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We blinked and, somehow, Black Friday is already here. Well, technically, it’s a couple of weeks away, but we’re already seeing some of the best deals of the year, including for the impressive mini PCs. We love a good mini PC because they take up so little space (sometimes you can even mount it to the back of your monitor), they’re powerful, and they’re quite affordable. Plus, you can typically upgrade a mini PC’s RAM and storage if you want to put more money into it. Finding the right deals can be tricky, however, as there are many things to consider in terms of configuration, discounts, and starting prices. Fear not, because we’re here to help you out. Best early Black Friday deals on AMD Ryzen mini PCs Bosgame E2 – AMD Ryzen 5 3550H, 16GB DDR4 RAM, 512GB SSD, triple display support – $189.99 (21% off on Amazon, was $240) Acemagician Kron K1 – AMD Ryzen 5 7430U, 16GB DDR4 RAM, 512GB SSD, triple display support — $251.99 (21% off on Amazon, was $319) Beelink SER5 — AMD Ryzen 5 5500U, 16GB DDR4 RAM, 500GB, triple display support — $279 (20% off on Amazon, was $349) GMKtec G10 — AMD Ryzen 5 3500U, 16GB DDR4 RAM, 512GB SSD, triple display support — $219 (27% off on Amazon, was $300) Acemagician S3A – Ryzen 7 8745HS, 16GB DDR5 RAM, 512GB SSD, Radeon 780M, triple display support — $359 (33% off on Amazon, was $539) Beelink SER5 Max – AMD Ryzen 7 6800H, 32GB DDR5 RAM, 500GB SSD, triple display support – $349 (19% off on Amazon, was $429) Geekom A8 – AMD Ryzen 7 8745HS, 32GB DDR5 RAM, 1TB SSD, quad display support – $549 (13% off on Amazon, was $629) Bosgame P4 — AMD Ryzen 7 5825U, 32GB RAM, 1TB SSD, triple display support — $350 (13% off on Amazon, was $400) Bosgame P3 Lite — AMD Ryzen 7 6800H, 32GB DDR5 RAM, 1TB SSD, Radeon 680M, triple display support – $390 (19% off on Amazon, was $479.95) Kamrui E3B – AMD Ryzen 7 7730U, 16GB DDR4 RAM, 512GB SSD, triple display support – $298.90 (30% off on Amazon, was $427) Geekom AX8 Max – AMD Ryzen 7 8745HS, 32GB DDR5 RAM, 1TB SSD, quad display support – $599 (20% off on Amazon, was $749) Geekom A9 Max – AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX, 32GB DDR5 RAM, 2TB SSD, quad display support – $999 (17% off on Amazon, was $1,199) My favorite deal of this bunch right now is for the Bosgame P4. It has a decent processor, tons of memory, and quite a lot of storage space. Plus, it features a Radeon 680M integrated GPU that will actually allow you to play some games. At $350, this is a great pick. Best early Black Friday deals on Intel mini PCs Kamrui GK3 Plus – Intel Alder Lake N95, 16GB DDR4 RAM, 512GB SSD, triple display support – $179.10 (19% off on Amazon, was $220) Kamrui Essenx E1 – Intel N97, 16GB DDR4 RAM, 1TB SSD, dual display support – $229.59 (28% off on Amazon, was $280) Acemagic Vista V1 – Twin Lake N150, 16GB DDR4 RAM, 512GB SSD, dual display support – $179.10 (22% off on Amazon, was $229) Beelink EQi13 — Intel Core i5, 32GB DDR4 RAM, 500GB SSD, dual display support – $479 (20% off on Amazon, was $599) Geekom GT2 – Intel Core Ultra 9, 32GB DDR5 RAM, 2TB SSD, quad display support – $999 (23% off on Amazon, was $1,299) Lenovo ThinkCentre Tiny M70q — Intel Core i5, 32GB DDR5 RAM, 1T SSD — $800 (64% off on Amazon, was $2,199) If you’re looking for a mini PC to browse online, check social media, and send some emails, the Kamrui Essenx E1 is a solid pick, especially at this price, giving you an awesome 1TB of storage space. If you want something that can handle more complicated workloads and apps, the Beelink EQi13 is a fantastic pick that promises to deliver a speedy performance. Black Friday: The best PC deals around Check out our roundups for the best PC-related deals in a wide variety of categories! Early Black Friday laptop deals Early Black Friday desktop computer deals Early Black Friday SSD deals Early Black Friday monitor deals Early Black Friday Chromebook deals Early Black Friday VPN deals Early Black Friday office chair and desk deals Early Black Friday power bank deals Early Black Friday USB flash drive deals FAQ 1. When is Black Friday 2025? This year, Black Friday drops on November 28. Lucky for you (and us too), Black Friday deals are already here in most shops these days, so you don’t actually have to wait until the end of the month. 2. What are some things you need to consider when getting a mini PC? Just like when you get any new computer, you have to consider your performance needs. What are you going to use the mini PC for? Is it browsing? Is it work? Do you want a bit more power? Your answers will dictate what CPU you want on your device, how much RAM, and storage. 3. Can a mini PC replace a desktop computer? Absolutely, yes! Mini PCs are powerful enough to replace desktops for most users, especially if you’re mostly using it for work, media streaming, or browsing. There are even some higher-performance models that you could use for photo and video editing or gaming, but they’re a bit more pricey. The great thing is that mini PCs easily support multiple monitors, which makes them ideal for multitasking. Read...

