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Prime Video is one of the world's biggest streaming services. Next to Netflix and HBO Max, it's one that I use almost every day for its huge library of content, but its interface is far from perfect. With so much on offer, one of the best ways to organize it all is through its Watchlist feature, but over time, mine has gotten so bloated it's almost as frustrating flipping through it as it is finding something to watch in the library—until I learned of this simple way of keeping the Watchlist neat and tidy.

Do you keep seeing web pages pop up with a chibi-style drawing of a girl with dog ears and a magnifying glass under the text "Making sure you're not a bot"? After a few seconds, it probably disappears, and you arrive at the web page you were visiting. What's going on?

Are you tired of memorizing dozens of keyboard shortcuts just to be productive? Do you wish there was a faster way to launch apps and execute commands without digging through menus? Let me introduce you to Kando—a gesture-based menu system that might change your entire workflow!

Amazon's Fire TV Stick range has been around for more than a decade and has become a cheap and easy way to add streaming support to your TV. The lineup has become confusing, though, with several models available in various bundles, and not many obvious differences between any of them. Here's how to choose your next Fire TV Stick.

JSON has become a near-ubiquitous data format, used in API responses, save game files, and configuration. But many people feel it can be better, and various attempts have been made to expand or improve it. JSONC is one of those attempts.

With the holiday season sneaking around the corner, Netflix has an exciting lineup of films and shows that will have you hyped up on festive cheer in no time. The streaming platform is not disappointing with its upcoming titles for the end of the year, with highly acclaimed films coming to your screens as the year wraps up.

The Bose SoundLink Micro Bluetooth Speaker (2nd Gen) is a mixed bag. It offers solid highs and lows when you’re directly in front of it, but loses clarity off-axis and distorts past 50% volume. While durable, portable, and supported by useful app customizations, it feels at least $50 overpriced.

With so many components to buy and so much money involved, it is normal to worry about which components to put in your new PC. Here are five things I always consider, and five mistakes you should avoid, when building a new PC.

Photoshop and Illustrator are the graphic-design workhorses of the artistic world, but they're also rather expensive—they cost at least 20 dollars a month, and often times more. However, that doesn't mean you have to pay up to dabble with graphic design. There are some great free options.

The Task Manager is an integral part of the Windows operating system. It is used to manage your startup apps, check what is hogging system resources, and perhaps most commonly, end programs that are malfunctioning. But what happens when even Task Manager malfunctions?

AMD holds a special place in people's hearts. That's largely because the company is perceived as being a more "open" and "consumer-friendly" alternative to NVIDIA and Intel.

Open-source projects are a critical part of every operating system out there, and plenty of software is either open-source or relies on open-source projects to work. But what happens when those projects are compromised by a malicious actor? GitHub is taking steps to prevent just that.

You probably already know that you can use a VPN to circumvent regional blocks on content by making it look like you're in a different country or region, but have you thought about whystreaming services work so hard to prevent this practice? Is it actually illegal?

Italian cars have long carried a reputation for thrilling performance and expensive upkeep. But one sports sedan is rewriting that narrative. It captures the passion, design flair, and dynamic handling Italy is known for while offering ownership costs that won’t break the bank. This blend of beauty, power, and practicality makes it a standout choice for enthusiasts who crave character without the financial sting.

Mini-LED technology is mighty impressive. A good mini-LED can get you a large fraction of the way to OLED image quality, while surpassing older LCD backlight technologies by a large margin.

Microsoft has tested Bluetooth shared audio in Windows 11 for a while, allowing multiple people to listen to a PC with their own pairs of Bluetooth headphones. The feature is now rolling out more widely, but there are still some catches.

The weekend is here, so why not take a few hours and spin up a new Raspberry Pi project? This weekend is full of fun DIY projects from 3D printing servers to home-built security cameras, and even getting a backup server up and running.

Google Drive is one of the most popular services in the world. It has billions of users across almost every country in the world. However, I've decided to replace it with something that is more privacy-focused.

eReaders are particularly great gadgets because they tend to stay perfectly usable for a long time. However, there will eventually come a time when you want to upgrade. So what should you do with the old one? We have some ideas for you.

One thing I love about streaming entertainment is that, unlike the seasons, it never winds down. Our favorite platforms are here to make sure of that.