the onslaught of Marvel and Star Wars content this year, you are in luck. Disney Plus isn’t debuting any new shows or movies from its biggest franchises in July 2022 (other than a new installment of Marvel Studios Assembled). Instead, additions this month include a new Michael B. Jordan-narrated …
As effective as TV ads can be, they do require some work on the part of the viewer. If you see an ad for a product you want to buy, you have to search for it on your phone or head out to a store. But what if you could buy a product straight from …
With just over a week to go until the final episodes of Stranger Things season 4 arrive, Netflix shared the official trailer for Volume 2. The first seven episodes started streaming on May 27, and the final two drop on July 1. There was a short teaser following the seventh episode, but this trailer gives …