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It’s almost Black Friday and the hot deals are already rolling in, making this the best time to upgrade your monitor to an OLED beauty of the highest caliber. I’m talking about this LG UltraGear gaming monitor that just fell to its all-time lowest price by a large margin. You can get it now for just $549.99, a massive 35% discount from its original $849.99. View this Amazon deal The LG 27GX700A-B hits all the right notes at this price. The gorgeous OLED panel is visual perfection, delivering deep blacks and vivid colors at the sweet spot resolution of 2560×1440. That’s crisp for work and gaming, providing the most immersive experience without taxing your PC too much. The 27-inch size is neither too big or small, and the zippy 280Hz refresh rate with 0.03ms response time is extra smooth for that competitive edge with minimal lag. Other notable features include up to 1,500 nits of brightness (whoa!), deeper details with VESA DisplayHDR True Black 500, compatibility with Nvidia G-Sync and AMD FreeSync Premium Pro for tear-free gaming, two HDMIs and a DisplayPort for video input, and tilting stand. The only things missing are USB-C video with power delivery (for use with laptops) and VESA compatibility (for use with monitor arms). Overall, this LG monitor for just $549.99 is an unbeatable early Black Friday deal. OLED monitors don’t come cheap, so this is a great time to level up your setup with a winner. Otherwise, check out our picks for the best monitors for other options worth exploring. This 27-inch 1440p OLED monitor just fell to its best-ever priceBuy now on Amazon Read...

ChatGPT can help with many things—creating images, looking up information, role-playing, solving math problems, programming and much more. But at the heart of everything it does are so-called “large language models”—AI algorithms trained on unimaginable amounts of text. So it’s not surprising that what it does best is working with text. Having a conversation with ChatGPT can feel unreal. That’s how good it is at generating responses that make it sound like it understands what you’re saying and knows what it’s talking about. The grammar is flawless. The word choices are appropriate. It pretty much always stays on topic. It’s almost like magic. The same goes for many of the tasks you can give the AI chatbot that involve text processing. It often spits out results that are hard to tell were created by a machine. It’s not impossible to tell, and it will be easier if you read a lot of AI-written texts, but it’s nothing to worry about. Follow along and I’ll show you how to utilize ChatGPT for all things text and writing. Chat GPT is a competent proofreader that never gets tired.Sam Singleton Proofreading One of the simplest but most effective uses of ChatGPT is as a proofreader for your writing. By asking the chatbot to read a text carefully and respond with a corrected version, listing all the changes it has made with explanations, you’ll usually get a text that is similar but with grammar and spelling mistakes corrected and with other small changes suggested to make the text better. My suggestion is not to trust the AI blindly and copy the result, even if it is the easiest thing to do. It happens every now and then that it inserts new errors that were not there in your original text, even if it’s completely correct with the changes it shows it has made. Instead, rewrite your text yourself based on Chat GPT’s suggestions, and you will ensure that only the necessary changes are made. In return, you can get a better eye for typical mistakes you make when writing, and actually become better at writing. Having worked a lot with this myself, I have some tips that in my experience make ChatGPT do a better job with the correction. I’ve created a GPT (see below) with customized instructions. I used to have more intricate instructions, but have found that these more basic ones work better for me. This is what they look like right now: “Proofread the following text and correct any spelling and grammar errors. Show all changes directly in the text in bold and in a list after the corrected text. Stick to correcting errors – do not make any other improvements. The language should follow the author’s language and be neutral.