MrBeast’s top 10 most controversial moments

MrBeast’s top 10 most controversial moments MrBeast has been the center of various controversies in 2024, as former employees have come to speak out against the YouTube giant. But this is not the first time he’s been criticized. We’ve taken a look back at his most controversial moments throughout his career. Over his time on the platform, he’s created a reputation for his philanthropic content mixed with insane stunts, which often cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to produce....

July 8, 2025 · 8 min · 1589 words · Jennifer Jensen

New Biographical Movie Debuts With Near-Perfect Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score

Summary The new biographical movie,Sight, has debuted with a near-perfect Rotten Tomatoes audience score. Directed by Andrew Hyatt, the movie follows the true story of Ming Wang (Terry Chen), an impoverished Chinese prodigy who becomes a world-renowned eye surgeon after studying in America. A blind orphan arrives at his practice one day, hoping for her sight to be restored after being abused by her step-mother. Dr. Wang must confront his troubled past growing up in China during the Cultural Revolution to find the resilience to keep going, finding a revolutionary new treatment to help her regain her sight....

July 8, 2025 · 3 min · 519 words · Tracey Roy

New Manhwa Anime Doesn't Just Use a Classic Shonen Formula, It Improves It in Every Way

Warning: The following contains spoilers for Viral Hit episode #8! Summary The criminally underratedanimeadaptation of themanhwaViral Hithas now added yet another stunning achievement to its already long list of successes byimproving upon a classic shonen formula despite hailing from South Korea. Of course, the episode where it happens still delivers everything thatViral Hitis now beloved for, including its incrediblesatirical commentary of viral social media livestreams, but this adapted deconstruction of manga’s most popular demographic brings the episode to a whole other level....

July 8, 2025 · 3 min · 571 words · Ms. Margaret Bailey

No strings attached: This levitating lamp uses science to defy gravity

Science-fiction author and futurist Arthur C. Clarke once observed that any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. That certainly sums up the new Levia lamp, created by Italian designed studioIdea3Di. At first glance, the stylish lamp — which is mounted on a base made of either Carrara or Black Marquina marble — simply looks like an attractive piece of quasi-industrial chic design. Look closer, however, and the lamp’s oversized LED filament levitates below the lamp stem, creating an otherworldly effect that’s sure to wow visitors....

July 8, 2025 · 3 min · 432 words · Richard Mccarthy

Ookami Mio reveals why Hololive members are collaborating less often

Ookami Mio reveals why Hololive members are collaborating less often With members of the community noticing a general decline in the number of collaborations between Hololive talents, Gamers member Ookami Mio provided insight into why this is. Throughout its five-year history,Hololivehas become best known for its talents joining forces to collaborate with one another. One of the big perks of being in a VTuber agency is that there are plenty of opportunities to work withother membersand organize collaborations....

July 8, 2025 · 2 min · 343 words · Michelle Hall

Original videotape of Apollo landing sells at auction for a cool $1.8 million

Original videotapes of the moon landing have sold at auction for $1.8 million. Sotheby’s describes the tapes as “the earliest, sharpest, and most accurate surviving video images of man’s first steps on the moon,” and is offering them in original, unadulterated form — “unrestored, unenhanced and unremastered.” The original footage of the moon landing was recorded by two cameras — aHasselbladand a specially adapted Westinghouse television camera that was mounted to the hatch of the Lunar Module to capture Armstrong’s first steps on the moon....

July 8, 2025 · 3 min · 440 words · Wesley Webb

Palworld Performance guide: best settings, fps boost, and more

Palworldis the first game to blow up in 2024, and though it might have been dubbed a mere“Pokémon with guns” experience, there’s no denying its popularity. However, it is very, very early access, and the experience can be a little clunky. That early stage of development also means it’s not the best-optimized game out there, leading to occasional performance hiccups on even powerful hardware. So it’s important to know the best settings forPalworldso you can get the best performance and visuals while you tame and exploit your new pals....

July 8, 2025 · 5 min · 954 words · Terry Martin

Parents abandon toddler in Arizona heat to play ‘Pokémon Go’

Detailed by the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office in Arizona, two parents have been charged with child neglect and endangerment after abandoning their 2-year-old son to go playPokémon Go. As described inthe press release, 27-year-old Brent Daley and his 25-year-old wife, Brianna, left their child alone in 90-degree heat without any water. Spotted by a neighbor around 10:30 p.m., the toddler was found crying outside the Daley’s home while attempting to get inside....

July 8, 2025 · 2 min · 299 words · Lindsay Case

Pearl review: a star is born (and is very, very bloody)

“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.“ Pearlis a candy-coated piece of rotten fruit. The film, which is directorTi West’s prequel to this year’sX, trades in the desaturated look and 1970s seediness of its parent film for a lurid, Douglas Sirk-inspired aesthetic that seems, at first, to exist incongruently with its story of intense violence and horror....

July 8, 2025 · 7 min · 1289 words · Kristine Elliott

People waited overnight at Best Buy for the RTX 3080 Ti and still didn’t get it

The newNvidia RTX 3080 Ti graphics cardwas released on Thursday, June 3 — andit sold out immediately. In the blink of an eye, the GPU was gone from all the online retailers that put it up for sale on Thursday morning. Instead of selling the card online, Best Buy chose to offer it in-store. This resulted in dozens of people trying to be the first in line to buy it — and for some, that meant waiting for over 24 hours....

July 8, 2025 · 3 min · 481 words · Ann Edwards

Ray-Ban Meta review: The best smartglasses for most people

“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.“ The Ray-Ban Meta smartglasses have the visual appeal of a pair of classic Wayfarer sunglasses with a lot of tech we usually expect to find in a smartphone, including the latest AI features, hidden inside....

July 8, 2025 · 13 min · 2721 words · Sandra Nguyen

Samsung Galaxy A72 vs. Galaxy A71 5G: Is newer better?

TheSamsung Galaxy A72is the sequel to last year’sGalaxy A71 5G, bundling premium smartphone features into a relatively affordable package. It’s equipped with a gorgeous 6.7-inch AMOLED display and a 90Hz refresh rate, as well as a meaty 5,000mAh battery and a quad-lens rear camera setup. It looks seriously good for the price, but with the Galaxy A71 5G only a year older and now available at a discount, you might be wondering whether you’d be better off going for its predecessor....

July 8, 2025 · 6 min · 1222 words · Angel Flores

Samsung Galaxy Ring launch window accidentally revealed in lawsuit

Samsung Galaxy Ring launch window accidentally revealed in lawsuit While filing a pre-emptive lawsuit against Oura to block patent claims, Samsung accidentally revealed the upcomingGalaxy Ring’slaunch window. We knew that the Galaxy Ring would belaunching soon. However, the confirmation of its launch window has come from the most unlikely place. Samsunghassuedits competitor Oura Health, the makers of Oura Ring, to protect its upcoming wearable Galaxy Ring from getting embroiled in a possible legal battle around patents....

July 8, 2025 · 2 min · 345 words · Emily Mcpherson