A Waymo car driving in San Francisco. | Photo: Smith Collection / Gado / Getty Images San Francisco neighbors who live in a building next to a Waymo parking lot are still being haunted by overnight honking. That’s despite a fix from the ride hail company that seems to have fixed the original problem — the cars beeping their horns in the parking lot — but has also revealed that the issue is a little stickier than it may have first seemed.Waymo said last week that the honking was the result of a safety feature triggered when a Waymo car detects another reversing toward it. Sophia Tung, who runs a YouTube livestream of the lot, told The Verge in an email that the first night after Waymo’s patch, several of the cars missed the parking lot and inexplicably entered a cul de sac next to her building. In a video we viewed, the... Continue reading…

PC components do not suddenly become "outdated" the moment something new comes out. You can comfortably use hardware that's years old without always looking forward to upgrades. For instance, many PC users still run a first-gen Ryzen 1000 series processor, a GTX 900 or GTX 1000 series GPU, or DDR4 systems built 89 years ago.

Choosing the best gaming monitor for your needs is not always easy, considering the vast number of options of varying quality and prices. From the days of sturdy CRT monitors to the explosion of TN, VA, and IPS models to the advent of OLED monitors, gaming monitors have changed a lot.

Unlike Virtualbox, VMWare Workstation Pro, or other Type-2 hypervisors, Proxmox requires you to dedicate an entire PC to it. But if youre willing to set it up, Proxmox can serve as a powerful base for any home lab or virtualization server. You can even take Proxmoxs utility a step further by enabling PCI passthrough.

Initially known as SkyDrive, OneDrive is a file-hosting service from Microsoft. The software giant launched Windows Live Folders (code named SkyDrive) back in August 2007 and rebranded it as OneDrive in early 2014. Microsofts cloud storage solution is an essential part of the Windows and Microsoft 365 ecosystem, and with seamless collaboration and advanced productivity features, it has evolved into an indispensable tool for individuals and businesses alike.

Contrary to full-fledged professional servers, home lab setups have plenty in common with your average gaming PC. Heck, you can easily repurpose any old computer lying around into a server and expect decent performance from your makeshift home lab.

I'm a fan of NZXT's minimalism and matte finish aesthetic and the company's motherboard series is no exception. I was impressed by how far NZXT could push the AMD platform with the AM4 B550. The brand launched the N7 B650E in 2023 and I found it fitting to review the motherboard alongside the new Ryzen 9000 series since AMD is pushing support for older motherboards. The B650E is still a solid platform for building an AMD system with the latest chips so I used the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X to see how good this NZXT motherboard is.

The graphics card is one of the most important components for any gaming PC, and that's exactly why running into GPU-related issues is so frustrating. Fortunately, if you have a video card from Nvidia, using the Nvidia Control Panel makes dealing with these issues a bit easier. It offers several useful options and features that are still missing on other Nvidia companion apps, making it a must-have utility on your PC.

Samsung Health is one of the top fitness and wellness apps. Its also one of the few Samsung apps and services thats not exclusively tied to Galaxy Smartphones, and it can be downloaded on pretty much any Android phone. Samsung Health has evolved over the last couple of years to become much more than a simple companion app to use with your Samsung smartwatches or activity trackers. It can now help you practice mindfulness and relieve stress, provide guided workouts, and can even read sleepy stories to help you fall into a good nights rest. Theres a lot more to Samsung Health than meets the eye, so here is everything you need to know about it.

An F1 single-seater during the Formula 1 Live Barcelona Road Show on June 19th, 2024. | Photo: David Zorrakino / Europa Press via Getty Images Creators whose online identities center around Formula 1 racing have been changing their handles lately, and they seem to be reluctant to say why. But the reason may be because they’re being asked to by F1 itself, who’s rumored to have been sending cease and desist orders to certain creators with monetized accounts that use its branding.Among the abrupt branding changes was Paddock Project (formerly F1r the Girls), an F1 fan podcast. Paddock didn’t mention receiving a cease and desist letter when announcing the change, instead writing that the new name “reflects where we are and where we’re headed.” @shelovesvroomss imagine #f1contentcreators ♬ original sound - shelovesvroomss F1 influencer Mikaela Kostaras, who also recently... Continue reading…

Image: Ubisoft Ubisoft has published the PC requirements for Star Wars Outlaws, which is releasing later this month on August 30th, in a post that also points to a new gameplay trailer for the Grand Theft Auto-style space adventure. The trailer compares the game’s looks when certain features, like DLSS, are turned on versus off. There may not be any major revelations in terms of story or gameplay here, but it could give you an idea of whether you want to upgrade anything for the game or not.On the hardware side, Outlaws seems fairly forgiving of PCs still using components like the GeForce GTX 1660 GPU or Intel Core i7-8700K CPU. Eurogamer notes that you’ll need DLSS or FSR to run the game at minimum specs. From Ubisoft’s page: Minimum • Visual... Continue reading…

A storage drive, be it a solid-state drive (SSD) or a hard disk drive (HDD), is one of the most important components of a PC. They're just as crucial as the CPU or the GPU as they're constantly in use and contain things like your PC's operating system and all your critical data.