“ As I write journalistic texts, I ask ChatGPT to follow the author’s language recommendations—you can of course skip that. If you prefer, you can also ask it to make major changes, but personally I want a proofreader to stick to just finding errors and mostly pointing out if part of the text is easily misinterpreted or incomprehensible. If you don’t subscribe to ChatGPT Plus, you can add instructions like these to a “project” instead, which even free accounts have access to. They will then be included in any chats you start in the project. One of the many things you can ask ChatGPT to do is to rewrite a text in a completely different style.Sam Singleton Improve and change your texts If you are writing on a type of text you don’t feel you master very well, you can let ChatGPT help you. You can try using a description or keywords associated with the type of text you are looking for, for example “rewrite this text to look like it was written by a lawyer, use legal terminology and be polite and matter-of-fact but still sharp”, or “rewrite this text so that it has a consistent tone and voice”. You can also upload a file with a text whose style you like and ask ChatGPT to rewrite another text in a similar style to the uploaded document. How well this works varies, but you can improve the results by, for example, asking ChatGPT to “read carefully” and “explain why you are making the different changes”—the latter can help the AI not to lose the thread, which can sometimes happen with longer texts. In fact, splitting up longer texts and working on one part at a time can often give better results. One chapter, section, or even paragraph at a time makes it easier to get ChatGPT to stay focused on making improvements to that particular part. Mohamed Hassan It’s a natural consequence of how language models work. They generate their answers one token (a word or part of a word) at a time based on the likelihood of a particular token following what has been generated so far and input from the user. If you type “What is the capital of Angola?”, there is a high probability that the first generated word of the Chat GPT is “Angola”. If it is, there is a high probability that the next word is “capital”. If so, there is a high probability that the next one will be “Luanda”, and so on. The longer the text, the greater the likelihood that the algorithm will “forget” the instructions first and go off on a tangent. If you’re more interested in the big picture, you should of course paste the whole text you’re working on instead. Then you can, for example, ask it to read through and suggest changes that make it better on an overall level. This is what such an instruction might look like: “Critically review the following text and make suggestions on how to improve it so that [the arguments are stronger / it is easier to read and understand / it has a clear thread].” Another thing ChatGPT can help with is adding references and examples. For references, it’s important that you double-check the sources and make sure they are correct—all language models have a tendency to ‘make up’ quotes, sources, and even authors. You’ve probably seen on the news one of the many occasions when, for example, a government agency has published a report that turns out to contain AI ‘hallucinated’ data. Sam Singleton Summarize and translate One of the most common uses of modern AI services like Chat GPT is to summarize large amounts of information. For example, not having to read through page after page of a report to get a picture of the key insights can save an incredible amount of time. Chat GPT is good at this, but far from perfect. Many politicians, civil servants, and consultants have been left scratching their heads after blindly trusting an AI summary that later turned out to be full of errors. For specific claims and figures, it’s therefore best to look them up. The easiest way is to search the text, but be aware that numbers with decimals and thousands may be formatted differently (if the text says “9,200,000” and Chat GPT summarizes it as “9.2 million”, it may be difficult to find). Chat GPT is also good at translating between different languages, with results that are more reader-friendly than older automated translations. There can still be some errors, especially when translating to or from less common languages or with very technical subjects, but on the whole they are usually correct. Unlike summaries, it will be harder to check yourself, so keep that in mind. Creating new texts Many people also use ChatGPT to write completely new texts. Some do this to save time with texts where personal style is not so important, others to write texts they don’t consider themselves good at, or when they have no idea where to start. If you start by uploading or pasting examples of your own texts and ask ChatGPT to analyze the style, you can then ask the chatbot to write a new text in the same style, which may produce results that are at least reasonably similar to something you could have written yourself. But sometimes this is not necessary at all. It’s often irrelevant whether a text sounds like it was written by you—the important thing is that it is written and conveys what it should. For example, if you are writing an email to your local authority to complain about something, you can ask ChatGPT to write it for you, and simply sign and send it if you’re happy with the result. However, you should read it carefully first to make sure it doesn’t say anything incorrect or sound fake. Mohamed Hassan ChatGPT as a sounding board to get ideas Even if you don’t want ChatGPT to take over and write for you, you may find the chatbot useful to get you started or to get you going if you’re stuck. Share what you already have and ask it to make some suggestions on how to