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TheNokia 9 PureView was revealed at MWC 2019— and it’s everything we dreamed it would be. With a sleek glass design and a notchless P-OLED display, the Nokia 9 PureView would have stood out even without the addition of five (yes,five) camera lenses arranged neatly in the rear glass. At an expected $700 price, however, it has some immediate and very powerful opposition to face — theiPhone XR. This lower-priced iPhone stole our hearts last year, and it’s one of the Nokia 9’s main competitors....

It’s been hard to avoid OLED among thebest gaming monitorsthis year. What started as a trickle of OLED late last year turned into a flood of OLED this year, with every major monitor brand jumping in on the OLED hype. And now that we’re closing out the year, I can see why. OLED has made playing PC games so much better this year. We finally have great HDR on PC, super low response times, and panel tech, making the monstrous monitors we’ve grown to love much more practical....

Ryan Garcia threatens Conor McGregor and accuses him of taking steroids Former UFC champion Conor McGregor sent a scathing social media post toward Ryan Garcia, and now the 25-year-old boxing star has issued his own menacing response. Ryan Garcia, fresh off a shocking victory against the previously undefeated Devin Haney, failed pre and post-fight drug tests for their April 20 bout. The lead-up to the fight itself was also marred in controversy after Garcia failed to make weight and thus became ineligible to compete for Haney’s WBC junior welterweight title....

San Diego’s premier fan eventis back for another year, and this year’s Comic-Con is expected to break some major news. Among the biggest panels at the fest are previews of two of the year’s biggest fantasy projects: Prime Video’s adaptation ofThe Lord of the Ringsand HBO’sGame of ThronesprequelHouse of the Dragon. The biggest event of the weekend of panels, though, is likely to be Marvel’s return to Hall H, where company President Kevin Feige will offer new details on previously announced projects and may also unveil an expanded slate of projects that gives fans a sense of what Marvel’s future will look like....

In the future,condomswill lubricate themselves — and you’ve got Bill and Melinda Gates to thank for it. Well, them and some smart chemists from Boston University. As part of a brief put out by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for ideas to encourage condom use, Boston University chemistMark Grinstaffand colleagues set about trying to come up with a way tomake condoms more comfortable to wear. While most commercially available condoms use a silicone oil coating as a lubricant, this doesn’t necessarily hang around for the whole, err, session....

Say goodbye to (some) smart home woes. New user-facing features arecoming to Matterthat will make it easier than ever to set up your smart home and circumvent some of the more finicky, frustrating parts of adding new devices. The features come as part of the 1.4.1 specification announced today by theConnectivity Standards Alliance. The most useful feature of this update is Multi-Device Setup QR Code. Some smart devices (like a pack of lightbulbs) currently require you to scan each bulb individually and set it up in-app before moving on to the next....

Sony has announced the WF-C710N, the latest version of its most affordable set ofnoise-canceling wireless earbuds. The price is unchanged at $120, but Sony says it has made welcome improvements in a number of areas, and the buds feature a new selection of color choices, including pink, black, white, and a transparent version called Glass Blue. One change that might not be as welcome is the decision to swap physical buttons for touch controls....

Sony announced the new PlayStation Plus lineup for the month of June, which includesOperation: Tango,Virtua Fighter 5: Ultimate Showdown, andStar Wars: Squadrons. The games will be available to download for PS Plus members starting on June 1, replacing theprevious month’s offerings. Your PlayStation Plus games for June: Operation: Tango, Virtua Fighter 5: Ultimate Showdown, Star Wars: Squadrons. Available starting June 1:https://t.co/PbSrubWFTrpic.twitter.com/LjadkCT1CC — PlayStation (@PlayStation)July 20, 2025 Star Wars: Squadronsis the biggest name in the bunch....

Starfield finally says goodbye to “pet rock” asteroid bug in new update Starfield update 1.8.88 has finally addressed the “pet rock” asteroid bug that’s been around since launch. Not long after Starfield arrived on PC and Xbox, players noticed astrange bug involving asteroids. In some instances, a small asteroid would attach itself to a player’s orbit and follow their ship through space. Users began referring to this unexpected phenomenon as their “pet rock....

Summary Star Wars: The Acolytehas brought horror back toStar Wars’ most dangerous villains. TheStar Warsfranchise has introduced many memorable villains since the firstStar Warsmovie, which was later retitledA New Hope, was released in theaters. Darth Vader instantly became one of the most iconic antagonists of all time, and he was later joined by other compelling dark side-wielding characters like Emperor Palpatine, Darth Maul, and Count Dooku. There’s a reason Darth Vader remains the most popular villain of the bunch, though....

Facilities hosting telescopes in the Chilean desert, including the world’s largest ground-based astronomical project, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), have been shut down due to the outbreak of coronavirus, officially called COVID-19. The facilities located in the Atacama Desert include the Llano de Chajnantor Observatory, where ALMA is located, as well as the Paranal Observatory which includes the Very Large Telescope (VLT), and the La Silla Observatory and the Cerro Armazones Observatory....

The smartphones released this year have met a very high standard, almost regardless of the cost, and manufacturers have seemingly done more than ever to entice us into buying their devices with an array of interesting, fun, quirky, and useful features. With so manymemorable phones, which of the features or innovations we’ve used stood out to Digital Trends’ mobile team the most? It’s a hard question to answer, as not only are we spoiled for choice, but which ones really went beyond being an eye-catching gimmick and into useful, or even groundbreaking territory....

Amazon’s famous Prime Day happened earlier this year, but now Amazon is back for a second round with itsPrime Early Access Sale. That means you have a second chance to score somePrime Day deals, and not only from Amazon — there are also deals to be had in theBest Buy Prime Day sale. Scoop up a bargain on a new laptop with thePrime Day laptop dealsthat are available now for under $500....