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People often overlook the importance of air quality, but therecent fires in Californiahave brought the hazards of dirty air to the forefront of everyone’s minds. While many people already own an air purifier, it often gets set to the side, but with the advent of winter, pure air is more important than ever as long-dormant HVAC systems rumble to life and expel built-up dust and other irritants into the air. Dyson hopes to make your air purifier just as important to everyday life as your heater or air conditioner by combining them all into one....

Plans for a further push towards a common mobile phone charger are being examined in Europe. The EU commissioner for competition, Margrethe Vestager, highlighted a lack of progress in the area, despite repeated attempts to reduce charger waste. According to aReuters report, Vesteger told a lawmaker in Europe who inquired about the ongoing situation that the Commission found the currently voluntary system was making “unsatisfactory progress,” and that a new study would soon be launched to examine alternative options....

When launching a game console, the price can be one of thelast thingscompanies nail down, despite it being an extremely important factor in whether players buy it. Consoles have launched concurrently with one sporting a much lower price tag, and the cheaper option often gets an early lead. This isn’t the only factor in whether or not a console will succeed, but price plays a very important role. Digital Trends looked back on every major home console released in North America since the Nintendo Entertainment System and examined if its price contributed to its success — or failure....

Peacock, NBCUniversal’s streaming service,will officially launch in July(it has been available for a limited number of Comcast customers since April) with a strong slate ofon-demand TV seriesand movies as well as live content. But later this year and in 2021, more content is coming. This includes not only full seasons of some popular series for fans to binge-watch again or for the first time, but also some interesting new originals. What are we most looking forward to, or have high hopes about?...

Although Nvidia hasn’t said much about its upcomingRTX 50-seriesgraphics cards duringComputex, they’re coming, and we just got a new rumor about their potential specs. According to a reputable leaker, the RTX 5080 might be less impressive than initially suggested. If this is proven true, is this the direct result of Nvidia not needing to try as hard, given that AMD may be sitting out the race for thebest graphics cardin this generation?...

“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.“ Vanmoof was well ahead of the curve when its Dutch founders, the Carlier brothers, started the company in 2009. Perhapstooahead of the curve. Electric bikes were treated as a novelty in 2009. Their popularity has skyrocketed in recent years, however....

From ovens you may preheat using your voice to fridges that let you see what’s inside while you’re out shopping, smart appliances offer extra perks. But are these features worth it? Have smart appliances evolved to the point where they’re worth the extra cash? What exactly is a smart appliance? Smart appliances take things a step further, beyond just basic functionality. Your fridge can do more than just keep your food cool, and your oven can do more than simply cook your meals....

Credit: Jeremy ThompsonImage used with permission by copyright holder If you or someone you love has ever spent any time as a patient in a hospital, you know how isolating the experience can be. Those four walls and your hospital bed become your whole world. For patients receiving palliative care — those with essentially no hope for recovery — that room is often the last thing they ever see. For David Parker, a Toronto-based technology developer, this situation was unacceptable, so he set himself the goal of providing these patients an escape — albeit a temporary one — through virtual reality....

XDefiant Ranked Play: Maps, modes, more Ranked Play is a huge draw for FPS games and with XDefiant, Ubisoft is looking to keep competitive players hooked. Read on for everything you need to know about the competitive mode. XDefiantis the latest FPS title from Ubisoft, looking to be more of a COD-like shooter compared to the tactically designed Rainbow Six Siege. Like fellow FPS titles, XDefiant will have various game modes to test your prowess against....

Fallout 76players may think that becoming immortal in the open-world game would be awesome, but a player who stumbled into god mode has an opposite view. AFallout 76player who goes by the name Brogadyn on Redditpostedon the online forum that their character has permanent god mode activated. However, instead of abusing the glitch, Brogadyn is frustrated and wants developer Bethesda to deactivate the character’s immortality. In the Reddit post, Brogadyn said that the character is “really unkillable,” and even uploaded screenshots to prove it....

Summary The ending ofStar Trek: Discoveryleft several questions unanswered.Star Trek: Discoveryseason 5 continuedStar Trek: The Next Generationseason 6, episode 20, “The Chase”, as Captain Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) and the crew of the USS Discovery searched for the technology used by the Progenitors to create life. Opposing Burnham and the Discovery on this journey were criminal duo Moll (Eve Harlow) and L’ak (Elias Toufexis), who sought the Progenitors' technology to give the Breen in exchange for ending the Erigah, or blood debt, on L’ak’s head....

The 2020 BMW X3 M and X4 M offer drama-free performance. A 503-horsepower SUV is an absurd proposition any way you think about it. There are quite a few high-performance SUVs these days, but transforming a mild-mannered grocery getter into a hot rod still defies logic. So the 2020 BMW X3 M and X4 M Competition – the two newest SUVs from BMW’s M performance division – should be pretty bonkers, right?...

Jony Ive (right) and Apple CEO Tim Cook look over the new Mac Pro Display and computer during Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference on June 3.Brittany Hosea-Small/AFP/Getty Images Jony Ive, Apple’s famedChief Design Officerand resident design master since 1997, announced Thursday that he isleaving the companyto form his own design company, LoveFrom. Apple will be LoveFrom’s first client, which makes sense because much of the company’s success can be directly traced back to Ive’s groundbreaking industrial designs that span a generation....