Historical Hackers: Emergency Antennas Launched By Kite

Your airplane has crashed at sea. You are perched in a lifeboat and you need to call for help. Today you might reach for a satellite phone, but in World …read more

Simple Encryption You Can Do On Paper

It’s a concern for Europeans as it is for people elsewhere in the world: there have been suggestions among governments to either outlaw, curtail, or backdoor strong end-to-end encryption. There …read more

The Mysterious Wobble Of Muons

You might think that particle physicists would be sad when an experiment comes up with different results than their theory would predict, but nothing brightens up a field like unexplained …read more

The Russian Woodpecker: Official Bird Of The Cold War Nests In Giant Antenna

On July 4th, 1976, as Americans celebrated the country’s bicentennial with beer and bottle rockets, a strong signal began disrupting shortwave, maritime, aeronautical, and telecommunications signals all over the world. …read more

The ARMv9 ISA, And What It Can Do For You

The number of distinct ARM Instruction Set Architectures (ISA) versions has slowly increased, with Arm adding a new version every few years. The oldest ISA version in common use today …read more

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This Week In Security: Fragattacks, The Pipeline, Codecov, And IPv6

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By Jonathan Bennett | May 14, 2021

Some weeks are slow, and the picking are slim when discussing the latest security news. This was not one of those weeks. First up is Fragattacks, a set of flaws …read more
Make Android’s New Power Menu Work On Your Terms

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By Tom Nardi | May 14, 2021

Introduced in Android 11, the power menu is a way to quickly interact with smart home gadgets without having to open their corresponding applications. Just hold the power button for …read more
Keep An Eye On Your Bike With This DIY GPS Tracker

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By Lewin Day | May 14, 2021

Owning a bike and commuting on it regularly is a great way to end up with your bike getting stolen, unfortunately. It can be a frustrating experience, and it can …read more
Apple Gets CP/M

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By Al Williams | May 13, 2021

In case you wanted to run WordStar on your Mac, [Tom Harte] offers CP/M for OS/X, and it looks like it would be a lot of fun. Of course you …read more
Nuclear Reactors Get Small

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By Al Williams | May 13, 2021

Steve Martin was ahead of his time when he told us “Let’s get small!” While you usually think of a nuclear reactor as a big affair, there’s a new trend …read more
3D Printed Terminal Takes Computing Back In Time

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By Tom Nardi | May 13, 2021

It’s hard to look at today as anything but the golden age of computing. Even entry level machines have quad-core processors and a terabyte or more of storage space, to …read more
Pi Pico Project Plays Pong Perfectly

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By Zach Zeman | May 13, 2021

Even as technology keeps progressing, we find ourselves coming back to the classics again and again. Pong is quite possibly the classic game, and the Raspberry Pi Pico is one …read more

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