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LG 27 UltraGear OLED review: I finally get the 480Hz gaming hype
LG’s 27-inch 1440p UltraGear OLED monitor (model 27GX790A) is as close to gaming nirvana as fps-hungry players can get — for now, anyway. It has a 480Hz refresh rate, allowing it to actually display up to 480 fps for insanely fast-paced shooters, along with a low 0.03ms response time. And…
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Doctor Who: ‘The Interstellar Song Contest’ review: Camp!
Spoilers for “The Interstellar Song Contest.” No, really, spoilers from here on out. Much like Eurovision itself, that was a lot, wasn’t it? And much like every other episode this season, “The Interstellar Song Contest” was overstuffed, excessive and brutally short. It was also a lot of fun, even if…
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Microsoft gets its own Spotlight-like feature with the Command Palette launcher
Microsoft has introduced the successor to PowerToys Run, its quick launcher for power users, called the Command Palette. As The Verge notes, it now functions pretty much like Mac's Spotlight and will now let you search for apps, whole folders and single files, let you perform calculations just by typing…
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Sigma BF hands-on: Minimal to a fault
In February, Sigma announced the Sigma BF. It's a full-frame, interchangeable lens camera with just a shutter release, a dial and three buttons. That minimalism speaks to me, and I felt the BF was potentially transformative. Photography is one of my favorite hobbies, and I've always felt modern cameras are…
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How Murderbot’s Chris and Paul Weitz adapted All Systems Red for TV
For Paul and Chris Weirtz, Murderbot — the upcoming TV adaptation of Martha Wells' sci-fi novella All Systems Red — was an experiment: Can you have a hero who tries to do nothing? The 10-episode sci-fi series, which debuts May 16 on Apple TV+, follows an anxious security robot (Alexander Skarsgård) assigned…
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Acer’s new Swift Edge 14 AI laptop packs in a matte display and AI features
Acer is updating its lineup of Swift Edge, Go and X laptops at Computex with the latest Intel chips, and in of one of these Copilot+ PCs, a unique matte display treatment developed by Corning, the glass manufacturer behind the Gorilla Glass covering millions of smartphones. The beneficiary of that…
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