Trends with Benefits: Trapping drones with bigger drones, Apple gives up on TV

This week's roundtable discussion dives into Apple's decision to abandon plans for a live streaming TV service, Tokyo's plan to use drones with nets to catch bad drones, and the ever-evolving etiquette of text messages.

DT Staff     December 18, 2015

Trends with Benefits: A new space race, HoloLenses, Hyperchairs, and potato chips

Facebook is letting anyone stream live video, Microsoft's HoloLens heads to space, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos are igniting a new space race, and the Hyperchair will save you from office thermostat wars.

DT Staff     December 11, 2015

Trends with Benefits: Black Friday madness, kids and drones, Star Wars saturation

On this week's podcast the DT crew hooks you up with some of the best Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals out there. Oh yeah, we talk about drones too.

DT Staff     November 25, 2015

Trends with Benefits: Star Wars mania, bioprinted organs, brain implants and more

We hear what Sennheiser's $55,000 Orpheus headphones are like from someone who has tried them, plus the latest in streaming from Vudu and Seeso, bioprinted organs, and of course, sous-vide turkey.

DT Staff     June 15, 2018

Trends with Benefits: Wireless earbuds, Windows conspiracies, YouTube Music

T-Mobile and Comcast are pissing people off in totally different ways, Microsoft isn't really watching you, YouTube Music is better late than never, and the first wireless earbuds you can buy are absolutely amazing.

DT Staff     June 15, 2018

Trends with Benefits: Bio-clothing, robot deliveries, and NASA’s EmDrive

The DT crew is back again, this week to discuss the latest in bio-clothing, NASA's nutty EmDrive thruster, Reddit's foray into TV, and Circle with Disney, which is a lot cooler than it sounds, we promise.

DT Staff     June 15, 2018

Trends with Benefits: Self-sacrificing cars, Fruit Roll-Up dresses, TV gets real

Should your car kill you to save others? Is technology making TV more realistic? Would you eat a dress made of Fruit Roll-Ups? We’re tackling the tough questions this week.

DT Staff     October 30, 2015

Trends with Benefits: Cheap VR, 3D-printed teeth, ‘Fire and Forget’ robots

What's the Microsoft Surface Book like in the flesh? Hear it straight from our computing editor. Plus we discuss cheap VR options like Homido, 3D-printed teeth that don't grow bacteria, and some scary-sounding civil-service robots.

Dan Gaul     December 28, 2015

Trends with Benefits: Drone zappers, alien megastructures, #FrozenChook

This week on Trends with Benefits, our round-table of tech experts looks at plans from Apple and Amazon to stream live TV to set top boxes, discusses the impact of the Drone Defender, and speculates about the Alien Megastructure on the distant star, KIC 8462852.

DT Staff     October 16, 2015

Trends with Benefits: Microsoft’s hardware gamble, AI takeover, drones galore

It wasn't long ago that Microsoft was just a software company, so it's a bit weird to say that we're excited this week to unpack all of Microsoft's new hardware.

DT Staff     October 9, 2015

Trends with Benefits: Smart grills, smarter TVs, and Martian ice igloos

On this week's episode we launch into the debate over what to do after cutting the cord. Nearly every major streaming media device is getting an upgrade this year, so which one is going to prevail over the rest? We have our early favorites.

DT Staff     October 2, 2015

Trends with Benefits: VR’s going mainstream, VW’s in deep diesel, and more

This week's roundup of the latest and greatest in tech covers live-streaming video apps including Periscope and Nomadcast, Oculus Connect 2 and the future of VR, and Volkswagen's trouble with the EPA.

DT Staff     September 25, 2015

Trends with Benefits: Digging into Apple’s new arsenal

Listen in as the Digital Trends round-table of experts breaks down everything you need to know from Apple's iPhone 6S event. Plus a special announcement from one of DT's newest guest contributors.

DT Staff     September 11, 2015

Trends with Benefits: 4K phones, OLED takeover, Star Wars toys and DIY helicopters

A roundup of the biggest trends from IFA 2015 in Berlin, along with some love for John Legere, and Star Wars toys!

DT Staff     September 4, 2015

Trends with Benefits: The next iPhone and IFA Berlin are right around the corner

Most of the new products at CES first made their world debut at IFA in Berlin. Get caught up on what to expect from Europe's largest electronics trade show.

DT Staff     May 7, 2021

Trends with Benefits: Busted cheaters, Google routers, and a fire drill

If you catch yourself pointing and laughing at the victims of the Ashley Madison data breach, just remember that your personal information is essentially just as safe as theirs was.

DT Staff     August 21, 2015

Trends with Benefits: Robot bartenders, lawnmowers, and the holy grail of ear buds

After a handful of wireless Bluetooth earbuds failed to deliver on Kickstarter, Pear Designs appears to have gotten it right. Pearbuds creator and CEO Eric Tsoi joins the TWB crew to describe how he packed some serious tech into a small package.

