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This Week In Security: Lingering Spectre, Deep Fakes, And CoreAudio

Spectre lives. We’ve got two separate pieces of research, each finding new processor primitives that allow Spectre-style memory leaks. Before we dive into the details of the new techniques, let’s …read more

Falling Down The Land Camera Rabbit Hole

It was such an innocent purchase, a slightly grubby and scuffed grey plastic box with the word “P O L A R O I D” intriguingly printed along its top …read more

RTEMS Statement Deepens Libogc License Controversy

Earlier this month we covered the brewing controversy over libogc, the community-developed C library that functions as the backbone for GameCube and Wii homebrew software. Questions about how much of …read more

Version Control To The Max

There was a time when version control was an exotic idea. Today, things like Git and a handful of other tools allow developers to easily rewind the clock or work …read more

Remembering Memory: EMS, And TSRs

You often hear that Bill Gates once proclaimed, “640 kB is enough for anyone,” but, apparently, that’s a myth — he never said it. On the other hand, early PCs …read more

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    By Tyler August | May 17, 2025

    There are (probably) less than two dozen fundemental constants that define the physics of our universe. Determining the value of them might seem like the sort of thing for large, …read more

  • This Extra-Large, Two-Stage Fume Extractor Really Sucks

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    By Tyler August | May 17, 2025

    Solder fumes are not nice on the lungs; nor are fumes from superglue, epoxy, or a whole mess of other things we often find ourselves using on the bench. Some …read more

  • Zen Flute Is A Teensy Powered Mouth Theramin

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    By Dave Rowntree | May 17, 2025

    An intriguing mouth-played instrument emerged—and won—at the 2023 Guthman Musical Instrument Contest hosted by Georgia Tech. [Keith Baxter] took notice and reproduced the idea for others to explore. The result …read more

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    By Elliot Williams | May 17, 2025

    On the podcast, [Tom] and I were talking about the continuing saga of the libogc debacle. [Tom] has been interviewing some of the principals involved, so he’s got some first-hand …read more

  • Animated Widgets On Apple Devices Via A Neat Backdoor

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    By Lewin Day | May 17, 2025

    If you’ve ever looked at widgets on your iPhone, you’ve probably noticed they’re largely static, save for a few first-party apps. By and large, third party developers are not supposed …read more

  • Making Sure The Basement Stays Dry With An ESP8266

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    By John Elliot V | May 17, 2025

    The hack we have for you today is among our most favorite types of hack: a good, honest, simple, and well documented implementation that meets a real need. Our hacker …read more

  • Hack Aims For Polaroid, Hits Game Boy Camera Sweet Spot

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    By Tyler August | May 16, 2025

    There’s just some joy in an instant camera. They were never quality cameras, even in the glory days of Polaroid, but somehow the format has survived while the likes of …read more

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