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Happy Wednesday! CES 2023 is still in full swing, and there’s so much to talk about. NVIDIA revealed RTX 4000 graphics cards for laptops, and desktops get the RTX 4070 Ti GPU. Samsung also showed off a massive 57-inch curved display, new smart monitors, and the $200 Galaxy A14 5G smartphone.

Finally, it wouldn’t be CES without some new TVs, and Roku has decided to sell its own smart TVs for the first time ever.

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Roku Releases Its Own Smart TVs After Years of Partnerships


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7 NVIDIA GeForce Experience Features You Should Be Using


NVIDIA’s GeForce Experience is packed with useful features for NVIDIA GPU users. You can record instant replays of your gameplay, enable an always-on performance monitor, optimize your game settings in one click, and a lot more. Here are the features you should be using. Read More »

 

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Garmin’s New Dash Cam Always Has an Internet Connection


Dash cams are an excellent way to keep yourself protected from car accidents… assuming you are not the cause. Garmin already sells a lot of dash cams, but now the company has revealed one that is always connected with LTE. Read More »

 
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Samsung’s New 57-Inch Odyssey Neo G9 Is a Really Big Monitor


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