5 laptops to buy instead of the M4 MacBook Pro

TheM4 MacBook Prois pretty stellar. Apple made it far better than the previous generation — without increasing the cost. That includes bumping up the memory of the base configuration to 16GB, improving the webcam, and unlocking the max brightness of the screen. But maybe you don’t love macOS. Or maybe you’re just an Apple hater. Either way, I feel ya. Fortunately, there are some good choices these days that make for a solid alternative to the M4 MacBook Pro....

August 15, 2025 · 5 min · 977 words · Amber Wilson

8 underrated anime movies that deserve more recognition

8 underrated anime movies that deserve more recognition Movies often portray powerful and beautiful themes without being recognized in the endless influx of anime – so here’s a list of eight underrated anime movies that deserve more recognition. Without the banner of Studio Ghibli or any popular studio,animemovies are often more underappreciated. A few incredible series tend to blend in with the crowd as the anime collection refreshes each year....

August 15, 2025 · 7 min · 1281 words · William Parker

A new Android 14 update is here — but you still shouldn’t download it

Google has released the second developer preview of Android 14, as the next major version of the operating system takes another step toward a full release. Like thefirst Android 14 developer preview, the clue as to who it’s for is in the name. This early version is designed for developers to test new features and designs in their apps, and to explore how new tools in the software could help improve them....

August 15, 2025 · 2 min · 405 words · Jason Martin

All the hydrogen vehicles available for purchase

Electric carsaren’t the only zero-emissions vehicles available new in the United States. There are three hydrogen-powered models currently on sale that emit nothing but water vapor from their tailpipe. They drive just like EVs, the days ofburning hydrogenin an internal-combustion engine belong to the past, but they offer a greater driving range and much quicker refueling times. The big, deal-breaking trade-off is that the refueling infrastructure is tiny, and it’s developing at a snail’s pace....

August 15, 2025 · 3 min · 585 words · David Scott

AMD promises Ryzen 4000 in early 2020, Zen 3 chips later in the year

The past few CPU generations have seen impressive consistency from AMD’s releases. It launched new mobile processors in January, followed by desktop chips in the latter half of the year. That is expected to continue in 2020 with the launch of the first Ryzen 4000 series processors. They will most likely be mobile chips based on the Zen 2 design at the heart ofAMD’s Ryzen 3000 desktop processors. They will be followed later in the year by Zen 3 desktop chips, fleshing out the rest of the Ryzen 4000 range....

August 15, 2025 · 3 min · 542 words · Stephanie Warner

Animal Crossing Nature Day Guide: All rewards and recipes

The Nature Day celebration inAnimal Crossing: New Horizons, a take on the real-world Earth Day, brings players a new event to take over island life. Nature Day may have missed its traditional April 22 date, but likeBunny Day, it’s sticking around far longer than in the past and runs through May 4 following the1.2.0 update. In past Animal Crossing games, Nature Day was a small event offering few unique interactions with villagers and a Cool Globe furniture item reward obtained by chatting with Tortimer or Isabelle before the day was done....

August 15, 2025 · 4 min · 736 words · Sylvia Gillespie

Apple iMac (M3) review: When enough is enough

“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.“ There’s a new iMac. It’s not the one everyone’s been waiting for — the one with a larger screen and an M3 Pro. But what we do have is an updated iMac that provides a significant uplift in performance over theM1 iMac, especially on the GPU front....

August 15, 2025 · 10 min · 2120 words · Gerald Underwood

Apple is hoping your emails will fix its misfiring AI

Apple’s AI effortshaven’t made the same kind of impactas Google’s Gemini, Microsoft Copilot, or OpenAI’s ChatGPT. The company’s AI stack, dubbedApple Intelligence, hasn’t moved the functional needle for iPhone and Mac users, even triggering an internal management crisis at the company. It seems user data could rescue the sinking ship. Earlier today, the company published a Machine Learning researchpaperthat details a new approach to train its onboard AI using data stored on your iPhone, starting with emails....

August 15, 2025 · 4 min · 830 words · Eric Brown

Bang & Olufsen’s two new Bluetooth earbuds are perfect for workout enthusiasts

High-end audio company Bang & Olufsen is taking aim at the workout warriors, launching two pairs of premiumBluetooth headphonesfor those who want to look good (and jam out to their favorite tunes in high fidelity) during their workouts. Thetrue wirelessmodel, called the Beoplay E8 Motion, feature a number of technologies we’ve seen from our favorite wireless earbuds, including a wireless charging case that is compatible with the company’s Beoplay Charging Pad....

August 15, 2025 · 2 min · 405 words · Michael Huynh

Best Buy may owe you money if you have Insignia Connect appliances

Bad news for anyone who has Insignia Connect products. On July 14, 2025,Best Buywill be shutting down its Insignia Connect platform. This means if you have an Insignia Connect appliance or device it will become decidedly less useful, and, in some cases, completely useless. How big of an impact this makes on Insignia Connect users depends on the smart appliance or device. If you have the smart home freezer and use features that require the Insignia Connect app, those features aren’t going to work anymore....

August 15, 2025 · 2 min · 366 words · Anna Newton

Breathing better can be a breeze with the latest air quality monitor from Awair

You can’t see the air you breathe, but a good air quality monitor can provide you with the vision you never thought you’d have. And if that air quality monitor is fromAwair, you’re likely in particularly good hands. The Awair 2nd Edition promises to be a new and sophisticated solution for folks hoping to better understand and improve the air they breathe, tracking otherwise invisible fine dust levels and other key air quality factors with a level of precision that will keep you and your loved ones healthy....

August 15, 2025 · 3 min · 434 words · Ronald Robinson

Buy an eligible product from Best Buy and get three months of Tidal for free

Best Buy has teamed up with high fidelity music streaming service Tidal to offer a new and better platform for listening to music, with some great offers to get you started. Simply buy a select product and you get a three-month subscription to Tidal entirely for free, a value of as much as $59. This gives you access to 60 million tracks with plenty of other great bonuses for music fans, along with the best sound quality possible....

August 15, 2025 · 5 min · 916 words · Jesse Levy

CDL broadcast “in shambles” after return to YouTube

CDL broadcast “in shambles” after return to YouTube The Call of Duty League started its 2023-2024 season with multiple technical difficulties after switching to a YouTube-exclusive stream. The CDL recently announced they would no longer be dual streaming onTwitchandYouTube.Instead, the leaguereturned to YouTubewith yet another exclusivity deal for the remainder of the season. Multiple community members expressed their displeasure with moving away from Twitch, especially after it brought more viewership to the CDL....

August 15, 2025 · 2 min · 369 words · Jeremy Wells