MSI Unveils Quantum Dot Gaming Monitors With Rapid VA Panel Tech, Why It Matters

Hot Headlines In Tech For Today [HotHardware.com]( Here Are Today's Hot Headlines In Tech [View this email in your browser]( [MSI Unveils Quantum Dot Gaming Monitors With Rapid VA Panel Tech, Why It Matters]( By Zak Killian on Oct 17, 2023 02:05 pm [MSI Unveils Quantum Dot Gaming Monitors With Rapid VA Panel Tech, Why It Matters]( Let's talk display technology. Almost all TVs and computer displays these days are based on LED-backlit LCDs. The only other common display technology anymore is OLED, and despite the similar name, those have nothing to do with this post, so let's set them aside for now—even though they're arguably a superior technology. With LED-backlit [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Intel's Core i9-14900K Is Already Smashing Records At A Blistering 9GHz Overclock]( By Matthew Connatser on Oct 17, 2023 01:18 pm [Intel's Core i9-14900K Is Already Smashing Records At A Blistering 9GHz Overclock]( Extreme overclockers Elmor and SkatterBencher in cooperation with ASUS have submitted a record-smashing overclock of Intel's brand-new Core i9-14900KF (a 14900K without integrated graphics), achieving a stable 9.044GHz and beating the previous world record (also held by Elmor) of 9.008GHz set on the Core i9-13900K. It's the second time that [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Alarming Security Report Claims Discord Is A Breeding Ground For Hackers And Malware]( By Nathan Ord on Oct 17, 2023 01:15 pm [Alarming Security Report Claims Discord Is A Breeding Ground For Hackers And Malware]( ' Discord is a great voice, text, and video platform that allows friends, family, and communities of all types to connect in a common space. However, it’s been known that Discord has been used for some terrible things, such as the massive leak of intelligence from the U.S. Pentagon. Now, threat actors are leveraging the interconnectivity [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Now That Starfield Is Out, Bethesda's Pete Hines Calls It A Career]( By Tim Sweezy on Oct 17, 2023 11:40 am [Now That Starfield Is Out, Bethesda's Pete Hines Calls It A Career]( After nearly 25 years of being one of the most recognizable voices and faces of Bethesda Softworks, Pete Hines announced he is leaving the company and retiring from the videogame industry altogether. Hines said his decision did not come quickly or easily, but after the successful launch of Starfield, he just felt the time was right. Hines [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Xiaomi Says Goodbye To MIUI And Hello To HyperOS For Future Smartphones]( By Aaron Leong on Oct 17, 2023 11:28 am [Xiaomi Says Goodbye To MIUI And Hello To HyperOS For Future Smartphones]( Xiaomi has unveiled its new mobile operating system to replace the highly customizable iOS lookalike, MIUI. The company claims that the new OS, essentially a skin over Android 14, will bring improved performance partly thanks to being built from the ground up with a new architecture. In a Weibo post yesterday, Lei Jun, CEO of Xiaomi announced [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Webb Discovers Quartz Crystals In Clouds Of A Giant Gas Planet And NASA Is Stunned]( By Tim Sweezy on Oct 17, 2023 10:48 am [Webb Discovers Quartz Crystals In Clouds Of A Giant Gas Planet And NASA Is Stunned]( NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) detected evidence of quartz nanocrystals in a Jupiter-like exoplanet's atmosphere 1,300 light-years from Earth. The first-ever detection of silica particles in an exoplanet's atmosphere was made possible by Webb's Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI). WASP-17 b, also known as Ditso, is a hot gas giant [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Why Best Buy Is Blaming Taylor Swift And Funflation For Sagging Tech Sales]( By Aaron Leong on Oct 17, 2023 10:37 am [Why Best Buy Is Blaming Taylor Swift And Funflation For Sagging Tech Sales]( Best Buy thinks that Taylor Swift and "funflation" are both bad for business. Why is that? Because potential consumers would rather spend money on watching her concerts than buy big ticket consumer electronics, according to Best Buy CEO Corie Barry. The CEO blames the whole "funflation" phenomenon—where consumers are spending more on experiential [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Netflix Wants A Grand Theft Auto Game To Compete With PlayStation And Xbox]( By Paul Lilly on Oct 17, 2023 10:27 am [Netflix Wants A Grand Theft Auto Game To Compete With PlayStation And Xbox]( Remember when Netflix was a DVD-by-mail subscription service? It recently shipped its last DVD after successfully pivoting into a streaming juggernaut, and for its next trick, Netflix has set its sights set on getting into gaming in a big way. Efforts are already underway, though Netflix is apparently wanting to make a splash by securing a [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [This Awesome Diablo IV Xbox Series X Console Could Be Yours Without Selling Your Soul]( By Paul Lilly on Oct 17, 2023 09:43 am [This Awesome Diablo IV Xbox Series X Console Could Be Yours Without Selling Your Soul]( Now that Microsoft has cleared all the regulatory hurdles that stood in the way of its Activision-Blizzard acquisition, it can focus on how best to put its newly-acquired IP to good use. One of those IPs is Diablo and as such, it's offering up a custom Diablo IV-themed Xbox Series X console that it designed in collaboration with the game's [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [A 4K Nintendo 64 Console Is Coming To Relive Your Retro N64 Games In High Resolution]( By Ben Funk on Oct 17, 2023 09:32 am [A 4K Nintendo 64 Console Is Coming To Relive Your Retro N64 Games In High Resolution]( We're big fans of retro gaming here in these parts. Whether it's 8-bit and 16-bit classic recreations of our childhood favorites in the Sega Genesis 2 Mini or playing on original retro consoles with fancy upscalers, we just can't go wrong with revisiting the classics. In recent years, the cutting edge of retro emulation has been found in field-programmable [Read in browser »]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Reddit]( [Pinterest]( [LinkedIn]( [Intel 14th Gen Core Raptor Lake Refresh Benchmarks: MOAR Power]( By Marco Chiappetta on Oct 17, 2023 09:04 am [Intel 14th Gen Core Raptor Lake Refresh Benchmarks: MOAR Power]( Intel Core i9-14900K - $589, Intel i7-14700K- $409, Intel Core i5-14600K - $319 Intel’s 14th Gen Core “Raptor Lake Refresh” processors fit in the same socket as 13th Gen CPUs, but crank up the clocks, in some cases cores, and power. High Performance Single Thread Leadership More Cores, Higher Clocks Socket Compatibility... 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