Animal Crossing: New Horizons review: The vacation we need

“Why you can trust Digital Trends – We have a 20-year history of testing, reviewing, and rating products, services and apps to help you make a sound buying decision. Find out we test and score products.“ Animal Crossing: New Horizonsmight be the perfect game for this moment in history. The slightly campy, always cute life simulator is back with its first game in nearly eight years, and while it sticks to what’s likable about the series, it also has the kind of upgrades that Tom Nook would charge a hefty sum of Bells for....

August 5, 2025 · 7 min · 1356 words · Brandon Scott

Apple home hub: Here’s everything we know so far

Apple’s smart home efforts have been pretty meager so far – there’s the Home app and theHomeKitplatform … and, well, that’s about it. But that might all be about to change with the introduction of a couple of Apple-branded smart home devices that could transform how you operate in your home. Right now, it looks like there are two products on the horizon: an iPad-like smart home hub that can be mounted in a dock or on a wall, and a smart screen attached to a moveable robotic arm....

August 5, 2025 · 5 min · 873 words · Jennifer Becker

Apple Vision Pro brings TV, 3D movies to a massive, 100-foot-wide screen

As expected, atWWDC 2023, Apple unveiled its first mixed-reality headset, theApple Vision Pro. Among its many amazing features, Apple demonstrated what it will be like to watch TV and movies on the device, and the results look impressive. The headset is expected to be available in 2024, for $3,500. Apple showed how the Vision Pro will let you open a virtual screen within your field of view that can be as small or as big as you want — virtually speaking....

August 5, 2025 · 2 min · 319 words · Sierra Cook

August Smart Lock review

“Why you can trust Digital Trends – We have a 20-year history of testing, reviewing, and rating products, services and apps to help you make a sound buying decision. Find out we test and score products.“ FromYaletoKwikset, the companies used to keeping your most valuable possessions safely under lock and key are ditching the key and replacing it with your phone. But one of the most-anticipated locks doesn’t come from a home-security company at all: the August Smart Lock....

August 5, 2025 · 6 min · 1095 words · Karen Anderson

Best 4th of July Laptop Deals: Chromebooks to gaming laptops on sale

There are some fantastic 4th of Julylaptop dealsgoing on right now, with deep discounts on a wide range of products. Whether you’re looking for a super cheap Chromebook, the latest gaming laptop, or something in between, we’ve got you covered. Read on and we’ll take you through our favorite deals so you can easily find what works best for you and your budget. Take a look at ourlaptop buying guidebefore you dive in....

August 5, 2025 · 7 min · 1299 words · Amy Bowers

Bethesda tweets a tease for an upcoming Fallout announcement

It looks like Bethesda is gearing up to announce a Fallout game. Bethesda Game Studios, the in-house developer behind the post-apocalyptic franchise, tweeted the well-known testing screen with the words “Please Stand By.” #PleaseStandBypic.twitter.com/5IUjkURCcM — Bethesda Game Studios (@BethesdaStudios)June 12, 2025 The question is: What exactly could Bethesda announce? Before you get too excited, it seems highly unlikely that a brand new Fallout game will be revealed any time soon. The studio is also responsible for the Elder Scrolls franchise and has the two popular franchises on a rotation as of late....

August 5, 2025 · 2 min · 358 words · Mary Booth

Better Late Than Single fans recommend this underrated Netflix dating show next

Better Late Than Single fans recommend this underrated Netflix dating show next If you’re looking for something to fill thatBetter Late Than Singleshaped void in your life, then look no further – viewers have been sharing their recommendations of what to watch next, including a dating show you may watch onNetflixright now. Better Late Than Single itself was pitched as an alternative toSingle’s Inferno. Instead of the confident contestants we’re used to seeing in their search for love, thisnew TV showbrings together singletons who have never dated before in their lives....

August 5, 2025 · 3 min · 494 words · Paul Evans

Blink Video Doorbell bundle gets a $200 discount in early Prime Day deal

Security camera dealsare some of the most important promotions when it comes to your peace-of-mind. And in the lead-up toPrime Day deals, Amazon deals are only going to get more aggressive. That’s a good thing though,especiallywhen the company is bundling multiple Blink items together to give you one big heap of savings. Right now, you can purchase the Blink Video Doorbell, threeBlink Outdoor 4security cameras, and the Sync Module 2 for $120, everything included....

August 5, 2025 · 2 min · 330 words · Maria Bennett

Diablo 4: How To Get Ingolith For Masterworking

Masterworking is a new crafting system inDiablo 4introduced in season four, Loot Reborn. The goal of this system is to allow players to alter their gear to better fit their build and play style. To perfect their gear, players need to find specific, new reagents, including Ingolith. Masterworking is one of the best ways to improve the items you have collected inDiablo 4. Masterworking an item gives an attached affix a 5% increase, with the 4th, 8th, and 12th Masterwork levels also giving a 25% affix increase....

August 5, 2025 · 3 min · 517 words · Adam Short

Fortnite lawsuit: Are you eligible for a refund from Epic Games?

Fortnitedeveloper Epic Games isbeing hit with $520 million in fines by the Federal Trade Commission(FTC) for violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act and there’s a chance that you could get a payout. Out of that $520 million total, $245 million is set to be refunded to customers. Refunds are meant to go to those affected by the company’s billing and refund practices — mainly players (and parents of younger players) who were charged for unwanted cosmetics and were met with account locks if they tried to dispute the charges with their credit card companies....

August 5, 2025 · 4 min · 669 words · Ashley Barrett

From robotic bees to bacteria, the tech that is making for a greener tomorrow

We love when technology gives us new gadgets or entertaining features, but it’s even better when scientists get together and use technology for more noble pursuits… like saving the planet. That’s right: From biodegradable bullets to robot bees, today’s eco-friendly creations are literally changing the world for the better. If you need a more optimistic look at the future, check out these promising pieces of modern tech, each of which is greening up everyday activities and fixing a problem we once thought unsolvable....

August 5, 2025 · 10 min · 1995 words · Antonio Robles

Future graphics cards may be twice as fast, but speed comes at a price

As many people still struggle to get their hands on one ofNvidia’s RTX 30-Series graphics cards, preparations for the next generation of GPUs are well underway. The next line of Nvidia graphics, code-namedAda Lovelace, is said to release in 2022. According to rumors, the new cards may turn out to be twice as fast as the current generation, placing them firmly at the top of any list of thebest graphics cards....

August 5, 2025 · 3 min · 456 words · Cassandra Bailey

Growth slows during Facebook’s ‘critical year,’ still reaches 2.5 billion

In the last three months, Facebook’s usually steep user growth didn’t change at all in the U.S. and fell in Europe following new data privacy laws. Butduring a second-quarter earnings reporton Wednesday, July 25, the social media giant shared a new number — there are 2.5 billion people using a Facebook-owned app, which also includes Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger, each month. The metric doesn’t double count users on multiple apps, such as people that are on both Facebook and Instagram....

August 5, 2025 · 3 min · 542 words · Robert White