Tile Sticker, Slim, and Pro hands-on review: A Tile for your tech (and more)
Tile has unveiled an all-new hardware lineup for 2019, including new form factors and functionality – and at last, an adhesive version of the tracking tech. Meet Tile Sticker, Tile Slim, Tile Pro, and Tile Mate, versatile tracking devices to ensure you don't lose anything.
Microsoft Surface Earbuds hands-on review
Microsoft's got a brand new bag with its own pair of fully wireless earbuds, dubbed the Surface Earbuds. Ostensibly AirPods competitors, the Earbuds put their own spin on wireless sound, including a new way to interact with Microsoft software, translation, and touch controls, all at a hefty price.
Microsoft Surface Neo hands-on review: Touch the future
The Microsoft Surface Neo is a new dual-screen laptop that envisions a new path of mobile PCs. Instead of a physical keyboard, it has two screens that fold together like a book. The bottom half can be used with a small accessory keyboard. It can also be held as a tablet, like a book, and more.
At IFA, Qualcomm and BMW unveil the world’s first 5G connected car — almost
At a keynote presentation during IFA 2019, Qualcomm President Cristiano Amon and Christoph Grote, BMW's senior vice president of electronics, announced plans to evolve future vehicles with 5G, which will push next-generation connected cars even futher. Digital Trends sat down with the pair for a deeper dive.
What is IFA anyway? A.I., autos, and the future at Europe’s biggest tech show
You don’t need to know how to spell Internationale Funkausstellung to know that IFA is the world’s largest technology show, and it’s happening in Berlin next week. Here's what the show is all about, from innovation to ideas to gadgets and gizmos (no sex robots, however).
5G will herald a new invention age, Qualcomm says at Mobile World Congress
Unlimited data consumption, more like electricity than data, and the analytics and A.I. to study that vast flood of data, will enable billions of things to be connected. It's a huge transformation for the industry, and if the promised changes come true, a vast change to society, too.
Qualcomm draws a road map to the self-driving car of the future
Qualcomm has unveiled its 2nd-gen Connected Car Reference Platform and the QCA6696 chip, which brings next-gen Wi-Fi 6 connectivity and 5G to autos and enables an array of technologies to bridge the gap between the cars of today and the self-driving entertainment centers of the future.
Ericsson wants to make 5G networking easier with packing tape
To simplify deployments of 5g networks, Ericsson researchers invented “Radio Stripes” – essentially packing tape with serialized radios every foot or so and linked by flexible wire. To deploy, simply unroll and affix. The company unveiled the tech at MWC, the Mobile World Congress show in Barcelona.
Dyson DC59 Motorhead review
The Dyson DC59 Motorhead has remarkable good looks and can practically pull the fibers out of your carpets, let alone the dirt. If only the battery lasted longer…
Microsoft Band review
The Microsoft Band wearable fitness device and smartwatch packs 10 different sensors into one amazing package, a technology feat to be sure. But Microsoft lost sight of function somewhere along the way -- and ended up building an unwearable wearable.
Motorola Droid Turbo review
The ancient Romans had a saying: After three days, a guest like a fish begins to smell. (They said it in Latin, of course.) The point being, time can take the luster off a good thing, whether it’s the fun of visiting family or what felt like smartphone of the year. Updated on 3-16-2015 by […]
Microsoft Band 2 review
With the Microsoft Band 2 wearable -- a smartwatch with strong fitness tracking and health monitoring features -- the company has fixed the design flaws that made the first Band so hard to wear. But design dings and downright disasters leave this product dead in the water.
HP Envy x360 15 hands-on review
Stylish, powerful, and refined, the Envy x360 15 could be a dream. It’s convertible 2-in-1 design that supports inking and and has powerful internal components including support for either standard Intel CPUs or an AMD solution with Radeon graphics. But a quirk or two have us worried it’s a nightmare instead.
Welcome to the all-new Digital Trends
Digital Trends has had the same look for over half a decade. We can do better. You demanded more from us. So over the last half a year, we’ve built a new site, rethinking what we do from the inside out to ensure that every widget works, every slider slides, every text box wraps flawlessly.
