This Week In Security: AI Generated Reports, More AI Generated Reports, GitHub Chaos, And More Linux Vulnerabilities

Google’s Project Zero demonstrates a new zero-click exploit for the Pixel 10 phones, showing a full escalation from remote to kernel without user interaction. During the investigation Project Zero found …read more

Tech In Plain Sight: The Mechanics Of String Trimmers

My old friend Jeff was always vocally upset that he didn’t come up with the idea of a string trimmer, commonly known as a Weed Eater or Weed Whacker. On …read more

Magnets Are Bad For Hardware Again

If you were around tech in the bad old days, magnets could be really bad news. They were fine on the fridge, no problem at all. Put one near a …read more

Spy Tech: A Quiet Radio For Spies

Normally, when you think of a radio transmitter, you want the strongest signal and range. But if your radio operator is secretly operating as a spy, broadcasting their position isn’t …read more

Between-Device Sharing Still Sucks

Once upon a time, computing was simple. You had files on a floppy disk. If you wanted to take them to a different computer, you ejected the disk from one …read more

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Bilingual E-paper News Feed Helps Brush Up Language Skills

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By Donald Papp | June 1, 2026

[Bob] recently completed LanguageLearner, a desktop device that increases his exposure to a second language by offering up bite-sized news items in Italian, with a complementary English translation. Even better, …read more
On The Wisdom Of Replacing A NiMH Module In A Prius Battery Pack

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By Maya Posch | June 1, 2026

It’s possible to get a pretty good deal on used Toyota Prius cars, but as with all hybrid cars that also means a used battery pack and resulting issues. In …read more
Know Your Food: Cheesemaking

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By Jenny List | June 1, 2026

There’s a thing that people who grew up on farms all share: a connection with food production that isn’t some mystical rose-tinted woo from a TV chef, but instead a …read more
Like A Wire Bender, But For Pop Tubes

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By Donald Papp | June 1, 2026

Are you familiar with pop tubes? Resembling the corrugated section of a bendy straw, they are at the core of PopTuber, an intriguing research project from the Actuated Experience Lab …read more
Revisiting Making Your Own Internet Router In 2026

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By Maya Posch | June 1, 2026

After my recent misadventures setting up an OpenWrt installation on a scruffy e-waste-level x86 PC, quite a few people chimed in with feedback, criticism and friendly hostility regarding things like …read more
Reverse Engineering A Rock Bottom NES Clone

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By Jenny List | June 1, 2026

The NES was Nintendo’s smash hit console of the 1980s, the international version of their Japanese Famicom system. It wasn’t a particularly complex device, so it was the subject of …read more
Classically-named Argus Robot Is Terminator Meets Tumbleweed

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By Tyler August | June 1, 2026

If you were making a multi-limbed symmetric nightmare of a robot, where else would you look for a name but Greek Mythology? The team at Duke University that came up …read more

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