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Samsung's 27-inch Odyssey OLED G5, a QD-OLED gaming monitor with QHD resolution, is currently listed at a 36% discount on Amazon. The display features a 180Hz refresh rate, 0.03ms gray-to-gray response time, HDR10 support, and roughly 99% DCI-P3 color coverage, alongside G-Sync compatibility, FreeSync support, and OLED care features for image retention.
Amazon is selling the Samsung Odyssey G3, a 24-inch IPS gaming monitor with a 200Hz refresh rate and 1080p resolution, for $119.99, a 25% reduction from its usual price. The deal applies to the monitor as listed on Amazon's site.
Niantic, which sold Pokémon Go last year, is now applying the mapping data it gathered through the game to build 3D 'world models' at its Niantic Spatial division. CTO Brian McClendon says these models reconstruct real-world environments, while Odyssey CEO Oliver Cameron describes world models as systems that predict the next visual state of a scene rather than the next word in a sentence like language models do.
Amazon is selling Samsung's Odyssey G7 G75F, a 37-inch curved 4K gaming monitor, for $499.99, down from its $899.99 list price—a 44% cut. The display features a 1000R curve, 165Hz refresh rate, 1ms response time, AMD FreeSync Premium Pro, and VESA DisplayHDR 600 support.
Amazon is currently selling Samsung's 34-inch Odyssey G5 curved gaming monitor for $150 off its usual price. The display features a 1000R curved VA panel with Ultra WQHD resolution (3440 x 1440), a 21:9 aspect ratio, up to 165Hz refresh rate, 1ms response time, AMD FreeSync Premium, and HDR support.
Villa Vie Residences halted operations of its Villa Vie Odyssey residential cruise ship, telling all passengers to disembark by 2 pm after CEO Kathy Villaba said the company could not secure enough fuel to continue sailing. The company says monthly per-cabin fuel costs jumped from roughly $1,800 to as much as $8,000, making it unable to keep operating without passing on unaffordable increases to residents who live aboard full-time.
NASA's Mars Odyssey spacecraft, which reached Mars in October 2001, and its younger counterpart the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have both far outlasted their original mission timelines of just a few years. The two orbiters continue to gather data on Martian ice and surface changes while also relaying communications from every NASA rover on the surface back to Earth.
Three months after Elon Musk pledged a 'historically accurate' full-length Odyssey film to rival Christopher Nolan's adaptation, xAI's Grok Imagine and AI studio Wonder Studios X have instead released a seven-minute episode depicting Odysseus being called to war against Troy. Musk shared the clip on X, where it drew far less engagement than his other recent posts, and Grok itself has reportedly acknowledged the content is not historically accurate.
Grok Imagine, working with Wonder Studios and director Dev Walker, has posted the first seven-minute installment of an AI-generated adaptation of Homer's 'The Odyssey,' calling it 'Episode 1' of a series. The release comes three months after Elon Musk said Grok would produce a full-length, 'historically accurate' film version of the epic.
Amazon is selling Samsung's 25-inch Odyssey G4 gaming monitor at a 39% discount, cutting $110 off its price. The monitor features a 300Hz refresh rate and 1ms response time, aimed at competitive gamers.
Samsung's 27-inch Odyssey G80HF, a 5K monitor with gaming features, is on sale for $599.99 at Amazon and B&H Photo, $100 below its previous low price. The Fast IPS panel supports 5K resolution at up to 180Hz or 1440p at up to 360Hz, with Nvidia G-Sync and AMD FreeSync Premium compatibility, a 1ms response time, DisplayPort 2.1, two HDMI 2.1 ports, and a USB hub.
Amazon's Big Deal Days sale includes discounts on OLED gaming monitors, including Samsung's 49-inch Odyssey OLED G9 (G93SC), a QD-OLED panel with 5120x1440 resolution and 240Hz refresh rate, now priced at $898. A step-down model, the Odyssey OLED G9 (G91SD) with a 144Hz refresh rate, is discounted 39% to $795.99 from its $1,299.99 list price.