MSI is touting some significant image quality enhancements to its next round of QD-OLED gaming monitors that promise to deliver even inkier black levels, more uniform luminance, and a tougher screen surface that is more scratch resistance than its existing models. Not that you should be scratching your monitor, but if you own cats who like

After all the chatter about a follow-up version of Apple’s Vision Pro headset, as well as a possible cheaper variant, it’s suddenly looking like the company’s VR headset could end up as little more than a footnote. We’re not there yet, though Apple is reportedly pulling back on its efforts to procure more shipments and market its pricey gadget

Dell raised its prices by roughly 10-30% on December 17th, and ASUS will be following suit on January 5th, per a report from TrendForce. As the report notes, this is not an unexpected move—and previous statements from Acer and ASUS indicate that “passing on soaring memory costs has become an industry-wide consensus”. It’s not just PC makers,

Amazon has been dominant in the e-ink tablet space for ages and further bolstered its position with the introduction of updated Kindle Scribes earlier this year. That dominance is about to be tested, with TCL jumping into the fray with an e-ink tablet of its own, the Note A1 NXTPAPER. The device seems to deliver a strong feature set that includes

Coming from the early days of computing when we had half-a-dozen interfaces on a standard PC, none of which were compatible and few of which carried power, USB is a revelation. You can plug almost anything into a USB port and most of it will “just work”. However, we feel that most users aren’t really getting the full value out of their PC’s

Have you been wanting to make the leap to OLED for your gaming setup? Let 2026 be the year that you ditch your old display and start gaming on OLED, which is now more attainable than ever. Driving the point home are some fantastic discounts on LG’s UltraGear OLED lineup, including a 32-inch display that is on clearance for $699 off the MSRP.
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ASRock is getting ready to blitz the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas with a whole bunch of new products, and among them will be the company’s first foray into the all-in-one (AIO) liquid cooling market. It’s a crowded field for sure that keeps attracting new participants, though ASRock is an established brand with a fleshed out

NASA has released a new composite image of two spiral galaxies, NGC 2207 and IC 2163, as they begin a multi-billion-year process of merging into a single celestial entity. This event was captured with the combined power of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and the Chandra X-ray Observatory.

The two galaxies, located approximately 120

If your New Year’s resolution to be more thrifty with your device purchases in 2026, then you’ll be happy to know that Samsung is rolling out a couple of affordable new products. One is a $199.99 smartphone, the Galaxy A17 5G, and the other is a the Galaxy Tab A11+ tablet priced at $249.99. What’s more, both are being released in the United

It’s easy to think of Cinebench as a purely synthetic benchmark given the way it works: you download a dedicated benchmark application, you run it from whatever folder, and it does its thing before spitting out a number that vaguely tells you how your system performs. That feels similar to synthetic benchmarks like 3DMark, which aren’t directly

There has been a spate of retro gaming projects lately that try to nail every little detail of beloved classic game consoles and computers for the ultimate hit of nostalgia. The experienced team at Epilogue is taking a different approach with the upcoming release of the SN Operator, though, which should make revisiting Super Nintendo (SNES)

For as long as cameras have existed, they’ve had a fundamental limitation: they can only focus on one depth plane at a time, and everything in front of or behind that plane gets blurred. That’s simply the way lenses work, but researchers at Carnegie Mellon University just demonstrated a camera system that breaks that rule entirely. The new

No one is safe from RAMmageddon, including gaming console manufacturers. According to a recent report, console manufacturers are debating whether next-gen devices should be delayed to post 2027-2028, breaking the common 7-year cadence between console generations. If the rumors circulating about next-generation consoles and their gratuitous

Talk about a *ahem* timely deal! We’re about to embark on a new year and if your resolution for 2026 is to fashion yourself into a new YOU with a focus on fitness, than a smartwatch can be a wise and useful investment to help reach your goals. And if you’ve been thinking about getting the latest-generation Apple Watch, you can save some money

In the world of automotive restoration, few projects dare to blend the obscure with the astronomical, yet a recently unveiled Ferrari 412 restomod has done exactly that, setting the owner back nearly $2 million and looking pretty impressive while at it.

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The Ferrari 412, a wedge-shaped grand tourer from the 1980s, has long

OnePlus had already confirmed that it’s entering the gaming smartphone space with its new Turbo series, and now two weeks later, it’s giving us a broader look at the upcoming handsets and a few more details. The most enticing detail is that the Turbo 6 will feature a bodacious 9,000 mAh battery pack. That’s around 80% more capacious than Samsung’s

2026 is set to open with the breathtaking Wolf supermoon this weekend, chased closely by a planetary parade and a good chance of viewing the Andromeda galaxy in February. 

Skywatchers, prepare for the first full moon of the year that’s set to reach peak illumination this Saturday (January 3) at 5:03 a.m. EST. This particular lunation is

LG is showing off its new Gallery TV, a “lifestyle screen” that doubles as a showpiece for artwork similar to Samsung’s The Frame and a spattering of other options. Announced ahead of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) next week, LG says its Gallery TV will come in both 55-inch and 65-inch size options, both with mini LED backlighting and

GOG has just been acquired by its original co-founder, Michał Kiciński, and in an industry where acquisitions usually signal disruption, consolidation, or slow erosion of consumer-friendly policies, the most notable thing about this one is just how little is expected to change about the GOG user experience. To be clear, that’s not a complaint;

Samsung has been working to add apps and experiences that it hopes will win over users, including a partnership with Microsoft to bring Copilot AI to its TV sets. Now, the company is partnering with Google to integrate Google Photos into its Tizen OS as well, which should make it easier than ever to revisit special moments with friends and