Volkswagen has just become the last car manufacturer to introduce a monthly subscription to benefit from all the features of its vehicles. According to an article ofAuto Express spotted by The Next Webthis novelty concerns the ID.3 Pro and Pro S. According to the official listing, these models are able to develop up to 228 BHP (an English power unit which corresponds to around 231 horsepower). But they will remain bridled at 201 BHP (204 hp) in practice. To remove this limitation, you will have to pay a supplement billed £ 16.50 (€ 19.13) per month, £ 165 (€ 191)…
Author: Henry Cooper
You flip the switch in BIOS, boot into Windows, open your GPU panel, and there it is: enabled. Resizable BAR, the feature that’s supposed to let your CPU access your GPU’s full memory buffer, is ready to go. Except sometimes, it just isn’t really enabled. Resizable BAR often shows up in BIOS menus, benchmark videos, and optimization guides as a near-effortless win. Everyone says it’s something you enable once and forget. And to be fair, it can deliver exactly that. But only under the right conditions, and rarely in the way people assume. It may look like a global performance…
Amazon Amazon will roll out a version of Alexa specifically for shopping to all customers in the United States over the coming week, and you’ll be able to access it even if you don’t have a Prime membership or an Echo device. You can use it for free in the Amazon mobile app by tapping the Alexa icon in the bottom menu or by tapping the icon at the top of your screen on the Amazon website. You can also simply enter questions into the search bar on Amazon’s website,…
Apple Maps keeps getting better, but for many CarPlay users, Google Maps remains their go-to app. And following a code leak, Google Maps for CarPlay is about to get a major upgrade thanks to Gemini integration. Gemini is coming soon to Google Maps for CarPlay Since iOS 26.4 added support for AI chatbot apps, we’ve seen new CarPlay apps arrive for ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Grok. Google Gemini doesn’t have a CarPlay app yet, but leaked code shows it’s coming to CarPlay soon in a form that could be even more useful. As discovered by Aaron Perris, code strings for the…
A Frontier-Level Model That Anyone Can Run DeepSeek V4 is the latest open-weight large language model from DeepSeek, the Chinese AI research lab that’s been consistently surprising the industry with models that punch well above their weight. The short version: DeepSeek V4 performs at the level of the best closed frontier models — think GPT-4o and Claude 3.7 Sonnet — but its weights are publicly available, it supports a 1 million token context window, and running it costs a fraction of what comparable proprietary models charge. That combination — frontier-level capability, open weights, and dramatically lower inference costs — is…
Linux gaming has come a long way in the last decade, and for seasoned Linux users, that’s a good thing. There are fewer reasons than ever to keep a Windows boot drive in our systems, and the experience only gets better with each passing month. That said, I want Linux gaming to grow as much as anyone, but it still has the potential to break in a way that will cause those unfamiliar with the pitfalls of Linux to flee straight to Windows. There’s more promise than ever around the platform, but the lack of polish on the technical side…
Apple is rolling out macOS 26.5 to all Macs compatible with macOS Tahoe. Here are the new features. Apple releases macOS 26.5 After rolling out its single release candidate last Monday (unlike iOS, which got a second release candidate last Friday), Apple has now released macOS 26.5 for all users. Unlike macOS 26.4, this version is much less hectic, with almost no new public-facing features. Instead, Apple seems to have focused on bug fixes and performance improvements. macOS 26.4 brought back Safari’s Compact Tab, in addition to a new Load Limit feature, which allows the user to select between 80%…
1. Why Move to Germany in 2025 High quality of life, safe cities, efficient transport, and strong public services make Germany a solid base for students, families, and professionals. You’ll find vibrant metros (Berlin, Munich, Hamburg) and calm small towns—with nature never far away. 2. Cost of Living (and a Simple First-Year Budget) Rent: Biggest expense; varies widely by city and neighborhood. Expect deposits of 2–3 months’ Kaltmiete (cold rent). Utilities & internet: Often billed separately; watch for heating costs in winter. Groceries & eating out: Supermarkets are affordable; restaurants range from budget Turkish/Asian spots to pricier sit-down dining. Transport:…
If you enjoyed your Spotify Wrapped look back at your listening habits over the past year, the streaming service has an even bigger retrospective for you. The Spotify party(ies) of the year returns to all of your listening since you started using the service, in my case dating back to 2009. It shows you the first song you ever listened to, as well as your most listened to artist, a playlist of your favorite songs, and more… Spotify is celebrating its 20th anniversary, even though it’s only been 18 years since its official launch and 15 years since its US…
Unbox Therapy has released a 10-minute close-up look at a dummy unit that is what the iPhone Ultra is increasingly expected to look like. Watch it below. Tis the season for dummy units Over the past few weeks, rumors about Apple’s first foldable iPhone have mostly converged on a device with a passport-like aspect ratio when closed and a more tablet-like aspect ratio and experience when open. Just a few days ago, reliable leaker Sonny Dickson posted a photo of a dummy iPhone Fold unit, alongside alleged dummy units of the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max, which…