start/continue. The suggestions don’t even have to be useful in and of themselves—in fact, they often leave a lot to be desired—but getting a few ideas can be enough to get your own creative juices flowing. This kind of idea exchange where ChatGPT acts as a sounding board is what it’s really good at, and it’s perfect when you don’t have a human available to bounce ideas off. My only caveat is that the design of the language models means that the suggestions generated can never be truly innovative. Even if it sounds inventive to your ears, it’s simply much more likely to mimic and come up with suggestions that are common than it is to “invent” something completely new. Uploading and referencing other texts ChatGPT has an upload feature that you can utilize in several ways when working with text. You can upload examples of your own texts to ask the chatbot to use your style. Another use is to summarize texts. Uploading a PDF saves you having to copy and paste a long text. You can also upload texts and ask Chat GPT to do more complex tasks, such as comparing and analyzing the content of several files or finding suitable references for a text you have written among a number of uploaded files. Remember to double-check factual claims. Use projects to keep your chats organized All ChatGPT users now have access to a feature called projects. The idea isn’t new, it’s been around in other AI chatbots, and Open AI has thankfully been inspired by them. Projects work as a way to organize all the chats on different topics. A bit like folders in your computer’s file system, but with an additional feature that allows each project to be customized. Namely, once you’ve created a project, you can add instructions to be included in each new chat you start in that project. For example, if you create a project called Proofreading and add instructions asking the AI to proofread all the texts you share, you won’t have to rewrite (or copy and paste) the instructions each time. You can also upload files to the project, which all chats under the project can then access and refer to. If you have a lot of projects, you can make them easier to find by selecting from a bunch of available icons and one of a number of colours. One unfortunate detail is that it’s not yet possible to rearrange the order of projects—they are always sorted by creation date, with the oldest project at the bottom and the most recent at the top. Finally, you can use the Share feature to invite others to a project, so they can also access all conversations in the project and contribute or upload more files. Sam Singleton GPTs provide greater freedom to customize your virtual editor One of the benefits of paying for a ChatGPT Plus account is that you get access to the GPTs feature. These are specially customized versions of the chatbot that you can use yourself or share with others. You add instructions to be included in each conversation and can upload files for the chatbot to reference or retrieve information from. You can also select a preferred model and choose whether the GPT should have access to web search, canvas, image generation, and code interpreter and data analysis features. For more advanced use, GPTs can also be extended with something called actions. These allow the GPT to contact external servers to automate various tasks. For example, if you use Home Assistant to control smart home gadgets, you could create a GPT that connects to that server, so you can use the ChatGPT to switch lights on and off and so on—these are more advanced skills that are beyond the scope of this article, but you can see how it opens up a potential world of possibilities. Read...

At a glanceExpert`s Rating Pros Robust design with good ergonomic stand  Big display size for the price  Good motion clarity for a 165Hz VA panel  Cons Curve is not uniform, creating issues in horizontal scrolling  Out-of-box settings provide poor image quality  HDR performance can’t hope to match OLED  Our Verdict The Samsung Odyssey G75F is gigantic LCD monitor sold at a reasonable price, but its hard to recommend over 32-inch OLED alternatives.  Price When Reviewed This value will show the geolocated pricing text for product undefined Best Pricing Today Best Prices Today: Samsung Odyssey G7 G75F Retailer Price $599.99 View Deal Price comparison from over 24,000 stores worldwide Product Price Price comparison from Backmarket Best Prices Today: Check today’s prices The Samsung Odyssey G7 G75F is big. Very big. So big that I nearly had to move the shelves on my wall to make it fit in my space. That makes it an appealing option if you want a monitor that can also be used like a TV, or if you like to be as immersed as possible. However, the G75F suffers from several downsides that make the monitor hard to recommend.  