Streaming Prime Video With Ads Is Light Work

From CNET: Amazon first started including Prime Video as a Prime membership benefit back in 2011. Over the years, its video-on-demand service became easily accessible on smart TVs and Fire TV and other streaming devices, with the added perk of being an ad-free streaming platform. You can stream...

Your latest Nvidia driver is hiding an HDR surprise

From PC World: High dynamic range can add a new dimension of color and immersion to PC gaming, but only if both the hardware and software actually support it. The latter is becoming a lot more common — even budget monitors and graphics cards can support HDR out of the box. But if you’re playing an...

YouTube is experimenting with red, blue, and green video feeds

From The Verge: YouTube is testing a new feature that allows users to filter videos on their home feed by color, creating a more visually cohesive and pleasing experience when browsing. 9to5Google and users on Lemmy have reported seeing a new prompt window appear on the YouTube mobile app, asking...

Palit made a silent, passive-cooled version of the RTX 3050 6GB GPU

From PC World: It doesn’t use a 25-pound block of solid copper, but a variant of the brand new 6GB version of Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 3050 budget card can make do without an active cooling system just the same. Palit has just revealed the custom “KalmX” version of the card, preserving the same specs as...

Some Older Unlimited Wireless Plans Will Get a Price Hike Next Month

From CNET: Verizon customers with 5G Get More, 5G Play More, 5G Do More and 5G Start unlimited mobile plans will soon be seeing bigger bills. The mobile carrier has confirmed to CNET that it will be increasing the cost of those plans by $4, starting March 1.

"Starting March 1, Verizon customers on...

Nvidia’s $169 GeForce RTX 3050 6GB might be the new budget GPU king

From PC World: Graphics cards are too expensive. I don’t think anyone would seriously disagree with me there — to get the same level of performance relative to where the industry was ten years ago, you’re looking at $100-300 more for a GPU. Options are particularly anemic under the $200 level, with...

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