Wired

JUNE 25, 2025

It can also make your games or movies look much, much nicer (or much worse). 34-inch : Curved, ultrawide monitors with a 21:9 aspect ratio and 34-inch screen size used to be odd, but these days, they've become an alternative to using two 27-inch screens. Specs Size: 28.2-inch

Rate

Wired

JULY 20, 2025

The current Octa-core processor is plenty fast enough for everyday tasks like web browsing and watching movies, and the 3-GB of RAM helps in browsing the web with many tabs. On this smaller model, pixels are often still visible and movies often feel flat.

Test

Wired

JUNE 9, 2025

Did Apple software SVP Craig Federighi wear a blue shirt and do some silly action movie stunts? But Apple wants to change that, adding features that let you sync your view with another person to share a movie or some other VR experience. He sure did. Did Apple announce a bunch of updates to things that have been done elsewhere?

Widget

Wired

JUNE 13, 2025

The flexibility of positions makes them great for everything from signing documents to streaming TV shows and movies—all with the ability to go right back to a standard laptop orientation when it’s time to do some work. Still, it’s a nice alternative to the Surface Pro if you’re dead set on the style.

Laptop

Wired

JUNE 18, 2025

They were chunky and heavy, were light on features, and made wearers look like cyborg extras from a sci-fi B-movie. Alternatively, that also might mean it's better to wait and watch the space play out in the rest of 2025 to see if there's a clear winner. The first pair I tried from Vuzix made me question the entire category.

Test

Wired

JUNE 11, 2025

Read more Senior Writer X Topics Intellectual Property hollywood Copyright artificial intelligence Disney Media Read More A Deep Learning Alternative Can Help AI Agents Gameplay the Real World A new machine learning approach tries to better emulate the human brain, in hopes of creating more capable agentic AI. She is based in.

Copyright

Wired

JULY 10, 2025

Microsoft Surface Laptop Copilot+ PC (7th Edition, 2024) Walmart Best Buy The Microsoft Surface Laptop 7th Edition (7/10, WIRED Recommends) might just be the MacBook Air alternative you seek. Everything you need for streaming movies and TV shows.

Amazon

Wired

JULY 3, 2025

It's light on movies, though there are highlights, like Killers of the Flower Moon , Wolfwalkers , and Finch. There are several alternative cloud storage services that work well with Apple devices, but iCloud is tightly integrated. You can upgrade to iCloud+ to get 50 GB, 200 GB, or 2 TB, and each option supports family sharing.

Service

Wired

JULY 6, 2025

mm port to share sound (perfect for watching movies on road trips). mm audio port allows for plugging in, and we love that you can also use it to link two pairs of Buddyphones and share audio (handy if your kids are sharing a tablet to watch a movie). Although wireless, you get a 3.5-mm You can plug another pair into the 3.5-mm

Sound

Wired

JULY 10, 2025

A true iPad Pro alternative for Windows users. After you get done watching movies, thumbing through your social feeds, and messing around with Garageband. Roku 4K Streaming Stick for $34 ($15 off) Walmart The Roku 4K streaming stick is the best way to watch the latest shows and movies on your TV. ASUS CX15 15.6-inch Not anymore.

Laptop

Wired

JULY 11, 2025

A true iPad Pro alternative for Windows users. After you get done watching movies, thumbing through your social feeds, and messing around with Garageband. Roku 4K Streaming Stick for $34 ($15 off) Walmart The Roku 4K streaming stick is the best way to watch the latest shows and movies on your TV. ASUS CX15 15.6-inch

Flash

Mashable Tech

JULY 21, 2025

A bright spot for most of us is sitting down to stream our favorite shows and movies. We’re talking watching every Lord of the Rings movie on a 120-inch display. Does it get any better than a summer movie night? Sometimes the perfect weekend is simply booting up Disney+ and tuning into the classics while relaxing.

Movie

Wired

JULY 11, 2025

Fire Devices Our Favorite Budget Tablet for Kids Photograph: Amazon Fire HD 10 Pro Kids $190 $105 (45% off) Amazon If you're not looking to go all out on Apple's iPad for your rambunctious youngster, this Fire TV tablet is a great budget alternative—especially on a hot sale.

Amazon

Wired

JULY 6, 2025

For a relatively small up-front fee you get free, high-quality digital broadcasts like local and national news, sports, movies, and tons of TV shows from past and present. As noted above, your first step is to check for what's available in your area with a site like AntennaWeb. Subscribe Today.

Broadcast

Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2022

Although this appears at first glance to be beyond reach in a virtual setting, consider breaking down each aspect one by one to consider online alternatives. A food-related event usually entails a few individuals sitting around and eating a meal served on-site at the location. 9) Movie screenings. 2) Luncheons/dinners.

Virtual

The Verge

APRIL 25, 2021

Cinemas weren’t where most people saw newly-released movies. This year’s Oscars are happening later in the year than usual, apparently to make room for more movies , since the pandemic dried up the release schedule. In addition, this year’s ceremony marks the first time that some streaming-only movies will qualify for an Oscar award.

Award

Engadget

JULY 10, 2025

It's a great budget alternative to the also single-sided Samsung 990 Pro (see below). Kingston Fury Renegade for $420 ($210 off): Although it sounds like a Jamaican kung fu movie we'd watch the hell out of, the Kingston Fury Renegade is actually a 5th-gen NVMe SSD that can reach hardcore read speeds of up to 14,800 MB/s.

Amazon

The Next Web

NOVEMBER 2, 2013

Alternatively, if you do find something you want to devote more time to reading later, there are always apps like Pocket and Instapaper. This could mean booking a cheaper flight, using sites like Kayak , so you can finally go on vacation or finding a low-cost concert ticket. It cuts normal tasks in half.

