The Consumer Technology Association (CTA) announced an overall investment commitment in women, people of color, and other underrepresented entrepreneurs within the tech industry. The CTA’s $10 million diversity investment that was announced at theConsumer Electronics Show(CES) in 2019 now includes venture firm MaC Venture Capital, which shares money with entrepreneurs to create the next generation of technology and consumer products. The association announced the investment commitment during a diversity webinar on Wednesday....

We all like a challenge when playing games. That’s the reason most people play them after all, which is why the Trophy system on Sony’s PlayStation consoles is so engaging for so many people. Sure, Microsoft did beat them to the punch with Achievements, but there’s something more satisfying about getting a Platinum Trophy than just a higher number. That digital trophy proves that you mastered the game, conquered all the challenges the developers put before you, and know the game inside and out....

Who needs a therapist when you have a toothbrush? Here to levy just such a question is the new Issalexa, a new toothbrush that is here to solve all of your problems — dental hygiene-related and otherwise. The latest product to come out of beauty tech brandForeo, the Issalexa is a T-sonic electric toothbrush, but also a “lifestyle support intelligence” helper that will speak to its owner after analyzing his or her saliva....

Klaus, Number Five, and the rest of the Umbrella Academy are returning for more adventures on Netflix. Countdown to release To commemorate the second season’s release, Netflix is counting down on Twitter with new sneak peeks and exclusive photos. The first is of Baby Pogo. Season 2 of The Umbrella Academy premieres this Friday! To celebrate, all week long we'll be giving you exclusive sneak peeks across @NXOnNetflix@UmbrellaAcad& right here!...

Update: The Drumi is finally in production as of late September, but without an exact ship date.Yirego, the company behind the electricity-free device, told us in late October that engineers are working to resolve final issues. “No manufacturer has had any prior experience making a product like Drumi because it is so new and different,” Petal Wang of Yirego told Digital Trends in an email. The project is a great example ofwhy crowdfunded projects take longer than expected to arrive— and sometimes don’t arrive at all....

The Taiwanese brand ASRock is getting more into the gaming market, now introducing its firstgaming monitors, one with a never-before-seen integrated Wi-Fi antenna feature on such a product. The Phantom gaming monitors include the PG34WQ15R2B and PG27FF1A models, but the first is the one with the integrated antenna. This antenna is intended to aid in both minimizing latency and conserving desk space. The built-in Wi-Fi antennas offer 7dBi peak gain....

Can the web exist without internet addresses? And if so, how do you navigate? These are some of the controversial questions that Google is asking as it tries to make the World Wide Web a safer place for all netizens. While the idea of abandoning web addresses may seem radical for a company that has built its business on indexing and ranking web pages whenever a user searches for a specific term, if Google is successful in making the internet a safer, more trustworthy place, users and advertisers may place even greater trust in its search results....

Ahead of CES 2021, we were already expecting touchless experiences toripple throughout every corner of the smart home. Cleanliness and social distancing have proven effective in reducing the spread of germs, so if there’s a possibility to lessen exposure through physical contact, you know it’s an application that companies will want to exploit. That’s exactly what we saw with the touchless video doorbells introduced at CES 2021. On one hand, it seems like a feature that’s practical for the times, but I would argue that it is one of the laziest implementations we’ve come across....

Twitch faces criticism over “favoritism” after Lacy gets instantly unbanned Twitch has faced backlash from small streamers and viewers on their platform following FaZe Lacy getting banned and then quickly unbanned. The suspension lasted just 36 minutes and 18 seconds, according toStreamerBans. Fellow FaZe member Jason revealed on stream that he contacted Twitch CEO Dan Clancy to intervene. “I called him, and he was like, ‘Did someone get suspended?’ He didn’t even know what was going on,” Jason said....

At the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington D.C., there’s a drone. It’s not just any drone, though. It’s a quadcopter called the Draganflyer X4-ES, made by a company namedDraganfly, which introduced one of the first commercial drone kits way back in 1999. That’s not why it’s there, however. Back in May 2013, the Draganflyer X4-ES made history in Saskatchewan, Canada as the world’s first drone to save a human life....

Vanderpump Rules’ Scheana & Lala’s new Christmas song throws shade at Raquel Vanderpump Rules stars Lala Kent and Scheana Shay have a new Christmas song, and some of the lyrics are a dig at their former friend, Raquel Leviss. Lala Kent and Scheana Shay are combining their musical talents with a new holiday tune called “Christmas Slay,” and they had a few easter eggs relating toRaquel Levissin the song. Most of theVanderpump Rules cast turned on Raquelafter it was revealed that she had a seven-month long affair with Ariana Madix’s boyfriend of nine years, Tom Sandoval....

As of August 01, 2025, Google Bard has been retired forGoogle Gemini AI. These days, Google is all-in on AI. Google Bard is an AI chatbot, and it’s very much meant to be a rival to the ever-popular ChatGPT. And while it does replicate a lot of whatChatGPTdoes, Google has become highly invested in this space and has already made some significant updates to the tool that take it beyond what ChatGPT can do....

Microsoft went hard at E3 2019 and, as expected, made its next console official.Project Scarlett– the final name wasn’t announced – will be coming for the 2020 holiday season. The exact details weren’t unveiled, but Microsoft did talk about the basics. Project Scarlett will have an AMD Ryzen 2 processor with a Navi GPU, GDDR6 memory, and a next-gen solid state drive.Like the PlayStation 5, it will support a lust-worthy list of eye candy including 8K resolution, framerates up to 120 frames-per-second, and real-time ray tracing....