Deadly Uber crash was ‘entirely avoidable’ had the driver not been watching Hulu

Uber has put the brakes on its experimental autonomous vehicles in Phoenix, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, and Toronto following a deadly crash in Tempe, Arizona. We've recently learned that the crash was "entirely avoidable" as the safety driver was watching Hulu up until about 0.5 seconds prior to the crash.

Car News         June 22, 2018

Before China becomes a tech superpower, it needs to face its copying conundrum

China wants to be a tech superpower, but a well-known reputation for shamelessly copying innovators is giving the country’s manufacturers a bad name, and obscuring their own innovations.

Features         June 18, 2018

Amazon’s Fire TV Cube gives your entire home theater the power of Alexa

Looking to add some savvy to that aging cable box? Amazon's new Fire TV Cube may be the answer. Offering Alexa voice control and integration across all your major home theater pieces -- including the cable box -- the Cube is not your average streaming device.

News         June 8, 2018

5 obviously stupid iPhone problems that iOS 12 doesn’t even try to fix

At WWDC 2018, Apple took the wraps off the latest version of the iOS operating system. iOS 12 introduces changes both visual and under the hood, but still fails to address some of the basics. Here are 5 obvious issues Apple should address in iOS 12 before it’s officially released (or maybe in iOS 13?).

Apple         June 5, 2018

Can Toshiba’s dynaEdge AR glasses succeed where others have failed?

Toshiba isn’t the first company that might come to mind when you think of augmented reality, but the company has big plans to take over the space, beating out rivals like Microsoft and Epson.

News         June 3, 2018

HP just unveiled your next laptop – all 11 of them to be exact

Premium laptops have traditionally abandoned discrete graphics to keep battery life long and weight low, but HP’s newest systems take a different approach. Most include either AMD or Nvidia graphics. The new Envy x360 13-inch tries to outrun the competition with AMD’s Ryzen and Radeon Vega.

Features         May 15, 2018

Facing Facebook: Congress should take action to protect our privacy

Ahead of Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony before Congress on Tuesday, Charter CEO Tom Rutledge penned a policy piece arguing that Congress should create privacy laws to regulate how companies like Facebook care for our personal information. And you know what? He's completely right.

Web         April 10, 2018

LG begins construction of U.S. home appliance manufacturing plant

LG Electronics broke ground in 2017 on a $250 million washing machine manufacturing facility in Clarksville, Tennessee, an hour north of Nashville. But will the business climate soil the deal?

Smart Home News         March 10, 2018

Dyson’s V10 reinvents vacuums with carbon-fiber bristles, crazy-light motors

Innovation powerhouse Dyson unveiled its latest cordless vacuum cleaner, the Cyclone V10, which is powered by a next-generation motor.

Smart Home News         March 9, 2018

Samsung begins appliance manufacturing in the U.S.

Samsung announced the opening of a manufacturing facility for home appliances in Newberry, South Carolina -- the company's first plant on U.S. soil.

Smart Home News         March 4, 2018

Toyota and Hyundai announce massive, separate recalls of trucks, SUVs

Toyota announced a recall of 65,000 brand-new Sequoia and Tundra vehicles this week, while Hyundai separately announced the recall of roughly 43,900 Santa Fe vehicles.

Car News         February 25, 2018

Here’s the only place at CES where your vote really matters

At Last Gadget Standing and Mobile Apps Showdown, the makers of cutting-edge gadgets and apps are given a stage, an audience, and 4 minutes to defend their creations.

Features         February 20, 2018

It’s almost here! Here’s the best of what’s coming at CES 2018

From wireless power to electric cars and the rise of China, these are the trends you’ll see dominate CES 2018, and the tech world in the year to come.

Smart Home Features         January 9, 2018

Exclusive: Beaten by Beats, here’s how Monster is reinventing itself

Dr. Dre sold Beats to Apple for $3.2 billion, and Monster got burned. Now the audio giant will turn retail inside out again, with help from the Florida Marlins and RocNation.

Features         January 7, 2018

Comma.ai, free software to let your car drive itself, takes small steps forward

With a new Dashcam developer kit and open-source software called openpilot steadily improving, George Hotz wants all cars to drive themselves

Car News         January 1, 2018

As Chrome tarnishes, Mozilla is ready to reignite Firefox with Quantum

You may have forgotten Firefox, but Mozilla’s iconic browser is far from dead. It’s back and better than ever with Firefox Quantum.

Features         November 22, 2017

Huawei presents ‘the scary index’: how smartphones may lead to life after death

Huawei President Kevin Ho used the opening keynote to the Consumer Technology Association's CES Asia 2016 event to discuss the smartphone of the future.

News         November 22, 2017

With Project I, BMW is thinking much bigger than another self-driving car

At the CES Asia 2016 event, BMW president Olaf Kastner discuss Project I, a vision of the future with autonomous electric-powered i8 cars and new services.

