ViewSonic's 240Hz XG270 gaming monitor receives the 'world's first' Blur Busters certification

In brief: Well-known monitor maker ViewSonic issued several interesting announcements at Pepcom 2020 today, but one stuck out in particular. The company's XG270, a 27" IPS display with a 240Hz resolution, has officially received the Blur Buster Strobe Certification, which brings with it the promise of top-tier motion clarity.

Blur Busters, for


The Super Retro Champ can play all your old SNES and Sega Genesis cartridges

In brief: Retro gaming specialist My Arcade on Monday announced its latest portable gaming console. The aptly named Super Retro Champ is designed to play all of your favorites from the 16-bit era including Super Nintendo and Sega Genesis cartridges as well as Super Famicom and Mega Drive variants.

The handheld features a 7-inch display with integrated battery that offers up to five hours of gaming on a single charge. You can play it as a true handheld or utilize the two included wireless gamepads to play in tabletop mode.

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Intel gave a sneak peak of its next NUC, an SFF modular gaming PC

In a nutshell: If you are into small form factor computers, Intel will soon release the NUC 9, also known as Ghost Canyon NUC. Its modular design will allow users to upgrade pretty much everything with cartridge-like ease. However, Intel did not have many details to convey, leaving us guessing as to what the specs would be.

Intel unveiled its next attempt at a modular gaming PC at CES 2020. The Ghost Canyon NUC (NUC 9) is the successor to the Hades Canyon (

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Stanford researchers create miniaturized particle accelerator using infrared light

The big picture: Researchers at Stanford University have created a miniaturized version of a particle accelerator that fits on a silicon chip. It’s not nearly as powerful as its full-size counterpart in its current iteration, mind you, but researchers believe they can scale the design up to reach the requisite amount of power by the end of 2020.

Traditional particle accelerators utilize microwave bursts to help nudge electrons along. Microwaves measure four inches from peak to trough – far too long for their new accelerator. Instead

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Samsung unveils stunning Galaxy Chromebook with a 13.3-inch 4K display, 10th gen Core i5 and more

Bottom line: Samsung starts off CES week on the right foot with the introduction of the Galaxy Chromebook, a premium 2-in-1 that “redefines what a Chromebook can be.” If you've been waiting for a high-end Chromebook that isn't a Pixelbook, this may be it.

Samsung’s thinnest Chromebook to date, the new portable packs a 13.

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HP's new all-in-one PC has a 4K display, an RTX 2060, and wireless charging for your phone

Something to look forward to: All-in-one PCs don’t get the coverage they once did, but HP’s feature-packed Envy 32 AIO looks like an attention grabber. Not only does it come with a 31.5-inch 4K screen that’s HDR 600 certified, but it also has Bang & Olufsen speakers and an Nvidia RTX graphics card.

While AIOs are generally considered inferior to standard tower PC setups, the HP Envy 32 is certainly a step

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HP updates the Elite Dragonfly with optional 5G and Tile tracking, improves internals for the Spectre x360 15

In a nutshell: HP announced plenty of new hardware at CES 2020, including monitors, PCs, and backpacks. Among these products are updated versions of its two premium notebooks: the new Elite Dragonfly G2 and the Spectre x360 15.

Potential buyers of high-end ultrabooks have two new options to choose from with HP's refresh of the Elite Dragonfly and the Spectre x360.

Elite Dragonfly G2

Aimed at business users, the G2 is a rather quickly

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Acer unveils 55-inch OLED Predator monitor, also the Predator X32 and X38 gaming displays

Something to look forward to: Acer has introduced a slew of new products at CES. Alongside new Spin 3 and Spin 5 convertible laptops packing Ice Lake CPUs, the company has unveiled its largest monitor to date: the 55-inch Predator CG552K.

Acer has announced three new Predator monitors at the Las Vegas event. The first and most expensive of these is the 32

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The 32-core Threadripper 3970X is now available to buy

In a nutshell: Do you like your CPUs to pack an obscene number of cores? Then here’s some good news: AMD’s monstrous 32-core/64-thread Threadripper 3970X is finally available for purchase. What’s even better is that the processor is available for the MSRP of $1,999.

We gave the third-generation 3970X Threadripper a score of 90 in November’s review . While it’s AMD

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Samsung to globally launch the rotating Sero TV

In context: Samsung thinks the idea of a swiveling TV for consuming smartphone content from apps like Snapchat, YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok might sit well with the 'mobile generation' that generally spends hours consuming it on their handhelds, in portrait and landscape modes. The company has designed a TV for such a use case, called the Sero, which it debuted in Korea some time ago and is now bringing to 'several global markets.'

Part of Samsung's CES 2020 announcements is the global

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