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Anthropic released Claude Opus 5.5, which it says outperforms its predecessor Opus 5 while responding over 30% faster and costing about 40% less to run. The company also says it improved the model's communication style and added new safety safeguards, and it is raising usage limits for Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise subscribers.
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.
Some Google Home speaker owners are reporting that the devices' LED lights stay on and pulsate continuously, only pausing briefly after a voice command before resuming. One user found the behavior tied to a notification about Hispanic Heritage Month, but the pattern has appeared across multiple Reddit reports without a clear common trigger. Google has not yet confirmed a cause.
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.
After the Clarity Act failed to advance in the Senate, the SEC issued an order creating a temporary pathway for trading tokenized stocks, and the CFTC submitted a crypto rulemaking proposal to the White House for review the same day. Details of the CFTC proposal have not been made public, though the Office of Management and Budget confirmed it is pending review.
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.
Mahershala Ali has publicly commented on Marvel Studios' failure to bring its long-delayed 'Blade' reboot to the screen, offering pointed criticism of how the project was handled. The film, which Ali was attached to star in, was reportedly shelved after years of development troubles at Marvel Studios.
Three copies, two kinds of media, one off-site. The rule is old because it keeps surviving the specific ways people actually lose files.
Apple executive chairman Tim Cook met with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly to discuss the proposed EU Kids Act. Von der Leyen said on X that the two agreed on the importance of privacy, safety and security for children online, part of a wider push by the bloc on child safety regulation.
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.
The FCC is taking public comments on a rulemaking that would override state and local permitting rules for wired broadband deployment, including a 120-day permit deadline and limits on fees charged to providers. Groups representing mayors, counties and cities—including the US Conference of Mayors and National League of Cities—filed comments in September opposing the plan, calling local permitting essential for public safety rather than a deployment barrier. Broadband providers support the FCC's proposal.
Discord has started automatically classifying users as Adult or Teen using signals like account age, server membership and activity levels, rather than requiring facial scans or ID checks upfront. Users who can't be confidently classified fall into an 'Unconfirmed' category and must verify their age via options such as credit card, app store accounts, Google Wallet, AgeKey, ID scan or video selfie. Discord says it won't read messages or calls to estimate age, won't display age groups publicly, and will require vendors to delete data after verification.