Read on to learn more, then see our roundup of the best monitors for comparison. Samsung Odyssey G7 G75F specs and features  The Odyssey G7 G75F has a 37-inch display with a 16:9 aspect ratio and 4K resolution. It’s important to note that, thanks to the magic of math, the monitor appears even larger than you might think. Its total display area is virtually identical to a 40-inch 21:9 aspect ratio ultrawide though, of course, the G75F is not as wide. The G75F’s display height is more than 18 inches, which is about 2.5 inches taller than a 32-inch 16:9 monitor.  Display size: 37-inch 16:9 aspect ratio with 1000R curve Native resolution: 3840×2160 (4K)   Panel type: Vertical Alignment (VA)  Refresh rate: 165Hz  Adaptive Sync: Yes, AMD FreeSync Premium Pro  HDR: VESA DisplayHDR 600  Ports: 1x DisplayPort 1.4, 2x HDMI 2.1, 1x 3.5mm audio out, 1x USB-B upstream, 2x USB-A 3.2 Gen 1 Downstream Audio: None  Additional features: RGB-LED lighting ring on rear of monitor Price: $899.99 MSRP, $649.99 typical retail  The display’s size is its defining characteristic, and the feature set is otherwise modest. It has a refresh rate of 165Hz, supports AMD FreeSync and HDR, and has a couple of USB-A ports. USB-C is not included.  Samsung lists the Samsung Odyssey G7 G75F at $899.99 which, frankly, is way too much. However, Samsung (like other monitor makers, including Dell) has a habit of listing a monitor at a high price and then discounting it to a more reasonable figure. Amazon listed the monitor for $899.99 on September 15, 2025, but it dropped to $599.99 on October 7, 2025, and had yet to increase at the time this review was written.  Samsung Odyssey G7 G75F design  The Samsung Odyssey G7 G75F looks bland out of the box. It pairs slim black bezels with a black rear panel and a black stand for a super-stealth look, but the quality of the plastics used isn’t high enough to make the monitor feel luxurious. Shoppers looking for an extra touch of class need to leap to the Odyssey G9 line, which tends to look more premium.  With that said, I was happy to see the G75F boasts Samsung’s RGB-LED light ring on its rear. This is a circular RGB-LED lighting element that surrounds the point where the stand attaches to the monitor. It looks stylish and adds some ambient lighting in a dark room. It offers a more universal style than recent Asus and Alienware monitors, which use an RGB-LED logo. The light ring also supports CoreSync, which can change the light’s color to reflect content on-screen—though it’s dim and hard to notice unless you’re gaming in a pitch black room.  Matthew Smith / Foundry The G75F has a 1000R curve, which is dramatic (a lower number means a more aggressive curve). However, unlike most curved monitors, the G75F is only curved in the center third of the monitor. The left and right sides are flat.  This isn’t unheard of for Samsung, which has used this design in prior monitors, but I’m not a fan. The uneven curve creates a “warp” effect when viewing content that scrolls horizontally. This is visible at the point where the curve ends on each side of the display. It’s most noticeable in movies, which often have scenes that pan slowly, and in games where you scroll across a map, like Civilization VI or League of Legends.  The monitor includes an ergonomic stand that adjusts for height, tilt, and swivel. It’s a solid stand and uses an extremely flat base that keeps the desk space the stand occupies usable.  Samsung Odyssey G7 G75F connectivity and audio  Samsung keeps the Odyssey G7 G75F’s connectivity simple. Video input includes two HDMI 2.1 ports and one DisplayPort 1.4 for a total of three video inputs. That’s typical for a gaming monitor.  USB connectivity is slim. The monitor doesn’t support USB-C, which is always disappointing to see in 2025. A pair of USB-A downstream ports are provided and will connect to your PC over a USB-B upstream port. It’s better than nothing, but this is the bare minimum USB connectivity you can expect from a modern monitor.  A 3.5mm audio-out jack rounds out the options. It provides audio pass-through, which you may need, as the G75F doesn’t have built-in speakers.  Samsung Odyssey G7 G75F menus  The Samsung Odyssey G7 G75F’s control scheme deviates from the usual script. Most modern monitors use a joystick control, but the G75F instead opts for five buttons in a D-Pad arrangement. The result works a lot like a joystick and provides easy directional navigation through the monitor’s menu options, but it’s arguably easier to use because it’s more discrete and tactile. I like it.  Samsung also provides a good range of menu options with clear labels that are easy to understand. However, the Odyssey G7 G75F generally opts for vague labels rather than precise labels. For example, it doesn’t include a range of modes that target a specific color gamut, and the gamma adjustment doesn’t list a specific target gamma curve value (such as 2.2 or 2.4). This is acceptable for a gaming monitor, but competitors like Asus’ ROG do a better job here.  Matthew Smith / Foundry Unlike its competitors, Samsung doesn’t offer a Windows display utility that can adjust brightness, contrast, color, and other monitor settings. The company only offers Samsung Display Manager, which is a window management utility. Most of Samsung’s competitors have more feature-rich software utilities that provide control of monitor features within Windows, and some also support Mac.  