Trends with Benefits: Hyperloop testing at Space X, The Hater dating app
Last weekend Elon Musk hosted a Hyperloop Testing event at the Space X facility in Los Angeles, and Digital Trends got an inside look at how the next revolution in travel is unfolding.
Trends with Benefits: Facebook’s latest VR move and the Tostitos breathalyzer
Facebook hired Hugo Barra away from Xiaomi to bolster its VR and AR efforts, so what will this mean for Facebook users? Also, why is Tostitos putting breathalyzers in bags of chips?
Trends with Benefits: Tech trends to watch for in 2017
What does 2017 have in store for the tech world? Our experts spent a week at CES 2017 to see that's coming, and now they're here to share that info with you and take your questions live.
DT Daily: CES 2017 is all about cars, drones, smart devices, TVs, and drones
Digital Trends' experts share their thoughts about smart home devices, new display technologies, Dolby Atmos Surround Sound, self-driving cars, drones, VR, AR, Alexa, and the mad, mad, walkathon world of CES itself.
Trends with Benefits: Should Amazon’s Alexa talk to law enforcement?
Homicide detectives in Arkansas think a homicide was overheard by Amazon's Alexa assistant. Obviously they want Amazon to release any recordings Alexa made, but should Amazon comply?
DT Daily: Amazon patents a flying warehouse for drone delivery
Add this to the list of crazy patents awarded to tech companies: Amazon wants to suspend a warehouse and drone delivery center from a blimp. The idea is pretty far fetched, but it may just work.
Trends with Benefits: Will 2017 be the year you ride in a driverless car?
Every week this year, news about driverless cars crossed Digital Trends. So will 2017 be the year you actually ride in one?
Trends with Benefits: Star Wars meets Columbia & Amazon’s Alexa hits Vegas
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story hits theaters the weekend, and you can look like a rebel fighter with Columbia Sportswear's line of Rogue One Rebel clothing. Also, if you're staying at the Wynn in Vegas, you might be rooming with Amazon's Alexa.
Trends with Benefits: Amazon unveils convenience stores, Samsung may drop the headphone jack
Amazon just opened a convenience store, and the front of the store has no checkstands. Also, Samsung's next flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S8, may copy the iPhone and drop the headphone jack.
Trends with Benefits: Netflix lets you watch offline, Apple plans to map with drones
Netflix will finally allow users to download shows to watch offline, but there's a catch. On this week's podcast, we'll be diving into that.
Amazon’s Black Friday starts early with Alexa ‘voice shopping weekend’
Black Friday deals kick off early this year. With special Alexa only deals, Amazon kicks off the first 'voice shopping weekend' exclusively for owners of Alexa enabled devices.
Trends with Benefits: The Facebook fake news fallout and what to look for on Black Friday
In the aftermath of last week's election, Facebook is being skewered for allowing fake news to bubble up into user's feeds. In fact, over the last 3 months, more fake news was shared than real news.
Why you might want to wait until 2017 to buy an Android smartphone
Faster is always better when it comes to smartphones. Qualcomm's new Snapdragon 835 processor is expected to deliver both quicker performance and faster charging to smartphones in 2017.
Trends with Benefits: Google Daydream VR challenges Samsung, also Snapchat Sunglasses?
On this week's podcast we compare the top mobile VR headsets, Google Daydream View and Samsung Gear VR. Snapchat also wants a place on your face, they're hoping the convenience of Snapchat Sunglasses will get more users on Snapchat.
Trends with Benefits: The Google Project Tango revolution, Uber gets an upgrade
This summer Pokemon Go brought augmented reality to the masses, at least for a couple of months. Now Google's Project Tango aims to take AR to the next level, but are we ready for that? Also, Uber wants you yo Snapchat about your ride.
Trends with Benefits: Oculus Touch, self-lacing shoes, Google runs your life
The Oculus Touch catches the Rift up with HTC’s Vive, Google’s hardware explosion is going to conquer your home, Nike is making sci-fi real, and soon we’ll all be chatting in VR.
Trends with Benefits: VR does Vegas, Musk eyes Mars, Samsung is blowing up
Samsung washing machines explode too, Vegas wants you to place bets on VR, SpaceX has big plans for Mars, Retro Gaming returns to Portland, and we can’t wait for aerial burritos.
Trends with Benefits: Controlling trolls, Yahoo’s pwned, Apple wants a car company
Hackers hit Yahoo, Apple eyes McLaren and Lit Motors, Alex apps proliferate, Google fights trolls with Conversation AI, what’s next for Nintendo’s NX?
Trends with Benefits: Have we finally created Sentinels from ‘The Matrix’?
Would you get into a self driving Uber? Residents of one rust-belt city will soon be asking themselves that question. Also, what's the worst that could happen when OpenAI is pointed at Reddit and told to learn?
Trends with Benefits: Volkswagen’s very bad week, and how to become a cyborg
Today's podcast examines the surprising details revealing 100 million Volkswagens are vulnerable to hackers. We also dive into the latest rumors surrounding the PS4 Neo.
Trends with Benefits: Rio fever, retro gaming, and that bizarro Chinese bus
The 2016 Rio Olympics are going to fill your DVR to the brim, Facebook has an insane new lab, the next-gen console race is underway, everyone loves old games, and that straddling Chinese bus seems really problematic, but we all want to ride it.
Trends with Benefits: Around the world on solar, Apple AR, military hoverboards
Pokemon go has Apple interested in AR, a military contractor just bought a hoverboard company, and a plane has successfully flown around the world on nothing but solar power.
Trends with Benefits: ‘Pokémon Go’ will make Apple billions, and a suitcase that’s a scooter
Portland's Funniest Person for 2016, Nariko Ott, joins in our discussion of how Pokémon Go is augmenting our reality. We also have hands-on impressions of Sony's game-changing Z series TV, and chat about the world's most absurd suitcase.
Trends with Benefits: Pokéspiracies, NES Classic, augmented reality gets real
On this week's episode of Trends with Benefits the Pokemon Go phenomenon takes center stage, from all the strange Pokemon related occurrences, to how this game will shape the future of augmented reality.
Facebook Messenger unveils Secret Conversations and self-destructing messages
Facebook starts the roll out an end-to-end encryption feature for Messenger, but how long will it be until all users have access?
Trends with Benefits: Growing drones, life on Autopilot, robot security guards
On this week's episode of DT's live podcast Trends with Benefits we look into the two recent crashes that are being blamed on Tesla's Autopilot. What does it mean to the future of self driving cars?
Samsung rides Galaxy S7 sales to record profits
Samsung's impressive Q2 profits are another indication that the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge are huge successes, but will that record pace hold when Apple unveils the iPhone 7?
Trends with Benefits: Raptor robots, VR coasters, Beast Mode loves lemonade
This week's tech roundtable looks at the quickest car in the world, which happens to be electric, plus we recap all the fun had at the 2016 Digital Trends Car Awards with guest judge Marshawn Lynch.