Trends with Benefits: Apple vs. FBI, space archaeology, the ultimate hard drive
Controversy is raging over Apple's refusal to crack a terrorist's iPhone, an indestructible glass disk can store 360TB, and space archaeology is coming soon to your desktop! Ain't the future grand?
Trends with Benefits: Ride your hoverboard to the VR arcade, drinking a 40
Would you hop in a driverless car with no wheel to grab in an emergency? They're coming, along with VR arcades, drones that can follow hiking trails to find lost hikers, and hopefully the first real hoverboard.
Trends with Benefits: At Super Bowl 50, drones are out and 360-degree cams are in
In a very Super Bowl-centric episode, we discuss why this year's game won't stream in 4K Ultra HD, Microsoft vision of how the HoloLens could change the way we watch in the future, and why drones will not be welcome.
Trends with Benefits: Detroit-style pizza, 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray, robot back rubs
KBIS brings us bear-proof glass, glow-in-the-dark toilet seats, and pizza ovens, Caleb's eagerly anticipating 4K Ultra HD Blu-rays, Google build a drone to take deliveries from other drones, and Softbank's Pepper robot will sell you a phone but won't give you a back rub.
Trends with Benefits: Sassy robots, NASA’s planetary defense force, and Netflix
The Digital Trends crew chats about Netflix, robots, NASA's new planetary defense plan, and the next industrial revolution.
Trends with Benefits: Behind the scenes at CES, VR porn, Comcast’s covert ads
We're back from CES 2016 and eager to talk about our Top Tech of CES 2016 award winner, the Chevy Bolt, along with VR porn, Vegas people watching, Comcast's latest idiotic move, and The CW striking out with a standalone app.
Trends with Benefits CES Edition: Rollable OLED TVs, elderly exoskeletons, and more
The technology world poured out all its latest innovations this week at CES 2016 in Las Vegas, and Digital Trends was there live to soak it all in and report back. Hear about all of our favorite tech, and all the amusing anecdotes that inevitably pop up in Vegas.
Trends with Benefits: CES 2016 behind-the-scenes preview and the best products of 2015
Listen in as the DT experts back up their picks for the top tech of 2015. Our list of winners is ranges from a VR headset, to a talking Bluetooth speaker.
Trends with Benefits: Autonomous taxis, X-ray vision, and the VR gold rush
Star Wars just keeps raking it in, VR is the next gold rush, Google wants taxis to drive themselves, and X-ray vision is on the way, for better or worse.
Trends with Benefits: NASA wants you, VR climbing, and no Star Wars spoilers!
NASA is now taking applications from the public. Seriously, anyone can apply! Does the Trends with Benefits crew have the right stuff? Probably not, but we also discuss VR, HoloLens, and avoid ruining Star Wars for you. You're welcome.
Trends with Benefits: Trapping drones with bigger drones, Apple gives up on TV
This week's roundtable discussion dives into Apple's decision to abandon plans for a live streaming TV service, Tokyo's plan to use drones with nets to catch bad drones, and the ever-evolving etiquette of text messages.
Trends with Benefits: A new space race, HoloLenses, Hyperchairs, and potato chips
Facebook is letting anyone stream live video, Microsoft's HoloLens heads to space, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are igniting a new space race, and the Hyperchair will save you from office thermostat wars.
Trends with Benefits: Black Friday madness, kids and drones, Star Wars saturation
On this week's podcast the DT crew hooks you up with some of the best Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals out there. Oh yeah, we talk about drones too.
Trends with Benefits: Star Wars mania, bioprinted organs, brain implants and more
We hear what Sennheiser's $55,000 Orpheus headphones are like from someone who has tried them, plus the latest in streaming from Vudu and Seeso, bioprinted organs, and of course, sous-vide turkey.
Trends with Benefits: Wireless earbuds, Windows conspiracies, YouTube Music
T-Mobile and Comcast are pissing people off in totally different ways, Microsoft isn't really watching you, YouTube Music is better late than never, and the first wireless earbuds you can buy are absolutely amazing.
Trends with Benefits: Bio-clothing, robot deliveries, and NASA’s EmDrive
The DT crew is back again, this week to discuss the latest in bio-clothing, NASA's nutty EmDrive thruster, Reddit's foray into TV, and Circle with Disney, which is a lot cooler than it sounds, we promise.
Trends with Benefits: Self-sacrificing cars, Fruit Roll-Up dresses, TV gets real
Should your car kill you to save others? Is technology making TV more realistic? Would you eat a dress made of Fruit Roll-Ups? We’re tackling the tough questions this week.
Trends with Benefits: Cheap VR, 3D-printed teeth, ‘Fire and Forget’ robots
What's the Microsoft Surface Book like in the flesh? Hear it straight from our computing editor. Plus we discuss cheap VR options like Homido, 3D-printed teeth that don't grow bacteria, and some scary-sounding civil-service robots.
