Photo by Selcuk Acar / Anadolu via Getty Images Automatic emergency braking (AEB) isn’t perfect, but the technology is improving, according to a recent study conducted by AAA. The research comes on the heels of a new federal rule requiring all vehicles to have the most robust version of AEB by 2029.AAA wanted to see how newer vehicles with AEB fared compared to older models with the technology. AEB uses forward-facing cameras and other sensors to automatically tell the car to apply the brakes when a crash is imminent. And according to the test results, newer versions of AEB are much better at preventing forward collisions than older versions of the tech. The motorist group conducted its test on a private closed course using older (2017–2018) and newer versions (2024) of the same... Continue reading…

Thanks to Google's partnerships with services like Steam, Xbox Cloud Gaming, and Nvidia GeForce Now, you can enjoy AAA game titles on the latest Chromebooks and ChromeOS tablets. Although it's not possible to play every game locally on your Chromebook, if you have a fast and reliable internet connection, you can play just about anything over a game streaming service.

If youve ever wished you could display your digital artwork and photos in style but didnt want to spend hundreds or even thousands of dollars on a digital frame, there is another way to fulfill that wish. If youve got the DIY skills, you can build your own digital photo frame powered by Raspberry Pi. Heres how you can make that happen.

Image: Scout Motors This is how you revive an iconic brand. Continue reading…

Virtualization serves as the crux of pretty much every home lab project, be it running an instance of macOS on top of your favorite hypervisor or testing new Linux distros for your self-hosting needs. However, nested virtualization dials the whole running-a-PC-inside-a-PC shtick to an eleven, as it lets you turn virtual machines into hubs capable of deploying their own VMs.

Vivaldi, a productivity-focused browser, has just received its "biggest update to date" on desktop devices. The new VIvaldi comes with a fresh new look along with some new features, most notably, the Dashboard, a convergence spot for the content that's most relevant to you.

You made the right choice and decided to go your own way, skipped buying a pre-built NAS and opted to build your own with the incredibly flexible Unraid operating system. Unraid provides an extremely easy setup, along with the ability to mix and match hardware, which suits hobbyists perfectly. Due to Unraid allowing such flexibility with expansion of storage and other hardware, over time you will find that your simple set up slowly begins to get more complex.

Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge Apple is inviting investigations into the Private Cloud Compute (PCC) system that powers more computationally intensive Apple Intelligence requests. The company is also expanding its bug bounty program to offer payouts of up to $1,000,000 for people who discover PCC vulnerabilities. The company has boasted about how many AI features (branded as Apple Intelligence) will run on-device without leaving your Mac, iPhone, or other Apple hardware. Still, for more difficult requests, it will send them to PCC servers that are built using Apple Silicon and a new operating system.Many AI applications from other companies also rely on servers to complete more difficult requests. Still, users don’t have much line of sight into how secure those... Continue reading…

Image: Notion After taking on calendar apps earlier this year, Notion is ready to tackle emails with a fully customizable app launching next year. Much like Notion’s other tools, the company says Mail will “distill email down to its building blocks,” allowing you to create an inbox with views, layouts, and actions tailored to your preferences.You can also use Notion AI to automatically organize, archive, or draft emails based on a prompt. Its AI can schedule meetings for you through integration with Notion’s Calendar app, as well as help you quickly write personalized emails using “one-click snippets.” The Mail app bears some resemblance to Skiff, the secure email service Notion acquired in February. GIF: Notion Notion plans on... Continue reading…

Image: Blizzard Blizzard is bringing back 6v6 matches in testing for Overwatch 2 when it launches its next season in December. The company had previously switched the series to a 5v5 format, and Blizzard is now trying these tests to find how it can “make the core game even stronger” through a balanced new version of the classic 6v6 mode that lets each team have multiple tank characters once again.Game director Aaron Keller says Blizzard knows the 5v5 format appealed to and brought in a new group of players, and developers are hoping to repeat that success with the addition of 6v6 (which won’t replace current formats). For a detailed write-up of what’s changing, you can read the full director’s take.In July, Keller noted some of the issues 6v6 faced... Continue reading…

If you're building out your next setup, you're probably trying to decide which monitor to useor perhaps which monitors to choosebecause you want a multi-monitor setup for peak productivity. But I bet there's one display type that you haven't already considered: a high-resolution projector. Now, if you've used any of the aged projectors in the conference room at work for presentations, I don't blame you for not thinking about them as your primary display. But they've gotten excellent in recent years, with advances in LED light sources that mean they're essentially silent, a far cry from the loud fans of incandescent bulbs. Here's why you should at least think about them as an option.

Arm and Qualcomm have been in a war for quite a while now over Qualcomm's Oryon cores. These cores are used in the Snapdragon X series and, now, the Snapdragon 8 Elite. To give a brief overview of the situation, Qualcomm purchased Nuvia, a start-up developing Arm-compatible custom cores aimed at servers. After Qualcomm made that purchase, Arm claims that the cores Qualcomm calls "Oryon" are iterations upon those initial designs. Arm claims to have given Nuvia "substantial, crucial, and individualized support" in making those cores, which in effect, means that Arm helped to create its own competitor given that those cores are why Qualcomm will be using fewer off-the-shelf Arm cores. Arm also says that Qualcomm would have needed permission to transfer and use Nuvia's designs.