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Tubi is a free streaming service that you can use at any time, any place, without a subscription. All you do is go to the website, search for what you want to see, and enjoy it without paying a dime. All you have to do is watch a few ads. If you’re tired of paying month after month for services like Netflix, HBO Max, and more, Tubi and other free streaming services could be the answer. Tubi even makes original content, and some of it is very entertaining. Why Lowlifes is worth your time (no spoilers) Lowlifes is a fun…

YouTube first introduced short-form videos around the world in 2021, and it didn’t take long for them to become popular. It was clearly a reaction to the popularity of TikTok, which specializes in short-form video, whereas YouTube has videos that are literally hundreds of hours long. So now, when you open your YouTube homepage, you’ll get recommended a variety of long-form videos in 16:9 format alongside several short-form videos in vertical format, perfect for consuming in quick bursts on your phone. The mix works for some people, but others miss the way YouTube started pushing Shorts so aggressively. There are…

I’m a heavy user of Amazon’s Echo ecosystem (and there’s power in owning more than one), and lately, Alexa has gotten a huge upgrade with Alexa Plus, which has literally changed my life. But something people don’t give Amazon enough credit for, especially with the Echo Studio line, is the incredible sound quality, especially when you enable and properly set up spatial audio on compatible Amazon Echo devices. This spatial audio feature is usually off by default, and you should really start using it because, with compatible audio sources, the audio experience can be truly breathtaking with vast sound stages…

Dollhouse is a sci-fi show that ran on Fox from 2009 to 2010, only lasting two seasons. It was one of many terrific sci-fi shows canceled before its time, which is a shame, because Dollhouse had trenchant things to say about technological progress that seem more relevant than ever today, at a time when the generative AI revolution is threatening to upend many people’s lives without giving them anything to steady themselves. What is Dollhouse about? Meet the human chatbots Dollhouse is set in Los Angeles, California, where the shadowy Rossum Corporation has built a very interesting business: beneath the…

Smart TVs are still in that space of machines that can do so much, but are inherently limited. And yes, when I say smart TV, I mean the TVs with built-in OSes and streaming boxes and sticks. After all, they’re revenue machines — you are going to stream on them, and the manufacturer has already decided how. More than any other device, smart TVs and streamers are built around the manufacturer’s intentions. But you don’t have to play along. A little customization goes a long way, and it starts with the very interface you use to navigate everything: the remote…

One of my Samsung Frame TVs tipped me off first. A show I’d already watched a season of just wasn’t there anymore — not hidden, not moved, just absent. A few other titles I’d bookmarked were gone, too. The app looked completely normal. No error and no explanation. It wasn’t a licensing expiration or a catalog refresh. My TV was being geo-blocked, and I had never said a word about it. The fix wasn’t a VPN — it was a DNS change that took maybe three minutes, and whether you’re running wired or wireless devices through a home network, it’ll…

The Pitt is a medical drama on HBO that turned a lot of heads when it kicked off in 2205. Each episode covers one hour in the lives of the doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals working at the fictional Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center. That structure gives The Pitt a propulsion not often seen in these kinds of shows, and it’s all held together by top-notch writing, acting, and directing. All in all, The Pitt proudly carries on the grand HBO tradition of great TV, but it’s not the only game in town. This Is Going to Hurt is a…

I’ve used noise-cancelling headphones for years, and I always noticed the same strange sensation. Every time I turned ANC on, it felt like my ears were filling with pressure — like being on a plane mid-descent or diving deeper underwater. I assumed that was how ANC worked for everyone; a slightly pressured feeling that, while not uncomfortable, I could definitely do without. It turns out I was wrong. That feeling of pressure isn’t normal, and most importantly, it’s not something you have to put up with. ANC doesn’t actually create, but it can feel like it does My poor little…

Whenever you search for something on Google, or like something on social media, or talk to a chatbot, some company somewhere is recording what you did. Very often, they’ll then take that data and sell it to advertisers, which is why we so often see ads on the internet that are responsive to what we’re looking for right at that moment. These systems seem to know what we want before we do. This is surveillance capitalism, an economic system where the unilateral capturing of personal human experience is turned into behavioral data and then resold for profit. In the 2020s,…

I absolutely love Nvidia G-Sync. Team Green’s take on Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) tech first captured my heart several years ago when I bought my first G-Sync Compatible monitor. Ever since, I’ve been enjoying the smoothest PC gaming experiences of my life. So it was with great alarm that I was recently forced to stop using G-Sync for a solid week due to an issue with my entertainment setup. Those seven days of stuttering were an absolute nightmare for my obsessive eyes. Happily, Nvidia’s form of VRR is working for me again, and I can honestly say I’ll never take…