Microsoft Surface Book 2 15-inch review

“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.“ This review is for the 15-inch versions of Microsoft’s Surface Book 2. If you’re looking forthe Microsoft Surface Book 2 13-inch, go here. The originalSurface Bookwas a testament to Microsoft’s engineering experience. It took the concept proven by theSurface Pro— a touchscreen Windows device, with digital ink support — and pushed it to the limit with a larger 13-inch display, more powerful processor, and discrete graphics....

August 16, 2025 · 19 min · 3922 words · Anita Bradley

Moderna says early coronavirus vaccine results are promising

Biotechnology company Moderna has announced the first results from its Phase 1 trial of a vaccine for the coronavirus, showing that a small number of participants developed antibodies to the virus after treatment. A Phase 1 trial is a small trial of typically around 10 to 20 people that tests whether a potential new treatment is safe and whether it shows signs of its intended effects. Moderna has released the results of the first 8 participants whose data has been analyzed, and they show that the vaccine appears to be safe and not have any serious negative effects....

August 16, 2025 · 2 min · 393 words · Melissa Frank

My Best Friend’s Exorcism review: Fighting mean girls (and meaner demons)

“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 teenage years can be scary, even without the threat of demonic possession. Throw a sinister supernatural element into the mix, and the experience becomes, well … only slightly more terrifying, actually. That’s one takeaway from director Damon Thomas’My Best Friend’s Exorcism, which delivers a scary-fun paranormal thriller filtered through a coming-of-age drama about two teenage girls in the 1980s whose lifelong friendship is threatened when one of them becomes the unwilling host of an infernal entity....

August 16, 2025 · 3 min · 635 words · Tina Smith

My Hero Academia Season 7 Episode #5 Release Date & Time

Summary My Hero Academiaseason 7 has finally revealed the identity of the UA traitor, but the heroes have found a way to make use of this terrible situation. Here’s how you can tune in to find out what happens next inMy Hero Academiaseason 7, episode #5. When Do New Episodes of My Hero Academia Release? New episodes ofMy Hero Academiacurrently premiere on Saturdays at 2:30 AM Pacific Time (5:30 AM Eastern Time)....

August 16, 2025 · 3 min · 565 words · Lauren Guerrero

Never mind slowing sales, 57% of drivers will likely have an EV in 10 years

Sales of electric vehicles (EVs) have slowed globally over the past few years. But should EV makers cater more to the mainstream, it’s likely that 57% of drivers will have an EV in 10 years, consulting firmAccenturesays. Last year, nearly 14 million EVs were sold globally, representing a 35% year-on-year increase. But it was much slower than the 55% sales growth recorded in 2022 and the 121% growth in 2021....

August 16, 2025 · 2 min · 291 words · Marissa Rodriguez

Nvidia RTX 4080 Super GPU could launch at AMD-beating price

Nvidia RTX 4080 Super GPU could launch at AMD-beating price RTX 4080 Super and other GPU rumors are swirling, and the latest rumors suggest that the card could launch at an incredibly competitive $999. Therumorssurrounding apotentialrefresh of theNvidiaRTX 40-Super series include several graphics cards, including anRTX 4080 Super, 4070 Ti Super, and 4070 Super. Now, YouTuber and insider Moore’s Law is Dead has thrown his hat in the ring, stoking the flames of the Nvidia rumor mill....

August 16, 2025 · 3 min · 462 words · Steven Simpson

Nvidia’s flagship RTX 2080 Ti graphics cards are failing. Or are they?

Just over a week ago, we reported on the seemingly unsettling numbers of dead anddying Nvidia RTX 2080 Ti cards. Since then, the state of affairs isn’t much more clear. To try and change that, we reached out to a number of retailers, system builders, and manufacturers, to try to find out what is exactly going on, which cards are failing, and maybe even why they’re dying in the first place....

August 16, 2025 · 6 min · 1070 words · Eric Cruz

Overwatch 2 players jealous as Marvel Rivals reverts controversial change in hours

Overwatch 2 players jealous as Marvel Rivals reverts controversial change in hours Marvel Rivals reverted a controversial change involving a midseason ranked reset, which has some Overwatch 2 players jealous at the speed of the change. Marvel Rivals announced a midseason ranked reset for the first season of the game, which caused some controversy amongst the community. As players submitted feedback on social media and through official channels,Netease quickly reverted the changesafter only a day from the announcement....

August 16, 2025 · 3 min · 511 words · Jennifer Owens

Polk Audio’s Legend Series is an impressive new flagship speaker line

We’ve been impressed in the past by Polk Audio’s ability to deliver great sound at prices that mere mortals can usually afford. ItsSignature seriesis a great example. However, the company’s latest release, the new, top-of-the-range Legend speaker series, goes for considerably more money, with the least expensive set of bookshelves costing more than the most expensive Signature floor-standing models. It’s a speaker range designed for all types of listening, from critical stereo monitoring to sofa-shakinghome theater....

August 16, 2025 · 2 min · 391 words · Patty Hanna

Pop a cork and sit down. For Slowdive, vinyl is all about the ceremony

“The important thing is always what hits you first — the vibe or the atmosphere of a song.” It’s always nice to see true groundbreakers get their due. TakeSlowdive, one of the pioneers of Britain’s shoegazing movement of the late-’80s and early-’90s — an exciting time when young bands were hell-bent on turning up the distortion, blaring the feedback, and distorting their vocals beyond recognition. Slowdive burned bright (and damn loud) for a few good years during that movement before succumbing to an extended hiatus....

August 16, 2025 · 10 min · 2026 words · Susan Alvarez

Radiohead releases 18 hours of material to torpedo hacker’s ransom demand

Radiohead has been hacked. And its response to the incident is very … well … Radiohead. The perpetrator managed to steal 18 hours’ worth of unreleased material recorded during the band’s 1997OK Computersessions, and was reportedly asking for $150,000 to return the haul. But on learning about the incident, and the subsequent ransom demand, the five band members decided to scupper the hacker’s chance of a payday by making the recordingsavailable for downloadon music website Bandcamp....

August 16, 2025 · 3 min · 439 words · Joel Barnett

Razer Raptor 27 hands-on review

“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.“ Razer’s ecosystem of gaming products extends far beyond laptops and mice, and the newest option is a gaming monitor called the Raptor 27, first introduced at CES 2019. This desktop display has all the things you’d expect in a gaming monitor, but Razer has also snuck in a few innovations that make this an awesome alternative to a boring, run-of-the-mill screen....

August 16, 2025 · 4 min · 665 words · Brittany Simon

Samsung’s Galaxy A22 5G is one of the cheapest 5G phones we’ve seen yet

Just when you thought5Gphones couldn’t get much cheaper, Samsung announces theGalaxy A22 5G, which will be available in the U.K. in the near future for 209 British pounds, or about $295 at the current conversion rate. To put its price into context, the Samsung Galaxy A32 5G costs 250 pounds/$352, while in the U.S., the Galaxy A32 5G is $280. What do you get? The Galaxy A22 5G has a 6....

August 16, 2025 · 2 min · 358 words · Theresa Whitehead