Lawyer warns TikTok alternatives like RedNote also at risk amid US TikTok ban push

Lawyer warns TikTok alternatives like RedNote also at risk amid US TikTok ban push With TikTok’s impending ban looming, netizens are jumping ship to other popular alternatives like RedNote and Lemon8 — but legal experts are advising caution. In January 2025, Chinese-based app Xiaohongshu,also known as RedNote, soared to the top of Apple’s App Store as its number one most-downloaded social platform. Described as a combination of Pinterest and Instagram, RedNote is even being endorsed by majorinfluencers like Pokimaneas TikTokfaces an imminent banin the United States....

August 3, 2025 · 2 min · 390 words · Deanna Edwards

Logitech built Bolt to make wireless mice and keyboards work better

Even though Bluetooth offers a convenient way for us to connect our keyboards,mice, and headphones to our laptops, the wireless protocol may not cut it in crowded office environments. Factors like congestion, reliability, and security may affect Bluetooth’s performance in enterprise settings, which has prompted Logitech to deliver a new wireless standard called Logi Bolt. And like Logitech’s Unifying Receiver for home use before it, Logi Bolt is designed to connect compatible Logitech peripherals — like mice andkeyboards— to your business PC through the use of a USB adapter....

August 3, 2025 · 4 min · 756 words · Tina Flores

Microsoft co-founder’s megayacht sails onto the market for a cool $330M

The megayacht once owned by the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen is on the market. Featuring two helicopter pads, 13 guest rooms, and even a 10-person submarine, it’s no surprise to learn that the 126-meter-long vessel known as Octopus has a price tag of 295 million euros (about $332 million). Allen, whodied from cancer in 2018at 65, owned a number of yachts, but Octopus, built by German shipbuilder Lurssen, was the biggest of them all....

August 3, 2025 · 2 min · 380 words · Cynthia Schwartz

Microsoft Surface Laptop 2 review

“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.“ Few people purchase even thebest laptopsright when they come out, but as we all know, the landscape can change quickly. The Surface Laptop 2 launchedat the tail end of 2018, but we want to consider how it holds up to the new breed of competition around six months later....

August 3, 2025 · 11 min · 2229 words · Dr. Luis Kent Jr.

New website lets you trade Starbucks gift cards for Bitcoin

Despite somerecent legal setbacksin the community and acomplete lack of regulatory clarity, Bitcoin’s march to the mainstream continues forward as the value of a single Bitcoin hovers between $800 and $900. Butgetting into the virtual currencyremains something of an obstacle for the average person. Now, a new Web service calledCard for Coinis doing its part to take a few bricks off that barrier to entry. Founded by Matt Luongo, a 25-year-old software developer and co-founder of research search engineScholrly, Card for Coin lets users sell their unused Starbucks gift cards in exchange for Bitcoin....

August 3, 2025 · 3 min · 476 words · Ryan Sanders

Nvidia RTX 4080 is almost here — with wildly varying prices

Nvidia’s upcoming RTX 4080 16GB GPU is set to release on November 16, but some retailers have already started listing the card online. Including releases from Nvidia itself, as well as many of its board partners, these listings give us some insight into how the card is going to be priced upon release. Nvidia’s recommended price holds up when it comes to some retailers and some models, but don’t get too excited — that’s not true across the whole range of the RTX 4080 GPUs....

August 3, 2025 · 3 min · 571 words · Jaime Smith

OlliOlli World takes skateboarding games to gnarly heights

If you’ve played theother OlliOlli games, you should know what to expect inOlliOlli World,the skateboarding franchise‘s upcoming title. The OlliOlli games are pure arcade skating fun, all of which ditch the realistic looks and fully-explorable skate parks ofSkate.and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater in favor of cartoonish, 2D tracks that use the fantastical to their advantage. After spending some time previewingOlliOlli World, it feels like the natural evolution of the franchise. The game takes everything that’s made the series wonderfully addicting up to this point — its fast-paced play and creative levels — and dials them up to 11....

August 3, 2025 · 5 min · 982 words · Brian Vang

One Animal Crossing Exploit Can Provide Unlimited Bells, But Comes At A Cost

Summary Animal Crossing: New Horizons, like other games in the franchise, uses Bells as its form of in-game currency. Bells are needed to buy items from merchants and to pay off the house that players buy from the iconic Tom Nook. As a result, players need to gather quite a few Bells to pay off their debt and design their island to their heart’s content, and earning that many can be both difficult and time-consuming....

August 3, 2025 · 6 min · 1184 words · Sandra Carroll

Our favorite folding Samsung smartphone is 25% off for Prime Day

Samsung’s Galaxy Z Fold 6smartphoneis a cutting-edge, AI-enabled smartphone and tablet that you can put in your pocket. If you’ve been eyeing one, you can take $500 off duringPrime Big Deal Dayson October 8 and 9. While the 6.2-inch external display is the same size as the screen on the iPhone 15, unfolding the device reveals an impressive 7.3-inch internal display — all at a 25% discount. The hinge can also operate partially folded in Flex Mode, so you can stand it up to watch videos or split the screens while you do it to multitask....

August 3, 2025 · 2 min · 395 words · Chelsea Reese

Pebble’s clip-on Core will tap into Amazon Alexa for voice assistance smarts

It isn’t news that Pebble, the company behind one of Kickstarter’s most successful crowdfunding campaigns in history, is rolling a few new wearables off the proverbial (and literal) assembly line. But whatisnews is that one of them, the clip-on Core, is getting voice assistance features courtesy of Amazon. In a blog post on Thursday, Pebbleannouncedthat the Core will ship with Amazon’s Alexa technology on board. Alexa is basically unfettered on the Core, which is to say it can interpret most, if not all, of the commands available on Amazon’s dedicated Echo devices....

August 3, 2025 · 3 min · 589 words · Cynthia Smith

Quick — this 50-inch 4K TV is only $300 at Best Buy today

It’s always a good time to invest in4K TV deals, as a bigger and better screen will do wonders for any home theater setup. There’s no shortage of offers from various retailers, but if you want to purchase a display that will arrive at your doorstep in time for the Christmas gatherings, you should check out Best Buy’s discount for this 50-inch Insignia F30 Series 4K TV. It’s available for just $300, down $150 from its original price of $450, for a deal that may be too good for most shoppers to ignore....

August 3, 2025 · 2 min · 358 words · Mark Reed

R.I.P. Slingbox: All devices will stop working by 2022

Sling Media’s Slingbox, the innovative family of devices that let users stream their live cable or satellite TV service anywhere in the world with an internet connection, has been officially discontinued as of August 21, 2025. Owners of existing Slingbox devices can continue to use them for the next 24 months, but after that, the company will shut down its servers, rendering the products useless. For those who have been following the Slingbox story, this won’t come as a huge surprise....

August 3, 2025 · 2 min · 371 words · David Mclean

Revenant Reborn in Apex Legends: New abilities and rework revealed for Season 18

Revenant Reborn in Apex Legends: New abilities and rework revealed for Season 18 Apex Legends is getting a brand new version of Revenant, known as Revenant Reborn, with a whole new set of abilities in Season 18. Here’s what we know so far. Given that Apex Legends is tied in with the Titanfall universe through different guns, references to planets, and military squads, there’s always been hope from some fans that a few abilities from the Titanfall games would make an appearance....

August 3, 2025 · 3 min · 443 words · Jacob Chen