YouTube ‘Explore’ tab aims to jazz up video recommendations

Ever wish yourYouTube recommendationswere just a little bit better at surfacing new content you actually want to watch, or perhaps more adept at introducing creators with great channels that you’d never heard of before? With just that in mind, the world’s most popular video-streaming site last year started testing out an Instagram-like Explore tab with a very limited number of smartphone users. Ina videoposted recently on YouTube’s Creator Insider channel, YouTube product manager David Sharon described the Explore tab as the place to go when you want to discover new videos, topics, and creators....

June 27, 2025 · 2 min · 378 words · Melissa Taylor

Zoom’s A.I. tech to detect emotion during calls upsets critics

Zoom has begun to develop A.I. technology which can reportedly scan the faces and speech of users in order to determine their emotions, which wasfirst reported by Protocol. While this technology appears to still be in its early phases of development and implementation, several human rights groups project that it could be used for more discriminatory purposes down the line, and are urging Zoom to turn away from the practice....

June 27, 2025 · 2 min · 333 words · Matthew Black

‘Game of Thrones’ will bring back the dead with a reunion special

The eighth and final season ofGame of Throneswill premiere on HBO in April 2019, but the series finale won’t be the last time the hit show’s cast is brought together. AGame of Thronesreunion special was filmed that involves at least a few long-gone cast members from the show’s early seasons. According toEntertainment Weekly, the special was filmed in Belfast, Ireland, in early 2018, with Conan O’ Brien serving as host of the event....

June 27, 2025 · 2 min · 348 words · Michael Olson

'Trainer Ball' is a Pokéball-like device 'Pokémon Go' players can throw

It’s pretty safe to say that despite its unprecedented popularity, Pokémon Go is a little light on the gameplay. Sure you can “catch ’em all” and take over gyms, but that’s more meta strategy. The actual gameplay is in the throwing of Pokéballs, but that flick isn’t very thematic. So what if you could use a real-world Pokéball you actually throw to catch more pocket monsters? That’s what the creators of the “Trainer Ball,” for “the # 1 App in the world,” hope to create with theirnew Kickstarter campaign....

June 26, 2025 · 3 min · 428 words · Alyssa Dalton

10 best Star Trek: Discovery episodes, ranked

Of all the completed Star Trek series,Discoverymay be the most difficult from which to pick out the 10 best episodes. That’s not because it’sthe weakest series in the franchise likeEnterpriseis— by our reckoning, it’s actually in the low middle — but because its serialized format makes it tricky to isolate specific chapters to celebrate. Each season ofDiscoveryfollowed Michael Burnham and the crew of the show’s eponymous starship on a lengthy adventure with cosmic stakes, but not every hour packed a memorable punch....

June 26, 2025 · 8 min · 1504 words · Kimberly Hernandez

10 best Thanksgiving TV episodes of all time, ranked

Across decades of history, TV has amassed a pretty solid repertoire of interesting Thanksgiving episodes. Not every TV show has tackled the holiday, and even fewer have tackled it well. Even so, if you’re looking for great episodes of TV to get you in the mood for the holiday, or to help you wind down after celebrating, you’ve come to exactly the right place. This list has everything from wholesome reminders of why we give thanks to slightly more bittersweet outings about how complicated family can be....

June 26, 2025 · 5 min · 1031 words · Ms. Holly Johnson DVM

3 Body Problem's Renewal Season Count Confirmed By Netflix

Summary Netflix has confirmed how many more seasons there will be of3 Body Problem. Following the announcement of the show’s renewal and a promise that the story adapted from Liu Cixin’sRemembrance of Earth’s Pastbook trilogy would be told in its entirety, there was uncertainty about how many more seasons the series would be getting. Showrunners David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, and Alexander Woo previously shared that the renewal would allow them to complete the story as they originally intended, but the exact number of seasons needed to do so remained unclear....

June 26, 2025 · 3 min · 446 words · Jacob Brewer

Amazon sent me a Christmas tree. Did it leave me pining for more?

Every year, my family and I bundle up in warm rain gear and boots (we’re in Oregon, after all) and head to a local Christmas tree farm. There, we chase each other in the maze of noble firs, looking for that perfectly-sized, mostly symmetrical tree. When we find it, we get down in the mud to saw it off and haul it to the car in a wheelbarrow supplied by the farm....

June 26, 2025 · 4 min · 835 words · Michele Hayden

Apex Legends tips and tricks

Apex Legendshasexperienced a surge in interestover the past few months. Millions of players are flocking to EA’s battle royale game, and it’s easy to see why. As a quality free-to-play game,Apex Legendssells itself, but beyond that, it offers a few interesting twists on the battle royale format. Looting and shooting is still at the core ofApex Legends,but you’ll need more than that to make it to the winner’s circle. Here are the best tips and tricks for getting started inApex Legends....

June 26, 2025 · 11 min · 2264 words · Jamie Cooper

Asus Xonar Essence STX Sound Card Review

“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.“ If you’re the type of audio enthusiast who delights in discovering nuances in musical recordings you thought you were already intimately familiar with, you’ll want to check out the Asus Xonar Essence STX sound card....

June 26, 2025 · 6 min · 1120 words · Abigail Thomas

Bad Boys: Ride Or Die Review& Martin Lawrence Have Still Got It

Summary Once again directed by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah (collectively known as Adil and Bilall),Bad Boys: Ride or Dieis a crowd-pleaser. It’s a film you have to watch with the right audience, or else some of the humor won’t land. As a sequel that builds on what came before, screenwriters Chris Bremner and Will Beall do a great job pulling on a story thread that hasn’t been explored, while tying it seamlessly toBad Boys for Life....

June 26, 2025 · 5 min · 980 words · Jodi Oconnor

Become the next PewDiePie with Razer’s Ripsaw capture card for PC, consoles

On Tuesday, Razer launched its very first capture video device,the Razer Ripsaw. This external capture card will let gamers stream their favorite titles to platforms such as Twitch and YouTube without bogging down the framerates or reducing the resolution. It even works with popular broadcasting solutions includingOpen Broadcaster Softwareand XSplit right out of the box. “Razer has been involved with the streaming scene since the beginning of game broadcasting, with top streamers using our hardware through the ages to get the unfair gaming advantage in front of audiences,” said Min-Liang Tan, Razer CEO and co-founder....

June 26, 2025 · 3 min · 491 words · Steven Moran

Below Deck’s Captain Sandy opens up about how yachting helped her sobriety

Below Deck’s Captain Sandy opens up about how yachting helped her sobriety Captain Sandy Yawn from the Below Deck franchise shared how her yachting career was helpful to her sobriety. Captain Sandy Yawnis a veteran in the yachting industry who appeared on manyBelow Deckfranchise shows, and she has been open about her sobriety journey. In the Bravo web seriesAt the Helm, Captain Sandy shared an inspiring story about how her yachting career started....

June 26, 2025 · 2 min · 329 words · Linda Sims