After a decade of relatively tranquil seas, the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season was literally one for thebooks. Long after Hurricane Irma ravaged Puerto Rico, more than half of the country wasstill without electricity— a true testament to the power of this storm system. Unfortunately, assurface ocean temperaturescontinue to rise, we can only expect more powerful storms in the future. With this in mind, perhaps this ingenious floating “hurricane-proof” home will allow humanity to better weather the challenges of a more tempestuous planet....

“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.“ I was floored the moment Asus announced the ROG Swift OLED PG27AQDP. After we just saw the first 1440p OLED monitors last year, here Asus was claiming it could increase brightness while pushing a 480Hz refresh rate....

Your city is dumb. The potholed streets, coin-operated parking meters, and drafty brick buildings many of us interact with every day haven’t changed much in a century. But it’s finally happening. Cities across the globe are installing technology to gather data in the hopes of saving money, becoming cleaner, reducing traffic, and improving urban life. In Digital Trends’ Smart Cities series, we’ll examine how smart cities deal with everything from energy management, to disaster preparedness, to public safety, and what it all means for you....

In the world of cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin is king, followed by Ethereum and other such digital assets. However, last night we saw Bitcoin’s splinter currency, Bitcoin Cash, briefly overtake Ethereum to become the world’s second most valuable cryptocurrency. Early Sunday morning,Bitcoin Cash skyrocketed in value to $2,500 a coinsurpassing Ethereum in terms of market capitalization. Bitcoin Cash,which broke away from the more popular Bitcoin earlier this year, was rising in price until about 2:00 a....

Black Mirror Season 7 is doing a sequel episode for “first time in its history” All aboard! Netflix has revealed major details about what to expect from Black Mirror Season 7 – including a sequel to one of its most iconic episodes. The sixth season of Charlie Brooker’s dark, satirical series wasa lot. We had snuff films, grim body-swapping hijinks, an existentially troubling algorithm, and the literal end of the world....

Does The Lords of the Fallen have an easy mode? Difficulty settings explained With the recent release of Lords of the Fallen, Soulslike enthusiasts are eager to know about its difficulty levels. Is there an easy mode? We’ve got the answers. Officially out since July 27, 2025, thisgameis both a continuation of the 2014 game and a revitalized approach to the Soulslike genre. Players can anticipate a challenging trek across Mournstead inLords of The Fallen, encountering numerous daunting adversaries....

It’s almost time to return to the world of Thedas, but there’s still some time yet before we can get our hands onDragon Age: The Veilguard.This game has been in the works for years, undergoing many changes, but is finally arriving on Halloween. We’re all excited to create our own Rook and dive back into the story with new and familiar faces. If you’ve been waiting as long as we have, every second counts, and the last thing you want is to sit at your PC or console waiting for the game to download....

Dyson, known for itscordless vacuumsand other home cleaning products, is jumping back into the world of robot vacuums with the newly revealed Dyson 360 Vis Nav. The company’s previous endeavors into the robot vacuum market weren’t anything to write home about — but Dyson is looking to change that perception, as the 360 Vis Nav is said to be twice as powerful as any other robot vacuum currently available. Dyson hasn’t released exact specs for the upcoming product (nor has a release date been announced), but the information shown off so far is plenty intriguing....

Summary Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtreeis a massive expansion to the base game, but players looking to experience all that it has to offer need to be careful of a hidden point of no return. A lot of games will heavily imply, if not directly tell the player that they are about to enter a section of the game that will prevent them from completing certain quests. However,Elden Ring’s new DLCdoesn’t give the player the same courtesy....

Fancy the idea of boarding a passenger plane without any windows? How about if they had digital displays relaying the view from outside instead? Emirates president Tim Clark has been talking about virtual windows in an interview withthe BBC. And no, this isn’t justsome wacky conceptoutlined in a recently granted patent. The first virtual windows are already here, in the first-class cabin of Emirates’ newest Boeing 777-300ER aircraft (shown above)....

Fortniteseason 5, week 13 is ready to go, along with a new set of challenges. This week’s are relatively straightforward, with a few that require a little effort on your part. One that might cause a bit of trouble sends you on a quest to bathe in the Purple Pool at Steamy Stacks. This challenge is part of Deadfire’s stage 2 set, meaning you have to complete stage 1 before moving onto this one....

Geoguessr pro Rainbolt tracks down desert memorial so family can honor grandma’s dying wish Rainbolt is known as one of the greatest Geoguessr pros on the planet with an uncanny ability to guess near-exact locations with minimal clues and visual guides. Thanks to his unique talents, he’s racked up millions of followers across multiple social media platforms, where fans occasionally ask him to track down certain areas for various reasons....

Google Maps and Bing Maps have added a marker for the “Black Lives Matter Plaza” in Washington D.C., after a section of the street directly in front of the White House was officially renamed by the city’s mayor and painted with the protest slogan. Social unrest has swept through the U.S. over the past couple of weeks, triggered by the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis by city police officers. Washington, D....