If you just built a gaming PC from scratch or are about to, then you’re probably in the market for a solid gaming monitor, and while there are a ton of options out there, you may want to consider this one from MSI. While you may be more familiar with MSI as a company that makes laptops, motherboards, and GPU variants, it also makes a lot of solid monitors as well, such as the MSI Optix G32C4W. It’s a 31.5-inch monitor that usually goes for $249, but is currently discounted at Walmart to $199, so it’s well worth considering if you want something that’s large but budget-friendly.
The first thing we should get out of the way is that this is an FHD monitor, which is actually pretty rare to see at this size, mostly because pixel density starts to become noticeable at that size. That said, if you’re not right up close to your monitor, that’s not necessarily a big issue, and the MSI Optix has a lot of other stuff to offer. For example, it can still hit an impressive 165Hz refresh rate, and since it does run at a lower resolution, you can more easily hit that with a lower-to-mid-range GPU like the RTX 4070.
Besides that, it comes with AMD Freesync, which helps avoid things like ghosting or screen tearing, which is a big problem if you’re playing something competitive where people often push high frame rates. It’s also worth noting that it’s a curved monitor, so it gives you a lot more immersion for gaming compared to a traditional flat panel; plus, it has a 178-degree viewing angle, which is pretty impressive for a curved monitor. As for image quality, the MSI Optix can cover 94.7% of the DCI-P3 spectrum, so color reproduction is excellent.
If you’re looking for a solid mid-range FHD monitor that’s also quite big, then the MSI Optix G32C4W is really the way to go, especially with the $50 discount from Walmart that knocks the price down to $199. That said, if you’d still like to check out a few other options, these other monitor deals might be worth taking a look at.
Speech-to-text apps have flooded the App Store, making it easier than ever to type on our Macs with just our voice. I have previously covered one such app called TypeWhisper. However, there has been a dearth of good text-to-speech models, and most of the good ones are locked behind a subscription.
Ollama, an open-source app that lets you run local AI models on your computer, wants to change that. It works on macOS, Windows, and Linux, and your prompts are never stored or used for training.
Did you think hitting delete on your AI chatbot conversation actually makes it disappear? Georgia Tech researchers just proved that's not entirely true. They have built a forensic tool called ORISA that can dig deleted conversations from your phone and even rebuild them into a working chatbot session you can keep talking to.
How can ORISA bring deleted AI conversations back?
Touchscreen laptops have been around for years. You can get them in all sizes and shapes. Just not from Apple. For years, the Cupertino giant has treated the idea of a touchscreen MacBook the way I treat a meeting that could have been an email: with open contempt. However, Wednesday looks like the day the company could finally change its mind.
The latest Apple invite puts the “Pro and Tell” showcase in Los Angeles at 10 a.m. PT (1 p.m. ET) on October 28, 2026. Instead of a regular live-streamed keynote, it is an invitation-only, hands-on event for a handful of press and creators (similar to what the company did for the MacBook Neo earlier this year).