The term “Hollywood magic” describes how Hollywood studios (and other studios for that matter) create the fictional worlds you see in a TV show or movie. Sets, props, and camera tricks are all used to sell the illusion — no AI-generated nightmare fuel necessary. Sometimes studios create bespoke set pieces, and other times they dress…

MMPhoto21/Shutterstock We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Owning a great pair of wireless headphones can be a real treat. Top audio brands are always competing to make the best-sounding, most comfortable buds and cans on the market, including Sony. Revered for sound quality and next-level noise canceling, we’re pleased to report…

José Adorno/BGR The iPhone has been around for almost two decades now. From the hype of the original model to its first redesign with the iPhone 4, bigger phones with the iPhone 6 lineup, and so many milestones, it’s hard to predict when one iPhone will surpass the previous generation in sales. However, it seems that…

For as much time as the average person spends at home in the kitchen, appliances have historically remained the least intelligent devices in smart home setups. Most refrigerators sit in a corner and cycle cold air, which is realistically the only thing they need to do. However, Dreame is attempting to disrupt the status quo…

Wongsakorn 2468/Shutterstock Tech enthusiasts looking to enter the Apple ecosystem for the first time or upgrade some of their gadgets should check out a new Verizon promo that lets qualifying users get three of Apple’s newest products for free (iPhone 17, Apple Watch, and iPad 11), plus a $100 gift card from the carrier. There…

Marioguti/Getty Images Recently, researchers at the Shanghai Advanced Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences have found a way to make jet fuel using a technology that can transform carbon dioxide and hydrogen and into long-chain hydrocarbons. The process doesn’t actually turn these gases into jet fuel, but instead a primary ingredient for jet fuel,…

If you are thinking about buying the PlayStation Portal 2026, know that it’s a better purchase today than it was at launch. Sony originally launched the console as a luxury accessory for PlayStation 5 owners and, because of the instability, it did not seem like a purchase that made much sense at that time. But…

Would you believe it if I said that before smartphones, we already had perfectly compact and usable mobile phones? There’s barely a trace of them left anymore, since the all-touchscreen smartphone took over and became the universal standard, but they did exist. For the past decade, however, even though there are all sorts of people…

Lucasfilm/Disney “Star Wars” might not be the most scientifically accurate space-faring franchise around, but some of its technology has made it past the point of fiction. Yes, the stories from a long time ago, in a galaxy far away, might not feature as fleshed-out tech as its competitor “Star Trek,” but there are some shockingly…