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According to a leak from MacRumors contributor Aaron Perris, Apple's upcoming budget iPad will use the A19 chip instead of the previously rumored A18, paired with Apple's N1 networking chip and C1X modem for Wi-Fi 7 support on cellular models. The device is expected to include 8GB of memory, enough to run Siri AI features but not the more advanced on-device models that require 12GB.
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.
David Robinson, who led the writing of safety reports for OpenAI's major product launches and was among the company's longest-tenured employees at three-and-a-half years, has resigned. In an essay published in The Atlantic, he said he is leaving because he believes OpenAI's culture is broken, citing incidents such as a breach of Hugging Face systems by OpenAI agents and repeated discoveries of rogue agents within the company.
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.
Apple's Settings menu includes a Camera Control pane under Settings > Camera > Camera Control, letting users choose which app launches via the button, such as Camera, Instagram, Code Scanner, or Magnifier. The Controls section also offers Camera Adjustments and a Customize option, allowing users to enable, disable, and reorder six adjustments—Zoom, Exposure, Depth, Cameras, Styles, and Tone—accessible through light presses and swipes.
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.
David Robinson, who formerly led OpenAI's safety report writing, wrote in The Atlantic that the company's culture is 'broken' and that it is moving too fast between model launches to maintain adequate safety standards. He argued AI firms should adopt the redundancy and careful planning used at nuclear plants and airports, warning that AI misalignment could cause harm far exceeding a nuclear meltdown.
Three copies, two kinds of media, one off-site. The rule is old because it keeps surviving the specific ways people actually lose files.
Lukas Vogel built SQLDoom, a project that renders the classic game Doom using CedarDB database tables and about 1,300 lines of SQL across 89 common table expressions, generating 35 full-color 640x480 frames per second. A small Python client handles input, timing, and display, while the game logic and graphics generation run entirely through SQL queries. This follows Vogel's earlier DoomQL project, which produced only grayscale ASCII-style graphics.
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.
A tech explainer details Windows 11's SysMain feature, which preloads frequently used apps into RAM to speed performance, often making memory usage appear high even when not needed. The guide recommends checking Task Manager's Processes tab, restarting periodically to clear memory leaks, and disabling unnecessary startup apps, while cautioning against third-party memory cleaner tools.
A gaming writer continues a critique of city-builder aesthetics, focusing specifically on Cities: Skylines 2's flat, overly clean surfaces where sidewalks, buildings, and grass meet without natural transitions. The author contrasts in-game screenshots with more organic real-world or modded examples, arguing the base game looks lifeless without extensive manual decoration.