Automakersissue recallsfor all sorts of reasons—some serious, likebad transmissionsor broken safety gear, and others pretty minor, like leaky seals or a typo in the owner’s manual. Some recalls are barely a blip, affecting just a few cars. Ford even had one recently thatapplied to only two vehicles—yes, two. GM isn’t so lucky this time. Their latest recall is anything but small. Guess Who’s Making Noise? It’s Your Connecting Rod GM is dealing with a big issue involving its 6....

Google has been moving to position itself back at the top of the AI game in this new generative AI era. Its biggest effort in this direction, is, of course,Google Bard. It’s still a bit limited, but now, it’s getting greatly expanded, as it’s coming to more countries and adding new features. As of the time we’re writing this,Google Bardis now officially available in pretty much all of the countries and territories Google currently operates in, bringing the total up to 238 countries and territories across all continents....

Quick Links Summary Have you come across an interesting place and don’t want to forget where it is? Google Maps allows you to save locations to various lists. you may then easily retrieve as well as find directions to these places without needing to search for them again. How Saving Places on Google Maps Helps You Let’s say you’re at a really good restaurant, and you’d like to come back again....

Quick Links Summary Google Search Generative Experience (SGE) is the latest feature on Google Search. It’s been making headlines recently due to its wildly inaccurate AI summaries, which only reaffirm my appreciation for Google’s standard featured answers. Featured Snippets Are Almost Perfect Already A featured snippet is the search result that appears at the top of Google’s search results page. Over the past few years, featured snippets have become a staple of web surfing, and websites are constantly battling to win them....

Summary If you have a powerful graphics card with too little VRAM, you don’t have much choice other than buying a whole new card. So why not simply make a graphics card that’s designed to have upgradble VRAM? It turns out things are not quite so simple. The idea of a graphics card that you can buy now and upgrade later isn’t new. ATi (before being bought out by AMD) had a series of graphics cards with a slot where you could put in an additional SGRAM module....

Summary Picking between a good pair of headphones or a set of speakers is a challenge, regardless of your use case. Each option offers a distinct experience, so it all depends on what, how, and where you’re listening. Let’s see what each device has to offer to help you decide. The Listening Experience Is Subjective No two humans are the same, and when it comes to sound, our preferences determine which type of listening experience we enjoy more....

Summary Have you ever seen a red moon in the sky? The Moon turns complete red on a full moon night during a lunar eclipse. But a full moon occurs every 29 days, so why don’t you see a red moon every full moon, and why does the lunar eclipse even occur? Why Do Lunar Eclipses Occur? There are acouple of space factsthat you need to be aware of to better understand why exactly a lunar eclipse occurs....

Summary Are you running out of storage on your Windows 11 computer? If so, there’s a Windows setting you can disable to quickly free up to 7GB of space. What Is Reserved Storage in Windows 11? During the early days of Windows 10, it was very common to encounter different errors due to a lack of storage when downloading Windows updates. The only workaround you had at the time was to delete some of your personal files to create space whenever you wanted toinstall a Windows update....

Quick Links While you can’t do much about the differences caused by hardware between flagship and mid-range phones, there are some settings within Samsung’s One UI that you can change to somewhat mimic the overall feeling of owning a flagship. Speed Up System Animations The first thing I do whenever I get a new phone is speed up system animations to make the user interface feel a lot more fluid. This setting is available on all Android phones, but requires unlocking developer mode....

Quick Links There’s a good chance it’s been a long time since you’ve heard the sound of a dial-up modem negotiating a connection (and some of you may not be old enough to have ever heard it). But for a surprising number of Americans, thebuzzy electronic jingle of dial-up modemsnever went away. A Very Brief History of Dial-Up Internet If you’re old enough and were among the millions of early internet adopters in the United States, you’re familiar with dial-up internet....

Quick Links Summary Upgrading to a heating driveway will raise your driveway installation cost by around $10 per square foot. Operating costs in the winter will run you about $3-5 per hour. Clearing snow off your driveway in the winter is an arduous task that, with a bit of pre-planning and a chunk of change, could be a task you never do again. Here’s how much it costs to install and operate a heated driveway....

Quick Links Summary Smartphones are very energy efficient. It costs less than one dollar to completely charge a smartphone battery every day for a whole year. This is true for iPhones, Samsung Galaxy phones, and other Android phones. Most of us charge our phones without a second thought because they’re such an indispensable part of modern life. But how much are we spending annually keeping them fully charged and ready for action?...

Quick Links Ever sent a WhatsApp message only to spot a typo or realize you left out something important? We’ve all been there! Thankfully, WhatsApp lets you quickly edit any message even after it’s been sent. How to Edit a WhatsApp Message Editing messages is alesser-known WhatsApp feature that’s very handy—it’s great for fixing typos or adding details you initially missed. Instead of cluttering the chat with follow-up texts, you may adjust your original message, keeping the conversation clear and accurate....