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LG Display launches 24.5-inch 720Hz Gaming OLED Panel

LG Display announced on September 21, 2026, the launch and mass production of a 24.5-inch 720Hz Gaming OLED panel, the first OLED panel designed specifically for esports. The panel achieves a world-leading 720Hz refresh rate and 0.02ms response time using a proprietary stable driving algorithm at FHD resolution. It debuts in ASUS's ROG Swift OLED PG259QWS Ace, which was selected as the official esports monitor for PGL CS2 Major Singapore 2026. LG Display aims to lead OLED adoption in the gaming monitor market with a full lineup from 20 to 40 inches.

• LG Display launched the 24.5-inch 720Hz Gaming OLED panel on September 21, 2026, claiming it is the first OLED panel tailored specifically for esports.
• The panel features the world's highest refresh rate among gaming OLED displays (720Hz) and the fastest response time (0.02ms) at FHD (1920x1080) resolution.
• The panel is first used in ASUS's ROG Swift OLED PG259QWS Ace gaming monitor, which was selected as the official esports monitor for PGL CS2 Major Singapore 2026.

AMD FSR 4.1 Upscaling Coming to Xbox Series X|S

Microsoft and AMD have announced that AMD's FSR 4.1 machine-learning upscaling technology will be available on Xbox Series X|S consoles, with no specific release date given beyond "soon." Xbox CTO Scott Van Vliet confirmed the plan in an announcement video, noting AMD's partnership of over two decades and the ongoing collaboration on Project Helix, the next-generation Xbox. FSR 4.1 renders games at lower resolutions and reconstructs them at higher ones using machine learning. The technology will also support Radeon RX 6000-series GPUs, certain Ryzen 9 laptops (including Gorgon Halo and Strix Halo), and handhelds like the Asus ROG Ally. Developers will need to patch their games to utilize FSR 4.1, so older titles won't upgrade automatically. Xbox Series X|S lack dedicated machine-learning hardware, so performance gains may not match Sony's PS5 Pro upscalers (PSSR and QSSR). The next-gen Xbox, Project Helix, is reportedly launching in late 2028 with a projected price of $1,200-$1,800.

• AMD FSR 4.1 upscaling technology announced for Xbox Series X|S consoles, with no release date. confirm: true
• Xbox CTO Scott Van Vliet confirmed the plan in an announcement video.
• FSR 4.1 is a machine-learning-based temporal upscaler that reconstructs higher-resolution images from lower-resolution renders.

ASUS ProArt RTX Spark Windows PCs Available for Immediate Pre-Order Today, Delivering Integrated Ecosystem of AI Agents and Creative Apps

ASUS announces new ProArt RTX Spark Windows PCs available for pre-order, along with other recent press releases including ROG Rapture GT-BN98 router, Ascent GX10 64GB configuration, and Forbes World's Best Employers recognition.

Taboola Partners with Motorola for DeeperDive Integration

Taboola announced on October 28, 2026 an industry-first partnership with Motorola to integrate its DeeperDive answer engine directly into select moto g smartphones. This partnership will bring Taboola's AI-driven answer capabilities to users of Motorola devices, expanding its reach from web publishers to device-level integration. The deal marks a significant expansion of Taboola's presence in the mobile ecosystem, leveraging its natural language processing and recommendation technology to provide direct answers to user queries on the device.

• Taboola announced an industry-first partnership with Motorola on October 28, 2026.
• The partnership will bring Taboola's DeeperDive answer engine to select moto g smartphones.
• The integration will occur in the coming months.

Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 Breaks 5 GHz Barrier

Qualcomm has announced two new flagship smartphone processors at its Snapdragon Summit 2026: the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and the Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6. The Gen 6 is the first smartphone chip to reach 5 GHz clock speed on its prime cores, a milestone previously associated with PCs. The chip offers a 10% increase in compute performance or 37% better energy efficiency at the same performance, and a 35% faster Adreno GPU, enabled by a new 2nm manufacturing process, likely TSMC's N2P. The Extreme variant enhances the GPU with three matrix cores for AI-based gaming upscaling and frame generation, a feature Qualcomm calls 'Neural Fusion.' First devices featuring these chips are expected soon, with Xiaomi and Motorola among the first to announce models.

• Qualcomm unveiled the Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 and Snapdragon 8 Elite Extreme Gen 6 at its Snapdragon Summit 2026.
• The Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 is the first smartphone chip to reach 5 GHz clock speed on its prime cores.
• The Gen 6 chip offers 10% more compute performance or 37% higher energy efficiency at the same performance compared to the previous generation.