At a glanceExpert’s Rating ProsClass-leading contrast and black levelsExcellent color accuracy and wide color gamutHigh refresh rate with crisp motionAttractive and sturdy designFantastic warrantyConsStand is too largeDisappointing connectivityHDR performance is mixedText clarity could be betterOur VerdictThe Alienware AW3423DW’s isn’t perfect, but the QD-OLED panel makes it the best 34-inch ultrawide gaming monitor yet. Price When…
To even begin to “get your ass up and work” you need the confidence to know that the world is interested in consuming your image, writes Ado Nkemka.Kim Kardashian attends a fashion show in New York in 2019. Her recent business advice to women wasn’t necessarily wrong, writes Ado Nkemka, but she was definitely the…
We’re returning to a brand new Gotham City for a reimagined Batman, but does this rebooted Dark Knight take flight or crash land?By Mason Downey on February 28, 2022 at 9:42AM PST One thing can be said for certain: Batman has been in a lot of movies, and live action turns for The Dark Knight…
At a GlanceExpert’s Rating ProsFantastic speedsEasy-to-use multi-hop featureSupports TOR over VPN connectionsOur VerdictProtonVPN offers a bunch of security- and privacy-focused features including an easy-to-use multi-hop feature, and support for TOR servers P2P file-sharing. The company has some good privacy policies and great speeds, but the price tag may cause you to wince. Best Prices Today…
Intel must be fans of Netflix’s Cobra Kai because it’s taken the mantra of “strike hard, strike first” to heart with its 12th-gen “Alder Lake H” laptop CPUs. And yes, there’s no mercy either, because the 12th-gen Core i9-12900HK leaves the floor covered with the bodies of both its direct predecessor and AMD’s rival Ryzen…
I’ve been using the DJI Action 2 pretty consistently over the last few months. After relying on it for video shoots, doing…
Pupperazzi is a cute game filled with all the same affection that we have for our four-legged friends, but sadly it doesn’t deliver the warm fuzzy feelings you might be expecting.By Jessica Howard on January 21, 2022 at 12:51PM PST Dogs are one of the few remaining precious things in life. Dogs are good–providing the…
The launch of Disney+ in 2019 was a major moment in the development of streaming. Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Video had dominated streaming for the best part of a decade, and while a few companies–most notably CBSViacom, with CBS All-Access–had launched their own services, at that point there was no real competition to these two…
At a glanceExpert’s Rating ProsExcellent real world performancePS5 compatibleAffordableConsA couple of GBps slower on PCIe 4 synthetic benchmarksUses host memory bus (HMB) rather that onboard DRAM, though seemingly without the usual performance penalty.PS5 doesn’t support HMBOur VerdictThe Atom 50 was second-tier on synthetic benchmarks, but tied for number one in our real life transfer tests…
At a glanceExpert’s Rating ProsVery lightVery quiet(relatively) very fastConsSubpar RGBJust barely adequate audioSD card reader barely adequateOur VerdictThe XPG Xenia 15 KC breaks the laws of thin gaming laptops by actually being very quiet—and very powerful. Price When Reviewed1999 Best Prices Today $1,879.99 Free We’ve long wondered if it was simply impossible to have a…