Enough is enough: It’s time to break up big tech companies
The Justice Department is starting an antitrust review of Big Tech companies. Antitrust investigations are needed when a business’ sheer bulk is abused, when innovative smaller companies are squashed, and when consumers are impacted. And frankly, that’s a very real problem in the tech world today.
CES 2020 will allow sex toys but crack down on inappropriate clothing
For the 2020 CES show, sex toys will come to Vegas -- but skintight clothing that "hugs genitalia" is a no-no, the group organizing the enormous consumer tech-fest announced Tuesday. The news comes after a sex toy won a prize in 2019 only to have it revoked
Facebook gets a bad rap, former exec says, but we should break it up anyway
The rise of hate speech, the trolling, the comment on Facebook? Not Facebook's fault, says Alex Stamos, former chief security officer, in a fireside chat with Kara Swisher at the Collision conference. But the site should still be broken up. And Google too.
Twitter co-founder Ev Williams still wants to save the world
Social media has led to a mental health crisis in Gen Z and a rise in hate speech. But there’s light at the end of the tunnel, according to Ev Williams, the co-founder of Twitter and Medium. But weaning ourselves off today's social media won't be easy, he told Kara Swisher at the Collision conference.
From cars to computers: How data is transforming F1 racing
After a single weekend of racing, a Formula 1 pit crew typically pulls around 2TB of data from the car. Everything, from tire pressure to the temperature of the track, is recorded and analyzed in the name of boosting performance -- and not all drivers are happy about it.
Nugget ice is just the tip of the chewable iceberg for GE’s crazed FirstBuild labs
FirstBuild's Opal nugget ice maker packs ice crystals into nuggets of crunchy ice. Here's how the company has turned the home appliance market on its ear.
Samsung Galaxy Buds first look: Are they ear candy or ear worm?
The new Samsung Galaxy Buds are an answer to the oddball design of the Apple AirPods: They're cheaper, better looking, and bring some neat features, including wireless charging with the Galaxy S10, S10+, and S10 e. Can Galaxy Buds snuff out the AirPods?
Need speed? Qualcomm unveils the Snapdragon X55, the world’s fastest 5G modem
Ahead of a wave of 5G smartphones to be unveiled at MWC 2019 in Barcelona next week, Qualcomm is preparing for an even faster future. On Tuesday, the silicon giant unveiled a second-generation 5G modem for the following wave of smartphones, promising blistering download speeds as high as 7Gbps.
CES 2019 recap: All the trends, products, and gadgets you missed
CES 2019 didn’t just give us a taste of the future, it offered a five-course meal. From 8K and Micro LED televisions to smart toilets, the show delivered with all the amazing gadgetry you could ask for. Here’s a look at all the big trends, and when expect they’ll arrive.
Monster fires ‘toxic’ COO, alleges threats of mutilation, death
Monster, which turned the headphone industry upside down with Dr. Dre, is upending its own exec board, announcing in a press release that it had fired “toxic” COO Fereidoun “Fred” Khalilian on July 27 – alleging a failed hostile takeover, death and dismemberment threats, and downright corruption.
Will high-res radar make tomorrow’s cars safer?
Modern cars have sensors that are meant to make driving safer, like detecting something or someone out in front. But current technology needs improvement. Enter radar, lidar, and cameras, but are they the solution?
Sony’s new Aibo robot dog is absolutely adorable — and crazy expensive
Sony has unveiled the limited First Litter Edition Aibo, which goes on sale in time for the holidays for a mere $2,899. The pup is a tech tour de force, with 22 axes of movement, bright OLED screens for eyes, And a cloud-connected A.I. system to help it learn who you are and grow and adapt.
No, blue light from your cell phone won’t make you blind
A new study from the University of Toledo reveals the process by which blue light impacts the photoreceptors in our eyes and leads to macular degeneration, an incurable eye disease that causes blindness later in life. Cell phones emit blue light ... so should we be worried? Hardly. And here's why.
NASA’s planet-hunting TESS satellite: What you need to know
NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) embarked in April 2018 on a two-year mission to seek out new planets — and possibly extraterrestrial life -- and it began science operations on July 25. Here’s everything you need to know about the satellite and its mission.