Samsung Odyssey G7 G75F SDR image quality  The Samsung Odyssey G7 G75F is a monitor built to provide a huge display at a relatively low price. Its typical retail of $649.99 isn’t inexpensive, but its below most competitors in the 37-inch to 45-inch size category.  That means Samsung had to make some tough choices to keep the price low—but I ran into some additional issues while testing the G75F. The monitor ships with several features enabled that significantly reduce image quality. These include an adaptive contrast feature and a dynamic backlight that doesn’t work well.  The test results below were achieved with these features turned off. Would-be buyers should be aware of this. If you do choose to buy this monitor, you’ll want to turn the adaptive contrast and dynamic backlight features off to achieve the best image quality results.  Matthew Smith / Foundry First up is brightness, where the Samsung Odyssey G75F leaps to a good start with a brightness of 341 nits.  All of the monitors PCWorld has recently reviewed that are similar in size, refresh rate, or price were OLED displays, which typically have a maximum SDR brightness around 250 nits. The Odyssey G75F has an LED-backlight Vertical Alignment (VA) panel. 341 nits actually isn’t that bright for a LED-backlight monitor, but compared to OLED, it wins.  The higher brightness means the monitor is more comfortable to view in bright rooms.  Matthew Smith / Foundry Next up is contrast and, unsurprisingly, the G75F has a difficult time here. The monitor’s measured contrast ratio of 2970:1 is actually rather good for an LED-backlit panel, but it can’t compete with the incredible contrast provided by OLED’s per-pixel brightness control.  I also noticed that the G75F, like many curved monitors with an LED backlight, has issues with uniformity. I noticed significant bright spots at the top and bottom center of the display, as well as at the corners. They’re not obvious in bright content but easy to see, and distracting, in dark scenes.  Matthew Smith / Foundry The G75F has a decent color gamut that covers 100 percent of sRGB, 91 percent of DCI-P3, and 85 percent of AdobeRGB. This would’ve been great a few years ago, but the proliferation of OLED panels, as well as LCD panels with quantum dots, has boosted color gamut performance. The G75F’s color gamut is definitely behind OLED competitors and just average for a monitor in its price range.  Matthew Smith / Foundry Color accuracy is an issue for the G75F. The problem is most apparent in blue and cyan colors, which looked odd and reported high color error values—dragging the overall 12-color average along with it. The image still looks okay, but I’d recommend trying to calibrate it if you have calibration software available.  The monitor’s default gamma result comes in at 2.3, slightly off the target of 2.2. Color temperature was at a default value of 6700K, slightly over the 6500K target. These values mean the image may look darker and cooler than the content you’re viewing intended, though it’s a more subtle difference.  Sharpness is decent on the G75F. The monitor’s 3840×2160 resolution works out to about 119 pixels per inch across the 37-inch panel. By comparison, the pixel density of a 32-inch 4K monitor is roughly 138 pixels per inch. The G75F’s pixel density is closer to a 27-inch 1440p monitor. Still, the image looked sharp enough, particularly in games with any halfway decent anti-aliasing implementation.  Ultimately, the Odyssey G7 G75F’s problem comes down to this: It’s a VA panel monitor competing in a world increasingly dominated by OLED.  To be fair, the OLED competitors are generally more expensive and have a smaller display. So, if pure display size is what you want, the G75F can still make sense.  In most cases, though, an entry-level 32-inch OLED, like the Dell 32 Plus 4K QD-OLED or MSI MAG 321CUP, will provide much better SDR image quality.  Samsung Odyssey G7 G75F HDR image quality  HDR is supported by the Samsung Odyssey G7 G75F—but it’s not great.  The G75F is VESA DisplayHDR 600 certified, which means it should technically hit a peak brightness of up to 600 nits. That’s high for a monitor.  However, as mentioned, the G75F is an LED-backlit display. Specifically, it appears to be an edge-lit display, meaning the LED lighting is placed at the edges of the display and light channels are used to direct it.  This approach doesn’t really work for HDR. Turning on the dynamic backlight will boost contrast and brightness, but also causes obvious “pillars” of light in scenes with a mix of bright and dark. You can see lighting zones turn on and off as scenes change, which isn’t ideal, to say the least.  So, while it does support HDR, I can’t recommend using it for games or movies. The monitor looks its best in SDR with the dynamic backlight feature turned off.  