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Samsung’s Excellent OLED Monitors Are Up to 38 Percent Off for Prime Day

Samsung’s Excellent OLED Monitors Are Up to 38 Percent Off for Prime Day

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Samsung makes some of the very best OLED monitors out there, and some of its top gaming monitors are getting some solid discounts for Prime Day. The strongest deal on offer is on the Odyssey G6 (G61SH). This 27-inch monitor is one of the company’s latest displays, offering a 240-Hz refresh rate at a 2560 x 1440 resolution. It’s 36 percent off for Prime Day, coming in at $385 (down from $500). It’s been sold below its retail price off and on over the past few months, but this is the lowest it’s ever dropped to. We tested the previous version of the G6 in late 2024, but the main difference is the lower refresh rate in the newer model. It was far more expensive at the time, however, and even the 360-Hz option is down to $600 (from $900). Either way, you’re getting a gorgeous gaming monitor. In SDR it only goes up to 250 nits, but games explode in HDR glory, maxing out at up 1,000 nits. Samsung Odyssey G6 OLED Gaming Monitor …

Guy Ritchie’s ‘excellent’ gangster drama The Gentlemen is your next free must-watch

Guy Ritchie’s ‘excellent’ gangster drama The Gentlemen is your next free must-watch

Published by Daniella Wilson

Crime drama fans anxiously awaiting the next installment of MobLand or the upcoming season of The Gentlemen, look no further for your next must-watch.  ITV recently added Guy Ritchie’s stylish and high-octane 2019 film, The Gentlemen, to its free streaming service – and now is the perfect time to add this slick crime caper to your watchlist. © Alamy Stock PhotoMatthew McConaughey stars in The Gentlemen This star-studded romp centers on American expat Mickey Pearson (Matthew McConaughey), a formidable marijuana kingpin who decides to finally cash out and sell his lucrative business. His decision triggers a chaotic chain reaction of blackmail, schemes and explosive violence as rivals scramble to dismantle and steal his hard-earned empire. The film’s success paved the way for a popular spin-off Netflix series with the same name. The show stars Theo James as Eddie Horniman, an army officer and aristocrat who inherits his family’s sprawling 500-year-old estate following his father’s passing, only to discover it serves as the front for a massive underground cannabis operation.  WATCH: The trailer for Netflix’s The Gentlemen …

5 Excellent Near-Future Sci-Fi Novels

5 Excellent Near-Future Sci-Fi Novels

Published by Jenni Sidey

I am willing to bet that two centuries ago, authors probably never imagined a world with smartphones, earbuds, the atomic bomb, and artificial intelligence. But over the years, science fiction authors occasionally hit on ideas that become reality, such as those four things and more, kinda like the infinite monkey theorem. (But not Labubu. No one was ready for those.) This means that ideas in some of the books we’re reading right now in 2026 will become a reality in the future as well. That includes not only technology but also environmental factors. Neuromancer, 1984, and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? are just a few of the novels often mentioned when people discuss science fiction turned to science fact. Here are five more great near-future novels that may be coming soon to a reality near you! The Last Beekeeper by Julie Carrick Dalton Bees are a really important part of the world, and this novel deals with the idea that the last bees in the world have died. That event is tied to Sasha’s …

Netgear’s Excellent Wi-Fi 7 Mesh Is on Sale for Prime Day

Netgear’s Excellent Wi-Fi 7 Mesh Is on Sale for Prime Day

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Handling four simultaneous movie streams and online gaming sessions with apparent ease, the Netgear Orbi 770 is easy to recommend. The accessible app shows connected devices, allows you to set up a guest network or IoT network, and offers a handful of analytical tools. The main router has a 2.5 Gbps WAN and three 2.5 Gbps LAN ports, while the satellites make do with two 2.5 Gbps LAN ports apiece. Sadly, you must pay for a subscription if you want Netgear Armor, but this feature-packed security software includes Bitdefender Security and VPN service. It’s free for 30 days, then $40 for the first year, and $100 per year thereafter. Basic parental controls are free, but to set limits, track website and app usage, apply age-appropriate filters, and set bedtimes, you must subscribe to Smart Parental Controls for $8 a month or $70 a year after the 30-day trial. You can live without either. Wi-Fi 7 support is widespread now, so snagging the Orbi 770 allows you to tick off Wi-Fi worries for the next few …

New Scientist recommends an excellent look at the future of work

New Scientist recommends an excellent look at the future of work

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Employers wanting staff to be more like machines isn’t new, says O’Connor Yu Ruidong/China News Service/Getty Images We Are Not MachinesSarah O’Connor, Allen Lane (UK); Godine (US, out 11 August) If you are a fan of translated films, you may have noticed the subtitles on streaming platforms have changed in recent years. They aren’t wrong exactly, but they can come across as a bit, well, flat. “You get the meaning, but the language? It’s not as rich,” Petr Čermoch, a translator in the Czech Republic, tells Sarah O’Connor in We Are Not Machines, which explores how artificial intelligence is changing the way we work. That lack of richness is usually because the streaming platform has used AI to translate a script, then had a professional translator like Čermoch finesse it. Agencies expect translators to do this work more rapidly and have slashed their pay rates accordingly. But this new type of job is both harder and less rewarding. The translator has to look at the original source and the machine text simultaneously, meaning more effort, …

This AMD GPU promises excellent 1440p performance at a price that’s actually reasonable

