Author: Press Room
I don’t mind paying for good software, and YouTube Premium is actually a decent subscription even after the recent price hike. But now that I’ve tried LibreTube, I don’t think I’ll ever subscribe to YouTube Premium again. LibreTube is a free, open-source YouTube client for Android that offers a cleaner, more privacy-focused way to watch YouTube. I first tried it while exploring open-source alternatives for Google’s apps, and the more I’ve used it, the more it has become my default way to watch YouTube. Related 7 video sites that are better than YouTube If you’re done with YouTube, here are…
Most people assume their existing media server can handle audiobooks the same way it handles music. Since the files are audio, the app has a library view, and everything seems fine right up until you try to actually listen. Unfortunately, if a server is not built for audiobooks, it tends not to handle them well. It’s hard to find a good Audible alternative, but one exists that I love. Related I get full-length audiobooks for free legally — here’s the site I use I found the most generous corner of the internet for book lovers. Plex doesn’t really know what…
Most people are familiar with the feeling of reading a great book only to watch a screen adaptation later on and be deeply disappointed. Something like that happened with the 2007 film The Golden Compass, adapted from Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy. The movie gets the names and the general plot right, but destroys the overall spirit of the story. The Golden Compass was not a hit, and promised sequels never arrived. It took over a decade for someone to try adapting the books again, but when it finally happened, we got fantasy TV perfection. His Dark Materials finally…
Jellyfin is one of the best things on my growing list of self-hosted services. It has clients for almost every platform, which makes it a sweet deal — no matter how dumb a TV is, it’s more than enough for me if it can run nothing but Jellyfin. There was just one catch: it lived entirely inside my network. I’d been reaching it through Tailscale, but that meant adding every single device I wanted to watch on to my tailnet. And if I ever wanted to share the server with a friend, what was I supposed to do, hand them…
Steam made me feel glum for years. I’d be told about an indie gem and dart over to Steam, only to discover the game was Windows-only and not available for Mac. Even so, I bought quite a few titles, on the basis that, at some point in the future, I might actually be able to play them. But I wasn’t terribly keen on investing in a Windows PC after my last adventure with one. And although I did wheel out the deeply impressive Parallels Desktop for the odd session, manually tweaking a virtual machine for games has always felt like too much of a…
Dolby Vision is arguably the best HDR standard there is for content consumption. Dolby’s proprietary HDR standard uses an enhancement layer to provide 12-bit color, which is an upgrade over the 10-bit color offered with HDR10 or HDR10+. Moreover, Dolby Vision offers manual controls and profiles for colorists, giving studios more precision over their high dynamic range (HDR) releases. This is why Dolby Vision ended up as the superior format, despite HDR10 and HDR10+ being free to use. There’s a catch, however — many TVs branded as supporting Dolby Vision are only compatible with the basic version. Dolby Vision IQ,…
Choosing the best iPhone used to be easy. With the original, you picked a storage size. A year later, there were colour options too. (Well, black or white.) Then – boom – you owned one of the best smartphones on the planet. Now? You’re faced with an increasingly complex selection of shiny new iPhones and last-generation stragglers. Our guide is here to cut through the noise. We’ll spell out who each currently shipping iPhone is best for, dig into the highs and lows, point you towards the ideal older iPhone for kids, and tackle common questions that might otherwise derail…
God bless the action movie. Everyone loves a massive explosion, an exciting shootout, or a pitched battle against an alien war machine. But it’s a special kind of movie that can thrill without any violence whatsoever. 12 Angry Men, the 1957 courtroom drama directed by Sidney Lumet, is such a movie, and you can watch it for free whenever you like. Conversation is thrilling in 12 Angry Men With conversations this riveting, who needs action scenes? 12 Angry Men is set on “the hottest day of the year,” right at the end of a murder trial for an unnamed 18-year-old…
The iPhone 18 Pro hasn’t officially arrived yet, but that hasn’t stopped the Apple rumour mill from going wild in the lead up to its expected launch later this year. It’s a lot to keep on top of, which is why we’ve gathered up all the rumours and leaks worth knowing about, served below for your reading pleasure. If you want a short summary – at first glance, the iPhone 18 Pro doesn’t sound like a dramatic redesign. Most reports suggest it’ll look broadly similar to its predecessor, with the same overall shape, screen sizes, and triple-camera setup. Dig a…
Apple’s AI-infused version of Siri is late. Two years late to be exact. It was first trailed alongside broader Apple Intelligence features at Apple’s developer conference in June 2024. But it never appeared, thanks to it just not being good enough. Now, a delay of that magnitude is understandable, provided that it actually works well now. So as soon as the iOS 27 Developer Beta was available, I installed it on a spare iPhone and started using Siri AI. This is what I found and why it actually surprised me quite a bit. Siri AI is in Beta and there…