Amazon Video has quietly evolved from a Prime perk into a premier streaming service. Here are some cool features that culture vultures should check out.
It may have started as an Amazon Prime perk, but with the help of some award-winning content, Amazon’s streaming service is now a true Netflix competitor. With its purchase of MGM, meanwhile, it will acquire a hefty catalog that goes back decades.
Amazon Prime Video is not exactly like other video-streaming services. While it’s available as a standalone service for $8.99 per month, most people likely interact with it as a benefit…
Consumers who tried to buy Nvidia’s latest graphics card at Best Buy stores around the country on Thursday report that each location only had 64 units or fewer in stock.
By Michael Kan
PC users who tried to buy the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Founders Edition in person at Best Buy this week were largely out of luck, as it seems the stores that were part of the sale received only 64 units each.
We saw that play out during a Thursday visit to the Best Buy store in West Los Angeles, which was the only Best Buy in…
Ready to hear what’s in store for iOS 15, macOS, and more? Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) starts June 7. Here’s what we expect to see and how to tune in.
By Michael Muchmore & Chloe Albanesius
It seems like Apple just launched iOS 14, which (finally) embraced widgets and icon-organization features, among other things, making an even stronger competitor to Google’s Android. The tablet-specific iPadOS saw similar big advances.
Though version 15 of both mobile OSes likely won’t be released until the fall, developers will get their first cracks at iOS 15 and iPadOS 15 at next week’s Worldwide…
This weekend has a little something for everyone, from young love to horror sequels to animal-human hybrids.
We’re in the midst of the ever-intensifying streaming wars, and there are too many shows and movies to choose from, spread across too many video-streaming services. So we’re making it easier for you. Each week, the PCMag features team takes turns highlighting the streaming content they’re excited to watch or think you should binge. Fire up your media-streaming device of choice, and get watching.
Sweet Tooth (Netflix)
In Sweet Tooth, some children are born as half-human, half-animal. Naturally, some people don’t like…
Australian and Canadian users get it first.
Twitter Blue, the company’s first subscription offering, is rolling out now in Australia and Canada, where paying customers can finally undo tweets. Yes, that’s right: The microblogging platform is making it easier to revise or remove a message before it goes live.
Made a typo? Forgot to tag someone? Decide a total rewrite is in order? With Undo Tweet, you have up to 30 seconds to revise or cancel a post before it hits your timeline. …
At a Los Angeles Best Buy store, dozens of people slept outside in the hopes of snagging Nvidia’s latest PC graphics card. But many more came away disappointed.
By Michael Kan
How far would you go to buy a new graphics card? Edward Arciga was desperate enough to camp outside the Best Buy in West Los Angeles to try and secure one.
“You gotta make that sacrifice,” he said after spending a cold night outside the store’s entrance, trying to sleep in a foldable chair.
Arciga wasn’t alone. Dozens of other people also camped through the night at the same…
If you need VPN security, but you’re tired of installing one on every device in your home or small office, maybe it’s time to add one to your router. Router VPNs protect any device connecting through them. Here’s how to do it.
By Daniel Brame
These days, you need as much internet security as you can get. From telecommuting to simply watching your favorite show on a smart TV, the average consumer’s attack surface is three to four times the size as when most of us had only one PC. That’s not just a worry, it’s also a chore since…
Something about this massive online knowledge repository is working better than the rest of the internet, and we can learn from it.
By S.C. Stuart
Wikipedia is a fascinating corner of the web—a font of knowledge that leads to expected places. But as any teacher or professor will tell you, it’s not a primary source. Use it as a jumping-off point, but scroll to the bottom and seek out original sources for the “truth.”
Is that fair? Is Wikipedia indeed a repository for half-truths? It’s a topic that Professor Amy Bruckman from the Georgia Institute of Technology’s School of Interactive…
The site grabbed headlines in early May following Trump’s ban from Facebook and Twitter. However, the former president’s blog reportedly attracted relatively few visitors.
By Michael Kan
Donald Trump has reportedly pulled the plug on his blog after a mere month.
The “From the desk of Donald J. Trump” section of his website represented the former president’s attempt to communicate with supporters after he was banned from Facebook and Twitter. But on Wednesday, CNBC reported that the page has been shut down for good.
“It was just auxiliary to the broader efforts we have and are working on,” Jason Miller…
Savings begins at 3 a.m. ET on Monday, June 21 and end at 2:59 a.m. ET on Tuesday, June 23.
Are you hungry for deals? It may seem like the 2020 holiday shopping season just ended, but discount-minded internet users are already on to the next big thing—Amazon Prime Day.
Last year, the COVID-19 pandemic forced Amazon to push its annual shopping holiday from July to October. This year, it returns as a summer-focused sales extravaganza.
When Is Prime Day 2021?
After months of rumors, Amazon today confirmed that Prime Day 2021 is scheduled for June 21–22. Savings begins at 12 a.m…
