Author: Press Room

I recently bought a shiny LG TV that I’ve been wanting to get for a long time. I assumed that my new TV would give me the best possible audio and video quality right out of the box. So, I didn’t change any settings for the first few days. I soon realized that not all TVs offer the best performance settings by default. I started noticing that colors did not look their best, the screen gets brighter randomly, and the overall picture quality did not look sharp. Then I decided to dig into the settings. After spending around 20 to…

Streaming today feels abundant, until you realize how much is actually missing. You open an app like Netflix or Amazon Prime to watch a show everyone is talking about, only to find it’s not available in your region. Again. Trust me, I struggled with the same frustration for the longest time, but not anymore. I’ve finally found a DNS solution that not only unlocks geo-restricted content on my TV, but does so without affecting streaming speeds or turning a movie night into a buffering nightmare. Smart DNS Proxy gives you the best of both worlds More content, same speeds Pankil…

ChatGPT is undoubtedly a conversational chatbot. But it also comes with the power of “vision.” They aren’t humanoids yet, but they are multimodal, as they can process and generate multiple types of data. This includes the ability to read screenshots. As ChatGPT can read and interpret images, it doesn’t just extract text, but can understand intent and come back with different layouts and context. I have found using screenshots, the “hidden shortcut” to getting high-quality results from ChatGPT. While text is great, images provide spatial context, auto-formatting, and are great for grabbing unselectable data that a copy-paste job simply can’t…

I use Plex all the time. My partner uploads content like movies to our personal media server, accessible through the Apple TV app. We also have access to libraries from friends who share theirs so I can watch the content they have. We have the lifetime subscription, which affords the ability to stream content, download offline, and more. Meanwhile, friends can download the Plex app, get an invite for our server, and access our content. But Plex offers much more than that, including free streaming that anyone can access without paying a dime, needing an invite, or even signing up.…

I mainly use Android Auto because it turns my car’s screen into something useful, rather than just a bigger version of my phone. What makes it stand out is the range of apps specifically built for driving. These apps are designed with larger buttons, simpler layouts, and voice-friendly controls so you can focus on the road without fumbling on your screen. There are plenty of Android Auto apps out there, but not all are worth the storage space. I’m constantly testing new ones, looking for something that actually improves the experience, whether that’s better navigation, smarter media controls, or tools…

Smart TVs can do just about everything. I can stream my favorite movies and shows, rearrange the home screen to suit my mood, and even browse the internet when I feel like treating a TV as a giant tablet. They’re versatile in all the right ways. That said, I’ve always appreciated how flexible Fire TVs are, in particular. The interface feels clean, it’s easy to understand even for my parents, and finding something to watch and personalizing my profile feels quite fun. Even so, I can’t shake the feeling that most people aren’t really tapping into what their Fire TV…

The next big iPhone camera upgrade might not be about more megapixels or smarter AI. Instead, it could borrow a trick from dedicated cameras by letting you physically change the aperture of the lens. According to multiple reports – including those from Korea’s ET News and analyst Ming-Chi Kuo –  Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max are expected to feature a variable aperture on their main rear cameras. That means rather than being stuck with one fixed lens opening, the camera would be able to physically adjust how much light hits the sensor. If you’re not into…

Well over a decade over it first came out in theaters in 2012, Prometheus — director Ridley Scott’s return to the Alien universe — is the number one movie on Netflix, according to FlixPatrol, which keeps tabs on these sorts of things even if streamers like Netflix don’t share all their data. Prometheus was added to Netflix in several countries in February, and clearly, people were eager to buy what it was selling. Prometheus’ newfound popularity provides a good excuse to look back on this ambitious, strange, divisive movie. Prometheus still works all these years later The sci-fi action epic…

The first season of HBO’s new Game of Thrones prequel series A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms has come to an end, and by and large, it was terrific. People loved revisiting the Seven Kingdoms, they loved the lighter tone, and mostly they loved the chemistry between the central duo: the newly minted knight Ser Duncan the Tall (Peter Claffey) and his smart-mouthed, diminutive squire Egg (Dexter Sol Ansell). We won’t be watching new episodes of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms for a while, but while you wait, there are plenty of other genre shows about a mentor and…

Working from home is quietly doing something to my speaking ability. I’m an experienced writer and a fluent English speaker. It’s been my working language my entire life. But after years of a lonely solo writing lifestyle, I noticed something uncomfortable. I’d join a video interview or a team call, open my mouth, and feel a half-second delay between thought and word that wasn’t there before. My fluency had just gone a little rusty from disuse. So I ran an interesting experiment with ChatGPT’s Advanced Voice Mode as a speaking coach. Each ChatGPT prompt was chosen to help me work…