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The password is no longer the only way in.

Passkeys move a familiar daily task toward a device-unlock experience.

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How AI video generation actually works

Modern AI video models do not animate one finished frame at a time. They compress moving images into a smaller representation, turn prompts into machine-readable conditions, and iteratively solve a noisy block of space and time into a coherent clip.

Oct 10, 2026 · 11 MIN

How browser extensions become security risks

The useful little button beside your address bar can hold unusually powerful access. The real risk is not only malicious extensions — it is what happens when trusted code, broad permissions and automatic updates meet.

Oct 10, 2026 · 8 MIN

What is a passkey? The password replacement explained

A passkey is a cryptographic credential that lets you sign in with your device unlock instead of typing a password. It is harder to phish because it only works with the site or app it was created for.

Oct 10, 2026 · 9 MIN

What tokens mean in AI

A token is the unit a language model actually receives and generates — not a word, character or fixed amount of meaning. The same unit is also used to measure context limits and much of AI API pricing.

Oct 10, 2026 · 7 MIN

Is web scraping legal? Public data is only the first test

Web scraping is not automatically illegal. But “publicly visible” settles only one part of the problem: access rules, contracts, copyright, privacy and the way scraped data is used can each create separate legal exposure.

Oct 09, 2026 · 9 MIN