Four Tools to Find Out Which Streaming Platforms You Should Use

Digital media piracy is back on the rise, and it’s not hard to figure out why. If you want to watch a TV show or movie online, you now have to hunt through an increasingly ridiculous number of streaming platforms to figure out where it’s available, sign up for that platform if you haven’t already, and add another number to your monthly streaming bill. When torrenting is easier than paying, well, water flows downhill. Let’s say you want to stay on the up-and-up, though, and are hoping to subscribe to three or four streaming platforms that can cover 80 to 100… Read more

How Amazon Alexa Isolates Wake Words

When some people heard that employees of Amazon listen to what is recorded on Alexa, they assumed they can hear everything going on in their homes. This is not true. Alexa cannot record without using a wake word. The Amazon Echo and other voice assistants that use wake words are only able to record any voice commands made after the wake word. In Amazon’s case, that word is Alexa. But how does the device recognize the word Alexa amid the other voices and background noises in our homes? Related: How to Use Amazon Alexa Devices as an Intercom … Read more

Wyze cams, Julie’s favorite gear list, Huel meal replacement shakes, and more – Review updates

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BraZen Panther Elite 2.1 Gaming Chair Review and Giveaway

I’m someone who likes to really feel the difference between a gaming chair and an office chair. With the latter, I want to be upright, attentive, and in such a position that everything from my lumbar to my arms is perfectly supported. When I’m in a gaming chair, I want to relax – slouching back nice and low with a gamepad in my hands and a sense of immersion through sound and subtle vibrations. So the Brazen Panther gaming chair is right up my alley. Designed for gamepad-wielding console or PC gamers rather than keyboard-and-mouse, it’s a real kicker-backer. It’s easy… Read more

What Is /dev/null in Linux?

In technical terms, “/dev/null” is a virtual device file. As far as programs are concerned, these are treated just like real files. Utilities can request data from this kind of source, and the operating system feeds them data. But, instead of reading from disk, the operating system generates this data dynamically. An example of such a file is “/dev/zero.” In this case, however, you will write to a device file. Whatever you write to “/dev/null” is discarded, forgotten, thrown into the void. To understand why this is useful, you must first have a basic understanding of standard output and standard error… Read more