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Brandon Sanderson is the most prolific fantasy authors working today; his book series Mistborn and The Stormlight Archive are about to be adapted for the screen, and the biggest question is why it took this long. Sanderson is also an author who’s very open with his opinions about books, movies, and TV; he’s quick to share what he loves, and also what he doesn’t. In a snippet from a recent episode of his podcast Intentionally Blank, he weighed in on his favorite shows from 2025. “K-Pop Demon Hunters is my top film of the year, and Arcane and Residence are,…

Nvidia does more than make AI chips. While it’s true that their chips power the data centers that run most of the large language models (which you can now run locally) for OpenAI for ChatGPT, Anthropic for Claude and others, Nvidia also makes the Tegra X1+ processor which has an insane 256-core GPU and is used to power a device that I’ve been using in my living room for years for all of my TV watching needs. It’s a device that you can still buy today if you want the very best in streaming, TV apps (though be aware of…

YouTube TV offered a lot, including a clean interface, a solid channel lineup, and unlimited DVR storage for $82.99 a month. But as costs rose, I realized I needed to seriously weigh whether what I got was worth it. I was paying nearly $1,000 a year for a service I used mainly for background noise, some live sports, and network TV shows available elsewhere. So I canceled it. That was four months ago, and I haven’t looked back. Here are the three free apps I use now — and how they stack up against what I gave up. Related I…

I try not to judge people for using AI for writing. People may have different requirements, and different scenarios may have different rules. Yet, everyone would agree that it is definitely a disappointing situation when something you wrote is flagged as AI-generated. Sure, AI writing detectors aren’t always reliable, but there’s another possibility: your writing sounds like ChatGPT. As you probably know, AI content detectors work by analyzing the structure and writing patterns. So, if you use the same writing conventions as ChatGPT, your writing is likely to be flagged as AI-generated. You may have learned to write like that…

Working at home or in an office setting is a fantastic thing, but it does come with some unforeseen drawbacks. One of the major issues is the amount of time that I spend sitting behind a computer during the day. I’m a big fan of PC gaming, so when I’m done with work, I’ll typically spend some time playing games with friends or diving into the latest indie games that are hitting Steam or other platforms. As expected, sitting all the time is not the best thing for you by any means. Lower back pain from slouching in a chair,…

Introduction The original Toyota bZ4X, which I first reviewed way back in 2022, got off to a bit of a rocky start; early models proved less than great on the range front. Those real world, sub-200-mile capabilities sapped my love for the first incarnation and, when I revisited it a while back, my feelings hadn’t changed all that much either. What’s more, based on Toyota’s eTNGA all-electric platform, the bZ4X has also been up against increasingly stiff competition. And now? Well, there’s this, the Toyota bZ4X Touring, which is essentially the same car riding on the same platform but with…

Staying up to date on every new show and movie is a task. But, if you’re someone who doesn’t like to not be up on everything going on in the zeitgeist, you have to stay relevant on your pop culture. You’re watching a reality show on Bravo one minute and the next you’re streaming a new show on Netflix before checking out the latest Disney+ drop with your kids the next day. It can feel overwhelming to have to find time for the best shows and movies. You could get to the point where you need to call it quits…

Writing instructions for an LLM seems straightforward until you realize the output looks nothing like what you wanted. You can spend an hour tweaking your phrasing, but the model still gives you conversational filler, ignores your formatting rules, or skips over critical constraints. However, the problem usually isn’t the model itself; it’s how you structure the prompt. Even on the subscription tiers, you’re getting the regular ChatGPT. There are many studies that prove small shifts in how you frame your instructions can improve the outcome. Related I built one ChatGPT prompt that works for absolutely any scenario This simple ChatGPT…

With over eight billion people living on the planet Earth, a lot goes on here on any given day, from geopolitical events to technological breakthroughs to tectonic business decisions. And thanks to modern technological, we can know much of what happens immediately after it does. There’s an argument that the human brain wasn’t meant to take in this much information, but for those who want to try anyway, there are lots of free, 24/7 news channels you can stream whenever you like on YouTube. NBC News NOW Old reliable If you’re looking for updates on the events of the day,…

Physical media is making a resurgence, and it’s not hard to see why. People are starting to grow frustrated with the cost of streaming services and notice the quality issues that come with streaming content. TV show and movie buffs might be tempted to start a physical media collection again, and it’s not a bad idea. However, the physical media landscape isn’t as simple in 2026 as it was in the heyday of DVDs and Blu-rays. There are two kinds of Blu-ray discs now, and just looking for the translucent blue packaging isn’t enough. Plenty of TVs, streaming boxes, and…