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Roku’s just-announced streaming sticks are a low-cost way to turn any TV into a smart streamer. The Roku Streaming Stick and Streaming Stick Plus Take Power From Your TV Roku The highlight of Roku’s announcements were the Streaming Stick and Streaming Stick Plus. Both sticks are 35 percent smaller than other devices on the market. They are designed to be power efficient and can be powered directly from your TV’s HDMI port. That helps eliminate a hanging power cord, especially a problem with a mounted TV. The smaller footprint will also not block neighboring HDMI ports. With the small design…

Warner Bros Discovery has decided to crack down on people sharing a Max password across multiple households. From now on, anyone doing so will need to sign up for their own Extra Member Add-On. And that, unfortunately but entirely predictably, will cost the account holder cold hard cash. In a press release, Warner Bros Discovery spells out exactly what the Extra Member Add-On means for users. But in a nutshell, the primary Max account holder will now be able to invite a friend or family member living outside their household to create a separate, standalone account. And this will cost…

An OpenAI executive has testified that, if Google is forced to sell its Chrome browser, it would be the first in line to buy. Google is in the midst of a monopoly investigation regarding its enormous hold on tech—but selling Google Chrome to OpenAI would be even worse. Why Would Google Have to Sell Chrome? In short, Google’s antitrust trial is moving toward the reparations and punishment phase, and there is a strong belief that Google Chrome is on the table. Now, the Department of Justice hasn’t made any punishment level clear, but being forced to sell Chrome would definitely…

All our picks from the platform that brings Disney, Marvel, Star Wars and more to your living room The House of Mouse entered the streaming space five years ago and since then it hasn’t messed about. Disney+ is now a major streaming service with over 150 million users and plenty of stuff for those subscribers to get their teeth into – including loads of glorious Ultra HD content for 4K TV owners. Despite being a relative TV-on-demand newbie compared to Netflix and Prime Video, Disney+ is crammed with great entertainment, from animated classics to Pixar, Star Wars and the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Disney’s…

ChatGPT’s memory is getting smarter—and that might be a problem. It’s easy to forget how much we’ve told it: goals, fears, frustrations. Unlike a human, it doesn’t forget or forgive unless you make it. But there are ways to stay in control. 6 Archiving and Deleting Only Hides the Conversation You can archive a conversation to remove it from the sidebar clutter. Archiving doesn’t remove anything from ChatGPT’s actual memory. You’ll find your archived chats under Settings > General > Archived chats. If your goal is to hide a conversation from ChatGPT’s long-term mind, archiving is just window dressing. Even…

Do you always say “Please” and “Thank you” when conversing with artificial intelligence chatbots? It turns out that that simple act of politeness is expensive, but it may prove to be money well spent in the future. Politeness Is Costing OpenAI Millions of Dollars Human society only functions because the majority of people are polite and respectful to each other. But should that politeness and respectfulness extend to artificial intelligence? While we have programmed AI to be polite to us, should we be polite to AI in return? This is a question that has been brought into sharp focus by…

Finding the best gaming laptop to buy can be tricky. Do you want something not too expensive? Something on the slimmer side? Or do you want out-and-out gaming performance under the hood? From budget power performers to hardcore hardware, there’s a bewildering choice of the best laptops out there for serious gamers who need plenty of GPU horsepower. Whatever you need, we’ve rounded up some of our favourite gaming laptops of the moment. There’s plenty of power for hardcore gamers out there and they’re all (reasonably) portable. If you’re looking for a laptop to work on and watch the occasional…

What even is a field watch? Unlike most types of watch, this one cannot be easily and definitely described in a sentence, or with a set of specifications. Instead, it’s best to think of a field watch as one not worn “in the field” as such, but one that would look at home on the wrist of a soldier or pilot. Field watches therefore tend to have a vintage aesthetic, complete with smaller case diameters (meaning sub-40 mm), colourways often featuring brown or green, and sometimes even details that give them a faux patina. They also have simple, high-contrast dials with…

Viral videos aren’t just about laughs. They shape our social culture and often spill over into news and real life. But to see the best viral videos from around the web, you need to cover all the sites, from YouTube to TikTok and more. To discover what’s truly viral, start here. Of course, YouTube is the world’s largest video platform. But the YouTube Charts page is the pulse of what’s viral in the music world. This section highlights the most-watched and fastest-rising music videos and the artists behind them. The Charts update in real-time, so you’ll always find the latest…

From in-ears to over-ears, closed-back and open-back and noise-cancelling, there are plenty of wired headphones options out there. They’re ideal if you’d rather have the reliable, charge-free, and tactile experience of a cable-toting pair of cans or buds. While Bluetooth headphones have become the norm, audiophiles and people who’d rather not have to deal with charging another gadget still flock to wired headphones to get their audio fix. With so many different options available, choosing the right ones for you can be tricky. That’s why we’ve rounded up our top pick of the best wired headphones, to help make your…