Digital technology

Tracking down the best gaming monitors is no simple task. As you can see from how we test gaming monitors, it involves a lot more than throwing a display on a desk and playing a couple of games. And even after years of reviewing them, I still see some common mistakes buyers make when shopping for a new gaming monitor. I’ve tested dozens of gaming monitors, and although a spec sheet might sway you in one direction, I can tell you with certainty that all gaming monitors aren’t built equally. Here are the biggest…

If you're into reading books, it's likely you own, have owned, or want to own a Kindle e-reader. Digital books have changed the game where reading is concerned, and you no longer need to cram volume upon volume into your daily bag or into holiday suitcases when you can just use an e-book reader instead. Unfortunately, Amazon has DRM (digital rights management) to stop you from reading those books on anything other than Amazon's own devices or apps. This DRM takes the form of Amazon's proprietary AZW file format,…

Simon Cohen / Digital Trends When it comes to discussions of digital audio, you’ll quickly run into an alphabet soup of acronyms: MP3, AAC, ALAC, FLAC, WAV, DSD, and so on. It’s practically endless. You’d think that with this many digital audio file types, we wouldn’t need yet another. However, there is one more digital audio file you need to know about. It’s called MQA. The claims for MQA are impressive. It’s an audio format that can be downloaded, streamed, or even played from a CD, and yet it’s also purportedly…

Midjourney is creating a sensation with its recently released 5.2 update. The popular generative AI service announced several upgrades, most notably, the ability to zoom out from images. Rowan Cheung shared a video on Twitter demonstrating what’s possible. Even though Midjourney quickly generates the stills, you need 30 to 60 images for each second of video. With fewer stills, the zoom-out effect would be stuttery instead of smooth. Midjourney v5.2 just dropped, and it's incredible. This new AI feature allows…

Federal investigators from five different agencies have formed a new task force to try and catch criminals using cryptocurrencies and the Dark Web to carry out illegal activity. The new Avengers-style crossover team includes agents from the Department of Homeland Security, federal prosecutors, the IRS’ Criminal Investigation Unit, and the Drug Enforcement Administration. They’re calling themselves the “Darknet Marketplace and Digital Currency Crimes Task Force.” They’re restricting their activities to Arizona for now.Asus…

Google has by now notched a significant history of hardware just as good as its namesake search engine, including the Pixel 7 smartphone and its industry-leading camera. The company’s hardware efforts have, however, struggled when it comes to tablets, taking what we’ve previously described as a “try, try again” approach. The Pixel Tablet, available today, is the company’s latest attempt to challenge the iPad by once again putting Android on a big-screen mobile device. Its most compelling feature, though, isn’t sitting…

President Joe Biden announced $930 million in grants on Friday aimed at expanding access to broadband access in rural America. The “Enabling Middle Mile Broadband Infrastructure” grants cover 35 states and Puerto Rico as part of the Department of Commerce’s program to bring high-speed internet access and large amounts of data across long distances.How To Set Up Private Relay on iCloud+Verizon, Spectrum, AT&T, and Optimum are among the 20 internet providers that have partnered with the White House on the Affordable…

By next year, Google Domains customers can expect Squarespace to ‘incentivize’ them to switch their site over to the company’s own webpage building services.Image: Vladimka production (Shutterstock)For once, the tech conglomerate that is Google is getting smaller, and by its own volition no less. Google said it is extricating itself from the domain name business. Its massive bank of domain names and the millions of customers who pay for them will soon be placed in the hands of Squarespace. The webpage creation service…

Next year marks the 40th anniversary of what’s now considered the second most momentous on-stage reveal by Steve Jobs (after 2007's iPhone debut): the Apple Macintosh. You can get a head start on the festivities with Throwboy’s new blanket featuring a design that pays homage to several different iterations of the early Macintosh’s desktop operating system.Mac Studio and Studio Display ReviewThrowboy’s been around as long as the iPhone has, since 2007, and has carved out a unique niche for itself making home accessories…

Ah, Megaupload, the long-defunct file-sharing site that definitely wasn’t a haven for piracy during the mid-2000s. If you were hoping to catch up with what some of its leaders were doing after feds seized the domain in 2012, then you’ll have to do it during prison visitation. On Thursday, a New Zealand court sentenced two of the original operators of Megaupload to more than two years in prison over allegations they facilitated piracy and theft of intellectual property.Twitter Verification is a Hot MessAs reported by the…