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How to stream video to your TV using a VPN
22 Jun

How to stream video to your TV using a VPN

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Thanks to the convoluted nature of geography-based licensing among the major studios, streaming services with international reach can have much more comprehensive selections of TV shows and movies in a different country. That’s why savvy viewers have long used VPNs – virtual private networks – to expand their options. Change your location from the US to the UK and, voila, you suddenly have access to Friends and The Office on Netflix again.That’s great if you’re watching on a phone, tablet or PC, where installing and activating a VPN is as generally as simple as visiting the device’s app store. But…
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Differences of JPG and GIF
22 Jun

Differences of JPG and GIF

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What Are the Differences Between JPG and GIF? JPG (or JPEG - Joint Photographic Experts Group) and GIF (Graphics Interchange Format) are two of the most commonly used image formats, each with its own set of characteristics suited for different applications. JPG - Compression: JPG uses lossy compression, which reduces file size by discarding some image data. This can result in a loss of quality, especially at higher compression levels.- Color Depth: Supports 24-bit color, displaying millions of colors, making it ideal for photographs and detailed images.- File Size: Generally smaller due to lossy compression, which is beneficial for web…
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AI companies are reportedly still scraping websites despite protocols meant to block them
22 Jun

AI companies are reportedly still scraping websites despite protocols meant to block them

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Perplexity, a company that describes its product as "a free AI search engine," has been under fire over the past few days. Shortly after Forbes accused it of stealing its story and republishing it across multiple platforms, Wired reported that Perplexity has been ignoring the Robots Exclusion Protocol, or robots.txt, and has been scraping its website and other Condé Nast publications. Technology website The Shortcut also accused the company of scraping its articles. Now, Reuters has reported that Perplexity isn't the only AI company that's bypassing robots.txt files and scraping websites to get content that's then used to train their…
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The Morning After: How small claims court became Meta’s customer service hotline
22 Jun

The Morning After: How small claims court became Meta’s customer service hotline

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Did you know Meta has a customer services department? If you have a problem with Facebook, Instagram and the rest, you might find it hard to get some of that service. Instead, people have been taking Meta to small claims court to get some kind of response to their complaints. Engadget spoke with five individuals who have sued Meta in small claims court over the last two years. In three cases, the plaintiffs were able to restore access to at least one lost account, but all eventually got the attention of Meta’s legal team.The company has argued that it is…
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Engadget Podcast: Surface Pro and Laptop Copilot+ Q&A
22 Jun

Engadget Podcast: Surface Pro and Laptop Copilot+ Q&A

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It's been a quiet week of news, but we've been feverishly testing Microsoft's new Surface Pro and Surface Laptop Copilot+ AI PCs. In this episode, Devindra and Sam will answer your questions about Microsoft’s new hardware, and we'll deliver some of our first impressions. It turns out Microsoft may have finally gotten Windows on Arm support right! And some of the Copilot+ AI features are actually useful, surprisingly enough. But we'll have to wait a few months to test out the controversial Recall feature, which was pulled from the Copilot+ launch.Listen below or subscribe on your podcast app of choice.…
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Advanced NVM Commands for Efficient Node.js Version Management
22 Jun

Advanced NVM Commands for Efficient Node.js Version Management

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Advanced Installation Commands Install Node.js from Source For developers needing a specific setup or patch: nvm install -s <node_version> Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode Reinstall Packages When Installing a New Version Easily transfer global packages to the newly installed version: nvm install <node_version> --reinstall-packages-from=current Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode Install Multiple Versions Simultaneously Batch install several versions at once: nvm install <node_version_1> <node_version_2> <node_version_3> Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode Efficient Node Version Switching Switching with Environment Variables Automatically switch Node.js versions based on your project’s configuration: export NVM_DIR="$HOME/.nvm" [ -s "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" ] && . "$NVM_DIR/nvm.sh" # This…
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What will it take for smart glasses to replace smartphones?
22 Jun

What will it take for smart glasses to replace smartphones?

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This article is an installment of Future Explored, a weekly guide to world-changing technology. You can get stories like this one straight to your inbox every Saturday morning by subscribing here.It’s 2030. You wake up, and instead of reaching for your phone, you pop on a pair of sleek smart glasses. Throughout the day, you converse with a powerful AI assistant that uses the specs to pepper your view with useful information, seamlessly merging your physical and digital worlds. The smart glasses era In the 1990s, mobile phones could make calls or text, and PCs (with a modem) could send email, surf the…
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A four-pack of Apple AirTags has dropped to $80
22 Jun

A four-pack of Apple AirTags has dropped to $80

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The Apple AirTag is our pick for the best Bluetooth tracker for iPhone users and there’s some good news if you’ve been waiting for a solid deal before picking up a few of them. A four-pack of AirTags is currently on sale. You can snap up the bundle for $80. That’s a discount of $19 and it’s just $5 or so more than the lowest price we’ve ever seen for the four-pack.AppleThe Apple AirTag is our favorite Bluetooth tracker for iPhones, and now there's a solid deal on a four-pack. $80 at AmazonOne great thing about AirTags is that they’re…
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The best budget earbuds around are on sale for $49
22 Jun

The best budget earbuds around are on sale for $49

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makes our pick for the in the form of the Soundcore Space A40. That model is now an even more enticing proposition, as has it dropped to an all-time-low price. You can pick up the now for $40. The earbuds usually cost $80, so you're saving $31.AnkerOur favorite budget earbuds are now even more enticing as they've dropped to their lowest price ever. $49 at AmazonGiven that the Space A40 boasts features you'd find in earbuds that are twice as expensive, we already felt that they offered great value, so this is a pretty solid deal. The earbuds are light,…
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