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Gaming monitors have been delivering insane refresh rates for years, but laptop screens have mostly stayed the same. Samsung Display just changed that equation at IMID 2026 in Busan, where it unveiled a 16-inch OLED panel built specifically for laptops that hits a 300Hz refresh rate. Why does 300Hz on a laptop actually matter? Samsung says this is the first time any self-emissive laptop display has reached 300Hz, and that’s a big deal if you use your laptop for anything beyond emails and spreadsheets. Higher refresh rates mean smoother motion, whether you’re scrolling through a webpage, editing video, or actually…

Writer-director Alex Ullom has broken out onto the horror scene with his new road-trip movie, It Ends. The Neon horror movie follows four friends who go for a drive and get trapped on an endless road, where they must choose between driving or accepting their fate in this infinite hellscape. In an interview with Digital Trends, Ullom broke down his six-year journey to bring his movie to theaters, as well as his inspiration and interpretation of the story. He also discussed how his next horror movie, 4 X 4: The Event, will be even more intense than It Ends. This…

A hot minute after leaks about camera-equipped AirPods Pro surfaced, pictures of Apple’s next Beats headphones have now appeared online. Shoppers in the UK and US can already see how much they’ll cost and which colors will be available, thanks to a leak across several retailers this week (via Macworld). The most interesting detail for me isn’t the headphones themselves, but their design and the Apple product they could complement so effortlessly. So what exactly leaked this time? The headphones, referred to as the Beats 360, showed up on Amazon U.K. first, then appeared at Apcom Slovakia and Misco, both…

YouTube Premium appears to be getting more expensive again, with subscribers in several countries reporting fresh price increases. Singapore has the clearest confirmed change so far, while Android Authority reports higher prices showing up in parts of Europe. The latest reports follow another recent YouTube Premium price hike in the US. In Singapore, The Straits Times reports that an individual subscription is rising from S$13.98 to S$15.98 per month, while the family plan jumps from S$27.98 to S$31.98. New subscribers are already paying the higher rates, while existing members will see them take effect after at least 30 days. Elsewhere,…

Adobe Firefly has spent the past few years learning to make images and video. Now Adobe wants it handling the soundtrack too. Generate Music, Generate Speech, and Generate Sound Effects are now generally available in Firefly, giving creators tools for producing music, narration, and custom effects without leaving Adobe’s AI workspace. Adobe says Generate Music can create fully licensed, royalty-free tracks, while Generate Speech supports voices in more than 20 languages. That gives Firefly a much bigger role in video production. Instead of generating a clip and then bouncing between other tools to finish it, creators can now keep more…

Genesis has long built its reputation on taking familiar luxury formulas and giving them a few unexpected twists. It first revealed its original Neolun concept two years ago, and now the new mass-production GV90 takes that to another level. The flagship electric SUV arrives as Genesis’ largest and most ambitious model yet, combining a massive 123.5kWh battery, 657 horsepower, coach doors, a lounge-like interior and what the company claims is the world’s first roof airbag. The result is less of a conventional SUV and more of a rolling technology showcase for Hyundai Motor Group. Oh, and the electric SUV is…

If you’ve ever wondered whether that oddly generic track blowing up your playlist was made by a human or an AI, Apple Music is about to make it a lot easier to tell. According to an email sent to industry partners, first obtained by The Hollywood Reporter, Apple Music will roll out AI labels sometime later this year. No exact date yet, but the wheels are officially in motion. What exactly will these labels do? Back in March, Apple Music quietly introduced transparency tags that let record labels and distributors flag content that was “materially generated using AI.” The new…

After unveiling its flagship Xperia 1 VIII in May, Sony is now gearing up to launch another device. The company just confirmed its next Xperia launch event for August 24. While it hasn’t named the device it plans to announce, all signs point to the mid-range Xperia 10 VIII. When to watch, and what the leaks suggest Sony will stream the event live on YouTube at 11 AM Japan time on August 25, so US viewers can tune in at 10 PM ET or 7 PM PT on August 24. Beyond confirming the date and time, the company hasn’t shared…

Steve Jobs’ return to Apple is usually told as one of Silicon Valley’s great comeback stories. A new account suggests there was another, far less public chapter that helped make it possible: a classified relationship between Jobs’ struggling computer company, NeXT, and the CIA. According to a report by Sharon Weinberger in The Wall Street Journal, the CIA quietly became an important customer for NeXT in the late 1980s, buying thousands of specially configured workstations at a time when Jobs’ company badly needed sales. The arrangement, the report argues, helped keep NeXT afloat and gave Jobs several more years to…

This post is brought to you in paid partnership with JISULIFE.  If you’ve been eyeing Dyson’s new handheld fan and wondering whether it’s really the best pick for surviving a heatwave, there’s a strong case that the answer is no. The JISULIFE Ultra2, the flagship from the world’s leading handheld mini-fan brand, beats Dyson’s handheld on the performance numbers that matter most, including airflow, cooling speed, and battery life. More importantly, it turns those numbers into the kind of everyday comfort you’ll actually notice, and it’s the one worth reaching for when the temperature climbs. Why the Ultra2 is worth…