Animal Crossing: New Horizons update for April brings Nature Day event, Redd, Leif

The next free update toAnimal Crossing: New Horizonsadds several seasonal events and features previously spotted via data mining. The April update forAnimal Crossing: New Horizonswill arrive on April 23. Headlining the patch is Nature Day, which, like the previousBunny Day holiday, will transition from a daily event to one that lasts from April 23 through May 4. There will be a special promotion for Nook Miles+ members each day, with limited-time Nature Day tasks to complete, including planting shrubs....

August 23, 2025 · 2 min · 422 words · Jackson Campbell

Astell&Kern’s latest audiophile portable comes with its own dock

Astell&Kern (A&K) has announced its latest portable digital audio player (DAP) and it not only boasts a huge number of audiophile-friendly features, but it also ships with a home charging dock that doubles as a two-channel analog source for hi-fi systems. The A&K PS10 will officially debut at CanJam Singapore, 5 – 27 July 2025 and be available at authorized Astell&Kern dealers worldwide in May 2025 for $2,500. The PS10 is a departure for A&K’s portables....

August 23, 2025 · 3 min · 440 words · Steven Key

Black Adam's New Power Upgrade Officially Changes the Hierarchy of Power in DC's Vampire Universe

Summary The fan-favoriteElseworldsseries,DC vs. Vampires, is returning this summer with its much-anticipated sequel, and if a variant cover is to be believed,Black Adam, previously thought to be dead, may also be making a miraculous return. If it turns out that Black Adam is still alive and biting, he could be coming back with a major power upgrade, potentially shaking up the vampire power hierarchy. With a release date set for June 22, 2025,Matthew Rosenberg and Otto Schmidt’sDC vs....

August 23, 2025 · 3 min · 587 words · Stephanie Wade

Boston Dynamics is trying to make fetch happen with its new working robot dog

Even if your particular job manages to evade the robot invasion, you might, at the very least,end up with a robot colleague or twobefore too long. Huge strides have been made with robotic technology in recent years, with robotsthat once stumbled and fumblednow able to run and jump between tricky obstacles and evenperform backflips. Boston Dynamics is a name that comes up again and again, and that’s because the SoftBank-owned technology company is at the top of its game when it comes to building some of these incredibly skillful robots....

August 23, 2025 · 2 min · 412 words · Joseph Walker

Britain’s most tattooed man says UK’s age check system told him to “remove his face”

Britain’s most tattooed man says UK’s age check system told him to “remove his face” Britain’s most tattooed man says the UK’s new online age-check system won’t let him in because it thinks his tattoo-covered face is a mask. 45-year-old King of Ink Land, legally known as Matthew Whelan, has spent over 1,600 hours getting inked from head to toe. But now, he says the government’s tech is locking him out of certain sites because it can’t recognize hisviralface....

August 23, 2025 · 2 min · 359 words · Mindy Clark

Cyber Monday Gaming PC Deals: these discounts may not last

Cyber Week is here to help you grab all the last minuteCyber Monday dealsyou missed over the weekend. If you spot the one for you, don’t wait around or you might miss out. Below, we’ve picked out some of the best Cyber Monday gaming PC deals around, with some amazing discounts to be had. Interested in a mobile setup? Be sure to check out our pick ofCyber Monday gaming laptop dealstoo....

August 23, 2025 · 6 min · 1115 words · Karen Beasley MD

Diablo 4 players want DPS meter but with a catch

Diablo 4 players want DPS meter but with a catch Players think a DPS meter could work wonders for Diablo 4, but only if it were implemented in a limited capacity. DPS meters typically act as informational tools that help assess various factors when dealing damage. No such feature is available inDiablo 4, but it would likely display stats tied to a character’s attacks and skills. With this in mind, some players have called for Blizzard to introduce the tool to D4, thinking it beneficial for testing builds, min/maxing character stats, and so on....

August 23, 2025 · 2 min · 363 words · Megan Reeves

Do you have cancer? Peeing on this tiny, cheap strip can tell you

AT CES this year,Finnish brand Withings introduced the U-Scan, a puck-shaped device that hangs by your toilet bowl to scan your urine for ketones and hydration levels. Scientists want to find out a lot more medical information from your urine sample than just how much water you sipped during the day – right from the comfort of your home. Experts from the Kyung Hee University Medical School and Korea Institute of Materials Science have developed what they call a strip-style urine sensor that can be used to identify signs of pancreatic cancer and prostate cancer....

August 23, 2025 · 3 min · 617 words · Jacqueline Farmer

Fitbit Flex 2 review

“Why you’re able to 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 original Flex launched Fitbit as a household wearable, and the Fitbit Flex 2 is poised to put Fitbit back on top once again. The Fitbit Flex 2 is Fitbit’s encore device to its incredibly popular 2013 Fitbit Flex....

August 23, 2025 · 12 min · 2456 words · Dana Stout

Fortnite challenge guide: Raid an artifact from Stealthy Stronghold and Coral Castle

The latestFortnitechallenges are live, this time for season 6, week 12. This new set of challenges is a little more in-depth than previous weeks, and one in particular requires you to visit specific locations to find collectibles. The one in question is for raiding an artifact from Stealthy Stronghold and from Coral Castle. In essence, this quest sends you to each location to interact with one item from each, known as an artifact....

August 23, 2025 · 2 min · 419 words · Megan Cervantes

From swamps to Appalachia, how South of Midnight captures a seldom-seen America

After a slow start to this console generation, Xbox is looking to make its mark starting in 2025. Major entries in franchises likeGears of War,Doom, andFableare on the way, alongside an ambitiousPerfect Dark revival. The most intriguing game in its lineup, though, isn’t a glitzy game from a pre-existing franchise; it’s something entirely new. South of Midnightis the latest game fromWe Happy Fewdeveloper Compulsion games, and the studio’s first project since beingacquired by Microsoft in 2018....

August 23, 2025 · 10 min · 2096 words · Zachary Horton

Google gaming console controller design, features reportedly revealed in patent

A newly discovered patent may have shown the design and features of the controller for Google’s rumored gaming console, which will reportedly be revealed this month. Thepatentis not for the controller itself, but rather for a notification system. It willenable the controllerto let the player know if a game becomes available, if the player has received an invitation, if there are changes on a leaderboard, and if a chat request was received....

August 23, 2025 · 2 min · 355 words · Claire Fisher

Hisense QLEDs didn’t have quantum dots? A new lawsuit claims just that

A class action complaint filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York claims that Hisense, through its marketing on both the Hisense website and retailer websites, made false claims that its TVs included quantum dot technology when they actually did not, or not enough to result in an improvement to the performance. (Questions were brought up aboutTCL’s use of quantum dots last fall.) The specific Hisense TV models mentioned in the complaint “include, but are not necessarily limited to, the QD5 series, the QD6 series, QD65 series, the QD7 series, the U7 series, and theU7Nseries....

August 23, 2025 · 2 min · 358 words · Jenna Cook