We knew the iPhone 13 wouldn’t have USB-C, but I’m still disappointed

TheiPhone 13 is here, after officially being revealed at Apple’s California Streaming event on September 14. But while it came with a plethora of updates and upgrades, from a better chip and improved cameras to a narrow, less visible notch, there was one thing missing from the slick presentation: USB-C. The iPhone 13 will be sticking with Lightning, just as its predecessors have done for almost a decade. Even thenew iPad Mininow comes with a reversible USB-C slot, leaving the iPhone as one of Apple’s only major mobile products not to sport the port....

August 25, 2025 · 5 min · 1027 words · Joshua Sosa

What Google’s I/O 2025 keynote tells us about the Google Pixel 10

If it wasn’t already evident,this year’s Google I/O proved that AI is very much the futureof Android. The showcase even gave us the first look atAndroid XR smart glasses, a headset, and even a next-gen video conferencing kit in action. The crucial miss between all the snazzy product announcements? The upcoming Pixel 10 series phones. Of course, I/O is never about hardware, but the focus on feature announcements this year was geared more towards mobile users than desktop....

August 25, 2025 · 6 min · 1189 words · Wendy Cook

Xiaomi overtakes Apple in unit sales of wearables as market booms

Despite throwing itselfhead-first into the U.K.in November, Xiaomi isn’t a name that engenders much recognition from the public in the West. But that doesn’t really seem to matter, as Xiaomi has successfully overtaken Apple in unit sales in the third quarter of 2018, according toa reportfrom the International Data Corporation (IDC). Clearly thriving in a growing wearables market, Xiaomi saw its unit sales increase by a staggering 90.9 percent when compared to the same quarter in the previous year — for a total of 6....

August 25, 2025 · 3 min · 519 words · Tommy Stewart

Your stone-skipping skills pale in comparison to this robotic rock launcher

What are the two things that all kids love? Rock skipping and robots, obviously. Using thekind of inventivenessthat has made him a YouTube star, former NASA engineer-turned-quirky-inventorMark Roberhas combined both to put together a robot that’s able to skip rocks across the surface of water with impressive consistency. Best of all? It might even improve your own own rock-skipping technique so that this won’t join the growing number of fields in which robots put us on the unemployment scrap heap....

August 25, 2025 · 2 min · 372 words · Shannon Scott

"So Much More To Dig Into": Sugar Season 2 Gets Hopeful Update From Producer

Warning: SPOILERS lie ahead for Sugar season 1! Summary Sugarseason 2 gets an optimistic update from producer Audrey Chon. Debuting in April, the Apple TV+ Original follows Colin Farrell as private investigator John Sugar as he tries to solve the mystery of a disappearance that’s tied to the wealthy Siegel family. With a cast that also includes Kirby, Amy Ryan, Dennis Boutsikaris, Nate Corddry, Alex Hernandez, Anna Gunn, Sydney Chandler, and James Cromwell,Sugarmade headlines for a twistthat isn’t revealed until late in the story....

August 24, 2025 · 4 min · 641 words · Summer Sanchez MD

10 best Westerns of all time, ranked

Of the many genres in cinema, none is as distinctively American as the Western. Typically set in the American frontier during the mid to late 1800s, the Western is crucial to the very fabric of American cinema. It features numerous archetypes that would become deeply ingrained in pop culture, most notably the cowboy, who has outright become synonymous with the United States. Although the Western has been part of American cinema since the medium’s inception, it experienced a boom during Hollywood’s Golden Age, where many of the genre’s undisputed classics were born....

August 24, 2025 · 10 min · 1949 words · David Henry

2024 BMW i7 eDrive50 review: ultimate luxury

“Why you’re able to 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.“ The luxury electric car world has heated up a whole lot over the past few years. Between models from legacy carmakers like Mercedes-Benz and newcomers like Lucid, there’s plenty of choose from. BMW’s take on a luxury electric sedan is the BMW i7, a car that comes with a huge TV for the passengers, depending on the trim you get....

August 24, 2025 · 7 min · 1405 words · Frederick Valenzuela

28 Years Later Set Photos Reveal First Look At Aaron Taylor-Johnson In Sequel

Summary Set photos offer the first look at star Aaron Taylor-Johnson in28 Years Later, the long-awaited sequel to Danny Boyle’s classic 2002 zombie film. Alex Garland is back in the fold alongside Boyle as the writing-and-directing pair relaunches the horror franchise they kicked off with the acclaimed28 Days Later,starring Cillian Murphy as the survivor of a zombie apocalypse. 2007 saw the release of28 Weeks Later, the Juan Carlos Fresnadillo-directed first28 Days Latersequel....

August 24, 2025 · 2 min · 425 words · Brian Sharp

5 rom-coms on Prime Video that are perfect to watch in the summer

There’s nothing quite like relaxing on a hot summer day or a cool summer night with a drink in hand and a good rom-com to get you in the right mood. Whenever the desire strikes to see a love story with some hearty laughs for good measure, Amazon Prime Video has tons of great rom-coms worth checking out this summer. Some are older classics, others new movies that will have you laughing all the way through, and maybe getting a little emotional, too....

August 24, 2025 · 4 min · 842 words · Christopher Wells

9 million veterans can now access their health records on an iPhone

Apple is making it a little easier for veterans to access their health records. The company has announced that it will now allow veterans to access their health records straight from their iPhones through the iPhoneHealth Recordssection of the Health app. The announcement is the latest move from Apple to move into health care and shows the company’s continued interest in health-related endeavors. Health records, in general, are still difficult to access online, which is something that Apple may be looking to change....

August 24, 2025 · 2 min · 378 words · Laura Thompson

9-1-1 Season 7 Finale Review: Emotional Conclusion Paves The Way For Compelling Future Plotlines

Warning: SPOILERS for the 9-1-1 Season 7 finale Summary Since switching to ABC at the beginning of the 2024 television season,9-1-1has taken on new life. Its removal from Fox’s lineup was disheartening, primarily because the series would no longer take place on the same network as its Austin-based spinoff series. But while it remains unfortunate that the fire stations will no longer interact,its increase in viewershipexemplifies how9-1-1has benefited from the change....

August 24, 2025 · 4 min · 699 words · Steven Wallace

All Fallout 4 Vault locations

All Fallout 4 Vault locations Frombobbleheadsto bottlecaps, there is plenty to love inFallout 4, but nothing’s more iconic than Vaults. These are all the Vault locations in the game and what to expect when you get to them. Vaults in Fallout were originally designed to protect portions of humanity when the seemingly inevitable nuclear war finally arrived. Created by Vault-Tec, they can be found scattered all across the map in Fallout 4 and most ofthe other games in the series....

August 24, 2025 · 9 min · 1848 words · Kelsey Webster

Amazon is building a fleet of autonomous robots to deliver packages to your door

Having explored every time-saving delivery option fromflying warehousesandpackage-carrying dronestocheckout-free retail storesand even thecontroversial Amazon Key, it was only going to be so long until Amazon hopped aboard the delivery robot bandwagon. That’s what it has announced today with the launch of a brand-new service it’s referring to as Amazon Scout. These last-mile delivery robots, which are essentially hampers on wheels, can navigate autonomously to their destination to drop off packages which are stowed securely inside....

August 24, 2025 · 2 min · 364 words · Brandon Brown