After a year-long effort to get a QD-OLED monitor to burn in, one tester’s results are better than you might expect but not quite perfect

Burn-in, it’s the final frontier for OLED technology. Fix that, and we can all ditch our LCD panels, right? Well, according to one year-long test, we’re tantalisingly close to that outcome, but not quite there. Monitors Unboxed has posted its one-year follow up of the MSI MPG 321URX, the very same model we tested last…

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Corsair Vengeance DDR5-8400 CUDIMM review

In recent years, it’s become common knowledge that Intel’s CPUs run nicely with highly overclocked RAM, such as DDR5-7200. Not every chip does, of course, as it’s not just about the processor, but having the right motherboard and RAM combination. Going much faster than 7,000 MT/s typically required buying special ‘hand-picked’ RAM modules and having…

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The Logitech G PowerPlay charging mouse pad was my baby, but I’m a little disappointed after seeing the second version just announced

When I was first bestowed a Logitech G PowerPlay mouse pad I was sceptical, but I very soon realised its ability to keep my mouse charged without me having to lift a finger was a significant quality-of-life boost. PowerPlay never really caught on, though, and that’s probably thanks to its ginormous price tag ($120 MSRP)….

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Call of Duty admits it’s using generative AI to ‘help develop some in-game assets’, and suddenly all those poorly made calling cards make sense

After months of players calling foul of suspected AI art in Call of Duty, Activision has admitted it’s using generative AI to make assets for its billion-dollar franchise. This revelation comes not from a formal statement issued by the company, but a Valve-mandated AI disclosure now found at the bottom of the Call of Duty…

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Yes, Marvel Rivals servers are down for many

No it’s not just you, Marvel Rivals is having server troubles at the moment. Many can’t get into a match at all, citing very long queue times, and others were kicked out of their last match and haven’t been able to join another. North American evening is an unfortunate time to have server outages, but…

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Andor Season 2 trailer is action-packed, but hopefully the show is still actually packed with interesting people quietly talking to each other

That’s a heck of a badass trailer for Andor Season 2, which streams starting April 22 on Disney+. To the strains of Steve Earle we see explosions, fires, gunfights, ships hurtling through space, stormtroopers on the march, lasers blasting everything in sight, and Diego Luna blowing up something with a detonator while he walks away,…

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The mad lads at New Blood have remastered Ultrakill before actually releasing Ultrakill in the first place

After months of teasers from lead developer Arsi “Hakita” Patala, early access boomer shooter Ultrakill has gotten a complete visual overhaul of nearly every level, with the lone exception being the newest batch, 2023’s four-level layer of Violence. Patala first previewed the visual revamp last May with a walkthrough of the gussied-up new look for…

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Mecha Break could be the big multiplayer mech game you’ve been waiting for—if you can stomach the monetization

The free-to-play monetization is already rankling eager mech pilots, but the actual combat in Mecha Break should have Pacific Rim fans salivating. The live service multiplayer mecha battler just entered open beta on Steam, but publisher and developer Amazing Seasun invited us to Irvine, California to try out the latest build a few days beforehand….

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