Best Buy Plans to Stop Selling Huawei Devices as New Cold War Escalates
Best Buy, America’s largest consumer electronics retailer just ahead of Amazon, will stop selling phones and other…
FBI's Use of Paid Best Buy Informants Goes Deeper Than We Knew
Questions were raised last year about whether FBI agents were actively recruiting technicians at Best Buy’s Geek Squad…
Fake Best Buy Reviews Won’t Help Huawei Sell Phones But Here We Are
2018 has gotten off to a rough start for Huawei, the world’s third largest smartphone maker. Just before the company’s…
Holy Crap Best Buy Still Sells CDs?!
Best Buy is reportedly planning to begin pulling CDs from its shelves this summer—a surprising development because who…
Silicon Valley’s Worst Apologies of 2017
Silicon Valley had somewhat of a reckoning this year. The tech overlords finally had to face the music: their products…
Lumoid, Best Buy's Supposed Gear Rental Partner, Shuts Down
Lumoid, a four-year-old San Francisco startup which was reportedly partnering with Best Buy to offer try-before-you-buy…
Best Buy Stops Selling Overpriced iPhone X Models After People Complain
You don’t want to spend $100 more to pay upfront for the latest iPhone models? Fine, we wont sell you the iPhone. How…
Why Is Best Buy Overcharging for the iPhone X?
Best Buy is charging more for iPhone X buyers who don’t want installment debt. If you want to pre-order the iPhone X…
Ikea Just Bought… TaskRabbit?
It sort of makes sense. Swedish flatpack furniture giant Ikea just acquired American labor on demand startup…
Best Buy Apologizes For Selling $42 Packs of Water While CNBC Asks If Disaster Capitalism Is So Bad
Did you see those packs of water being sold at a Best Buy store in Houston for as much as $42 per pack? The photos went…
People Stopped Going to Best Buy So Now Best Buy Will Come to You
If you’ve always dreamt of a trained Best Buy employee entering your home and telling you which electronic products you…
Best Buy's Pre-Orders for the SNES Classic Were a Goddamn Nightmare
While playing the “just one more episode” game with Netflix last night, I noticed a tweet from a former coworker: Best…
Best Buy Now Lets You Rent and Try Gadgets Before You Buy Them From Amazon
As the mortar of brick and mortar businesses slowly crumbles, retailers are scrambling to come up with a reason why you…
The FBI Is Allegedly Recruiting Geek Squad Members to Find Child Porn
We know that the FBI has had a hard time finding tech talent and the current administration has so far shown little…
Oculus' No Good Year Continues With Hundreds of Demo Stations Shutting Down
It’s been a rocky start for virtual reality manufacturers in general. But Oculus—the company that made people believe…
Best Buy Will Pay $3.8 Million Penalty for Selling Loads of Recalled Gear
Best Buy has agreed to pay $3.8 million for “knowingly [selling] and [distributing] 16 different recalled products from…
Does Best Buy Think You’re a Dummy For Looking at an iPhone SE? [Updated]
The iPhone SE is maybe not Apple’s best idea, but Best Buy are being very judgmental towards those of us who want to…
Best Buy Has Cut $100 Off the Price of Every Apple Watch
Just in time for the holidays, Best Buy has slashed the price of the Apple Watch. The store is cutting $100 from the…