Trends with Benefits: Drone zappers, alien megastructures, #FrozenChook
This week on Trends with Benefits, our round-table of tech experts looks at plans from Apple and Amazon to stream live TV to set top boxes, discusses the impact of the Drone Defender, and speculates about the Alien Megastructure on the distant star, KIC 8462852.
Trends with Benefits: Microsoft’s hardware gamble, AI takeover, drones galore
It wasn't long ago that Microsoft was just a software company, so it's a bit weird to say that we're excited this week to unpack all of Microsoft's new hardware.
Trends with Benefits: Smart grills, smarter TVs, and Martian ice igloos
On this week's episode we launch into the debate over what to do after cutting the cord. Nearly every major streaming media device is getting an upgrade this year, so which one is going to prevail over the rest? We have our early favorites.
Trends with Benefits: VR’s going mainstream, VW’s in deep diesel, and more
This week's roundup of the latest and greatest in tech covers live-streaming video apps including Periscope and Nomadcast, Oculus Connect 2 and the future of VR, and Volkswagen's trouble with the EPA.
Trends with Benefits: Digging into Apple’s new arsenal
Listen in as the Digital Trends round-table of experts breaks down everything you need to know from Apple's iPhone 6S event. Plus a special announcement from one of DT's newest guest contributors.
Trends with Benefits: 4K phones, OLED takeover, Star Wars toys and DIY helicopters
A roundup of the biggest trends from IFA 2015 in Berlin, along with some love for John Legere, and Star Wars toys!
Trends with Benefits: The next iPhone and IFA Berlin are right around the corner
Most of the new products at CES first made their world debut at IFA in Berlin. Get caught up on what to expect from Europe's largest electronics trade show.
Trends with Benefits: Busted cheaters, Google routers, and a fire drill
If you catch yourself pointing and laughing at the victims of the Ashley Madison data breach, just remember that your personal information is essentially just as safe as theirs was.
Trends with Benefits: Robot bartenders, lawnmowers, and the holy grail of ear buds
After a handful of wireless Bluetooth earbuds failed to deliver on Kickstarter, Pear Designs appears to have gotten it right. Pearbuds creator and CEO Eric Tsoi joins the TWB crew to describe how he packed some serious tech into a small package.
Trends with Benefits: Hypersonic jets, hoverboards, drug-dropping drones and more
Following up on last week's release of Windows 10, we discuss some of the issues that some people are having... those people with issues includes Greg. Brad tells us why this is happening and the answer is actually pretty surprising.
Trends with Benefits: Windows 10, heartbeat paint and selfie drones
On this week's podcast, we talk about the ups and downs of Windows 10, a car cloaked in special Luminor paint that lights up when your heart beats, Amazon's latest drone plans, and yes, Samsung's effort to build a drone that takes selfies.
Trends with Benefits: Gun drones, flying cars, fancy fishin’ and the fall of ESPN
On this week's podcast, we talk about ESPN's streaming woes, the advent of drones, flying cars, and an irrational hatred of paragliders and raspberry beer.
Trends with Benefits: Augmented reality and terraforming the moon
The marketing appears to be towards "professionals," but will the new design be enough to overcome the bad publicity version 1.0 received?
Trends with Benefits: Emojis for your car, Apple Music, copious grape Crush
Listen in as our panel dives into the new Apple Music, among other tech topics. Just be warned that the entire panel is on a sugar high after pounding a bunch of Grape Crush.
Trends with Benefits: Our worst ‘reply all’ mistakes, Taylor Swift conspiracies
Recalling a handful of their worst "Reply All" email mistakes, the Trends with Benefits panel analyzes Gmail's latest feature and how it can prevent the agony of the accidental reply all.
Trends with Benefits: Wearing Oculus, playing Battlefront, more tales from inside E3
E3 2015 is in the books, but a lot went on behind the scenes that most people didn't hear about. DT's Brad Bourque calls in from the show floor with all the news that's unfit to print.
Serial seasons 2 and 3 are on the way, podcast returns Fall 2015
Serial is currently working on the podcast's second and third seasons. Season 2 will air in Fall 2015, with Season 3 making its debut in the spring of 2016.
Trends with Benefits: Spotify world domination, KFC keyboards, a roll-up TV
Spotify wants to get into more than just music, KFC has a keyboard especially for your greasy fingers, and LG has an OLED TV you can literally unfurl and stick to the wall with magnets.
Trends with Benefits: Ferraris, Quake and conquest with gaming legend Thresh
You may know Dennis Fong as Thresh, the CEO of Raptr, or a Quake legend, but more likely you know him as the man who won John Carmack's Ferrari in a moment that defined the nascent days of pro gaming.
Trends with Benefits: Apple Watch tattoo trouble, HoloLens destined for debauchery
Inside the Digital Trends Car of the Year Awards, the Apple's Watch's tattoo trouble, all the wrong reasons to buy a Microsoft HoloLens, and the fall of the iconic MasterLock.