Optical drives let your computer read and interact with discs like CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays. However, they're quickly becoming outdated.

As of DSM 7.3, Synology no longer mandates validated drives in 2025 DiskStation Plus, Value, and J-series devices.

Oktoberfest has become one of America’s biggest cultural street parties, drawing hundreds of thousands each fall. Cities from Cincinnati to Denver transform downtown blocks into Bavarian playgrounds ...

The Borderlands 4 Recruitment Drive mission tasks you with killing Ripper boss Splashzone and getting clearance for an elevator, but it's expectedly difficult, and not just because you have to stand ...

Months after Karen Read was acquitted of murder in her second criminal trial, she’s back in a Massachusetts courtroom to face a civil trial. The wrongful death suit alleges Read plowed into her police ...

Karen Read may have been acquitted in June, but her legal troubles are not yet over. Read, 45, returns to court Monday for a hearing on the wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of her boyfriend, ...

The CD East field hockey walked off the field on Aug. 28 staring into an abyss. The Panthers lost to Hamburg in a non-conference game that Thursday afternoon, dropping their record to 0-4, with the ...

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Days are getting shorter in Tennessee as the end of daylight saving time approaches. By the end of September, sunsets will occur before 7:30 p.m. across the state's major cities. Daylight saving time ...

Fall arrives on Sept. 22 in Michigan as we reach the equinox — the halfway point between the summer and winter solstices. The fall equinox, marking the season's formal astronomical start is at 2:19 ...

Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, marks the start period of repentance culminating in Yom Kippur. The holiday is celebrated with special prayers, festive meals, and the blowing of a shofar, or ram's ...

The National Guard is coming to Memphis, but still, much is not known about the deployment. There has been a slow trickle of information from various elected and appointed individuals since President ...