About Bernard "Beanz" Smalls

Meet Bernard Smalls, better known as Beanz. He is the Men's Lifestyle & Pop Culture writer for Cassius Life plus handles tech and video games for Hip-Hop Wired. Beanz has been with the company since 2019 and has been working as a writer for eight years. His favorite hobbies include video games, of course, and watching a lot of movies, mainly sci-fi. He also moonlights as a photographer in his spare time.

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Instagram’s desktop version, for the most part, isn’t really that useful except for browsing but that seems to be changing since Facebook acquired the photo-sharing social platform. It would seem that Instagram is now testing the ability to send and receive direct messages through its website.

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As if we need another reason not to trust using our iPhones. Reports from TechCrunch and The App Analyst detail how certain iOS apps are recording your screen while you use them.

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If you wanted a PlayStation Classic console but wasn’t feeling the original price now is your chance to scoop one up for $39.99.

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Whether you like it or not the sequel to the cult classic film Coming To America is coming. Yesterday (Feb 11) Paramount confirmed the movies official release date.

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Childish Gambino who was notably absent last night (Feb 10) took home two Grammy Awards for his song “This Is America.” He also won with his new Google Pixel 3 commercial that had him dancing alongside a virtual version of himself.

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Group FaceTime, the update nobody asked for was plagued by a bug that turned the iPhone into a surveillance device. After cheaters and women with keen detective skills reacted from the eye-opening discovery, Apple has finally released a fix for the issue.

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Spotify sees tremendous potential in the podcast game, so much in fact that it announced today (Feb 6) the acquisition of Gimlet Media & Anchor.

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Kabal is back, and he looks even better. Today (Feb. 5) NetherRealm Studious revealed the character will be in Mortal Kombat 11 during its first Kombat Kast stream. 

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Hypebeasts were left bewildered when Samsung first announced a collaboration with Supreme knockoff Supreme Italia. After having second thoughts, the Korean company has decided not to go through with the move.

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When TMZ reported that Cardi B finally took her habitual cheating husband Offset back many declared him the winner. Bardi responded swiftly in a now-deleted post saying emphatically nah not so fast.

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iPhone sales are slumping, but Tim Cook is still optimistic thanks to Apple’s forthcoming TV streaming service. During a first-quarter earnings conference call, the CEO spoke on how he feels it will assist in more people cutting the cord and speed up the downfall of cable bundles.

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We not here for the Maroon 5 halftime show, so the good folks at EA Sports decided to provide some real entertainment Atlanta style to properly kickoff Super Bowl week with the #EASportsBowl. Here is how you can watch all of the action.