Alienware is introducing its second 34-inch curved QD-OLED gaming monitor later this fall after seeing immense popularity with its first model, which released earlier this year.
The new Alienware 34, AW3423DWF model comes with a number of tweaks and upgrades, as well as a cheaper price. It will sell at a starting price of $1,100 upon its release, a solid $200 cheaper than the original model (AW3423DW).
What’s new? Well, this variation comes with a slightly slimmer back to make it better for VESA mounting, a new on-screen display for navigating menus and preset game modes, TUV ComfortView Plus, and a variable refresh rate of up to 120Hz for console support.
Most notably, though, the monitor has improved anti-tearing technology. It features both VESA AdaptiveSync Display and FreeSync Premium Pro, the latter of which is AMD’s screen-tearing solution for content playing in HDR on AMD GPUs. The other Alienware 34 QD-OLED monitor is Nvidia G-Sync Ultimate, so clearly Alienware now has an option for both Team Red and Team Green.
Beyond those new features, the new Alienware 34 gaming monitor maintains a 1800R curvature QD-OLED design with a slimmer rear for easier wall mounting, a WQHD (3440 x 1440) resolution, a 165Hz native refresh rate, and 0.1ms GtG response time.
Ports for the monitor include one HDMI 2.0, one Display Port 1.4, four USB 3.2 Gen 1 downstream, one USB 3.2 Gen1 upstream, one audio line-out, one headphone-out, and a security lock slot based on Kensington Security Slot.
Unlike its white predecessor, the Alienware 34 AW3423DWF will be available in a “Dark Side of the Moon” color option and will come with a three-year limited hardware warranty.
The original Alienware 34 was released in March with a $1,400 price tag and quickly sold out among gaming fans. It was the first QD-OLED gaming monitor to launch, though it’s soon to have more competition with the upcoming release of the Samsung Odyssey OLED monitor, which uses the same panel.
Dell doesn’t have an exact release date yet, but says it will have more to share about the launch time of the new gaming monitor soon.
ASUS has started selling its UGen Intel Arc Pro B70 graphics card in Europe, bringing its take on Intel’s workstation GPU to customers with a hefty €1,799 recommended price. The card is available in Germany and Austria, while ASUS lists it at CHF 1,799 in Switzerland.
Intel first introduced the Arc Pro B70 in March 2026, with its own branded model starting at $949. ASUS’s version arrives several months later with the same core GPU architecture but a different cooling design and a higher power rating. The price also places it well above Intel’s original starting point, although the two prices are not directly comparable because ASUS’s European figure includes VAT.
Anthropic has officially filed to go public, and buried inside its S-1 is a blunt warning about the technology at the center of its business. The maker of Claude AI says advanced AI could cause everything from large-scale cyberattacks and geopolitical instability to catastrophic or even existential risks for humanity.
The warnings take up a surprisingly large part of the filing. Axios notes that more than 90 pages, or roughly a third of the prospectus, focus on risk factors. Many of them warn about what could happen as AI systems become more capable and autonomous.
AI giants have a growing autonomy problem on their hands. A new Axios report has revealed that Anthropic's Claude recently accessed publicly available Georgia vote count without human authorization, sparking fresh concerns about AI security ahead of the upcoming midterm elections.