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Toyota proved small economy cars can be cool when it released theCorolla Hatchin 2018. And yet, the dowdy Yaris lingered on as the opposite of cool. The Japanese firm hopes to change that by rebooting the nameplate for the 2020 model year with help from Mazda. The 2020 Toyota Yaris is new, yet it’s familiar. It’s a hatchback variant of theYaris Sedan, which means it’s essentially a Toyota-badgedMazda2, a model sold overseas but not in America....

Apple has launched a new MacBook Air, and we’re a little torn about it. There are some really great features that we’ve been waiting years for. On the other hand, there are a couple of big missed opportunities on a laptop like this. Here’s our rundown of the features that made us happy, as well as the ones that left us disappointed. The best features Retina display The headline feature is undoubtedly the display....

Apple iPhone 14 Pro (left) and iPhone 15 Pro MaxAndy Boxall / Digital Trends When Apple launched the original iPhone in 2007, it was as easy as could be — it was justthe iPhone. There was only one model, and when you said you wanted an iPhone, the sales rep would know which one you meant … because that was all there was. Apple kept it simple for a few years until the iPhone 5s and 5c....

This content was produced in partnership with Roborock. This Black Friday, Roborock has some amazing offers on robot vacuums that are seriously going to change your life. If you hate cleaning your home manually, these timesavers will make everything better, all while being far more efficient than anything you could produce. With up to $340 to save on select models, we’ve picked out some of the best Roborock deals going on right now....

If you have an older TV that doesn’t run a smart TV platform, or maybe even just bought anew TVwith a platform that you aren’t fond of, you may want to consider grabbing one of severalstreaming devices. In fact, one of the best brands for that is Roku, and the Roku Express 4K+ is one of its best models. While it is pricey, there’s a great deal worth checking out as part of the 4th of July sale....

Some of the coolest gifts are multi-functional. Allow me to explain. Quirky gifts are great, butgiftsthat actually provide value to the person you’re giving them to are even better. Multi-functional gift ideas, or gadgets, and gizmos that achieve more than one task are always a great choice. Take the LumiCharge smart desk lamps, for example. They’re smart lamps, sure, but they also incorporate other features like a mobile phone charger, Bluetooth speaker, app controls, and beyond....

Can a simple screen protector deliver 3D content without the glasses — orthe expensive holographic smartphone? Lucid and Holitech think so.The Holoscreenis a smartphone screen protector that allows users to view 3D content without the glasses inside an app. The $30 accessory functions as a normal screen protector outside of the 3D app. When viewing 2D content outside the app, the companies say that the screen protector doesn’t alter the usual smartphone screen, serving as just the usual thin-film style screen protector....

If you were to look at thePS5generation on paper, you would come away thinking this was the best generation Sony’s ever had. It has crushed its main competition, theXbox Series X, in both unit and dollar sales, and is generating more revenue than any previous generation. However, dive into any community forum or social media space and you will see a very different perspective on the current lead console. No system is perfect, and just because the PS5 is on top doesn’t mean it didn’t have plenty of fumbles along the way....

Waymo wants a future without steering wheels. The unit of Google parent Alphabet doesn’t believeits self-driving carsneed them, and it just asked the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to “promptly” remove requirements for steering wheels, as well as brake pedals, reportsReuters. Companies must currently meet 75 safety requirements for self-driving cars, but many of them were written under the assumption that a human driver will still be at the controls, according to Reuters....

Thanks to series likeGame of ThronesandThe Walking Deadthat have madekilling off main charactersa normal part of series’ story development, it’s not uncommon for surprise deaths to occur on the small screen. But sometimes character deaths aren’t planned, but rather have come as the result of an actor dying in real life. Following therecent deathofRiverdaleactor Luke Perry, it has been confirmed thathis character on the CW’s popular teen drama will also meet his demise....

When it comes to graphics cards,AMD has had some stinkersover the years, and the Radeon RX 6400 has to be counted among them. For $130, it’s a terrible deal for most gamers, and the practical requirement of a recent CPU and motherboard is frustrating. That is, formostgamers. Despite what I knew to be true about the RX 6400, I actually went out recently and bought one. No, I didn’t have a mental breakdown or some kind of psychotic episode....

Xiaomi has unleashed a robot mutt called CyberDog. Looking remarkably likeBoston Dynamics’ Spot robotbut selling for a fraction of the price, CyberDog is Xiaomi’s first foray into quadruped robotics. Keen to see what others can do with CyberDog, the Chinese tech company is encouraging robot enthusiasts to get creative with the high-tech contraption and push it to its limits. Developers will certainly have plenty to play with. Powered by Nvidia’s Jetson Xavier A....

Warning: DC Pride 2024 #1! Summary After one touching scene, Jon Kent earns the right to be the successor to theSupermanname more than he ever has before. Jon Kent adopting the name Superman from his father and using it alongside his father, Clark, has been a point of contention for some readers. It was especially controversial afterJon came out as bisexual in 2021. Anyone still wondering if Jon Kent is deserving of the Superman mantle needs to look no further than the story “Bros Down in A-Town,” by Jarrett Williams, DJ Kirkland, and Lucas Gattoni, fromDC Pride 2024#1....