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“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.“ A new SUV is always a big deal for Mercedes-Benz . SUVs now make up about one-third of Mercedes sales worldwide, and a full 60% of North American sales. To maintain the company’s position at the top of the luxury market, theall-new 2020 GLShas to be worthy to replace thesecond-generation GLS, and also be competitive with the newest offerings fromBMWandLand Rover....

In a case of history repeating itself, 5G is set to arrive on Android devices before iPhones. Apple is well-known for waiting until innovations hit a certain level of maturity before including them in their products — it’s one of the ways it ensures consistent quality across its products. Those who remember the messy 2011 4G LTE rollout will recall that Apple waited until 2012 to launch its first 4G device....

It’s time to start thinking about smart security. Easier to install and control than ever, an intuitive smart security system will be built to handle the elements, alert you when motion triggers your cameras and sensors, allow you to store recorded footage in a lock-and-key cloud, and more. If you’ve been bouncing back and forth between multiple surveillance systems and can’t decide where to land, Google’sall-new suite of Nest hardwaremay be the answer you’ve been looking for....

A lot of terrible stuff has happened in 2017, but as far as video games are concerned, it has been one of the most interesting years in recent memory. Acclaimed classics likeBuy Nowreleased, sequels to mediocre games managed to catch us by surprise with their innovative new features, and most importantly, we learned a lot more about the anatomy of one of our most beloved characters. From the triumphant to the trivial, let’s look back at the stories that gamers can be thankful for this year....

Fancy spending a night in a potato? OK, perhaps we should explain. In its previous incarnation, the Big Idaho Potato Hotel used to travel up and down the country on behalf of the Idaho Potato Commission to promote the state’s most famous crop. The giant spud’s nationwide tour recently concluded, but it seemed a waste to trash the prop, so tiny-house developer Kristie Wolfe proposed transforming it into a quirky Airbnb rental....

The word “affordable” is rarely associated with Apple products. The company’s high prices have caused hecklers to bemoan the “Apple Tax” for decades. More recently, it’s even provided ammo for competitors looking to distract from their own PR disasters. None of that, however, adequately prepared Mac fans for the past three years. The pricing of all things Mac has gone up with each new hardware iteration, and often by hundreds or even thousands of dollars....

There aren’t many devices that have a through line going back nearly a decade. But the Roku Ultra is one of them. And eight years after its debut (its lineage really goes back much farther than that, though), we have a new Roku Ultra for 2024, some three years after its last update. On paper, this appears to be a fairly typicalRokurollout, with the workhorse streaming device seeing iterative updates across the board....

After more than 20 years of inviting the public to help in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI), the distributed computing project SETI@Home is shutting down. “Scientifically, we’re at the point of diminishing returns; basically, we’ve analyzed all the data we need for now,” the project coordinators said in a statement on thewebsite. Secondly, they went on to say, “It’s a lot of work for us to manage the distributed processing of data....

After being raised by humans up until the start ofAvatar: Frontiers of Pandora,your Na’vi has a lot to learn about where they come from and their lost heritage. Part of that is learning how to actually survive and navigate Pandora, but another major aspect islearning new skills. You have your standard five skill trees to invest points into, as well as a set of 12 Ancestor Skills that you can’t get by normal means....

For most people, smart homes start with a smart speaker that lets you talk withAmazon Alexa or Google Assistant. Amazon Echo and Google Home are by any measure the hands-down dominant smart home eco-systems. A growing number of users start their smart home experience with smart displays such as theGoogle Nest Hub or the Echo Show 5, which we also compared in light of their Prime Deal deals, but smart speakers are still the most common first device....

Arcadian ending explained: Did everyone survive? A father and his two sons live in a post-apocalyptic world trying to stay alive in Arcadian – but do all three of them survive by the ending? Nicolas Cage’s Arcadianis the newest action horror that tackles a world where humanity gets hunted at night by ravenous and grotesque monsters. The premise of the movie focuses on Paul and his twin sons Joseph and Thomas who grew up in a post-apocalyptic world....

Los Angeles International Airport as seen in an Apple TV screensaver.Phil Nickinson / Digital Trends You’d be forgiven if you ask the following question upon seeing one of the high-resolution screensavers onApple TV 4K: Are Apple TV screensavers real? Or are they CGI? It’s a fair question, and one we tend to ask ourselves every now and then when new videos — also known as Aerials given their perspective — roll out to the platform....

Higher resolution means better security. It’s the reason why people want 1080p livestreams and recordings instead of 720p and why 4K cameras are all the rage now. Arlo generated a lot of excitement at CES 2019 when it announced theArlo Ultra, a 4K home security camera, but it has been met with a wave of customer dissatisfaction after release. The units went on sale at Best Buy a short time after the camera was announced, but customers experienced connectivity issues and shorter-than-expected battery life....