Meet Optimized Storage, MacOS Sierra's best kept secret

MacOS Sierra does a lot of cool stuff. It provides seamless integration for your iOS devices, brings Siri to your Mac, and even organizes your photos based on life events. But there’s one feature that you’ll probably get more use out of than all the others combined, and it’s an easy one to miss: Optimized Storage. Unveiled at WWDC, where Apple first announced MacOS Sierra, Optimized Storage sounds like the last item on a long list of features you’ve seen a thousand times....

August 22, 2025 · 4 min · 697 words · Katherine Gray

Microsoft says it ‘messed up’ on Xbox Live pricing, won’t raises rates

Microsoft has backtracked on an announcement that it would raise the price ofXbox Live Goldmemberships after an outcry from gamers. Many pointed out that it was tactless to raise prices on gaming when many people are staying at home due to the pandemic and gaming provides a much-needed form of safe entertainment. In ablog postfirst posted on Friday, January 22, Microsoft said it would increase the price of Gold memberships by $1 for one-month memberships and $5 for three-month memberships in the U....

August 22, 2025 · 2 min · 346 words · Denise Ferguson

Microsoft Word to Get DAISY XML Capability

At the TechEd IT Forum 2007 in Barcelona,Microsoftand theDigital Accessible Information Systems Consortium(DAISY) announced a development project that willcreate a tool enabling Microsoft Word users to convert documents from Open XML format to DAISY XML, the most widely-used format for users who are blind or print-disabled. The move could be an important development to make documents more accessible for blind and visually-impaired users. Historically, print-impaired computer users have used specialized accessibility technology like screen magnifiers, screen readers, text-to-speech technology, and other tools to attempt to manipulate document formats that, realistically, have been created with only sighted users in mind....

August 22, 2025 · 2 min · 351 words · Mary Jenkins

Motorola’s Edge 30 Ultra is a powerful Galaxy Note rival

Motorola has been offeringstylus-toting phonesfor a while, but they’ve mostly been relegated to the budget segment andwithout any standout tricks. Now it appears that the company is finally ready to make a high-end phone with stylus support that offers some neat features in tow, just like Samsung’s Galaxy Note series devices. Motorola Smart Stylus AnXDA-Developersreport citing a reliable source claims that the upcoming Motorola Edge 30 Ultra will offer stylus input support....

August 22, 2025 · 3 min · 590 words · William Ibarra

Need Help? These Are the Best places to hire people online

This content was produced in partnership with ZipRecruiter. Hiring the right people is a crucial part of developing your business. The best person for the job will be one that shares your vision, is highly responsible, appropriately skilled, and is an efficient worker. You know what you want from your next employee but what do you do when it comes to finding that person? With many different sources out there for finding the best way to hire employees, we’ve picked out the best places to hire people online including ways to find employees online fast or for a long-term commitment....

August 22, 2025 · 11 min · 2301 words · Kenneth Schneider

Nreal’s Air AR glasses head to the U.S., ready to rock with iPhones

Nreal is bringing its augmented reality (AR) glasses to the U.S., and this time the company is porting over all that immersive fun to the iOS ecosystem. The Nreal Air, which have been available in the U.K. since May, carry a price tag of $379 and will be available via Amazon and authorized retail outlets starting today. The Nreal Air is a watered-down version ofthe Light AR glasses, but the package is still quite compelling for the asking price....

August 22, 2025 · 3 min · 578 words · Shawna Valenzuela

One of 2023’s best-reviewed movies is now on Netflix. Here’s why you should watch it

Just under five months after it hit theaters,Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Versehas finally made its streaming debut onNetflix. The heavily-anticipated follow-up toSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Versedid not disappoint as it became one of the top hits of the summer. Given its overwhelmingly positive reception from fans, it should be amongthe most popular movies on Netflixwithin its first 24 hours. Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, and Justin K. Thompson co-directed the film from a script by Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, and Dave Callaham....

August 22, 2025 · 3 min · 500 words · Colin Anderson

Only the most expensive iPhone 15 will get a new periscope camera

Apple is expected to upgrade the iPhone’s camera system with a fancy new periscope lens, according to a newreport. However, this update will be exclusive to the company’s flagship device of 2023, theiPhone 15 Pro Max. The news comes from reliable Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Kuo had previously claimed that the technology would be available on all the Pro models, with the recent clarification limiting it to the ‘Max’ model....

August 22, 2025 · 2 min · 410 words · Angela Moore

Opportunity Mars rover movie incoming — watch the trailer

While NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover tends to get all the attention these days, an incoming Amblin Entertainment and Amazon Studios documentary gives us a chance to celebrate two other Mars rovers that paved the way for the current Perseverance mission. Good Night Oppy, which lands on Prime Video on November 24 following a limited theatrical release on November 4, uses archival footage, computer animation, and talking heads to tell the story of Opportunity and its twin rover Spirit, two NASA vehicles that landed on the red planet in 2004....

August 22, 2025 · 2 min · 312 words · Jeffrey Adams

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX review: A monotonous adventure

“Why you may 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.“ Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DXis a colorful remake of a 2005 Game Boy Advance dungeon crawler that’s fully committed to entertaining the franchise’s youngest fans. But it also serves as a tangible example of the tension the entire Pokémon franchise is under....

August 22, 2025 · 7 min · 1367 words · Jessica Smith

Reports of the demise of iconic YouTube video may be exaggerated

Fourteen years ago Charlie bit his brother Harry’s finger and the whole world got to know about it. That’s because the boys’ father, Howard Davies-Carr, caught the hilarious incident on camera and posted it on YouTube, where it quickly went viral. Since then, the 55-second clip has been viewed an astonishing 885 million times. The video, titledCharlie bit my finger, hit the headlines again at the weekend when it was auctioned for a whopping $760,000 asa non-fungible token (NFT), a kind of certificate that allows a person to take ownership of something digital....

August 22, 2025 · 2 min · 386 words · Michael Brown

RuPaul's Drag Race's Plastique Stuns With Sailor Moon-Inspired Cosplay

Summary RuPaul’s Drag Raceseason 11 alum, Plastique Tiara, returns forRuPaul’s Drag Race All-Starsseason nine, bringing multipleSailor Moon-inspired fashions to the main stage. Plastique is a Vietnamese-American drag performer, dancer, and model with a following of 11.6 million onTikTok, where she showcases her impeccable style influenced directly by anime and manga. So far,Plastique has usedAll-Starsas an opportunity tocosplayas anime iconsSailor Moon and Sailor Star Healer. Naoko Takeuchi’sSailor Moonis an international best-selling manga and anime about magical girls fighting evil while navigating young love and friendships....

August 22, 2025 · 3 min · 567 words · Laura Daniel

Samsung wants its SUHD TV, Blu-ray player, soundbar to rule your home theater set up

Samsung’s got 8 million pixels packed into the KS9800, and the device is the culmination of all its efforts over the years in designing LED and LCD TVs. This SUHD TV uses quantum dot technology — that means the 65-inch 4K TV we got up close with at CE Week 2016 offers bright, accurate colors and supports high dynamic range, or HDR. The South Korean giant is trying to perfect the technology that sits in your living room and it’s doing that in three ways....

August 22, 2025 · 2 min · 346 words · Austin Allen