Lost Judgment review: Yakuza spin-off loses the plot

“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.“ If Yakuza is a goofy soap opera,Lost Judgmentis a hard-boiled procedural drama. Both genres share similarities, especially when it comes to their use of melodrama, but the difference is in how seriously they take themselves....

June 13, 2025 · 8 min · 1701 words · Jill Harding

Love is Blind fans spot show’s attempt to dispel accusations contestants aren’t fed

Love is Blind fans spot show’s attempt to dispel accusations contestants aren’t fed Dedicated fans of Love is Blind are noticing season 5’s grand attempt to prove that they do, in fact, feed the contestants. Love is Blindfans are calling out season 5 of the Netflix series for seemingly attempting to dispel accusations regarding the cast members not being fed. In 2022, a lawsuit against the reality show made waves after a former contestant sued the show for “restricting access to food and water on set....

June 13, 2025 · 2 min · 407 words · Anthony Mccarthy

Meet Manny Ruiz, the accidental entrepreneur behind Hispanicize

This story originally ran onDigital TrendsEspañol— the Spanish-language version of the site you know and love. Read in Spanish “We want to inject new ideas that Latinos have never heard before. We want to unite Latinos and create our own voice.” Born in Miami to a Cuban father and a second-generation Cuban-American mother, Manny Ruiz is one of the most influential personalities in the Latino community in terms of empowering content creators and digital media trendsetters....

June 13, 2025 · 5 min · 969 words · Elizabeth Barnett

MIT has a robotic mini-cheetah that can do backflips. Humanity is doomed

What’s scarier than a cheetah, one of nature’s most awesome big cats? A robot cheetah, of course. What’s scarier than a robot cheetah? Abackflippingrobot cheetah, created by the evidently fiendishly brilliant robotics geniuses over at theMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Clearly taking their cue from the example set by nearby Boston Dynamics’backflipping Atlas robot, MIT researchers have developed a “Mini Cheetah” robot that’s capable of pulling off some dazzling athletic maneuvers. While its 20-pound weight makes it somewhat more diminutive than the 100-plus pound real animal it’s based on, MIT’s robocat nonetheless impresses....

June 13, 2025 · 2 min · 353 words · Tyler Smith

Modern Warfare 2 Season 5 Reloaded update patch notes: New multiplayer map, play again feature, more

Modern Warfare 2 Season 5 Reloaded update patch notes: New multiplayer map, play again feature, more Modern Warfare 2 follows the status quo in Season 5 Reloaded by adding a new map, a Gunfight variant, and more. Here is everything you need to know about the mid-season update. Season 5brought back the fan-favorite map Strike, which first appeared in COD 4. The large urban desert town also made appearances in Modern Warfare 2 (2009) and Modern Warfare Remastered....

June 13, 2025 · 2 min · 416 words · Christopher Powell

NASA’s historic Artemis I mission finally underway with SLS rocket launch

NASA has successfully launched its next-generation SLS rocket and Orion spacecraft on a test flight to the moon, ushering in a new era of space exploration. Packing 8.8 million pounds of thrust at launch, the world’s most powerful operational rocket blasted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 1:47 a.m. ET on Wednesday, November 16, on its first-ever flight. We are going. For the first time, the@NASA_SLSrocket and@NASA_Orionfly together....

June 13, 2025 · 2 min · 334 words · Misty Lawson

Need AirPlay? Hold off on the Wiim Ultra for now

Update, July 24:The current Wiim Ultra won’t be getting AirPlay. It pays to read the fine print. I know this, and yet sometimes in my rush to tell readers about the latest gadget, I neglect to check my assumptions. Such was the case with the new $329Wiim Ultra— the latestnetwork music streamerin Wiim’s rapidly expanding collection of wireless hi-fi gear. I assumed — as did a number of my colleagues — that the Ultra (which will start shipping soon) is compatible withApple’s AirPlay 2wireless streaming protocol....

June 13, 2025 · 3 min · 441 words · Darryl Allen

Nintendo will not offer cross-platform play for its first-party games

With Xbox Play Anywhere, Microsoft gives Xbox One and PC players the ability to game together online, and third-party releases likeFortnitehave opened up the floodgates further by allowing cross-platform play between all consoles, PC, and mobile platforms. Nintendo allows cross-platform play for certain games onthe Switch, but the companywill not be offering the featurein its own first-party games. Speaking at aninvestors meeting, new Nintendo president Shuntaro Furukawa expressed Nintendo’s willingness to continue working with third-party partners interested in cross-platform play, but shot down the chance of similar functionality coming to series like Mario Kart or Super Smash Bros....

June 13, 2025 · 2 min · 340 words · Kimberly Torres

OnePlus Nord 2 5G review: Just call it the OnePlus 9 Lite

“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.“ The OnePlus Nord 2 is a particularly important new smartphone because it’s thefirst time OnePlushas released a phone without a Qualcomm Snapdragon chip inside. The Nord 2 uses a customized version ofMediaTek’s Dimensity 1200flagship chip, and it’s arguably the company’s highest-profile partnership yet, at least outside of Asia....

June 13, 2025 · 10 min · 2057 words · Alexis Wright

PlayStation Classic includes ‘Metal Gear Solid’ and ‘Grand Theft Auto’

Back in September, Sony announced the plug-and-play PlayStation Classic system, along with five of its 20 included games. Now, we know therest of the list, and it includes some truly legendary titles. The 15 newly announced games the PlayStation Classic will include are: These games join the previously announcedFinal Fantasy VII,Jumping Flash,Wild Arms,Tekken 3, andRidge Racer Type 4. Wepublished a list of the 15 gameswe wanted to see on the PlayStation Classic a few weeks ago, and only a couple ended up actually coming to the system....

June 13, 2025 · 2 min · 304 words · Daniel Massey

Resident Evil Village director doesn’t rule out more Lady Dimitrescu

Resident Evil is full of big personalities. The franchise has brought fans countless memorable characters, from Chris Redfield toResident Evil 4’s iconic merchant. All of those characters sit in the towering shadow of the series’ new star, Lady Dimitrescu. The 9-foot-tall vampire became an instant phenomenon when she first popped up in a trailer forResident Evil Villagein January. Capcom immediately put her at the front and center of the game’s marketing efforts, propelling her to meme status....

June 13, 2025 · 5 min · 869 words · Antonio Kennedy

Ring Video Doorbell 3 Plus vs. Google Nest Hello

The technology industry is swimming withsmart doorbellsthat allow you to feel safe in your home and talk to guests at your door without getting up from the sofa. Two of the best models are the Ring Video Doorbell 3 Plus and the Google Nest Hello. We’re here to uncover the differences between the two and name which one is the overall winner. At a glance TheRing Video Doorbell 3 Plusis small and rectangular with smooth edges....

June 13, 2025 · 6 min · 1202 words · Jon Ruiz Jr.

Samsung commits to 4 years of security updates on many popular Galaxy devices

Samsung has committed to delivering Samsung Knox security updates to a wide range of its Galaxy devicesfor at least four yearsafter their release. It fills in a gray area regarding Samsung’s security update schedule, giving anyone who buys a new Samsung phone peace of mind for a substantial amount of time. Phones like theGalaxy S21 Ultraand theNote 20 Ultraare technically capable of lasting for many years, but the software needs to keep up to ensure you aren’t forced to upgrade early....

June 13, 2025 · 2 min · 398 words · John Mathews