ESA denies E3 2024 and 2025 have been canceled, despite LA tourism board’s claims

There are conflicting reports over whether or not E3 2024 and E3 2025 will take place. A new document from the Los Angeles City Tourism Commission claims that both E3 2024 and E3 2025 have been canceled, but a spokesperson for the Entertainment Software Association claims no final decision has been made yet. For over 20 years, the ESA held an event called E3 each June, where companies from around the video game industry would come together and show off their upcoming games....

August 12, 2025 · 2 min · 378 words · Anna Anderson

Euphoria Season 3 Update Shared By Star After Delay: "I'm Optimistic"

Summary Euphoriaseason 3 gets a new update from Eric Dane following the season’s delay. Created by Sam Levinson, the hit HBO drama first aired in 2019, following a group of troubled high school students as they deal with love, sex, drugs, and some occasional violence. The show, which stars Zendaya, Hunter Schafer, Jacob Elordi, and Sydney Sweeney, among others, returned for season 2 in 2022, butEuphoriaseason 3has since struggled to get off the ground....

August 12, 2025 · 3 min · 488 words · Karen Dougherty

Get the best picture from your Panasonic TV: Change these settings

If you’ve seen Digital TrendsTV reviews, you know that all of the TVs we get our hands on can produce a beautiful image. However, even the best of thebest TVsdon’t necessarily come out of the box that way. Before evaluation or collecting video footage, we make a few important changes to the settings to ensure that each TV produces its best possible picture. That goes for every TV brand across the board, including Panasonic....

August 12, 2025 · 6 min · 1096 words · Gabriel Clarke

Google brings Digital Car Keys, quicker access to Snapchat to Pixel phones

On the heels of the launch of its newPixel 6 lineup, Google is rolling out several new Android features exclusively for Pixel owners to get more out of their smartphones. Pixel feature drops happen on a regular basis, with Google releasing new software updates and features for both old and new Pixel devices. What’s new in this feature drop? With the latest feature drop, even those with older Pixel devices will be able to get faster access to Snapchat, control bass levels on Pixel Buds, and better hear conversations....

August 12, 2025 · 3 min · 563 words · Allen Lewis

Hisense teases 110-inch, 10,000-nit TV ahead of CES 2024

Hisense says its new 110UX TV will do something no other consumer display has ever done: deliver 10,000 nits of peak brightness. The 110UX, which has a 110-inch diagonal screen size and apparently has its own console-style stand and audio system, will get its official debut at the2024 Consumer Electronics Show (CES)in Las Vegas in January. In typical fashion for a CES sneak peek, Hisense hasn’t released any pricing or availability information for the scorchingly bright 110UX....

August 12, 2025 · 2 min · 390 words · Stephanie Allen

Horizon Forbidden West is a marvel — if your PC can handle the heat

More than two years after its release on PS5,Horizon Forbidden Westis now available on PC. The original game,Horizon Zero Dawn,has become a mainstay for performance testing on PC, and it’s one of the pillars of our GPU reviews. The sequel ups the ante in a big way with more graphics options and a more demanding world overall. I’ve been playing the game over the past week, drilling down on the best settings, comparing DLSS, FSR, and XeSS, and testing the bounds of performance....

August 12, 2025 · 6 min · 1204 words · Donna Estrada

How to unlock the pickaxe in Valheim

If you haven’t heard ofValheim, you should probably check the strength of your Wi-Fi connection. ThisMinecraft-like hybrid of open-world survival meets Viking RPG has taken Steam by storm. The kicker?Valheimis only in its beta phase and plans to release the full game in the coming year. LikeMinecraft, players need to gather resources to build tools. They’ll then use those tools to construct stable structures and weapons. The only tool that will give players trouble in the early stages ofValheimis the pickax....

August 12, 2025 · 3 min · 592 words · Aaron Torres

How to watch Tesla’s Cybertruck delivery event if you missed it

Four years after unveiling it, Tesla has finally delivered the first Cybertruck pickups to buyers. Led by Tesla chief Elon Musk, the glitzy presentation event took place on Thursday at the automaker’s Gigafactory Texas in Austin. Tesla live-streamed the event on X (formerly Twitter), and you’re able to watch it below. Cybertruck Delivery Eventhttps://t.co/rWd111HvHc — Tesla (@Tesla)June 11, 2025 While the video lasts for 50 minutes, the event doesn’t get underway until 25 minutes in, so push the slider to that point to get started....

August 12, 2025 · 2 min · 303 words · Matthew Davis

I have the Google Pixel 8a. Here are 6 things you need to know

TheGoogle Pixel 8ais in my hand and will have been for a few days by the time you read this. It’s not long enough for me to give it our full in-depth review treatment, as the battery has only just settled down into everyday life and I’m still experimenting with the camera and features. But there are some things I’ve quickly discovered about the Pixel 8a that you should know about....

August 12, 2025 · 6 min · 1232 words · Ruben Dunlap

I love Apple, but it’s totally wrong about iMessage and RCS

I’ve been using an iPhone ever since 2008, starting with the original and then every generation since. For several years, the iPhone was only capable of SMS texting, with MMS support arriving with iOS 3 in 2009. But in 2011, Apple created something new: iMessage. It first arrived on iOS and then went to the Mac in 2012 to replace iChat. iMessage is basically an instant messaging service that is exclusive to all Apple products: iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Mac....

August 12, 2025 · 5 min · 915 words · Michele Moore

Interview: How visual effects built Lovecraft Country’s most memorable scenes

HBO’sLovecraft Countryis one of 2020’s biggest hits with its genre-bending adventure featuring a group of Black protagonists caught between warring factions of arcane magic users in segregated 1950s America. Based on the novel of the same name by Matt Ruff,Lovecraft Countrywas developed by Misha Green for HBO and blends theeldritch horror of novelist H.P. Lovecraftwith a host of terrors both fantastic and all too real, during a time period whenhatred fueled by racial prejudice and injusticewas woven into much of the population’s daily existence....

August 12, 2025 · 13 min · 2755 words · John Faulkner

Is ‘The Division 2’ beta crashing? Ubisoft says to restart every few hours

The private beta test forTom Clancy’s The Division 2went live on February 7, and Ubisoft hasalready identifiedmultiple problems with the game that are causing it to crash. The first, which is sure to affect more dedicated players, occurs when you’ve been playingThe Division 2beta for an extended period of time. Until a final fix can be found for this crash, Ubisoft says it can be avoided simply by restarting your beta client every two or three hours....

August 12, 2025 · 2 min · 348 words · Briana Howard

Jake Paul urged to wear headguard vs Mike Tyson over fears of serious injury

Jake Paul urged to wear headguard vs Mike Tyson over fears of serious injury Jake Paul has been urged to wear a headguard when he steps into the ring with Mike Tyson in July over the fear that “one punch” from ‘Iron Mike’ could have major consequences for the ‘Problem Child’. Pauland his camp havestrenuously deniedthat he andTysonwill be wearing headguards when they go toe-to-toe inNetflix’sfirst-ever liveboxingstream. But Derek Chisora — who has fought the likes ofTyson Fury, Oleksandr Usyk and Vitali Klitschko — believes that Paul would be foolish not to wear head protection when he comes up against Tyson....

August 12, 2025 · 2 min · 364 words · Roger Myers