This AMD GPU promises excellent 1440p performance at a price that’s actually reasonable

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Summary AMD is bringing the China-exclusive Radeon RX 9070 GRE to global markets. The 9070 GRE is essentially a scaled-back 9070 at a lower price point to counteract rising costs. Launching June 2 at a starting price of $549. In a (very) rare move, AMD has announced it’s expanding availability of the formerly China-exclusive Radeon RX 9070 GRE. The move comes amid continuing cost increases. Related This is what makes AMD’s X3D processors so good Nearly always the top CPU on any list you’ll see. The Radeon RX 9070 GRE is coming to global markets How it compares Spec-wise, the RX 9070 GRE sits just below the regular RX 9070. It features the same Navi 48 chip as its bigger brother, but with only 48 Compute Units (CUs) enabled, compared to 56 on the 9070. It also comes equipped with 12 GB of memory, whereas the 9070 has 16 GB, along with a handful of other spec reductions. The result is a less powerful unit, but one that offers a lot of bang for the …

ITV period drama hailed as ‘excellent’ Home Fires is streaming for free now

ITV period drama hailed as ‘excellent’ Home Fires is streaming for free now

Published by Daniella Wilson

Calling all period drama fans! ITV’s hit wartime series, Home Fires, is currently climbing the charts on the free UK streaming service, U. Inspired by the book Jambusters by Julie Summers, the drama follows the lives of a group of Women’s Institute members in a rural Cheshire community during World War Two. While the beloved series was cancelled after two seasons in 2016, sparking a fan petition for its return, its enduring popularity speaks for itself. © ITVHome Fires follows a group of Women’s Institute members in a rural Cheshire community during World War Two If you’re a fan of Call the Midwife‘s tight-knit camaraderie and All Creatures Great and Small’s cosy countryside backdrop, this is your next must-watch. Find out more about the series below… What to expect from Home Fires Set in rural Cheshire, the wartime drama follows the resilient women of the Great Paxford Women’s Institute as they fight to hold their community together during World War II. The drama begins with a battle for the WI’s survival. While long-standing leader Joyce …

Trump’s doctor says he is in excellent health and ‘fully fit’ to serve

Trump’s doctor says he is in excellent health and ‘fully fit’ to serve

Published by Sam Flores

Donald Trump’s physician says the president is in “excellent health” and is “fully fit” to serve as commander in chief after a medical exam Tuesday at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. A report from Dr. Sean Barbabella, released late Friday, says Trump underwent a CT scan and other heart imaging, along with cancer screenings and other preventative assessments carried out by 22 specialists. Trump, 79, said after the three-hour visit Tuesday that everything checked out “PERFECTLY.” The president weighed in at 238 pounds (108 kilograms), up 14 pounds (6 kg) from a medical exam in April 2025. His doctors gave him guidance on his diet, physical activity and weight loss, but concluded his “cognitive and physical performance are excellent.” With his 6-foot, 3-inch (1.9-meter) frame, Trump has a body mass index of 29.7. An index of 30 is considered by doctors to be obese. The report also documented bruising on Trump’s hands, explained as “minor soft tissue irritation related to frequent handshaking,” and said it was “a common and benign effect of aspirin therapy.” …

Trump in Excellent Health With Leg Swelling, Hand Bruising, Doctor Says

Trump in Excellent Health With Leg Swelling, Hand Bruising, Doctor Says

Published by Sam Flores

WASHINGTON, May 29 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald ⁠Trump ⁠remains in excellent health, his ⁠physician said in a memo released by the White House ​on Friday, citing results from an examination this week that indicated the 79-year-old continues to experience “slight ‌lower leg swelling” and “benign” hand ‌bruising. “President Trump remains in excellent health, demonstrating strong cardiac, pulmonary, neurological, and overall physical ⁠function,” Dr. ⁠Sean Barbabella wrote in the Tuesday memo, released late in the ​evening on Friday, adding Trump is “fully fit to carry out all duties of the Commander-in-Chief and Head of State.” Trump’s Tuesday visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, his third in 13 ​months, was closely watched as the White House in the past year had ⁠to detail ⁠several of the president’s ⁠health conditions ​after pictures revealed at times swollen ankles, bruised hands and a blotchy neck. Shortly after ​the visit, Trump said “everything checked ⁠out perfectly.” Barbabella’s memo cited Trump’s “slight lower leg swelling … with improvement from last year” and continued hand bruising, described as “common,” “benign” …

Trump in ‘excellent health’ after latest checkup, physician says

Trump in ‘excellent health’ after latest checkup, physician says

Published by Sam Flores

President Donald Trump is in “excellent health,” the White House physician said Friday in a memo the administration released after Trump’s visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center — his third in-person medical checkup in 13 months. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. “He is fully fit to carry out all duties of the Commander-in-Chief,” Dr. Sean Barbabella, the president’s physician, wrote in the memo. The memo came out three days after his Tuesday exam. The memo said that Trump took a series of exams testing cardiac function, eye health and pulmonary function, among other areas. Barbabella reported Trump’s weight as 238 pounds — 14 pounds higher than at his April 2025 visit — with a resting heart rate of 73 beats per minute. Trump also took a neurological exam that included screening for cognitive function, which was within normal limits with a score of 30 out of 30, Barbabella said. Trump is taking medication for cholesterol control and cardiac prevention, Barbabella said. “The President …