Recently an international collaboration of astronomers releasedthe most accurate map yet of all the matterin the universe, to help to understand dark matter, and now this is being joined by the largest two-dimensional map of the entire sky, which can help in the study of dark energy. A data release from theDark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument(DESI) Legacy Imaging Survey shared the results from six years of scanning almost half of the sky, totaling one petabyte of data from three different telescopes....

Summary Avengers: The Kang Dynastyis rumored to feature a cast of over 60 characters, and this worries me in one specific way thatAvengers: Endgame’s large ensemble did not. As one of two upcomingAvengersprojects onMarvel’s current list of movie release dates,The Kang Dynastyis facing a lot of pressure. Not only is it the firstAvengersfilm sinceEndgame, but it is expected to tie seamlessly into the events ofAvengers: Secret Wars' plot. Like anyone, I am naturally excited about two moreAvengersfilms, and I would be a fool not to be....

Beatmakers go viral speedrunning Soulja Boy’s ‘Crank That’ in under 17 seconds Beatmaker Robtmb has gone viral for speedrunning Soulja Boy’s iconic tune “Crank That” in under 20 seconds. Speedrunning is a subset of gaming culture in which users play video games at hyperspeed in an effort to smash records. There are even popular events likeAwesome Games Done Quickdedicated to the art of speedrunning. This idea has spilled over into beat-making, as users compete to combine various stock presets to recreate popular songs....

We cover crowdfunding projects all the time at Digital Trends. Platforms like Kickstarter and Indiegogo have given us outstanding products like theFormlabs 3D printer,Biolite campstove, andOnewheel electric skateboard thing. But there’sno shortage of failed campaigns and outright scamsthat stem from these platforms as well.Triton Gills, a device that would supposedly allow users to breathe underwater, raised (and later returned) nearly $900,000 when backers realized it wouldn’t work as advertised. And then there was the bizarre campaign for Kobe beef jerky that raised a jaw-dropping $120,000 despite providing about as much product information as you’d find on the back of a Slim Jim....

Dell’s G-series gaming laptops are meant to provide a budget-friendly option for gamers, especially when compared to their more expensive Alienware machines. But the new Dell G16-7620 looks to be a beast of agaming laptop. This a significant departure from past G-series machines. The previous-generation G15 was decent, but compared to the Alienware lineup, it lacked the best cooling, graphics, refresh rates, and other mainstays of high-end gaming laptops. The G16 appears to be different....

We’re on the brink of a new generation ofgraphics cards. AMD, Nvidia, and even Intel have all hinted that we’ll see new graphics cards this year, and if you’ve been sitting on your GPU for a while, you’ll probably be eyeing an upgrade. Upgrading your graphics card isn’t as simple as looking up a few reviews and making a decision, though. If you get too eager to buy a shiny new GPU, you could be missing out on extra performance, better value, or even additional features....

The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) plans to put the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) to shame with itsproposed, significantly larger Future Circular Collider— and Elon Musk wants to help make it a reality. Because, you know, building electric cars, digging massive underground tunnels in the U.S., selling flamethrowers, and landing rockets vertically isn’t enough to fill a full working week. In a tweet, Musk wrote that: “Director of CERN asked me about Boring Co building the new LHC tunnel when we were at the @royalsociety....

Summary After bursting onto the scene with her starring role in theStar Warssequel series,Daisy Ridleyhas established herself as one of the most recognizable performers working today. Despite only making her feature film debut 10 years ago, Ridley has gone on to appear in 18 major movies and documentaries, including some of the most commercially-successful releases of all time. However, while many of her projects have made a major impact at the box office, not everyDaisy Ridley moviehas been a triumph....

Everything we know about KPop Demon Hunters 2 Director Maggie Kang has just teased what theKPop Demon Hunters 2plot would be if it gets the greenlight fromNetflix, so here’s everything we know about a potential sequel – one thing’s for sure: the fans want more HUNTR/X. KPop Demon Hunters has been smashing all kinds of records since landing in June, from becomingNetflix’s most watched animated movieto fictional groupSaja Boys dethroning BTSon the US Spotify charts....

Ewan McGregor and his pal Charley Boorman are going to be back on the road soon, according to reports that four adventure-ready electricHarley-Davidson LiveWirebikes have been delivered on their behalf to Tierra Del Fuego, the southernmost tip of Argentina. This will be their third road trip, and their planned journey makes for one amazing story. Ewan McGregor has been cool for what seems like forever, from his skinny, electrifying debut inTrainspottingto his run in theStar Warssequels as a youngObi-Wan Kenobito reprising hisiconic rolein T2 and on to the forthcomingShiningsequelDoctor Sleepand a much-anticipated comeback as Kenobi in a forthcomingStar Warsproject....

In an effort to rebuild itsimage and reputationafter a series of highly publicized data breaches and privacy scandals, Facebook is now shifting its focus away from public posts in favor of a new strategy that will prioritize private connections and ephemeral messaging. Facebook’s vision for a more private social networking platform — which may look more like the company’s Whatsapp platform than the Facebook we know today — was laid out in alengthy blog postpenned by CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday, March 6....

Huawei issupremely confident about its future, and the ability to use Google Android as the operating system on its smartphones, and now we’ve got a potential glimpse at the next major phone release from the company: TheMate 30. In a year when rear camera lens arrays are changing dramatically — whether it’s theNokia 9or thePixel 4— Huawei may have gone for something radical too. The render shows a smartphone with Huawei branding, and a large circular lens arrangement at the top of the device, which contains three or four camera lenses, and a flash unit....

In June, we reported on the clobberingGPUs had taken in sales, even with some of thebest graphics cardsbecoming available. Now, things are finally starting to turn around, with the latest market report showing signs of growth over the last few months despite it being a traditionally weak time of year for graphics cards. The scoop comes fromJon Peddie Research, which has released its latest report on the graphics card market. While year-to-year figures are pretty grim, this past quarter showed a lot of promise....