The Need for Speed franchise is probably the most well-known arcade racing series of all time. It’s been around for 25 years and has made appearances on virtually every major console since. Some of that acclaim is due to the fact that a few Need for Speed entries are among the best racing games of all […]
Electronic Arts is making another Need For Speed game, probably because some spreadsheet somewhere said that it should. It announced Need For Speed: Heat with a trailer this morning, and based solely on this video, it looks as uninspired as other recent entries in the series. Here’s how Electronic Arts describes the premise for Heat […]
DSLR (digital single-lens reflex) cameras are great for travel photography, but they are bulky and can be a hassle to pack. More and more travelers are going for mirrorless cameras instead, as they offer amazing image quality at half the size and weight of conventional DSLRs. A solid option would be the Sony Alpha a6000, […]
Intel is getting back into the graphics game, and we don’t mean with graphics cores onboard its CPUs. In 2020 Intel is expected to debut its first add-in graphics card since the Intel740 released back in 1998. The technology behind this GPU and its potential performance remain shrouded in mystery, but as time goes on […]
With a seemingly endless sea of options and features, shopping for the right laptop can be challenging especially if you’re not a techie person. But if you’re looking for something that will meet your productivity, entertainment, and creativity needs, you may want to check out the Lenovo Flex 14 2-in-1 Convertible Touchscreen Laptop. This model […]
Hillary Grigonis/Digital Trends If you’re new to the world of photography, the idea of a lens that doesn’t zoom might seem a bit odd. Even our phones have zoom lenses on them now, or a least a version of zoom thanks to multiple lenses and digital tricks. And yet, some of the best lenses for […]
SAN FRANCISCO — When Americans fear the future, they turn to antitrust action. It happened in the 1890s, when the United States was rapidly moving from a farming economy to an industrialized one. It happened again in the late 1940s, when nuclear war seemed imminent. And it is happening now, as big technology companies work […]
Julian Chokkattu/Digital Trends Your iPhone is already practically indispensable, storing messages, photos, contacts, banking apps, payment cards, boarding passes, and so much more. In Apple’s iOS 13, the stage is being set for it to one day also become the main form of personal identification you carry, due to the company opening up its NFC […]
Screen shot from “Lost Words.” (Sketchbook Games/Sketchbook Games) By Harold Goldberg June 14 The best surprises at E3 come from smaller games, the makers of which rarely sacrifice their art, design and storytelling for the sake of commerce. While some of these will be distributed by bigger game publishers, the creativity is sometimes staggeringly proficient […]
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Julian Chokkattu/Digital Trends Apple announced iOS 13 during the keynote presentation at its 2019 Worldwide Developer Conference today. This is the next version of its mobile operating system, which will not only come to an iPhone, iPad, or iPod near you soon, but will also arrive on the new set of iPhones expected later this year. […]
[embedded content] The merger of T-Mobile and Sprint, the third- and fourth-largest carriers in the U.S., has been close to happening for years — but will it ever? In April 2018, T-Mobile CEO John Legere took to Twitter to officially announce the merger, saying the two companies “have reached an agreement.” He posted a video […]
Riley Young/Digital Trends Apple’s decision to ditch the 3.5mm headphone jack on its latest devices ruffled some feathers, but in hindsight, the company’s instincts seem to be correct: Like it or not, wireless earbuds are the way of the future. As technology continues to get sleeker and smaller, compact earbuds are increasingly getting the Bluetooth […]
Julian Chokkattu/Digital Trends This year, the mobile tech community is readying itself for a massive influx of folding smartphones, and the first major release will be the Samsung Galaxy Fold. The unusual folding smartphone is packed with the latest tech, including the most powerful new 7nm processors, 12GB of RAM, and 512GB of storage. But […]
Although Android continues to dominate the smartphone market, Apple still reigns supreme in the kingdom of tablets. Steve Jobs launched the touchscreen tablet as we know it into mainstream consciousness, and in doing so, carved out a new niche that blurred the line between portable smart devices and computers. With multiple iPad and tablet models […]