Car News         November 18, 2017

Exclusive: Microsoft devices guru Panos Panay on making devices that sing

Digital Trends sat down with the corporate VP of Devices at Microsoft to talk about the new products, how device meets design, and what the future holds for Surface.

Features         November 16, 2017

Flywheel wants you to sweat your ass off in the comfort of your own home

Flywheel is launching Fly Anywhere, an at-home version of its studio biking experience and a streaming content platform with live rides filmed in Lincoln Center. Tech makes the whole sweaty thing possible.

Features         November 16, 2017

The future feels pretty far away for electric car company Faraday Future

Electric car co. Faraday Future has lost several C-level execs, including CFO Stefan Krause and CTO Ulrich Kranz. Resignations or firings?

Car News         November 11, 2017

Diary from the future: Augmented Reality, circa 2027

If you don’t understand the appeal of augmented reality yet, just wait 10 years. Save yourself a decade and read this account.

Features         October 21, 2017

Lowe’s prints comic books imagining sci-fi futures — then makes them real

The Lowe's Innovation Lab is building our sci-fi future, merging 3D modeling, AR, VR, and even additive manufacturing with retail.

Features         September 19, 2017

Windows Mixed Reality hands-on preview

For our Windows Mixed Reality Hands-on Preview, we spent half an hour with Microsoft’s much anticipated VR/AR platform. Is this the next revolution in virtual reality?

Reviews         August 29, 2017

MonsterTalk is a voice-activated personal assistant built into your headphones

Monster's MonsterTalk family of voice-controlled headphones have the Melody app built right in, to let you request songs with your voice.

News         August 22, 2017

The reckoning is here! As wearables mature, only the strong will survive

Fitbit's dying, Jawbone's closing, Intel's ending its fitness-tracking group -- yet analysts predict the wearables market will double. How?

Mobile         July 26, 2017

Dear smartwatch makers, what the hell is wrong with you?

Smartwatch makers like Apple and Samsung need to start asking hard questions. Namely: Why would anyone want a smartwatch?

Features         June 15, 2017

Samsung punches back

Digital Trends flew to Seoul, South Korea, in early March to learn how Samsung designed the new Galaxy S8 and S8+ smartphones -- and how it ensured that nothing like the Note 7 fiasco would ever happened again.

Android         March 30, 2017

The safety dance: An inside look at how Samsung tests its batteries

The Galaxy S8 smartphone is Samsung’s flagship phone, and the company needs to ensure it’s a success. Digital Trends flew to South Korea to tour a manufacturing plant, talk to the company, and learn firsthand how it tests its batteries.

Android         March 29, 2017

LG’s Korean headquarters is a real-life Wonka factory, and we got the golden ticket

LG brought Digital Trends along on an exclusive tour of several of its labs and factories halfway around the globe -- and we’re bringing you inside with us.

Features         December 22, 2016

You have zero privacy thanks to tech, and these artists can prove it

A pop-up art exhibit in lower Manhattan aims to expose corporate monitoring and the reality of the modern Internet, with 54 exhibits and artwork that reveal a darker side to online life. Curated by Tactical Tech -- which helps activists, journalists, and NGOs use digital technologies in their artwork -- the exhibit is sponsored by the Mozilla Foundation.

Features         December 4, 2016

LG unveils an entirely new brand for ‘the best of the best’

Luxury appliance brand LG Signature debuted at a Rock Center event, with tap-dancer Savion Glover, chef Dominique Crenn, and designer Philip Lim.

Smart Home News         October 6, 2016

Exclusive: This company has the perfect cure for streaming video

Peer5 has struck a deal with DailyMotion to use peer-to-peer networking tech to deliver streaming video. The tech could help alleviate congestion that occurs when millions try to watch a stream at the same time.

News         September 21, 2016

Can you remaster a meme? LG tries with an R&B remake of ‘Damn Daniel’ shot on the V20

To celebrate the amazing camera in the new LG V20 smartphone, LG is refilming the most well-known viral videos of all time -- starting with Damn, Daniel.

News         September 20, 2016

Feet on: Razor Hovertrax 2.0

Razor, the same company that makes those aluminum push scooters, also happens to make one of the few hoverboards with high-quality batteries that won’t spontaneously combust. So we rode one.

Reviews         August 28, 2016

HP just built 3M’s privacy screens directly into its new laptops

3M’s privacy screens have been a go-to for laptop users for years. Now HP is revealing the EliteBook 1040, the first laptop with a built-in privacy screen.

News         August 25, 2016

Hands on: Dlodlo V1 VR headset

Beyond just looking good, the Dlodlo V1 has specs that compete with headsets from Samsung, Google, and others. Digital Trends had a chance to test out the new glasses, and spoke with the company CTO through an interpreter. We remain … skeptical.

Computing         August 8, 2016

Sony Square NYC is a gadget playpen, and a peek into the future

Sony wants you to come out and play with its latest gadgets – including a few you can’t even buy yet – at its swanky new New York City ‘Sony Square.’

Features         August 4, 2016