
How to boost your GPU performance without buying a new one
With an older GPU, you'll need to go without some of the fancy features, but you can still enjoy high frame rates with the right changes.

With an older GPU, you'll need to go without some of the fancy features, but you can still enjoy high frame rates with the right changes.
When cable-free stops making sense

Your old hard drives still have some live left in them.

Spark is Google's AI tool that can perform tasks on your behalf.

Just days after Apple’s stock took a hit over reports of iPhone 18 Pro production cuts, JP Morgan has raised its AAPL price target by $20. Here are the details. more…


Blurry iPhone photos can come down to more than just a dirty lens. Here's how to expertly sharpen your shots and fine-tune your camera settings.

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Apple is kicking off a new campaign today to promote Safari’s benefits over Chrome. With a new “Switch to Safari” page on its website and a pair of new YouTube videos, Apple wants everyone to know Safari is “a more powerful and private browser than Chrome.” more…

Epic Games is accusing Apple of “manufacturing” a pause in the legal proceedings over its proposed new App Store commission rates. Apple disagrees. Here are the details. more…

As important as some of the messages in The Social Reckoning are, the movie has been drastically underperforming at the box office. Per Variety, Aaron's Sorkin's follow up to The Social Network only grossed a measly $5.5 million this past weekend against a budget that's…
Google needs to nail the basics first

"No more hand-written code" or AI-free art for delayed Marvel/Star Wars shooter.

An acne patch might be all you need
Developers were apparently ordered to use AI for both code and asset creation.

You can get a universe in your pocket if you have an iPhone 11 or later.

According to Counterpoint Research , Apple saw its share of global smartphone shipments cross 20% for the first time in a third quarter, despite an industry-wide decline. Here are the details. more…

Apple has a new M6 MacBook Pro launching later this month with a 14-inch screen and the current industrial design. And with its M6 chip, there are three upgrades we can expect from the new MacBook Pro. more…

Norway's Data Protection Authority (Datatilsynet) has fined Microsoft-owned advertising company Xandr NOK 92 million ($9.6M) for unlawfully processing and sharing sensitive data belonging to Grindr users in the country. [...]
My Muse agent told me its kink was exerting “control” and described pornographic encounters. Meta defends its cuddly AI agent generating smut as “legal adult behavior.”

Apple TV today announced “ Heart ,” an original eight-episode true-crime podcast involving two men linked by a donated heart and the same terrible demise. Here are the details. more…

Russian cloud services provider Yandex announced that drone attacks damaged three of its data centers, forcing it to shut down two facilities and partially disable a third. [...]
I use it every day and typing feels incomplete without it

iCloud+ is best known for adding iCloud storage, but Apple keeps improving and expanding its suite of benefits for subscribers. Here’s everything new for iCloud+ added in the last few weeks. more…

Anthropic announced that its internal AI models undergoing "high-risk and cybersecurity evaluations" no longer have internet access following incidents involving U.S. government websites at the federal, state, and local levels. [...]
The models add "active memory" and "active focus" abilities.

Without a cause of death, it's unclear if Russia's precautions were the right ones.

Xandr has three weeks to appeal the record penalty.

See if Amazon thinks you have "flat buttocks."

“I may have information regarding this case," Claude AI told Philly police.

My biggest annoyance with all types of wallets is when it This aluminum MagSafe card wallet takes a different approach with a side-mounted eject button that fans your cards up with a single press, so you can grab the one you need one-handed without pulling them all out. more…

Alkaline and lithium-ion batteries serve very different purposes. Here's how they compare on lifespan, cost, rechargeability, and everyday use.

Where Muse Spark aimed to be a lightweight model that could perform at low latency, the Wonder models are larger and said to be more capable, with higher benchmark scores and better results on complex tasks like coding.
Rollback fixed things, but stop us if you've heard this before
Musk, we find your lack of security disturbing.

Russian bloggers warn Russia’s hyper-centralized digital economy is vulnerable.

The $159 price tag is hard to resist

Apple has announced that ‘Remnants,’ the first immersive horror film on Vision Pro, is coming this week. Here’s a teaser video. more…

It's not too big, it's not too small and it's not too expensive. It's just right.

A Silicon Valley startup that uses weather balloons and AI to predict the weather won a U.S. military contract worth almost $50 million.