Are laptops with a 16:9 aspect ratio on their way out?

Back in the day (until around 2003),every PC display was produced in the almost-square 4:3 aspect ratio. Not coincidentally, that’s the same aspect ratio of old-school TVs. At the time, when multitasking wasn’t really a thing and nobody watched video on their PCs, 4:3 was a perfectly acceptable ratio. Things changed, though, as users began to multitask by placing windows side-by-side — hence, the 16:10 aspect ratio was introduced to create a wider display that was more conducive to multiple windows....

August 20, 2025 · 6 min · 1071 words · Jacob Mendoza

Black Ops 6 & Warzone players panic after last-minute push to address cheating in Season 3

Black Ops 6 & Warzone players panic after last-minute push to address cheating in Season 3 Black Ops 6 and Warzone players suspect Call of Duty’s anti-cheat system will improve in Season 3, but a job posting raised doubts. InSeason 2, Activision prioritized gameplay tuning, quality-of-life improvements, and addressing ongoing bugs instead of introducing new Warzone content. As a result, the seasonal update made no significant changes. The decision didn’t ruffle too many feathers because players were optimistic that the backend changes would ensure Verdansk launched in a more polished state for Season 3....

August 20, 2025 · 2 min · 367 words · William Williams

Canon EOS M200 review: Learner’s permit

“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.“ At first glance, the Canon EOS M200 looks like a basic, unassuming compact camera. But the $550mirrorless camerais hiding several big features under the hood. Designed for young shutterbugs itching to move beyond their smartphones, the M200 is one of the simplest, most straightforward mirrorless cameras on the market....

August 20, 2025 · 8 min · 1598 words · Richard Martinez

Digital Trends Wins Digiday Content Marketing Award for Collaboration With HouseSpecial

PORTLAND, Ore., August 03, 2025 — Digital Trends, the world’s largest independent tech publisher, has been honored with the Digiday Content Marketing Award for Best Agency/Client Collaboration. The award is for last year’s annual Holiday Gift Guide, for which Digital Trends teamed up with animation studio HouseSpecial to tell the story of holiday giving through scenes in playful miniature. “We’re honored and very proud to receive Digiday’s recognition. We felt like this collaboration was a home run, and we’re thrilled that the world is taking notice....

August 20, 2025 · 3 min · 521 words · Jeffrey Cox

DJI Mavic Air 2 Review: Smarter, faster, stronger

“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.“ DJI’s dominance in the consumer drone market is unrelenting. Just this past fall, the company wowed everyone with its lightest and smallest drone to date, theMavic Mini. In order to achieve that scale, though, the company had to strip away some features, which made it attractive for first-time buyers, but not to serious enthusiasts....

August 20, 2025 · 9 min · 1836 words · Autumn Gross

Ecobee SmartCamera review: Eyes fixed on intruders

“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.“ TheEcobee SmartCamerais a small, powerful security camera that packs a lot of features into its tiny frame. It’s also one of Ecobee’s first endeavors beyond the popular smart thermostats for which the company is best known....

August 20, 2025 · 6 min · 1133 words · Janet Webb

Future Pixel Watches could solve Google’s repairability problem

Google has a big problem: Its Pixel smartwatches areimpossible to repair. Unless it’s damage that’s covered under Google’s warranty, you’re out of luck — and even then, you’ll receive a replacement rather than a repaired unit. But that might be about to change. At a technology-focused Climate Week NYC panel, Google executive Nicole Azoressaidthe company is “thinking through” how to make the Pixel watch lineup repairable. Unfortunately, Azores didn’t provide any more information or a timeline of any sort....

August 20, 2025 · 2 min · 361 words · Lynn Reynolds

Hidden Encounter In Elden Ring’s DLC Reveals A Cool Detail About Messmer's Army

Summary A strange encounter inElden Ring:Shadow of the Erdtreereveals just how much detail went into crafting the story of Messmer’s army. The main focus of the DLC is on the devastation left in Messmer’s wake - players arrive inElden Ring’s DLC mapto find the Land of Shadow thoroughly razed, torn apart by the Impaler’s advancement. The player comes upon ruined battlefields after the fact, and is left to piece together the nature and course of the conflict on their own....

August 20, 2025 · 3 min · 635 words · Dawn Bell

How to play Freja early in Overwatch 2

How to play Freja early in Overwatch 2 Overwatch 2 players can play Freja early before her debut in Season 16 and here’s how to do it. Overwatch 2 revealed its upcoming hero,Freja, during theSpotlight event, showcasing her abilities and agile movement. Hailing from Denmark, the once renowned search and rescue operative in Overwatch is set to be a DPS hero arriving in Season 16. It’s still a while until then, yet Blizzard has already dropped ahero trailerfor her, giving fans more insight into her lore to add to the hype....

August 20, 2025 · 2 min · 397 words · Amber Cooke

How to unlock Peter Pan in Disney Dreamlight Valley

How to unlock Peter Pan in Disney Dreamlight Valley Peter Pan has finally arrived inDisney Dreamlight Valleyas part of theMysteries of Skull Rock update, bringing childlike glee to the adventure. However, as it goes with most new DDV additions, unlocking him isn’t easy. Peter Pan is part ofSkull Rock, which has remained a mystery for years. After the main quest was completed, a shift occurred just off Dazzle Beach, but aside from that, we didn’t know what was inside, or rather, who was inside....

August 20, 2025 · 11 min · 2277 words · Nicholas Compton

It took me 20 minutes to make Amazon’s new Android tablet perfect

I heartily recommended theAmazon Fire Max 11 in my recent review. In fact, I was so impressed by it that I wanted to continue using it during my daily life after my review period was up. The problem was the Amazon App Store — and to a lesser extent, the Fire OS software — as they stopped me from making the absolute most of this great device. Could I modify the Fire Max 11 so it was useful enough to replace my Apple iPad Pro?...

August 20, 2025 · 5 min · 1043 words · Michele Smith

Love Island UK narrator exposes Mitch Taylor: “He had this mental breakdown”

Love Island UK narrator exposes Mitch Taylor: “He had this mental breakdown” Love Island’s Iain Sterling just gave the ultimate and definitely unwarranted diss to Season 10’s Mitch Taylor. If there is a superlative for the biggest pot-stirrer from Season 10, it would go to islander Mitch Taylor. Or, as the fanbase refers to him, Messy Mitch. In a span of just a few weeks inside of the villa he managed to rub nearly everyone the wrong way....

August 20, 2025 · 2 min · 336 words · Adam Alvarado

Modder creates gorgeous custom Zelda-themed N64 controller

Modder creates gorgeous custom Zelda-themed N64 controller One Reddit user has picked a unique way to make their brother’s birthday special by crafting a custom Nintendo 64 controller based on The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask. Many people have fond memories of theNintendo 64and many of the games on it.The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Maskremains one of the most highly-regarded on the system thanks to its memorably dark story and distinct visual style which stood out amongst other titles in the Zelda franchise....

August 20, 2025 · 2 min · 347 words · Casey Lawrence