Author: Press Room
Black Mirror is one of the premier sci-fi series on TV, and has been for a long time. Each episode tells a standalone story about technology, which has changed a lot in the 14 years since the show first premiered on Netflix in 2011; Black Mirror never lacks for new material. That said, as many great episodes of Black Mirror as there are, mileage can vary. For every “San Junipero,” there’s a “Waldo Moment.” For every “USS Callister,” there’s a “Mazey Day.” But Black Mirror isn’t the only place you can get your fix for smart, edgy sci-fi. Devs What…
I will admit that I’m something of a sports nerd, especially when it comes to my home state’s teams (it’s so nice to have a good Detroit Lions team after so many years of suffering). So, naturally, I’m also a fan of sports movies, especially the ones that try and do something unique with the concept rather than just following the conventional clichés of the genre. But that’s just my own tastes, which aren’t exactly universal. Sometimes I like to recommend sports films to my friends who aren’t exactly fans of any particular sport (most of my friends, then). This…
You don’t always need to pay $15 a month to stream quality content on your TV or computer. There are plenty of free streaming services that offer older shows and movies to anybody with an Internet connection. These are easy to use and simple to scroll through. Newer offerings like Scholastic give educational programming a new life, and early-to-mid-1990s shows are revived. Options like Pluto TV and Tubi have free ad-supported streaming television, or FAST channels, which are designed to look like real TV stations but are focused by genre, so they only play crime movies or they only play…
While Spotify is certainly one of the best music streaming services available today, that doesn’t mean it’s without its frustrations. Although the list of issues the streaming giant needs to fix is rather long, one of the biggest finally got the fix it needed with the latest update. Spotify launches a new shuffle that plays fewer repeats As announced via a post on Spotify’s For the Record blog, the company has been making improvements to its Shuffle feature, which lets listeners play songs in a random order rather than following a set playlist sequence. In 2023, Spotify launched Smart Shuffle.…
November 2025 came with some wonderful news: Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz are in talks to star in a new Mummy movie, over 25 years after the first action-adventure film came out in 1999. Normally, whenever Hollywood tries to revive a long-dormant franchise, I’m torn between rolling my eyes at the shameless nostalgia-baiting and excitement for all the people who still fondly remember the original. However, the new Scream movies have been pretty good and packed folks into theaters, so why not The Mummy? Actually, that’s a pretty huge reason I’m actually excited for The Mummy reboot. The production company…
Many computer operating systems have built-in programs created by the manufacturer that can handle specific tasks. But there are other apps that you can use that will handle all kinds of files at once. One such app is VLC, the open-source media player that supports a huge number of file types. You can look at videos and pictures, listen to music files, and even stream videos. It’s a popular media player for all kinds of computers. However, I was getting sick of VLC freezing all the time, and eventually, stumbled upon Kodi—and I haven’t looked back. Kodi can handle tons…
Most music players perform the same basic functions, and for many people, that list won’t extend much beyond what we have in our top offline music player apps for Android. They show your albums, let you make playlists, and play your songs in the background while you do something else. After a while, it starts to feel like there isn’t much to think about. You can simply pick whichever option came with your phone or the one with the nicest icon and move on with your day. But every now and then, you stumble on an app that makes you…
Although you’d think that horror movies are something people save for Halloween, they’re actually an evergreen genre. No matter the time of year, no matter where people are in the world, no matter how old, folks always want to be scared. And in recent years, Hollywood seems to be catching on to that in a big way. Not only have there been more horror movies coming out, but more of them have been good, and audiences have responded by turning out in droves. Superhero movies aren’t the reliable cash cow they once were, but it’s looking like horror films could…
Like most people, I welcomed the new TV-on-demand revolution with open arms. With unbridled enthusiasm, I found myself subscribing to streaming platforms as if I were collecting Pokémon. Before long, my homescreen resembled a digital buffet serving Netflix, Disney+, Prime Video, Apple TV+, and more. Eventually, I realized that I was spending far too much time flicking between streaming services and scrolling menus without finding anything appealing that I hadn’t already seen. It reached the point where, on balance, it simply wasn’t worth the monthly service charges. It was time for a radical change, and I set about canceling my…
I’ve waded through viral threads in search of the Holy Grail of prompts. And I’ve learned one big truth: there’s no single perfect prompt that works for every situation. I also realized how tough it is to remember every prompt we come across. Yes, different ChatGPT prompt frameworks can help get that perfect answer, but it still means I have to reinvent the wheel every time I open ChatGPT. After plenty of experimentation, I came back to the basics of prompting with a flexible “meta prompt.” With this fundamental framework, I can start a chat with any AI chatbot and…