If you’re fast and lucky, you can find an OLED gaming monitor for around the $500 mark. But it’s going to be entry level (for whatever that means in an otherwise premium segment), generally going with 27-inch QHD panels maxing out at a 240Hz speed, or lower. Today Newegg is offering an MSI monitor that…
Disclosure: Penske Media Corporation is an investor in Vox Media, The Verge’s parent company. Penske Media Corporation, the publisher of Rolling Stone and The Hollywood Reporter, has become the first major American media company to sue Google over its AI summaries. The company claims that the AI Overviews that often appear at the top of…
Powered by Generative AI, Vision AI Companion enables conversational experiences that takes personalized home entertainment to the next level Samsung Electronics today unveiled Vision AI Companion at IFA 2025, introducing the next evolution of AI-powered displays across Samsung TVs and monitors. With a smarter Bixby voice assistant, Vision AI Companion delivers a more natural…
I don’t know how your tech drawers look, but mine are filled with wires I’ll likely never use again because technology has advanced quite a bit. Thankfully, USB-C seems to be here to stay since there is no wrong way to plug these things in. It’s not just smartphones, tablets, and laptops that use these,…
Anthropic just agreed to fork over at least $1.5 billion to authors whose books were allegedly used to train its AI systems. That breaks down to about $3,000 per book, making this possibly the first time in history that pirated PDFs have paid more than publishing royalties. The deal, revealed in a court filing this…
It’s September, and many among us are dealing with back to school, and anticipating the colder weather that’s on its way (at least, if you live in the northern climes). This, plus a somewhat fraught political atmosphere, means that you might be looking for reliable, affordable ways to escape the doldrums. You don’t need us…
Samsung Electronics unveiled its Smart Modular Home — an AI-enabled residential model designed for modular architecture — at IFA 2025, Europe’s largest home appliance exhibition. ▲ View of the Smart Modular Home The Smart Modular Home combines AI-enabled appliances, high-efficiency HVAC (heating, ventilation and air conditioning) systems and seamless connectivity through SmartThings1 and…
Feature I’ve found a more secure mail client! Australian Editor, PCWorld Sep 13, 2025 9:00 am PDT I’ve been using PCs long enough to know that the widely adopted way of doing things isn’t always the best or most secure. Recently I’ve found that to be the case with my email accounts. I switched from…
When most of the AI world obsesses over bigger models and wilder benchmarks, Tal Melenboim zeroes in on the real engine: data. As the founder of VFR.ai and chairman of StyleTech.ai, he’s spent years building the bones of AI—systems that last, not just headlines that flash and fade. “Models get all the hype, but they’re…
The AI web search company Perplexity is being hit by another lawsuit alleging copyright and trademark infringement, this time from Encyclopedia Britannica and Merriam-Webster. Britannica, the centuries-old publisher that owns Merriam-Webster, sued Perplexity in New York federal court on September 10th. In the lawsuit, the companies allege that Perplexity’s “answer engine” scrapes their websites, steals…