Playing a game that heavily relies on your CPU? For the best possible performance, you'll want to ensure that other things aren't eating up processing power in the background. In this guide, we'll look at ways to reduce CPU usage for the smoothest gaming sessions, regardless of your processor.

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Peloton is opening up its app to third-party treadmills for running, walking, or Tread Bootcamp classes. Pelo Buddy spotted a new support page on Peloton’s site announcing that the app can now record and display metrics on any treadmill that uses Bluetooth FTMS. The offer is only open to subscribers of the company’s most expensive subscription workout plan, Peloton App Plus.To pair, you’ll start a Tread class in the Peloton app, then tap the “Connect a Bluetooth Device” option. Pick your treadmill from the list, and a green check mark lets you know when it’s connected. Peloton says users can check their incline, speed, pace, and distance via the app during a class session. After the class is over, the app will also show estimated... Continue reading…

Ever feel frustrated with regular keyboards? They lack comfort, durability, or personalization options. That's where mechanical keyboards come in! They solve these issues by providing a more satisfying and durable typing experience. In the case of Mac users, compatibility is limited with the options available on the market. Fortunately, with my expertise in hardware, you don't have to worry about the options. Take a look at the following available options for the best mechanical keyboards for Mac.

Blue Origin will stream the launch on its site. | Screenshot: The Verge Space tourism company Blue Origin has set its sights on a New Shepard launch window that starts tomorrow at 9:30AM ET, its first attempt since the rocket booster failed during its September 2022 launch. The company says its New Shepard rocket will launch from its Launch Site One in West Texas. Blue Origin will livestream the launch on its website 20 minutes before the countdown.This will be the 24th launch of the reusable New Shepard rocket, and will carry 33 science payloads. Most of its launches have been uncrewed, but as Engadget noted, six of them have had human beings on board, including William Shatner. Last year, Blue Origin’s uncrewed NS-23 launch failed, prompting a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) investigation.The FAA... Continue reading…

A dog passes a pile of destroyed items that were removed from a once flooded home as residents begin the recovery process from Hurricane Harvey August 31, 2017 in Houston, Texas. | Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images More than 16 million people in the contiguous US — roughly 5 percent of the population — live in a place with heightening flood risk and a shrinking population, according to new research. It makes the case that “climate abandonment areas” are becoming a more prevalent phenomenon in the US as people avoid places particularly vulnerable to climate-related disasters.What’s a climate abandonment area? It’s a census block where flood risk has grown high enough to start pushing people to leave. Many of these areas lie along the Texas Gulf Coast, coastal Florida, and the mid-Atlantic. But it’s by no means confined to these regions, which can get hit repeatedly by storms during the Atlantic hurricane season. Climate abandonment areas are... Continue reading…

One of the top reasons that Ubuntu is up there as a favorite Linux distribution is because it's simple and easy to use. Similar to Windows 11, it has a cool graphical user interface that lets you accomplish a lot of things by avoiding using the terminal. A good example is updating Ubuntu, which usually can be done with the Software Updater application, to grab you critical security fixes, bug fixes, and even app updates. If you're more technical, though, you can also update Ubuntu by using the terminal. All it takes is to enter a few commands, which we'll explain for you right here.

Around a year ago, Intel put its foot forward in the discrete GPU market with its most powerful Alchemist GPUs — the Arc A750 and Arc A770. Much more powerful than the entry-level Arc A380 released months prior, these mid-range cards sought to offer more competition in the Nvidia-AMD duopoly. And, despite some initial hiccups, Intel managed to do exactly that in the mid-range segment, becoming a strong contender for one of the best GPUs if you're on a budget.

Shanghai recently played host to TECNO's much-anticipated annual event, Future Lens 2023. The renowned mobile technology giant unveiled three pioneering imaging technologies set to reshape the smartphone camera landscape. Showcasing these innovations marked another milestone in TECNO's relentless pursuit of cutting-edge mobile imaging.

Building a custom gaming PC has conventionally been the preferred option for enthusiasts or those with some technical know-how. However, over the past few years, we've seen many prebuilt gaming PCs offering competitive performance and looks at prices often lower than building the same configuration yourself. While this could be attributed to supply issues leading to ridiculously high prices for components like graphics cards, many PC gamers have gravitated to prebuilt PCs nonetheless.

It's a tale of two cities, and of two halves of the table this Sunday, as third-place Aston Villa travel to 11th-place Brentford FC. It's not looking good for The Bees, as they come off a disappointing loss at Sheffield United.

Installing a CPU on a motherboard is one of the most important steps you'll take while building a PC. This crucial task, however, is fairly simple, and it only takes a few seconds to do it. You're less likely to make a mistake while installing a CPU, but there's always room for errors, especially if you are new to building PCs. If you are indeed building your first PC and are wondering whether it's possible to put the CPU in the wrong way, then the short answer is no. At least as long as you are being careful and not rushing or approaching the installation process recklessly.

Image: May Mobility You probably haven’t heard of autonomous vehicle operator May Mobility because the Ann Arbor, Michigan-based company is exceptionally good at avoiding the types of headlines generated by other AV companies. In its six years in operation, there haven’t been any injuries, crashes, blocked intersections, or mass layoffs. While there have been some struggles, the company has proven to be an outlier among AV operators by continuing to raise money while others have seen their funding dry up. And now, May Mobility is ready to go fully driverless, a milestone that has the company taking stock of its successes — and looking ahead to the future. “The most capital-efficient AV company that the world has ever seen”“It’s not robotaxis,” May... Continue reading…