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Every fall, video game publishers kick into high gear to get their biggest releases out in time for holiday shopping. We’re here to make sure you don’t get overwhelmed. Our Holiday Gaming hub will give you all the news on the season’s hottest games and catalog our reviews to help make your holiday shopping (or listmaking) easier.
Anyone who watched SpaceX’s sixth test flight of its mighty Starship rocket on Tuesday will have noticed the odd sight of a banana — albeit a fake one — floating in the hold of the spacecraft as it sailed above Earth on its way from the launch site in Boca Chica, Texas, to splashdown in the Indian Ocean. No, this wasn’t placed there by a sneaky SpaceX engineer as joke. Rather, the full-size, toy banana acted as a zero-gravity indicator so that the mission team could confirm when the vehicle had reached microgravity conditions high above Earth. “Bananas have been…
Editor’s note: The biggest shopping day of the year — Black Friday — is almost here, and there are already TV deals you can grab. You can get Samsung’s 65-inch S90C for only $1,000. It’s a deal that we think makes it the best OLED to buy right now. You can save on more than just TVs on Black Friday. Check out our other Black Friday deals for more sales on headphones, streaming devices, phones, and more. If you’re on the hunt for the best TV for whatever you’re into — movies and TV, sports, or gaming (check out our…
One of the great strengths of ChatGPT is its ability to aid in creative writing. ChatGPT’s latest large language model, GPT-4o, has received a bit of a performance boost, OpenAI announced Wednesday. Users can reportedly expect “more natural, engaging, and tailored writing to improve relevance & readability” moving forward. GPT-4o got an update 🎉 The model’s creative writing ability has leveled up–more natural, engaging, and tailored writing to improve relevance & readability. It’s also better at working with uploaded files, providing deeper insights & more thorough responses. — OpenAI (@OpenAI) November 20, 2024 GPT-4o, not to be confused with 01…
Editor’s note: You should expect to see tons of great monitor deals on Black Friday and Cyber Monday this year. It’s pretty much a guarantee that you’ll find something that suits your needs at a discounted price, so long as you keep an eye out and pay close attention to what you’re buying. Whether you’re looking for a fast gaming monitor, a high-end 5K or OLED monitor, or something more on the budget side, we’ve got your covered. Make sure to check out our other Black Friday deals for even more bargains on TV, headphones, and more. For those seeking…
The MCU is heading into the future with a new class of superheroes. One of the most important factions is the Fantastic Four, who are set to make their MCU debut in The Fantastic Four: First Steps. At Disney’s APAC Content Showcase in Singapore, Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige revealed that filming on First Steps is nearly complete. After the quartet’s arrival, Feige expects the supergroup to play an important role in the MCU, especially within the Avengers movies. “Finally, [we’re] bringing Marvel’s First Family into the MCU,” Feige said (via Deadline). “They wrap next week, the movie comes out next…
Qualcomm unveiled its Snapdragon 8 Elite mobile platform during its annual Snapdragon Summit last month, and brands including Xiaomi, OnePlus, Realme, and Asus released phones with the new processor inside, following the chipmaker’s announcement. It is built on TSMC’s 3nm process technology and is claimed to offer 44 percent improved power efficiency compared with its predecessor, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chip. Now, early tests with two of the first devices using the chip have revealed some significant battery life improvements.YouTuber Dave2D posted a video offering insights about the battery life and performance of Asus ROG Phone 9 Pro and…
Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 9 (16-inch) MSRP $4,560.00 “If you’re on a quest for power, the Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 9 (16-inch) lies at the end of the journey.” Pros Excellent overall and graphics performance Bright, vivid display Eye-catching design Comfortable, customizable keyboard Great webcam Healthy offering of ports Cons Prohibitively expensive Weak speakers I love an obnoxious laptop, and the Lenovo Legion 9i Gen 16-inch laptop is most certainly obnoxious and proud of it. From its dappled forged carbon fiber lid, to its overclockable Intel Core i9 HX processor and Nvidia RTX 4090 GPU, this is a laptop that…
iQOO 13 is all set to debut in India in the first week of December. As the launch date nears, the Vivo sub-brand has disclosed more details about the Indian variant of iQOO 13. Like its Chinese counterpart, it is confirmed to ship with a Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset, iQOO’s in-house Q2 chip and an LTPO AMOLED display. The iQOO 13 will offer IP68 and IP69 ratings. It is confirmed to receive software updates for four years.iQOO 13 Indian Variant Specifications Confirmed In a press release, the company confirmed that the iQOO 13 will be equipped with the latest Snapdragon 8 Elite…
Playing the latest titles on a beefy rig is only half the experience. You need a solid monitor to go with that, not just for high-resolution visuals, but to actually take advantage of high framerates. And when it comes to games like Black Myth Wukong, you’re doing yourself a disservice by not playing on a capable monitor. One that we’d love to call out specifically is the GIGABYTE AORUS FO27Q3 gaming monitor, which is a QD OLED glossy panel that offers a 360Hz refresh rate, 0.03ms response time, AMD FreeSync Premium Pro support, and Type-C for KVM. While this monitor…