When Nintendorevealed the Switch 2, there was a tinge of disappointment in some corners of the internet over the fact that the consolewasn’t a major departurefrom the original Switch. It is still a hybrid console that you slide in and out of a dock to play games on the go or via your TV, only with prettier graphics, a bigger screen, and new Joy-cons. However, Nintendo still has a gimmick up its sleeve, only it isn’t as in-your-face as it was with something like the Wii’s motion controls....

Huawei’s Honor spin-off brand launched in the U.S. earlier this year, and its devices are also sold in the U.K., China, and elsewhere in the world.The Honor 5Xis its most recent release, a strong mid-range smartphone with an all-metal body and a fingerprint sensor, which was announced alongside the Honor Band Z1 in January. Here’s everything you need to know aboutthe Honor 5X, and the Z1 fitness band. Try an Honor phone for 60 days It’s always a difficult decision to purchase a phone online, without trying it beforehand, and that’s the challenge for Honor newcomers....

Intel has just announced that it will support AV1 video coding technology in the new Intel Arc GPUs. The tech will offer hardware-accelerated encoding that may have a huge impact on video streaming quality, making it potentially attractive to streamers and viewers alike. AV1 stands for AOMedia Video 1 and is a royalty-free video coding format. It was first designed to support and improve the quality of video streams over the internet....

Summary While Tom Holland’s first Spider-Man trilogy is over, the actor still has a bright future in theMarvel Cinematic Universe, and there is a major aspect of his movies as Peter Parker that has me extremely excited to watchSpider-Man 4. Spider-Man is my favorite Marvel hero. As a major fan of all three movie versions of the character, 2021’sSpider-Man: No Way Homewas an absolute dream come true, and it stands as my favorite amongall Spider-Man moviesdue to bringing the Spider-Men of my childhood together with Holland’s Peter Parker....

With all the 4K content that’s being released every day, there’s a growing number of reasons for you to upgrade your TV with4K TV deals. There’s no shortage ofSony TV dealsandSamsung TV dealsamong retailers, so no matter your budget, you’ll be able to find the perfect 4K TV to add to your home. If you’re hoping to spend less than $1,000 in upgrading to a 4K TV, you most certainly can — you just need to know where to look, and to be patient with your search for the best deal....

Summary Horror master Mike Flanagan is set to take on Stephen King’s epicThe Dark Towerseries as an extended television series, and if he wants to adapt the book he’s named his favorite, the series will need to extend at least five seasons. Flanagan is being hailed asthe perfect person to adaptThe Dark Towerseries into a television show given his long history of successful horror and fantasy shows. Flanagan has the opportunity to redeem the series after the failed 2017 movie adaptation, whichKing himself gave a poor review....

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California has taken delivery of a major piece of the Europa Clipper spacecraft ahead of its highly anticipated mission to Jupiter’s icy Europa moon in 2024. JPL this week shared a time-lapse video (below) showing the main body of the Europa Clipper arriving at its facility from Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, which designed the spacecraft’s body in collaboration with JPL and NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center....

“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.“ Robot vacuums are one of the most popular types ofsmart home products. After all, what’s not to love? You get a sleek, intelligent device that does all of your vacuuming for you with next to no input required from you....

Mild spoilers ahead for Netflix’s Yu Yu Hakusho (2023). Summary It’s no secret thatNetflix’s roster of live-action anime adaptations have varied wildly in quality. Despite starring big names like LaKeith Stanfield (Sorry to Bother You) and Willem Dafoe (Poor Things), the streamer’s 2017 adaptation ofDeath Note, a beloved supernatural crime thriller, received backlash for its rushed and watered-down story. More recently, the 2021 live-action adaptation of the classic animeCowboy Bebopreceived mixed reviews, nailing some of the original show’s charm while failing to soar to its great narrative heights....

It has been a long time since the lastWii Sportstitle, but Nintendo has finally given us a brand new collection of sports to play on our Nintendo Switches.Nintendo Switch Sportspicks up right where the previous games left off, offering a host of sports that are easy to pick up and play thanks to being primarily, if not fully, motion-controlled with your Joy-Cons. Of the six sports included at launch, a few fan favorites from the Wii days are returning, most notably bowling and tennis, but we also get our first crack at some new sports activities like volleyball and chambara....

WhenMicrosoft announced Copilot+ PCsa few weeks back,one question reigned supreme: Why can’t I just run these AI applications on my GPU? AtComputex 2024, Nvidia finally provided an answer. Nvidia and Microsoft are working together on an Application Programming Interface (API) that will allow developers to run their AI-accelerated apps on RTXgraphics cards. This includes the various Small Language Models (SLMs) that are part of the Copilot runtime, which are used as the basis for features like Recall and Live Captions....

Nvidia has announced the RTX 3050 Ti and RTX 3050, new graphics cards for affordablegaming laptops. These two new graphics cards will launch in laptops starting at $799 and come with support for the latest RTX 30-series features, such asRTX ray tracingand DLSS (deep learning super sampling). Some of the first laptops to use these new graphics include theDell XPS 15andLenovo Legion 5i. Nvidia’s goal with these new gaming laptops is to hit over 60 frames per second (fps) in 1080p gaming at Medium settings with both ray tracing and DLSS turned on....

Summary One of the most iconic moments of the earlyPokémonanime is undoubtedly the battle between Pikachu and Lt. Surge’s Raichu, and the aftermath in which Ash contemplates evolving Pikachu. Pikachu boldly refuses, and his reasons for doing so actually relate to Ash surprisingly well. In the episode “Electric Shock Showdown,” an injured Pikachu, still recuperating from the injuries sustained in battle with Raichu, smacks away the Thunder Stone that Ash attempts to use, and then tries to communicate an idea to Ash....