Meghan Trainor Would Make The Perfect American Idol Judge (But Does She Have What It Takes?)

Summary Meghan Trainor would be the perfect replacement for Katy Perry onAmerican Idol, and she has what it takes to be successful on the reality singing competition series. Katy was anAmerican Idoljudge for seven years alongside Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan. They were the original judging panel when ABC revived the show in 2018 after its 2016 cancelation by FOX. Now Katy is leavingAmerican Idolto focus on her own music career....

August 4, 2025 · 8 min · 1503 words · Sherry Martinez

Minisforum AtomMan G7 Ti review: smaller and more powerful than a PS5

“Why you’re able to 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.“ There’s something mesmerizing about mini PCs, so the moment I laid eyes on the AtomMan G7 Ti, I knew I had to try it. It’s one of the smallestgaming desktopsI’ve tested, though it’s still packing hardware as powerful as the 24-core Core i9-14900HX and an RTX 4070....

August 4, 2025 · 9 min · 1773 words · Jose Coleman

Missed Prime Day? The Amazon Echo is half off at Best Buy

For greatAmazon Echo deals, check out what Best Buy has to offer. It might not be Prime Day any more, but you can still snag some great bargains on Amazon Echo speakers. That includes the Echo Dot as well as the Echo Show 5, so there is something for everyone here. Read up onwhich Amazon Echo you should buy, then take a look at what we can tell you about each....

August 4, 2025 · 2 min · 363 words · Russell Cook

More Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart details emerge ahead of State of Play stream

Sony shared some new details aboutRatchet & Clank: Rift Apart, including the name of the game’s mysterious new hero. More information will come during a State of Play stream this Thursday. Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apartis the PS5’s next big exclusive, followingReturnal,which launches later this week. The highly-anticipated 3D platformer lands on June 11 and Sony is starting to roll out the red carpet for it. Introducing Rivet! See the mysterious Lombax in action in today’s Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart trailer, then tune in to State of Play on Thursday at 2pm PT for extended gameplay from@insomniacgames– plus updates on a pair of upcoming indie titles:https://t....

August 4, 2025 · 2 min · 313 words · Kerry Orr

NASA shares video clips from Thursday’s successful spacewalk

NASA astronauts Josh Cassada and Frank Rubio successfully completed a spacewalk at the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday, December 22. The walk was supposed to take place a day earlier, but NASA opted to delay the start after rocket debris was spotted close to the station, prompting controllers on the ground to maneuver the ISS to a safer orbit. Cassada and Rubio, both on their their third spacewalk, finished their work at 3:27 p....

August 4, 2025 · 3 min · 440 words · Brandon Smith

New Jason Bourne film reportedly in the works with Edward Berger to direct

New Jason Bourne film reportedly in the works with Edward Berger to direct A new Jason Bourne movie is reportedly in the works, with All Quiet on the Western Front director Edward Berger in talks to helm the next instalment in the classic action-thriller franchise. As first reported byDeadline, a new Jason Bourne film is reportedly in the works, with Edward Berger in talks to direct the fifth film in the beloved action franchise....

August 4, 2025 · 2 min · 377 words · Julia Morales

Nintendo Switch sales surpass 50 million, nearly quadrupling those of the Wii U

Despite being nearly three years old, the Nintendo Switch continues its dominance in the video game realm. During its latest financial report, Nintendo revealed it has soldmore than 50 million consoles, putting it ahead of the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and almost quadrupling the lifetime sales of the Wii U. Nintendo’stotal Switch hardware salesnow stand at approximately 52 million units, about 3 million more than the SNES. The Wii U, which was available for nearly five years before the Switch launched, only managed to sell about 13....

August 4, 2025 · 2 min · 345 words · Michael Smith

Ossic X 3D headphones won’t ship, as company shuts its doors

While plenty of headphones offersurround sound, they don’t really emulate 3D space around you. For example, as soon as you move your head, the sound moves with you, instead of staying relative as it would in an actual space. The Ossic X claimed to be the world’s first true 3D headphones, capable of recreating sound the same way you hear it in the real world. But despite an outstanding reaction toits crowdfunding campaignsand tens of thousands of pre-orders, Ossic has closed its doors, and will not be delivering the remaining headphones it still owes some backers....

August 4, 2025 · 4 min · 677 words · Amanda Salazar

Part e-bike, part moped, the Scorpion X2 is a comfy electric cruiser

“Why you may 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.“ In a roundup of thebest electric bikesearlier this year, I lauded the Juiced Bikes Scorpion X2 as the best moped-style e-bike. The upgraded Scorpion X2 carries forward the rider comfort and capable versatility I praised with the original2020 Juiced Bikes Scorpion....

August 4, 2025 · 7 min · 1435 words · Dr. Joshua Green

Pokemon Day 2025 Presents date revealed ahead of official release

Pokemon Day 2025 Presents date revealed ahead of official release A new Pokemon Go leak has revealed that the2025 Pokemon Daycelebrations will feature a Pokemon Presents, where information about new games will likely be revealed. Pokemon Day falls on February 27 each year, marking the release of Pokemon Red & Green in Japan. In recent years, the date has been marked by a Pokemon Presents event, where new games are revealed, and events for ongoing titles are detailed....

August 4, 2025 · 2 min · 360 words · William Dixon

Pokemon Scarlet & Violet hide & seek game redeems Synchro feature in DLC

Pokemon Scarlet & Violet hide & seek game redeems Synchro feature in DLC Pokemon Scarlet & Violet players are showing off an amazing fan-made multiplayer game, where hide & seek is played with one person masquerading as a wild Pokemon. The Indigo Disk DLC forPokemon Scarlet & Violetintroduced theSynchro Machine feature, which allowed the player to transform into one of the Pokemon in their team. They can then run around as one of their Pokemon or fly or swim if they have that ability....

August 4, 2025 · 2 min · 422 words · Joel Myers

Razer mice could give hackers wide-open local access to your Windows PC

The security problems just keep coming for Windows. In the latest, a hacker has discovered that by simply using a Razer mouse, someone with bad intent who already has full physical access to your PC can run their own payloads and even abuse and enter the PowerShell command terminal. A bit like the ongoingPrintNightmare vulnerabilityissue of injecting bad drivers via Point and Print, this new flaw has to deal with the way that Razer’s gaming software works....

August 4, 2025 · 2 min · 412 words · Kimberly Martinez

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 tipped for long-awaited design overhaul

Known tipster ICE CAT has posted some “exclusive information” on X today, claiming that theSamsung Galaxy Z Fold 7will launch as the thinnest foldable in the world. At 3.9mm when open and just 8.9mm when folded, the Z Fold 7 would beat both theHonor Magic V3and theOppo Find N5(just about). According to some exclusive information, the next direction of Samsung flagship machine is still to be thin and light, and the battery will be thin and thin, and the body will continue to be thin....

August 4, 2025 · 2 min · 356 words · Thomas Lopez