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2025's Top Fire TV VPNs: Balancing Speed, Security & Streaming Access

2025's Top Fire TV VPNs: Balancing Speed, Security & Streaming Access

ZDNET's rigorous testing reveals the top VPN contenders optimized for Amazon Fire TV Sticks. ExpressVPN leads with exceptional speed and reliability, while Surfshark offers unbeatable value, and NordVPN impresses with minimal latency. Discover which service best unlocks geo-restricted content without compromising your privacy or streaming quality.
Panasonic's W70B TV: Featherweight Design Can't Lift Subpar Performance

Panasonic's W70B TV: Featherweight Design Can't Lift Subpar Performance

ZDNET's hands-on review reveals Panasonic's budget W70B Fire TV delivers extreme portability at the cost of sluggish performance and disappointing image quality. While its remarkably lightweight frame stands out, slow boot times, poor upscaling, and limited brightness make it hard to recommend against competitors.
HPET vs. TSC: How Linux's Clock Source Choice Can Slash Redis Performance

HPET vs. TSC: How Linux's Clock Source Choice Can Slash Redis Performance

Identical servers running Redis showed puzzling latency spikes and CPU overloads, all traced to Linux's clocksource settings. This deep dive reveals why HPET is a silent killer for high-throughput workloads and provides actionable fixes to lock in TSC for optimal performance.
AI-Powered PostgreSQL Debugging: Automating Rails Performance Tuning with LLMs

AI-Powered PostgreSQL Debugging: Automating Rails Performance Tuning with LLMs

Discover how a new open-source gem integrates LLMs with PostgreSQL metadata to automate performance diagnostics in Rails applications. We explore the technical implementation via Slack bots and n8n workflows, while addressing critical security implications of connecting AI to production databases.