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How to remove Batman: Arkham Knight's 30FPS limit

If you’ve been experiencing stuttering or lagging playing the PC version of Batman: Arkham Knight, don’t rip off your Bat Cape in anger just yet: it may be fixable with a simple tweak. As it turns out, the caped crusader’s latest outing has launched with a 30FPS limit, which can be removed by editing the settings file located in the directory folder below: “STEAM_INSTALL_FOLDERBatman Arkham KnightBmGameConfigBmSystemSettings.ini” Once you’re in there,

In Depth: How to set up your Raspberry Pi in Windows

1. Download the tools While Microsoft Windows doesn’t have that much in common with the version of Linux that runs on the Raspberry Pi, it doesn’t mean Windows users are at a disadvantage. This is because the types of applications that run on Windows are just as diverse, and it’s an operating system that can lend itself to so many different uses, that the do-everything attitude behind Windows is just

Updated: Android M release date, news and features

Android M release date, news and features It’s been a whole year since Android Lollipop was announced at IO 2014, so it’s about time Google took to the stage and announced its successor – and thankfully it’s done just that. Say hello to Android M, the latest mobile platform from Google, where thousands of bugs have been squashed and a new layer of polish and quality has been applied. We

Exclusive: SEC hunts hackers who stole corporate emails to trade stocks

By Sarah N. Lynch and Joseph Menn WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – U.S. securities regulators are investigating a group of hackers suspected of breaking into corporate email accounts to steal information to trade on, such as confidential details about mergers, according to people familiar with the matter. The Securities and Exchange Commission has asked at least eight listed companies to provide details of their data breaches, one of the people said.

China says up to United States to resume cyber security talks

It is up to the United States to create conditions to resume regular talks on cyber security, China’s foreign ministry said on Tuesday, as the two countries began three days of high-level meetings in Washington. Cyber security has long been an irritant in relations between China and the United States, despite robust economic ties, worth $590 billion in two-way trade last year. An attack on the U.S. government’s Office of

U.S. National Archives finds signs of computer hack: nextgov.com

The agency that houses the U.S. Constitution and other important historical documents has found signs of unauthorized computer activity similar to the recently disclosed hack of federal employment records, according to a report on federal technology publication nextgov.com. The National Archives and Records Administration found signs that files were moved around, although there was no evidence that hackers took administrative control of its computer systems, nextgov.com said in its report

BlackBerry shares fall on software revenue uncertainty

By Euan Rocha WATERLOO, Ontario (Reuters) – BlackBerry Ltd shares fell on Tuesday on uncertainty about what drove growth in the company’s crucial software segment in the first quarter. Shares were off 1.1 percent after jumping in premarket trading as BlackBerry earnings report touted a 150 percent increase in software and licensing revenues. BlackBerry said two licensing deals, with Cisco Systems Inc and a second, unnamed company, made “significant contributions,”

Cockroach robot uses shell to overcome obstacles

US-based researchers have created a robot that can use its body shape to move through a densely cluttered environment. The team from the University of California, Berkeley based the robot on the humble cockroach and hope their design could be used to inspire future robot designs for use in monitoring the environment and search and rescue operations. The Berkeley team, led by postdoctoral researcher Chen Li, designed the shell so