Just like themagic 8-ball, a new survey says, “Don’t count on it.” A new survey by market research companyGfKfinds that nearly 90 percent of consumers view theirsmartphonesas a controller for home products and services, up from 70 percent just three years ago. By comparison, the designation ofdigital home assistants(Alexa, Google Home, Siri, etc.) is at a flat 41 percent, less than half the smartphone designation. Smartphones are also the go-to solution for most uses in the home....

One of the biggest stories of CES 2023 isn’t on the show floor at the Las Vegas Convention Center. It’s not the hottest new gadget or even a bigger, better TV. It’s nota Sony car. It’s not faster. It’s not smaller. No, the biggest news of CES 2023 may well come down to a logo. Specifically, the Roku logo adorning the front of new Roku-branded Roku TVs. That phrase sounds a little odd, of course....

Portland, OR – (July 04, 2025) – Leading consumer technology publisher Digital Trends has unveiled the winners of the5thAnnual Top Tech of CES Awardsin celebration of innovative products showcased during the 2017 CES technology show in Las Vegas. Digital Trends, an official media partner for the Consumer Technology Association (CTA), presented the #CyberStag, a custom 3D-printed stag trophy, to 17 state-of-the-art tech products and one overall “Best of Show” award was presented toSamsungfor the newChromebook Plus....

Does XDefiant have private matches? XDefiant is finally launching to take on the titan that is Call of Duty, and many are wondering if the game will have the same kind of features as the popular FPS series like private matches. While online multiplayer may be the cream of the crop for this style of games, many like to take their matches offline toplay against each otherwithout having to worry about strangers ruining their experience....

Twitter staff appear to be in for a roller coaster ride following the takeover of the company by billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk. If they keep their job, that is. We already know that aftergaining control of the companylate last week in a deal worth $44 billion, Musk wasted little time in booting out Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal and the company’s chief financial officer, Ned Segal. A recent filingwith the Securities and Exchange Commission also reveals that Musk has fired the entire Twitter board, too, leaving him with the title of “sole director,” while a company directory seen by theWashington Postlists Musk as CEO....

Speaking at the 2016 Startmeup Hong Kong Venture Forum this week, SpaceX’s Elon Musk (aka the real-life Tony Stark) shared the details on a number of his ongoing ideas and projects, including when he’d like to travel to the International Space Station. After serving up an answer of “maybe four or five years from now,” Musk’s interviewer was rightfully caught off guard, however, it was what he shared next about SpaceX’s mission to Mars that really put the jaws of those in attendance on the floor....

If you’ve ever wanted Pokémon to walk among us,Detective Pikachuwill give you a glimpse into what that world would look like next May. Judging by the first trailer, shown above, a world filled with pocket monsters would be both whimsical and somewhat frightening. Detective Pikachuis an adaptation ofthe game of the same nameand marks the first time Pokémon will appear in a live-action film. Taking place in Ryme City, 21-year-old Tim Goodman has long since dropped his dream of becoming a Pokémon trainer....

The massiveCadillac Escaladeisn’t exactly the picture of environmental friendliness, but General Motors is committed to expanding electrification to all corners of its product lineup — and that includes Cadillac’s big, three-row full-size SUV. The all-electric 2025 Cadillac Escalade IQ begins production next summer, applying the same formula from theChevrolet Silverado EVandGMC Sierra EVpickup trucks to a full-size luxury SUV. The Escalade IQ uses the name of a current GM internal-combustion model, but is based on the automaker’s Ultium EV component set, with an EV-specific body structure designed around a modular battery pack....

Google’s Pixel 6 and 6 Proare reportedly getting an upgrade in the most used part of the smartphone experience — the charger. Google has previously equipped Pixel phones with chargers that support up to 18-watt charging speeds, but the company is raising the threshold to 33W with the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro, according to a new report fromXDA Developers. The new report echoes anolder one,albeit with a more solid foundation....

Guardians of the Galaxy star slams “TikTok crap” for ruining people’s attention spans Michael Rooker, star of Guardians of the Galaxy, has urged people to go see “real cinema” like Kevin Costner’s Horizon and get over TikTok “crap.” TikTok is arguably Netflix’s biggest competitor (it said as much in 2020), with the average user spending nearly an hour on the app every day. There’s been an unfortunate consequence from the rise of short-form content: long movies have fallen out of fashion, with people either failing to resist the urge to check their phones in the theater or watchingnew moviesandTV showsafter they’ve been chopped up into 30 parts....

Thebest password managersare meant to keep all your logins and credit card info safe and secure, but a major new vulnerability has just put users of the KeePass password manager at serious risk of being breached. In fact, the exploit allows an attacker to steal a KeePass user’s master password in plain text — in other words, in an unencrypted form — simply by extracting it from the target computer’s memory....

It’s happening. No, really, for real this time. And yes, I know this has been said every year for the past decade. And that there are plenty of reasons to be skeptical that ARM-powered Windows machines will ever go mainstream. But this week, a few really important announcements reports came to light that are clearing the path for a transition to ARM that is more than just overambitious hype. This time, it really could work....

We’ve known for a couple of weeks now whatthe ROG Ally X entails. It’s using the same Ryzen Z1 Extreme chip under the hood, the same 7-inch 1080p display upfront, and an overall build that’s similar to the original model. It comes with some spec bumps, but this is a refresh, not a new generation. After using the ROG Ally X atComputex 2024, however, I can’t wait to pick up the handheld for myself....