The Pixel Buds Web Companion App, previously limited to Chromebook, is now available for Windows and Mac computers. Computers running macOS Sonoma 14 or Windows 11 (or newer version) can access the app in any web browser. Accessible via mypixelbuds.google.com, the web app requires a Google account and an internet connection. The Pixel Buds web…
Meta announced several products at its Meta Connect 2024 event in California, but Quest 3S stood out for many reasons. It’s the company’s cheapest mixed-reality headset, featuring a similar chipset (Qualcomm’s Snapdragon XR2 Gen 2) and software functionalities as the older and pricier Meta Quest 3. Meta Quest 3S features a refreshed Meta Horizon OS…
The Gmail app on Android and iOS devices will now display brand logos and checkmarks from verified senders. Last year, Google introduced the Brand Indicators for Message Identification (BIMI) system as a pilot program for Gmail. BIMI allowed individuals or businesses to replace avatars with verified brand logos and checkmarks. Previously limited to Gmail on…
Have you ever wondered if the strange text you see on the enchantment table in Minecraft has any meaning? Can it even be read? Let’s find out. As the enchantments you get from an option are randomized, the enigmatic glyphs staring at you take on even greater importance. Especially since the symbols aren’t random—the glyphs…
About a year ago, WhatsApp released a privacy feature that silences unknown callers. Now, WhatsApp is developing a similar message-focused variation to help users block messages from unknown or unsaved numbers. WhatsApp introduced the feature (dubbed “Block unknown account messages”) in an earlier Android beta release (2.24.17.14). However, all beta testers can now access and…
In this article, I will show you how to create a Ubuntu 24.04 LTS virtual machine (VM) on Proxmox VE. This article is the foundation of the Proxmox VE Ubuntu 24.04 LTS VM GPU passthrough guide. Once you have a Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Proxmox VE VM set up, you can passthrough a GPU (i.e. NVIDIA…
If you passthrough an NVIDIA GPU to an Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Proxmox VE virtual machine (VM), you get many benefits, such as: Stream the display of the VM directly on the monitor connected to the NVIDIA GPU. Add a USB keyboard and a mouse to the VM and use the VM like a real desktop…
If you have an NVIDIA GPU installed on your computer/server, installing the NVIDIA GPU drivers will be the first thing to do after installing Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. On Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Desktop, you can install NVIDIA GPU drivers using the following methods: Software & Updates app APT package manager On Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Server,…
For VMware Workstation Pro kernel modules to load on UEFI Secure Boot enabled Linux systems, you must sign them manually. Unsigned VMware Workstation Pro kernel modules won’t load, resulting in VMware Workstation Pro services failing to start. As you can see, VMware Workstation Pro services failed to start after the VMware Workstation Pro kernel modules…
Once the VMware Workstation Pro desktop virtualization software (Type-II hypervisor) is installed on your Ubuntu/Debian system, you must compile the VMware Workstation Pro kernel modules for your Ubuntu/Debian system for it to work. In this article, I will show you how to compile the VMware Workstation Pro kernel modules on Ubuntu/Debian. I will also discuss…