A gaming hardware explainer argues that capping frame rates in most PC games helps maintain stable performance, reduces screen tearing, and lowers GPU stress, fan noise and power draw. The author recommends setting an fps cap especially on VRR monitors to keep gameplay within the effective variable refresh rate range, generally 48fps up to the display's max refresh rate, which also slightly reduces latency when paired with V-Sync.
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A QR code hides its destination until you have already opened it. susQR is a free web tool that checks the link first, and it is worth keeping one tap away.
TikTok has permanently suspended the advertising account promoting the documentary Musk, citing a repeated pattern of political content violating its policies, The Hollywood Reporter first reported. The ban comes just ahead of the film's wider US theatrical rollout on October 16, after its limited opening weekend grossed roughly $70,000 across four theaters. Distributor Bleecker Street says it will appeal the decision.
Quishing works because a QR code gives you nothing to judge before you commit. Here is what the scams look like in practice and the habits that defuse them.
LinkedIn is deploying its own AI model, trained by a team of former journalists and social media experts, to detect and limit the reach of generic AI-written posts, according to CNN. A Pangram research report found over 40% of long-form LinkedIn posts are AI-generated, higher than on X, Medium, Reddit or Substack. LinkedIn also added a button letting users flag suspected AI slop, which was clicked more than 1 million times in its first two weeks after launching in August.
Passkeys replace a secret you know with a key your device holds. That single change removes most of what makes phishing work, and it changes how account recovery should be set up.
In an essay, Linear's team describes how the company has built its product by prioritizing founder and team intuition developed through customer conversations and experience, rather than relying mainly on data-driven processes. The piece argues that two teams with the same technology and customers can produce very different products because of differing perspectives and values.
Three copies, two kinds of media, one off-site. The rule is old because it keeps surviving the specific ways people actually lose files.
Character.AI, the chatbot startup that filed for bankruptcy this week, has arranged for Disney to hire the majority of its workforce. The move follows Disney's earlier agreement to acquire some of Character.AI's assets for $20 million, and comes after former Character.AI CEO Karandeep Anand took on the role of Disney's first chief technology officer.
Most laptops that feel slow are not short of processing power. They are held back by a hard drive, a lack of memory, a clogged fan, or a browser doing too much.
Anthropic has given METR, a nonprofit AI safety evaluator, 'employee-like access' to its hardware and internal systems, embedding a team inside its offices to assess risks from its Claude models. The move fulfils a commitment CEO Dario Amodei made in September, when OpenAI's Sam Altman and Elon Musk backed his call for third-party auditors inside leading AI labs. OpenAI has not yet announced similar arrangements.
An outlet has published an open discussion thread inviting readers to share their opinions on the newly released 'Street Fighter' film adaptation. The piece poses the adaptation's quality as a question for community debate rather than offering a formal review.
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