“Why you may 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.“ The original Ford Escape was one of the first compact crossovers, applying Ford’s experience with traditional SUVs like theBroncoandExplorerto what would become one of the hottest segments in the industry. The Escape has battled the Honda CR-V, Subaru Forester, and Toyota RAV4 for almost two decades, but now the crossover faces its biggest challenge yet....

Dwayne Johnson’s star power may not shine as brightly as it used to, but he remains one of the most popular actors on the planet, and his films still grab people’s attention. While there’s still some time left in everyone’s summer, audiences should sit back and see what’s cooking in these five movies featuring the Rock. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017) Set two decades after the original film, this sequel sees the titular board game remake itself into a video game that transports four teenagers into its dangerous jungle world....

A Minecraft Movieopened this weekend to a resounding success, bringing in $301 million worldwide and $157 million in the United States alone. It’s already surpassed its production budget of $150 million. It’s on track to be more successful than theSuper Mario Bros. Movie, which holds the current record for the most successful animated movie. After aninitially rocky receptionfrom its first trailers,A Minecraft Movieseems to have turned things around. The movie stars Jack Black, Jason Momoa, Jennifer Coolidge, and several more big names and is directed by Jared Hess, the mind behind cult-classic films likeNapoleon DynamiteandNacho Libre....

AMD has made its plans forRyzen APUgraphics driver releases a little more clear with a statement from an AMD representative. He suggested that updates to Ryzen APU graphics drivers would come every three months and will only come as WHQL certified releases, with no options for beta drivers in between. One of the big changes AMD made in recent years to try and keep pace with its big graphics rival, Nvidia, is to release graphics drivers much more regularly....

Apple could be back in hot water when it comes to throttling iPhone performance. According to areport from Reuters, the Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich is leading a multi-state investigation into the throttling of iPhone performance, and whether or not the “deliberate slowing of older iPhones violated deceptive trade practice laws.” According to the report, the probe first started in October 2018, and investigators have asked Apple for data regarding unexpected iPhone shutdowns, and data around Apple’s throttling of devices through power management software....

At CES 2019,BlackBerry Limitedreported the results of a recent survey that found most adults don’t trust connected devices to keep data safe. BlackBerry, a Waterloo, Ontario-based communications security technology company, commissioned Atomik Research to run the service. Conducted during December 2018, the survey respondents comprised 4,010 adults in the U.S., U.K., and Canada. More CES 2019 coverage The types of devices considered in the survey included connected cars, drones, health monitors, televisions, cameras, and smart home speakers and other smart home devices....

Bobbi Althoff looked “uncomfortable” after rapper takes her to strip club Viral clips have emerged of rapper Sukihana taking Bobbi Althoff to an Atlanta strip club, as fans point out how “awkward” she looks. Bobbi Althoffwent viral seemingly out of nowhere after a string of viral podcast episodes with rappers skyrocketed her to fame, with many calling her an industry plant. Her biggest interview so far was withDrake, where numerous clips of her humorously awkward celebrity encounter swept the internet....

Born in Synanon: The disturbing true story behind cult documentary Born in Synanon is a new documentary on Paramount Plus about what was once described as one of “the most dangerous and violent cults America had ever seen,” and one woman’s quest to understand the movement she was born into – this is the true story behind the series. Typically speaking, the word “cult” refers to a relatively small group of people who demonstrate unwavering dedication to a set of beliefs and practices set out by a magnetic, self-appointed leader....

GPT-4— the large language model (LLM) that powersChatGPT Plus— may soon take on a new role as an online moderator, policing forums and social networks for nefarious content that shouldn’t see the light of day. That’s according to anew blog postfrom ChatGPT developer OpenAI, which says this could offer “a more positive vision of the future of digital platforms.” By enlisting artificial intelligence (AI) instead of human moderators, OpenAI says GPT-4 can enact “much faster iteration on policy changes, reducing the cycle from months to hours....

The introduction of an always-on display is one of the marquee features of Apple’s 2022 iPhone lineup, allowing the clock, wallpaper, and status widgets to remain visible even when the iPhone is in sleep mode. Considering that many competing Android smartphones have offered always-on displays for years, it’s taken Apple an unusually long time to embrace this technology. Unfortunately, it hasn’t exactly done this wholeheartedly. While Applereleased four new iPhone 14 models this year, only two gained this improved screen technology....

On the one and only fifth episode of DT Daily, host Greg Nibler and guest Adrien Warner tackled the tech news of the day, seeking out the biggest stories and wrestling them into submission. First up: Apple has an event planned for October 30, and word on the street is that the company will unveil a new iPad and a new Macbook, among other things.According to reports, the new iPad will have “squared off” sides like the iPhone SE, a bezel-less screen, and will not have a fingerprint scanner, nor a home button....

Epic Games has kicked offFortnitechapter 3, season 2, and as expected, it comes with a lengthy list of changes. The new update is calledFortnite Season 2: Resistance, featuring a new theme, weapons, gameplay changes, and, of course, a fresh battle pass full of things to unlock. More so than previous seasons, this new update has a lot of gameplay alterations you’ll want to be aware of, especially if you’re aFortniteveteran....

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verseis now in theaters, and it’s already well on its way to exceeding the box-office performance ofSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. It also seems like many moviegoers were surprised by the cliffhanger ending and the news that the sequel,Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse, is coming to theaters in less than a year. Across the Spider-Versehas also left us with a lot of questions to be answered byBeyond the Spider-Verse. But we can’t address those issues without talking about some of the major developments in the film....