LG Lucid 2 Review

“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.“ We spend a lot of time reviewing super fancy, high-end smartphones at DT, but for every one of those, there are half a dozen cheaper, smaller phones that just don’t get noticed. But that doesn’t mean they’re bad – at least, not anymore....

August 11, 2025 · 6 min · 1273 words · Jennifer Colon

Lucid Motors CEO gives us the details on the 400-mile Air electric car

The Lucid Air almost seems too good to be true. It’s a luxuryelectric carthat boasts 1,000 horsepower but also, Lucid claims, a real-world range of400 miles. The Air was unveiled in late 2016, along with ambitious plans for production at a new factory in Casa Grande, Arizona. Then Lucid’s funding dried up, halting development work in 2017.A $1 billion investmentfrom Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund got things rolling again, and Lucid hopes to build the first pre-production cars before the end of the year....

August 11, 2025 · 8 min · 1609 words · Tommy Phillips

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe beginner’s guide

Mario Kart 8 Deluxeis better than ever on Nintendo Switch. While returning vets may be able to find success from just jumping in and racing, there are a few notable changes from the Wii U version that might trip you up, whether you’re a newcomer or expert. Seeing as howMario Kart 8 Deluxeis the bestselling Nintendo Switch game, it certainly has a massive audience — some of whom might be struggling to get a grasp of playing the game....

August 11, 2025 · 11 min · 2221 words · Michael Dunn

MCU Blade Movie Villain Reports Explained: Who Is Lilith?

Summary Blademay have just lost another director, but details about one of the intended villains, Lilith, have been shared in the wake of Yann Demange’s departure.Bladewas first announced in 2019 as part of the Phase Four slate ofMCUmovies. However, a global pandemic, multiple strikes in Hollywood, and several changes to the cast and crew have continuously pushed the movie back. In 2023, the movie was mere months from beginning principal photography, with a director, cast and fleshed out story in place....

August 11, 2025 · 5 min · 875 words · Susan Williams

Musk doubles down on promises for Optimus humanoid robots

Tesla isonce again delayingthe production of itsOptimushumanoid robot, CEO Elon Muskannounced on X (formerly Twitter)Monday. DuringApril’s annual investor meeting, Musk told shareholders that Optimus would move into limited production in 2025 and predicted that “thousands” of the robotswould be working in Tesla factories by the end of the year. He also hypothesized that sales of the robot, which is expected to retail for between $20,000 and $30,000, could add as much as $20 trillion to the company’s market capitalization....

August 11, 2025 · 2 min · 353 words · Samantha Phillips

NASA’s flying observatory peeks inside the iconic Swan Nebula

In this composite image of the Omega, or Swan, Nebula, SOFIA detected the blue areas near the center and the green areas. The white star field was detected by Spitzer. SOFIA’s view reveals evidence that parts of the nebula formed separately to create the swan-like shape seen today.NASA/SOFIA/Lim, De Buizer, & Radomski et al.; ESA/Herschel; NASA/JPL-Caltech The Omega or Swan Nebula has been a target of astronomical research for 250 years, but astronomers have never been able to get a clear view of the inside of the structure until now, thanks toSOFIA, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy....

August 11, 2025 · 3 min · 432 words · Angela Hooper

Netgear’s new Nighthawk Tri-band AX12 router brings Wi-Fi 6 speeds to the masses

After releasing the Nighthawk AX8 in November 2018, Netgear is again expanding its lineup and launching another Wi-Fi 6 router, the Nighthawk Tri-band AX12. Available in May 2019 for $600, the router allows for maximum Wi-Fi performance on smart home devices and offers everything needed for gaming, streaming, and other high -bandwidth applications. Under the hood of this new 12-stream, AX11000 Wi-Fi router is a powerful quad-core 1.8GHz processor, which enables blazing-fast 10....

August 11, 2025 · 2 min · 373 words · Richard Hernandez

New Legal Drama Reboot Poses A Challenge For Suits & White Collar's Upcoming Shows

Summary SuitsandWhite Collar’supcoming TV shows will endure even more competition now that a new legal drama reboot is underway.Suitsfirst got the go-ahead to expand its franchise with thespinoff seriesSuits L.A.,featuring a new cast of characters who will tackle the caseload of an L.A. entertainment law firm in the same universe as the long-running flagship series. Confirmation that originalSuitscreator Aaron Korsh and NBCUniversal were developing the spinoff came amidSuits’streaming resurgence nearly four years after ending, which made itthe most popular show ever on Netflix....

August 11, 2025 · 4 min · 728 words · Christopher Zuniga

No sun? No problem — this solar panel harvests energy from raindrops, too

We are used tosolar panelswhich can harvest power from sunlight during the day. But how about a new type of solar cell that is able to generate power from raindrops, even when the rain falls in the middle of the night? Yes, it sounds impossible, but it’s actually just been demonstrated by researchers at China’s Soochow University. The new type of solar panel incorporates a triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG), a means of converting mechanical energy, aka motion into electricity....

August 11, 2025 · 2 min · 393 words · Debra Johnson

No, Palworld isn’t going to be a ‘Pokémon killer’

We have our first hit video game of 2024, and it’s a shocker. The eccentricPalworld, an early access game available now on PC and Xbox Game Pass, issmashing Steam recordsas developer Pocketpair sells millions of copies. That’s thanks in large part thanks to its bizarre elevator pitch, which is succinctly described as “Pokémon with guns.” That success has come with some heated debates.Palworldearned a lot of criticism in its inaugural weekend as players discovered monster designs that looked nearly identical to some of those in Pokémon....

August 11, 2025 · 4 min · 848 words · William Meyer

Patent hints that the iPhone could one day have built-in handwriting recognition

It looks like it’s time for some new Apple patents. Just last week, we reported that Apple hadfiled patentsindicating it might steal the Google Pixel 2’s squeeze features. Now, the company has filed another patent — this time for a handwriting recognition system that could be used in multiple languages and a range of different apps — and could one day make it into the iPhone. There are already handwriting recognition apps for the iPad, but what’s notable about this particular patent is that it could be built straight into iOS, meaning that you could use handwriting recognition as part of the iOS keyboard in any app....

August 11, 2025 · 2 min · 402 words · Bethany Mccoy

Reverse The Curse's David Duchovny, Logan Marshall-Green & Stephanie Beatriz On Emotional Dramedy & The X-Files

Summary David Duchovny returns to the director’s chair for the first time in 20 years withReverse the Curse. The four-time Emmy nominee is generally best known for his star-making turn asFox Mulder in theX-Filesfranchise, co-leading both the original show, its two movies and two revival seasons with Gillian Anderson. In the years since, Duchovny has found further acclaim with the Showtime comedy showShameless, as well as the NBC historical crime thriller,Aquarius....

August 11, 2025 · 8 min · 1583 words · Amber Martin

Robin goes gritty in first trailer for DC’s ‘Titans’ streaming series

DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. Pictures have been criticized for making their live-action superhero movies too dark and angsty, but that doesn’t appear to have changed their approach toTitans, the upcoming streaming series based on DC Comics’ teen superheroesThe Teen Titans. Thefirst trailerforTitansdebuted duringComic-Con, and among other grim and gritty moments, it features Robin telling the world how he really feels about his former partner, Batman. Set to debut on DC Entertainment’s new, subscription-based streaming video service DC Universe,TitanscastsBrenton Thwaites(Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales) as Dick Grayson, aka Robin....

August 11, 2025 · 2 min · 281 words · Diane Melendez