Samsung Odyssey G7 G75F motion performance  The Samsung Odyssey G7 G75F can hit a maximum refresh rate of 165Hz. That’s not an amazing refresh rate for 2025, but the G75F’s motion clarity at 165Hz is rather good.  Viewing scrolling test images from DOTA 2 and League of Legends, as well as scrolling text, showed that the basic contours of a scene are easy to make out and that high-contrast text of reasonable size is readable with a bit of strain. It’d definitely not as good as OLED, which benefits from a lower pixel response time that in turn reduces blur, but I was pleased with the G75F’s motion clarity given its size and price.  The monitor also supports AMD FreeSync Premium Pro. Nvidia G-Sync is not officially supported, but it should work with most modern Nvidia graphics cards as the G-Sync Compatible standard uses the same technical underpinning as FreeSync. I found an Asus ProArt P16 with an Nvidia RTX 5060 mobile detected the monitor as G-Sync compatible.  Should you buy the Samsung Odyssey G7 G75F?  The Samsung Odyssey G7 G75F is a monitor that would’ve been easier to recommend a few years ago. It does provide a huge amount of display real estate, good motion clarity, and decent sharpness. The monitor’s build quality is also good for a display that’s towards the lower end of pricing in its size category.   However, the G75F suffers from the fact that OLED monitors have dipped drastically in price. The $680 Dell 32 Plus 4K QD-OLED is smaller, but it’s much better in both SDR and HDR image quality. Pay a bit more for an MSI MPG32URXW, and you’ll have a display that’s leagues ahead in ways you’re going to notice every day.  It’s ironic. Samsung is the leading manufacturer of OLED displays for monitors, and Samsung’s aggressive pricing is the reason why QD-OLED monitors are available for well under $1,000.  But that leaves a monitor like the G75F, which has a big LCD vertical alignment (VA) panel, in a tough spot. It only makes sense if you need a huge display at mid-size price. Read...

As usual, Microsoft has fixed numerous security vulnerabilities in Windows 10 and Windows 11 with the big November patch this week. But this is the first big month forward for Windows 10 users, who should heed the following statement from Microsoft in the wake of Windows 10 ending official support back in October: The Extended Security Updates (ESU) program for Windows 10 provides customers with a more secure option to continue using their Windows 10 PCs after October 14, 2025, while they transition to Windows 11. The ESU program helps reduce the risk of malware and cybersecurity attacks by providing access to critical and important security updates […] ?for devices running Windows 10, version 22H2. ESU enrollment does not provide other types of fixes, feature improvements, or product enhancements. It also does not come with technical support. […] You can enroll in ESU any time until the program ends on October 13, 2026. The first Windows 10 ESU update is here The first ESU update for Windows 10 PCs is update KB5068781, officially known as “2025-11 Cumulative Update for Windows 10 Version 22H2 (KB5068781)” and now available to those enrolled in the ESU. This is the first security update for Windows 10 PCs, and you should install it (as well as all future security updates) to keep your system guarded against ongoing risks and threats. These updates will keep coming over the next year until Microsoft ends the ESU program. What does update KB5068781 do? With the ESU program being a source of security updates, Windows 10 PCs will no longer receive feature updates. That means no new features will be coming to your Windows 10 PC anymore. Update KB5068781 fixes 63 security vulnerabilities, one of which is already being actively exploited by hackers in the wild and is therefore considered a zero-day vulnerability. The update also fixes a bug that issued a false warning on PCs eligible for the ESU program that they had reached the end of Windows support. Microsoft recently released an emergency update that fixed that false warning. How to get the KB5068781 update As soon as your Windows 10 PC is registered for ESU, it will automatically install KB5068781 (about 200MB) because it’s an important security update. You don’t need to install it manually. After installing this update, your Windows 10 PC will have Build Number 19045.6575. Update KB5068781 is also available for manual download via the Microsoft Update Catalog. Depending on your system architecture, this download ranges in size from 430MB to 776MB. But again, this manual download isn’t necessary for most—only in exceptional cases. Further reading: How to upgrade from Windows 10 to Windows 11 Read...

Dell Technologies upgrades its PowerProtect portfolio with new features to strengthen cyber resilience across cloud, edge, and hybrid environments for organisations. Read...

Dell upgrades its PowerProtect portfolio with new appliances and cloud features to boost cyber resilience and simplify data backup across edge, core, and cloud. Read...

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