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Oct 11, 202698 views4 min read

Kodi Finally Runs Natively on Windows ARM Laptops - Kodi 22 RC1 Is Out

Kodi finally runs natively on Windows ARM laptops - here is what Kodi 22 RC1 changes and whether to try it yet.

Oct 10, 20263 min read

MPC-HC 2.8.3 Gets a Windows 11 Makeover - Here's How to Turn It On

Oct 9, 20264 min read

JPEG XL Is Back in Chrome: What It Means and How to Open JXL Files

Oct 9, 20265 min read

Free AI-Built Photoshop and Premiere Alternatives: What Early Testers Found

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Oct 8, 2026802 views6 min read

Free USA IPTV Playlist: The American TV That Is Really Free

The American channels that really are free - news, FAST and sports - as M3U links checked this month, plus why ESPN is never on a free list.

Oct 7, 2026583 views5 min read

Windows 11 26H2: What's Really New and How to Check You Have It

Windows 11 26H2 is mostly a switch, not a new Windows - here is what it turns on and how to check you have it.

Oct 6, 2026360 views4 min read

ChatGPT Is Now Watermarking Its Text in Europe - Here's What That Means for You

ChatGPT text in Europe now carries an invisible watermark - here is how it works and how to check AI content yourself.

Oct 5, 2026445 views4 min read

Windows 11 Will Use Less RAM - What It Means for Your 8GB PC

Microsoft is putting Windows 11 on a memory diet for 8GB PCs - here is what changes and what you can do today.

Oct 5, 2026676 views3 min read

Google Freezes Its Open Source Bug Bounty After a Flood of Junk AI Reports

Google has frozen part of its open source bug bounty after AI tools buried its engineers in fake reports - what changed and why FFmpeg saw it coming.

Oct 4, 20261,058 views6 min read

Steam's New Pyrowave Codec Cuts Remote Play Lag - Here's the Catch

Steam's Pyrowave codec trades huge bandwidth for near-zero Remote Play lag - now updated with the 1 October beta, its 1 Gbit/s limit and the bitrate reset.

Oct 4, 2026632 views4 min read

Windows 11 Update KB5124010 Breaks Dolby Digital Audio - Here's the Fix

Microsoft confirms KB5124010 crashes apps that play Dolby Digital audio on Windows 11, and here is the free way around it.

Oct 4, 20266,825 views4 min read

Is Xvid Still Relevant in 2026? The Codec That Refuses to Die

Xvid at 25: why the old AVI codec still turns up in 2026, how it stacks up against H.264, HEVC and AV1, and whether to keep or convert your files.

Oct 3, 2026451 views3 min read

Fake Blu-ray Drives Are Fooling PS3 Emulation Fans - How to Spot One

The RPCS3 team warns that counterfeit Blu-ray drives sold online cannot read PS3 discs, and shows how to check yours before the return window closes.

Oct 3, 20268,006 views4 min read

Is DivX Still Worth Using in 2026?

DivX in 2026, honestly: still good for old AVI and DivX files, no longer the right tool for new video, TV streaming or HEVC on a Mac.

Oct 2, 202614,719 views4 min read

Suno Speech Beta: AI Voiceovers With Music and Download Caps

Suno's new Speech beta reads your script over original music - here is how it works and how many clips each plan lets you download.

Oct 2, 2026798 views4 min read

Amazon's Kindle Click Brings Page-Turn Buttons Back - Here's Which Kindles It Works With

Amazon's new Kindle Click remote and Page-Turn Cover bring physical buttons back - here is what they cost and which Kindles they work with.

Oct 1, 2026485 views4 min read

DivX 11.16 Drops Media Server - How to Keep Streaming Your Videos to the TV

DivX 11.16 removes Media Server and with it casting to smart TVs, consoles and Chromecast - here are the free ways to keep streaming.

Oct 1, 2026487 views3 min read

The CD Turns 44: Sony's $3,700 First Player, and How to Rip Your CDs for Free Today

Sony's first CD player turns 44 - how the disc led to MP3 and LAME, and the free tools that rip your CDs today.

Oct 1, 2026503 views3 min read

DivX for Mac Still Can't Play HEVC - What Mac Users Can Use Instead

DivX 11.16 for Mac still can't open HEVC video or HEIC photos, nearly two years on - and the free Mac players that can.

Oct 1, 20262,626 views5 min read

The New Fire TV Stick 4K Can't Run Kodi - Here's Which Fire Stick Still Can

Amazon's $60 Fire TV Stick 4K runs Vega OS, so Kodi, TiviMate and other sideloaded apps won't install. See what it plays and which Fire Stick still sideloads.