Most browsers today make password storage feel effortless. When you sign in somewhere new, Chrome, Edge, Safari, and Firefox offer to remember your credentials and even sync them across devices. Autofill takes care of the rest, saving a few seconds every time you log in. It’s no surprise that millions of people trust their browsers to manage this sensitive data.

Criterion recently kicked off its semi-annual sale that slashes the cost of all of its in-stock Blu-rays, DVDs, and box sets. The sale will last through 12PM ET, October 23rd. This a great opportunity to save on deep cuts that aren’t typically discounted. However, it likely won’t be the last chance to get a deal on Criterion’s catalog of films; Barnes & Noble likely has another sale up its sleeves before the year’s end, and Black Friday is approaching.AnoraThe 2025 Oscar Best Picture-winning film directed and written by Sean Baker.Where to Buy: $49.95 $24.97 at Criterion (4K Blu-ray)High and LowThe electric Kurosawa drama recently adapted by Spike Lee.Where to Buy: $49.95 $24.97 at Criterion (4K Blu-ray)The Wes Anderson Archive box set10 films on 4K Blu-ray, packed in a very Wes Anderson-style bundle.Where to Buy: $499 $249.97 at Criterion (4K Blu-ray)Chungking ExpressWong Kar-wai’s 1994 film tells two stories that are compelling (and surprising) to watch unfold.Where to Buy: $49.95 $24.97 at Criterion (4K Blu-ray)

Halloween has always meant horror games. You could be playing alone in the dark, or with a backseat gamer yelling directions at you from the couch, but there's just no better time of the year to feel that delicious chill down your spine. For the longest time, Microsoft's Game Pass has been one of the best ways to play those AAA horror titles without breaking the bank. But with the recent price hikes across all tiers — which have not been met kindly — a lot of players are understandably pulling the plug on their subscriptions.

The word "undervolting" might infer some sort of compromise to some users, but with modern hardware, it's actually anything but. You obviously get less voltage and less heat, and you might think you get less performance, but the truth is almost the opposite. For modern CPUs and GPUs, dialing in a smart undervolt can actually make your system faster, quieter, and more consistent under load.

The Apple iPhone Air is a beautiful contradiction. I fell in love when I first pulled it out of the minimalist packaging. Then I picked it up, and fell in love all over again. Then I set it up and tried to live with it as my daily driver, and well, dropped out of love. But I keep sneaking glances at it sitting on my desk, and every time I pick it up — everything is forgiven and forgotten again. Until I had to do anything.

Before cloud storage was so ubiquitous, portable storage like flash drives and portable HDDs were extremely popular. I personally have never fully moved on from these pieces of hardware, whether it's because I need a flash drive to install an operating system, or because an external HDD lets me store large files and easily access them on different PCs without needing personal sign-in details for a cloud service.

As it rushes to meet its pledge for “100 percent” of trips in electric vehicles by 2030, Uber is offering grants of $4,000 for drivers to swap their gas-guzzlers for zero-tailpipe emission vehicles. The company is also dropping its “Uber Green” branding in favor of the more simple “Uber Electric.”Uber has said it will be completely carbon neutral in North America and Europe by 2030 and in all global markets by 2040. But when it first announced this pledge in 2020, it said it wouldn’t directly pay drivers to ditch their gas-burning vehicles in favor of EVs. Now, the company is reversing that decision in the hopes that direct payments can help accelerate EV adoption. The reason for the switch is not that surprising. The recent expiration of the $7,500 federal EV tax credit in the US is expected to put a serious dent in EV sales, which will make it harder for Uber drivers to make the switch while also keeping their costs inline. Uber’s new offer is aimed at softening the blow for many drivers who relied on the credit for both used and new EVs. Not every driver will be eligible for the grants, at least not initially. As part of Uber’s new “Go Electric” program, drivers in New York City, California, Colorado, and Massachusetts can apply for $4,000 when they switch to a new or used EV. When combined with local incentives, like Massachusetts’ MOR-EV and Colorado’s Clean Fleet Program, EV prices can drop even further.Uber notes that the $4,000 amount was the same as the recently expired federal tax credit for used EVs. Through “Go Electric,” Uber is hoping to make up for the loss of the tax credit by putting up its own money for EV purchases.It’s been a bumpy ride for Uber in its quest to eliminate gas guzzlers from its platform. During the EV exuberance of 2021, rental company Hertz announced the purchase of 100,000 Teslas and 65,000 Polestars, with the aim to rent some of them to ridehail drivers. But high rates of depreciation led Hertz to reverse the deals and offload most of its EVs it had already acquired.Uber notes that the $4,000 amount was the same as the recently expired federal tax credit for used EVsBut Uber has stuck to its commitment to get more drivers in EVs. Last year, the company announced a partnership with Chinese auto giant BYD to put drivers in 100,000 EVs in Europe and Latin America. There are currently 200,000 EV drivers on Uber’s platform globally, the company says. Of course, getting the hundreds of thousands of people who drive for Uber to switch to electric vehicles will be no easy task. Ridehail drivers are classified as independent contractors, and many use their personal cars to drive for not just one but several gig economy companies. Uber can’t just force all its drivers to make the switch without jeopardizing their status as freelancers. Also, EVs tend to be more expensive than gas vehicles, despite costing less to fuel and maintain. That steep upfront cost may make it a challenge for many drivers, who typically operate with incredibly tight margins.Earlier this year, Uber said that Uber Green, the company’s EV and hybrid ridehailing product, would become an EV-only feature. Previously, Uber Green featured both electric and hybrid vehicles, offering an extra per-trip fee (usually $1) to drivers who used any vehicle with less tailpipe pollution. Now, under the Uber Electric branding, the company is offering discounts to riders of 20 percent, or up to $8 off, for EV rides with the code GOELECTRIC20. (The offer is valid for seven days.)Uber is also expanding its battery-aware matching feature to more EV brands. The feature filters trip requests based on an EV’s battery level so drivers can accept trips that end near a charger or avoid trips that are too long for their battery. The feature is now launching in 25 countries in the US, Canada, and Europe. And it will now support EVs from Kia, Hyundai, Ford, Nissan, Volkswagen, and Mercedes-Benz.

