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💻 LG unveils a huge 5K ‘bendable’ OLED gaming monitor
📱 5 things Samsung needs to do to beat Apple in 2025
❓You Asked: Black-bar mystery solved; virtual mode explained
📺 Watch Glen Powell in the first teaser for Chad Powers

🕹️ The best 'weird little guys' of 2024’s video games

🎁 Giveaway: Anker Solix F3800 Portable Power Station

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LG’s latest gaming monitor joins its UltraGear GX9 OLED lineup and features a huge 45-inch display with a bendable panel, Digital Trends reported. Pricing and availability has yet to be shared.

The UltraGear 45GX990A is the first 5K OLED monitor on the market, offering a resolution of 5120 x 2160, also known as 5K2K. It's also the first gaming monitor to launch with this higher resolution, as it’s normally reserved for high-end creator monitors like the Apple Studio Display. The “bendable” label means that it can transform from a flat screen to a 900R curve in just a few seconds. But this isn't the first bendable OLED monitor we've seen ...

Here’s the secret to shopping for the best gifts for gamers: Ask them what they're into. Regardless of their skill level and interests, most gamers will be more than happy to share what’s on their wishlist, whether it’s a new game, controller, or something you haven't thought of. Gaming preferences are highly personal and specific, and trust me — there’s a big difference between Minecraft and Minesweeper. Our guide to the best gifts for gamers will help you find the perfect gift they’ll actually use and enjoy (and, of course, will help you avoid any well-meaning but awkward gift fails) ...

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With 2024 pretty much done and dusted, now is a good time to see how the two biggest phone players in the U.S. have fared over the past 12 months. Samsung and Apple both had a successful year financially, but Digital Trends’ Nirave Gondhia has spotted five ways in which the Korean giant could outperform the American behemoth in 2025.

First, Nirave says that Samsung needs to stop playing it safe. While he admits that Samsung’s risk-averse approach has made sense so far, he recalls what happened to RIM and Nokia when they failed to recognize the competition ...

Saud has an LG G4 77-inch OLED and wonders why some movies and shows fill the entire TV screen (no black bars), while others don’t, saying that it "feels frustrating and even disappointing when the full screen isn’t used — like I’m not getting the most out of my TV." Now, while the answer does indeed begin with aspect ratios, you’ll need to dive into the detailed explanation to fully get what’s going on.

For this and other answers — including on the function of Samsung's Q-Series soundbars' "virtual" mode — watch the video above or head to the article ...

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Rising star Glen Powell (Twisters, Hit Man, Anyone But You) appears in Hulu’s just-released first teaser for Chad Powers, a half-hour sports comedy that Powell co-created with Michael Waldron, Digital Trends reported.

In the series, Powell plays Russ Holiday, a former star college quarterback bound for the NFL who ruins his prospects because of behavioral problems. In order to get another shot, he adopts a new identity and "walks onto a struggling Southern football team as the talented, affable Chad Powers,” per the official description. The series is set to debut in the fall ...

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What exactly is a "weird little guy” in the world of gaming? According to Digital Trends’ Jesse Vitelli, it’s “mostly a vibes based thing — one of those ‘you'll know it when you see it’ sort of deals ... It has to catch you off guard in some interesting way.” And no, they don’t have to be physically small.

To get a clearer idea, check out Jesse’s carefully curated list of the year’s best weird little guys that he discovered in video games over the past year. In 10th place, for example, we have the Unnamed Salesman from Thank Goodness You're Here, selected for his “lemon-shaped head and ability to seemingly cause as much chaos as possible” ...

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