Dark Souls III beginner’s guide: Tips and tricks for intimidated first-timers

The Dark Souls series is notoriously challenging, and while it has become popular among gamers in the last few years exactly for that difficulty, it remains a bit inscrutable and overwhelming for many players.Dark Souls IIIis arguably a more easygoing Souls game than its predecessors, however, in that it gives players a little more leeway as they learn and provides something of an easier time getting into the game. It’s still no walk in the park, but it might not be as ruthless as previous titles....

June 5, 2025 · 19 min · 3986 words · Jared Wade

Doctor Who Season 14's Sutekh Almost Killed 1 Companion In Early Drafts, Says Showrunner RTD

Warning: SPOILERS lie ahead for Doctor Who season 14! Summary Following the surprise reveal of the classic villain, Russell T Davies reveals theDoctor Whoseason 14 finale nearly saw Sutekh kill a companion. Ncuti Gatwa’s Fifteenth Doctor and Millie Gibson’s Ruby Sunday came face to face with the “One Who Waits” in the two-part finale “Legend of Ruby Sunday/Empire of Death”, where the ’70s villain finally enacted a terrifying, universe-spanning plan.Having clung to the TARDISsince his first defeat, Sutekh left behind copies of a woman named Susan Triad (Susan Twist) whenever the vessel landed, ready to bring death....

June 5, 2025 · 3 min · 610 words · Bradley Williams

Everything announced at Google I/O 2023: Pixel Fold, Pixel 7a, and more

Every year, Google takes toGoogle I/Oto announce its plans and products for the coming year. While the event itself will run for several days, the opening keynote presentation covers all the major announcements, from thenewest version of Androidto the latest versions of the Pixel smartphones. So, what did Google have in store for us with Google I/O 2023? Quite a lot! From the Pixel Fold to the Pixel 7a to a ton of AI updates and more, here are all of the biggest announcements from Google I/O 2023....

June 5, 2025 · 15 min · 3187 words · Max Johnson

Everything we know about Blade’s Shadow game streaming service

Cloud gaming services are having a bit of a moment.PlayStationandNvidiaare already in the ring, whileGoogle StadiaandMicrosoft xCloudare gearing up to join the competition. Another option from a lesser-known French company, called Blade, is already available, too. Dubbed Shadow, Blade’s service is more of a complete cloud computing service centered on game streaming. If you’re interested in game streaming, you should get to know all of your options. Here’s everything you need to know about Shadow....

June 5, 2025 · 6 min · 1208 words · Douglas Evans

FatCam: Museum of London’s livestream of a rancid hunk of sewage proves popular

A sewer technician, also known as a “flusher,” holds a small section of fatberg found below the streets of London, U.K.Adrian Dennis/Getty Images A livestream of arotting McDonald’s hamburgersounded bad enough when we heard about it a few years back, but this latest one of a rancid fatberg definitely takes video streams to a whole new level of grossness. The Museum of London came up with the idea for its “FatCam” after it started displaying a small section of the infamous “Whitechapel fatberg” for visitors earlier this year....

June 5, 2025 · 3 min · 462 words · Kelly Myers

Flying food: Uber has set a target date to use drones for meal delivery

Uber has joined a growing list of companies keen on using drones for delivery. It wants to integrate the technology into UberEats, its meal-delivery service, and envisions dropping off its first drone-delivered dinners as early as 2021. The company better known for ridesharing revealed earlier this year that it’s keen to utilize drone technology for its UberEats meal-delivery service, but a job ad spotted over the weekend by theWall Street Journalsuggests, for the first time, a target date for its first drone delivery....

June 5, 2025 · 2 min · 385 words · Robert Taylor

Former Microsoft intern claims Google may have sabotaged Edge browser

Building a web browser is no easy task, especially when your competition is seemingly playing dirty. According to a former Microsoft intern working on the company’s Edge web browser, Google attempted to leverage code onto some of Microsoft’s most popular online platforms. Software engineer Joshua Bakitaexplained why Microsoft chose to kill its EdgeHTML enginein favor of Chromium, and exactly how Google may have tried to trip up the Edge browser....

June 5, 2025 · 2 min · 381 words · Mason Lowe

Google Duo should let you share your screen, but it doesn’t work right now

Android users have been looking forward to the possibility of screen sharing withGoogle Duofor several months now, and while the feature has rolled out, it hasn’t been quite what users were hoping for. In fact, it’s totally broken. When I tested the feature with my friends’ Android devices, we found that we were only able to see a frozen image of the calling party’s display, or in some cases, a gray frame instead of an image at all....

June 5, 2025 · 2 min · 354 words · Carl Hughes

Hard drive recovery tips and tricks

Hard drive failure is an inevitable fact of life — whether its your own fault or just an unfortunate byproduct of age. There will also come a time in your life when you’re going to want to recover a thing or two from said dead drive. Your computer’s hard drive stores everything from your precious baby photos and financial data to your coveted illegal music catalog and work documents, among other things....

June 5, 2025 · 7 min · 1343 words · Donald Rowe

How to change your YouTube name

Before you read on, keep in mind that this guide is focused exclusively on changing the name on your channel — that is, the name that appears when people visit your channel’s main page. If you want to change its URL, you cancreate a custom one if you’re eligible, or delete it and create a new one, but you may’t change an existing custom URL. Also, while changing your YouTube channel’s name is now the same process for both branded and non-branded (standard) accounts, you should know that thechanges you make will still apply differentlydepending on whether you have a standard, non-branded account, or a Brand Account....

June 5, 2025 · 3 min · 498 words · Tracy Stevens

How to romance characters in Fire Emblem Engage

One of the most popular features ofFire Emblem: Three Houseswas the relationship-building and romance system. Players were able to pick their favorite character, get to know them, eventually start a relationship, and then argue with people online about why their pick was best.Fire Emblem Engagedoesn’t have nearly as in-depth of a relationship or romance system asThree Houses, but it does still let you express your love for another character. Here’s everything you need to know about how romance works, who you can enter into a relationship with, and if there are any restrictions based on which gender you can choose to play as inFire Emblem Engage....

June 5, 2025 · 3 min · 487 words · Erica Sullivan

I ditched Spotify for YouTube Red with Google Play Music and never looked back

At the Digital Trends flagship office in Portland, Oregon, Spotify is something of a religion. Seemingly everyone uses the ultra-popular music streaming platform, as evidenced by our Slack channel dedicated to sharing new music, which is full of Spotify links and not much else. I’m not here to hate on Spotify. By all accounts (including my own), the Swedish serviceoffersthe best user interface out there, coupled with a massive music library and some magical tools to help you find new jams — but it doesn’t have everything for everyone....

June 5, 2025 · 6 min · 1155 words · Alexandra Kelley

I tried out the game-changing DJI Mini 3, and I’m already hooked

The DJI Mini 3 just launched, and after spending a few days with it, I can tell you it is a game-changing drone. Costing just under $500, it’spriced like its predecessor, the incredibly popular DJI Mini 2, but matches many of the best features of the much more expensive DJI Mini 3 Pro and has even broken its record for flight time. DJI Mini 3 camera upgrades The weather was terrible in the fewt days I had early access to test the DJI Mini 3, and when I finally got a chance to get out to the coast and record some interesting video, it was windy and overcast....

June 5, 2025 · 5 min · 1011 words · Donna Moore