DT Staff     August 14, 2015

Trends with Benefits: Hypersonic jets, hoverboards, drug-dropping drones and more

Following up on last week's release of Windows 10, we discuss some of the issues that some people are having... those people with issues includes Greg. Brad tells us why this is happening and the answer is actually pretty surprising.

DT Staff     August 7, 2015

Trends with Benefits: Windows 10, heartbeat paint and selfie drones

On this week's podcast, we talk about the ups and downs of Windows 10, a car cloaked in special Luminor paint that lights up when your heart beats, Amazon's latest drone plans, and yes, Samsung's effort to build a drone that takes selfies.

DT Staff     July 31, 2015

Trends with Benefits: Gun drones, flying cars, fancy fishin’ and the fall of ESPN

On this week's podcast, we talk about ESPN's streaming woes, the advent of drones, flying cars, and an irrational hatred of paragliders and raspberry beer.

DT Staff     July 24, 2015

Trends with Benefits: Augmented reality and terraforming the moon

The marketing appears to be towards "professionals," but will the new design be enough to overcome the bad publicity version 1.0 received?

DT Staff     July 10, 2015

Trends with Benefits: Emojis for your car, Apple Music, copious grape Crush

Listen in as our panel dives into the new Apple Music, among other tech topics. Just be warned that the entire panel is on a sugar high after pounding a bunch of Grape Crush.

DT Staff     July 2, 2015

Trends with Benefits: Our worst ‘reply all’ mistakes, Taylor Swift conspiracies

Recalling a handful of their worst "Reply All" email mistakes, the Trends with Benefits panel analyzes Gmail's latest feature and how it can prevent the agony of the accidental reply all.

DT Staff     June 26, 2015

Trends with Benefits: Wearing Oculus, playing Battlefront, more tales from inside E3

E3 2015 is in the books, but a lot went on behind the scenes that most people didn't hear about. DT's Brad Bourque calls in from the show floor with all the news that's unfit to print.

DT Staff     June 19, 2015

Serial seasons 2 and 3 are on the way, podcast returns Fall 2015

Serial is currently working on the podcast's second and third seasons. Season 2 will air in Fall 2015, with Season 3 making its debut in the spring of 2016.

S. Topacio Long     December 16, 2015

Trends with Benefits: Spotify world domination, KFC keyboards, a roll-up TV

Spotify wants to get into more than just music, KFC has a keyboard especially for your greasy fingers, and LG has an OLED TV you can literally unfurl and stick to the wall with magnets.

DT Staff     June 15, 2015

Trends with Benefits: Ferraris, Quake and conquest with gaming legend Thresh

You may know Dennis Fong as Thresh, the CEO of Raptr, or a Quake legend, but more likely you know him as the man who won John Carmack's Ferrari in a moment that defined the nascent days of pro gaming.

Nick Mokey     May 15, 2015

Trends with Benefits: Apple Watch tattoo trouble, HoloLens destined for debauchery

Inside the Digital Trends Car of the Year Awards, the Apple's Watch's tattoo trouble, all the wrong reasons to buy a Microsoft HoloLens, and the fall of the iconic MasterLock.

DT Staff     May 1, 2015

Trends with Benefits: In the future, we’ll watch Fuller House on a Tesla-powered wall

Google wants to be your mobile carrier and turn your home's walls into screens, Netflix wants to reboot Full House, and Tesla wants to power your home with a battery. Ain't the future grand?

DT Staff     March 15, 2016

Interview: Will AI be dangerous or benign? It’s up to us, says Ex Machina director

In the sci-fi thriller Ex Machina, a young coder interacts with the world's first true artificial intelligence. Director Alex Garland talks with Digital Trends about how close humans are to achieving that dream, and whether it's really something we'll want.

Drew Prindle     April 24, 2015

Trends with Benefits: Talking robochefs, VR with the man behind The Manual

Six percent of Americans want Apple Watches, Dan wants bio implants, Greg wants VR, Nick wants a robot chef, and Cator wants a glass of Scotch. No one gets what they want, this week on Trends with Benefits.

Nick Mokey     March 15, 2016

Trends with Benefits: Would you pay for YouTube? Plus the best shows for binging

Would you pay for YouTube? If not, maybe HBO's streaming service is more your speed -- especially with Game of Throne season five debuting this weekend. We discuss the best shows to binge watch, Google's rumored attempt to buy Twitter, and of course, looking inside your muscles.

DT Staff     March 15, 2016

Trends with Benefits: Nintendo nostalgia, forcefields, zapping pain with sound

Nintendo has a new system, but we really just want its game on smartphones, Facebook wants to publish news, but we really just want it to link, and force fields protect from explosions, but we really just want them to protect from Nerf darts.

DT Staff     March 15, 2016

Trends with Benefits: A Vue you don’t want, RIP Internet Explorer, clowning Caleb

Elon Musk thinks driving will soon be illegal, PlayStation Vue takes on Big Cable, and the over/under TP debate is definitely not over.

DT Staff     March 15, 2016