Life

The Verge

APRIL 7, 2021

support in compatible motherboards is cheaper than ever at B&H Photo and the company’s own site. Through April 12th, the service Movies Anywhere is offering a promotion that’ll net you a free movie when you purchase one. Still, a free movie is a free movie. Western Digital’s 1TB NVMe M.2 2 SSD with PCIe 4.0

Photo

Wired

JULY 10, 2025

Fire Devices Our Favorite Budget Tablet for Kids Photograph: Amazon Fire HD 10 Pro Kids $190 $105 (45% off) Amazon If you're not looking to go all out on Apple's iPad for your rambunctious youngster, this Fire TV tablet is a great budget alternative—especially on a hot sale.

Amazon

Wired

JULY 11, 2025

Microsoft Surface Laptop Copilot+ PC (7th Edition, 2024) for $1,030 ($370 off) Walmart Best Buy The Microsoft Surface Laptop 7th Edition (7/10, WIRED Recommends) might just be the MacBook Air alternative you seek. Everything you need for streaming movies and TV shows.

Amazon

Robert Weiner

APRIL 19, 2009

Google Talk — An alternative to Skype, but only for 1 to 1 calls: [link]. Other products mentioned by participants in the discussion: John Elbare recommended: Wink -– Free program for creating flash movies out of screen shots: [link]. PHP and MySQL -– Really good open source code for building dynamic web sites: [link] and [link].

Software

Engadget

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Monthly Price When I started testing these cord-cutting alternatives, I was struck by the price difference between live TV and a standard video streaming app. While all of these alternatives may not cover as much ground as live TV streamers, they could end up being cheaper avenues to the sports you want.

Stream

The Verge

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Its tagline was “The One Token That Rules Them All,” its website featured Tolkien-esque imagery of rolling hills and wizards, and there was even a promotional video featuring an actor from the movies making Hobbit puns and claiming that the token was going “to the moon.” Neither site contains information about the token anymore.).

Websites

ZDnet

JULY 22, 2025

We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or service, we may earn affiliate commissions. Written by Jada Jones, Editor Editor July 22, 2025 at 6:26 p.m.

Alternative

The Verge

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Since I last tested browsers, Firefox has moved its tab switcher to the bottom, too, and it offers tab syncing from mobile to desktop, so it might also be a great alternative to your phone’s built-in, hard-to-handle browser.). The app can also recommend shows and movies currently available on the services to which you subscribe.

Phone

The Verge

JULY 1, 2020

Here are several apps you can use to host movie nights with friends online, along with step-by-step instructions on how to start watching. By clicking on the icon, you can change it (there are a few alternatives) as well as your nickname. Select a show or movie and click on the play button to start watching. Amazon Watch Party.

Video

The Verge

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

In 1998, Amazon bought the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) for approximately $55 million, in the company’s first major acquisition. In 2000, Amazon opened the Amazon Marketplace, which let others sell products on its site. The company that started selling physical books on a digital site now sold physical devices to read digital books.

Internet

Whole Whale

APRIL 14, 2022

You can use a Facebook event, Eventbrite or a simple campaign site like splashthat. We love the New York Public Library’s Anti-Proms , which provide an alternative, safe space regardless of sexuality, gender identity, and any other reason for NYC teens. Movies for Impact. Canva is a great tool for designing images.

Ideas

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 6, 2008

I look forward to the growth of this community, and the ongoing development of the MPower solution as an open source alternative CRM for nonprofit organizations. “If we build it they will come&# only works in the movies. { “If we build it they will come&# only works in the movies. { Thanks for a great site!!

Open

The Verge

JANUARY 9, 2021

There are other, less costly alternatives, like Anker’s 10-foot USB-C to USB Type-A 3.0 If you’re using a Windows PC, you will need to install ADB drivers to let your PC write to the headset; according to the Oculus site, macOS and Linux systems don’t need a driver. cable , which costs about $20 and gets the job done.

Game

Mashable Tech

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Get Deal "The Lenovo Tab Plus is a purpose-built Android tablet for media consumption that delivers rich audio, above-average battery life, and good performance at a reasonable price," our sister site PCMag writes in their review. inch body, making any movie, music, or YouTube clip you're consuming that much better. at Amazon $304.99

Amazon

Neon CRM

OCTOBER 13, 2023

You can find local comedians on entertainer-sourcing sites like GigSalad or The Bash, or you can ask for help from local comedy clubs. Alternately, you can sponsor a trip to a local pumpkin patch with entry fees going towards your nonprofit. A local movie theater may be willing to host a special viewing of a family-friendly film.

Ideas

Qgiv

JANUARY 4, 2022

Rather than asking people to donate material items directly to your organization, you can create a public wish list on an e-commerce site like Amazon where your donors can buy items you need directly online. Alternatively, arrange pickup times and locations where participants can safely retrieve their wine and cheese before the event.

Ideas

The Verge

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

There are options for text to speech, colorblind modes, alternative inputs, aim assistance, and multiple difficulty settings. Streaming platforms are slowly adding audio descriptions to more movies and shows. The shift toward accessibility is particularly tangible in games.

Game

Connection Cafe

APRIL 27, 2010

In short, Facebook is making it easier than ever to connect your online social connections across the entire web, partnering with sites like Yelp and Pandora to start, to make web interactions inherently social. American Cancer Society’s More Birthday’s web site. Nebraska Humane Society’s Adoptable Dogs Page.

Facebook

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 9, 2018

Ads for terms like ‘movies’ or ‘children’ are common in accounts looking for broad awareness,” Michelle pointed out. At Whole Whale, we’ve driven over 6 million site visits to our nonprofit clients’ websites this way. But these rarely result in good connections made between people and nonprofits.” The net effects of the current U.S.

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