Container runtimes often lie at the heart of many self-hosting setups, as they’re responsible for deploying FOSS services inside lightweight, isolated, and portable environments. But if you’re a part of the home lab ecosystem, you’ll probably know that they are far from the only tools at your disposal. And I don’t just mean regular applications, either.

Ford and GM are both backing off their effort to continue offering the $7,500 electric vehicle tax credit to customers through the end of the year, Reuters is reporting. Last week, it was revealed that the automakers were working with their respective dealer networks on short-term programs that would allow customers to continue to receive the tax credit on leased EVs through the rest of the year. With the tax credit expiring on September 30th, Ford and GM were hoping to keep offering the discount to customers for a short while in order to buoy EV sales. Ford and GM took a different approachWhile automakers including Hyundai and Stellantis have offered cash incentives to bridge the gap for buyers, Ford and GM took a different approach. They sought to buy EVs from their own dealers by having their finance divisions put down payments on all the electric models in their inventory before the tax credit expires. The dealers would then lease the vehicles to customers with a $7,500 discount baked into the price.But now that plan is essentially moot. GM dropped out first, on Wednesday, followed by Ford, Reuters says. GM opted to kill the plan after Republican Senators Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio) and John Barrasso (R-Wyoming) flagged the plan to the Treasury Department, calling it “a loophole” and “the total violation of Congressional intent by these nefarious actors.” Even so, Ford and GM did clear their plan with the Internal Revenue Service, according to Reuters. The automakers were hoping to soften the blow on car shoppers and keep up the momentum that many dealers have been seeing in recent weeks. EV sales spiked in July and August as shoppers rushed to claim the credit before it expired on September 30th. Experts are predicting that now that the credit is gone, EV sales are likely to plummet.Update October 10th: After publication, Ford spokesperson Marty Günsberg shared the following statement: “Ford will not claim the EV tax credit but will maintain the competitive lease payments we have in the market today to continue providing customers with more affordable electric vehicle options. For customers who want to purchase an electric vehicle, Ford Credit continues to offer 0 percent financing for 72 months and other incentives.”

There comes a time in every PC's life when things begin to feel slow. Everything takes a little longer to load, the FPS is lower than it used to be, it runs a little warmer and is just that extra bit louder. Nothing is non-functional, but it's missing that sheen it once had. Novelty wears off, sure, but you don't have to accept degrading performance. Here's five often overlooked upgrades to breathe life back into your aging rig.

Apple is preparing to shuffle executive positions ahead of former COO Jeff Williams’ retirement this year, according to a report from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. Among other changes, Eddy Cue, Apple’s head of services, will reportedly oversee the health and fitness teams that may soon launch a rumored Health Plus subscription.Williams previously led Apple’s health initiatives and passed the role of COO to Sabih Khan, the iPhonemaker’s former vice president of operations, in July. The company is splitting up Williams’ other responsibilities before his departure at the end of this year, with Apple software head Craig Federighi taking over watchOS, and hardware leader John Ternus overseeing Apple Watch hardware engineering, according to Bloomberg.Bloomberg also reports that Johnny Srouji, Apple’s senior vice president of hardware technologies, is “evaluating his future at the tech giant” just months after his team launched the company’s first in-house modem.Apple is shuffling other positions as well. Bloomberg reports that Apple fitness chief Jay Blahnik will report to health VP Sumbul Desai amid an internal investigation into conduct. Both Blahnik and Desai previously reported to Williams. In August, The New York Times reported that a former employee sued Blahnik, accusing him of creating a toxic work environment.

Apple's M-series chips have dominated the efficiency conversation for years, and have legitimized Arm as a computing platform in a way no other manufacturer has. Ever since the first M1 showed just how far Arm-based silicon could go in a laptop, Intel's CPUs have been playing catch-up. With Lunar Lake, Intel finally seems to be closing that gap... though not entirely.

If you check out the feature listings on the Microsoft 365 Roadmap page, you'll notice that many of those functionalities are related to AI. And that's one of the major complaints about Microsoft 365 apps: that the Redmond tech giant is making updates mostly about AI and bug fixes, while not being fast enough to fix what those apps lack. Microsoft OneNote faces the same criticism.

Halloween is the perfect excuse to mix creativity with tech tinkering. With a Raspberry Pi, a few inexpensive parts, and some imagination, you can bring spooky fun to life right at home. Whether you want to haunt your neighbors with lights and sound or simply add a festive touch to your smart home setup, these projects are simple enough for a weekend build yet impressive enough to turn heads.

Microsoft is updating its Copilot app on Windows to allow it to create documents from a chat session and connect to Gmail and Outlook accounts. The updated Copilot app is rolling out initially to all Windows Insiders, ahead of a general release to all Windows 11 users.Copilot on Windows can now create Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, PowerPoint presentations, and PDFs all from the chat interface. “With just a prompt, you can instantly turn ideas, notes, and data into shareable and editable documents with no extra steps or tools required,” explains Microsoft’s Copilot team. “And for responses with 600 characters or more, Copilot also includes a default export button that lets you send text directly to Word, PowerPoint, Excel, or PDF.”You’ll also be able to link Copilot to Outlook or Gmail accounts, so the AI assistant can surface content from your online accounts. You could then ask Copilot to find all invoices from a company in your inbox, or pull up the email address for a contact. This is an opt-in feature and you’ll have to explicitly link an Outlook or Google account in the connectors section of the app. You can connect OneDrive, Outlook, Google Drive, Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Contacts. It’s similar to the Google Drive and Dropbox integration that OpenAI launched in ChatGPT earlier this year.The updated Copilot app on Windows arrives ahead of a new OneDrive app that Microsoft is set to release next year. The overhauled OneDrive Windows app will include a new gallery view, AI-powered slideshows, and editing features.

Without a doubt, SSD storage is going to be the best way to go if you're looking to upgrade your device with the fastest storage available. The only problem is that it isn't cheap once you start getting into higher volume drives. That's why this Corsair 8TB M.2 SSD that's now 40% off is worth taking a look at despite its high price, coming in well below its original retail.

"Surprisingly great" is not a phrase I ever thought I would use to describe how a new Bubsy game feels to play. Bubsy is a star of some of the most wonky and aggravating retro games of all time, like Bubsy 3D. The series' internet infamy has allowed it to live long enough to get a brand new 3D platformer, Bubsy 4D, which might just be good enough to redeem the series.

Are you in the mood for a good co-op game? Trick question, there's always room for more co-op games. Gaming is always a ton more fun when it's with friends, and it's even better when the game is well-made.

You know, I don't think people are scared enough of asteroids. When we think of doomsday scenarios, we usually think of zombies, aliens, or natural disasters, but we don't often consider the very real chance that a flying piece of space debris will smack into us and cause widespread destruction. I mean, if it did in the dinosaurs, it'd take us out for sure.