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A glowing staircase of five rising light panels climbing out of deep black, the top panel blazing a sustained white glow beside a small bright peak flash

True Black 1400 holds 700 nits across a full OLED screen

DisplayHDR True Black 1400 makes OLED panels hold 700 nits across a full screen, not just a brief 1400-nit peak. The tier ladder shows the jump.

A Pixel 11 Pro lying face down on a desk with a glowing colored LED ring around its rear camera flash signaling a call

The Pixel 11 Pro's HiLight brings back the notification LED

The Pixel 11 Pro's HiLight revives the notification LED as colored lights around the camera flash, glowing for Gemini and calls when face down.

Gold FMS FCX18 Land Cruiser on brass beadlock wheels climbing a grey rock ledge above red scree

$50 of wheels and tires beat a $106 FCX18 upgrade build

FCX18 budget upgrades tested on rocks: brass knuckles, steel shafts and sticky tires added 227g, but $50 of wheels and tires did most of the work.

Bambu Lab X2D 3D printer on a workshop bench with a four-spool AMS on top and a two-colour part on the build plate

Bambu's X2D is the cheapest dual nozzle printer yet

The Bambu X2D dual nozzle printer puts two hot ends on one toolhead at $649. See the purge waste maths and what soluble supports really cost.

Gold FMS FCX18 Land Cruiser and green Traxxas TRX-4M Defender climbing a grey rock ledge at low sun

The $180 FCX18 out-crawls the TRX-4M straight from the box

FMS FCX18 vs Traxxas TRX-4M compared on price, portal axles, two-speed gearbox, tires and real rock crawling. The $180 FCX18 wins out of the box.

LG UltraGear evo 27GM950B monitor on a dark desk, screen showing a fiery HDR game scene lighting the keyboard below

2,304 dimming zones sit behind LG's 27GM950B screen

LG 27GM950B has 2,304 dimming zones on a 27-inch 5K mini LED panel. See the zone-per-pixel maths and whether the OLED sibling is the better desk buy.