Tesla reported a profitable third quarter today, as shoppers scrambled to snatch up the company’s EVs in record numbers before the federal EV tax credit expired.Tesla said it earned $1.4 billion in net income on $28.1 billion in revenue in the quarter that ended in September. That’s 12 percent increase in revenue but a 37 percent decrease in profits over the third quarter of 2024, when the company earned $2.2 billion in net income on $25.2 billion in revenue. Tesla’s revenue came in above Wall Street expectations of $26.24 billion, according to data compiled by LSEG.Tesla’s operating income rebounded to $1.6 billion, with a quarter of that income coming from the sale of regulatory credits to other automakers. The company said it sold $417 million in regulatory credits, a 44 percent decrease year over year. That income, though, is expected to vanish in due course after the passage of President Trump’s budget bill, which eliminated penalties for automakers who exceed emission standards.Tesla’s cash pile increased by 24 percent in Q3 to $41.6 billion, and free cash flow (or the amount of cash the company has generated after accounting for its day-to-day operating expenses and capital expenditures) was at just $3.9 billion. The company’s gross margins were in the spotlight again, as bullish investors hoped to see improvements after months of steady decline. The company reported 18 percent gross margins based on generally accepted accounting practices, slightly more than the 17.2 percent reported last quarter but down from the 19.8 percent it reported in Q3 2024. Tesla was widely expected to have a relatively good quarter as a result of the expiration of the $7,500 federal EV tax credit on September 30th. The company sold a record number of EVs in the third quarter, delivering a total of 497,099 vehicles, a 7.4 percent increase compared to the third quarter of 2024. Tesla also sold around 50,000 more vehicles than it produced, helping reduce the extra inventory that’s been building up for the first half of the year.But this is likely to be a rare positive quarter in an otherwise dour year for Tesla. The company reported its first year-over-year sales drop in 2024 and is expected to do the same at the end of this year, with analysts predicting an 8.5 percent decline. In addition to an aging lineup of vehicles, Tesla is also facing stiffer competition in all major markets than it ever has before. And Elon Musk’s far-right political rhetoric, and his donations and work for the Trump administration, have repelled many of the company’s liberal customers.As the top EV seller in the country, Tesla is an obvious bellwether for the health of the market. Experts predict that sales will drop dramatically in the US after the tax credit vanishes. Musk himself has said that the company is in for “a few rough quarters” thanks to the expiring incentive and other macroeconomic factors. But he believes that Tesla will rebound as its AI plans come to fruition, including robotaxis and humanoid robots. Musk has said that 50 percent of the US population will have access to Tesla’s robotaxis by the end of 2025. So far, the vehicles are only available in Austin and San Francisco.The sales report comes on the heels of a proposed new pay package for Musk, which if approved could make him the world’s first trillionaire. Musk would need to meet a series of ambitious milestones to receive the compensation, including producing over a million robots and a million robotaxis and creating $7.5 trillion in value for Tesla’s shareholders. Tesla is holding a shareholder meeting on November 6th to vote on the proposal.In response, Musk bought $1 billion in Tesla stock in his first open-market purchase in over five years. It also comes a few weeks after Tesla released the latest version of its Master Plan that pivots away from the company’s day-to-day EV business in favor of a future dominated by AI and robotics.But those shifts are likely years away — if they come at all — leaving Tesla to struggle in the current environment with an aging lineup and a battered brand image. The company is trying to juice sales with new cheaper, decontented versions of its bestselling Model 3 and Y vehicles, but investors are worried that the company will be cannibalizing its own sales.

HBO Max is rolling out a new rating system that allows you to share feedback about the shows and movies you watch. The streaming service will tweak your recommendations based on whether you select the “Love,” “Like,” or “Not For Me” options.When you say that you “Love” a show or movie, HBO Max will suggest titles to watch in a “Because You Love” carousel on the homepage, while deprioritizing titles marked as “Not For Me.” HBO Max first started testing the rating system as part of plans to better personalize its homepage last year. It’s similar to the thumbs-up, double thumbs-up, and thumbs-down buttons that have long been offered by Netflix.The update comes just one day after HBO Max parent company Warner Bros. Discovery announced that it’s ready for a sale and issued a price hike across its streaming service’s plans for the third year in a row.The new rating system is coming to the HBO Max app on the web, mobile, and smart TVs. You can rate shows by selecting the “Rate” button that shows up on a title’s description page, or by choosing an option that appears on the screen when you finish watching a show or movie.

On paper, dual-booting Windows and a Linux install of your choice seems like you're getting the best of both worlds. For months, I did exactly that in order to see what it would be like to daily drive Linux for as much work and play as possible, while keeping my Windows install in case I needed access to specific apps and games. Although I did enjoy the everyday experience of using Linux, dual-booting came with its own pitfalls that I really wasn't prepared for.

I downloaded Finch during a recent burnout phase. My to-do list apps felt like digital drill sergeants. My calendar was a graveyard of optimistic time blocks I'd never honored. I needed something different that could rewire how I approached momentum entirely.

Despite their apparent lack of popularity in the grand scheme of things, I've professed my appreciation for mini PCs a few times in the past, and my main work setup is, in fact, powered by an M4 Mac Mini. This is still my preferred form factor for a computer, and I think they deserve more attention.