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If you're setting up a new home theatre, you may be confused between two streaming devices -- the Apple TV 4K and Nvidia Shield. Here's which one to get.

Got an ancient laptop or desktop lying around? With just a bit of extra effort, you can transform an old gaming PC into an ...

I turned a forgotten laptop into a full media server—no money, no pain.

Roku gathers a wide range of information from your device, including search history, voice inputs, channel usage, ad interactions, and personal preferences, and it shares some of this data with ...

Hytale is at its best when you’re playing with friends, but setting up a server isn’t always straightforward. Whether you want a quick private world, a 24/7 dedicated server, or a public community ...

Plex, a famous way for dads to show off their (okay, our) movie and TV hoarding acumen just got incrementally less useful for certain users. The Roku free-for-all is officially over, and more pain is ...

The Plex personal media server had long allowed remote streaming for free users. The company announced back in March that this would in future require a paid Plex Pass subscription, which was set to ...

Mark has almost a decade of experience reporting on mobile technology, working previously with Digital Trends. Taking a less-than-direct route to technology writing, Mark began his Android journey ...

Have you ever looked at an old MacBook gathering dust on a shelf and wondered if it could still serve a purpose? While it might seem like yesterday’s tech, that aging device is far from obsolete. In ...

This guide will walk you through a precise method to configure email alerts that trigger only when a specific Windows Service changes state. By combining the filtering capabilities of Windows Event ...

We recently received a report via our bug bounty program that there was a potential security issue affecting Plex Media Server versions 1.41.7.x to 1.42.0.x. Thanks to that user, we were able to ...