Novel attack slashes computing power needed to crack textbook RSA cryptography
Not very practical yet, but could serve as the basis for future improvements.
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Pokémon card resellers have turned collecting into an online blood sport
Earlier this month, Pokémon card content creator Natalie Roush posted a video to her YouTube and Instagram pages that enraged the larger collection community. In the...
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MobyGames video game database now lets developers claim their game credits
Video game database MobyGames will let developers claim video game credits and customise their personal portfolios, albeit only via a new premium tier. Read more
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Attackers Bypass WAFs to Exploit Oracle PeopleSoft Flaw and Deploy Web Shells
Google is warning of renewed mass exploitation of a known security vulnerability in Oracle PeopleSoft as part of a campaign targeting multiple sectors globally. The ShinyHunters-linked...
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12 Best White Elephant Gifts, Plus a Prank Box to Put Them In (2026)
Bring the gift everyone will want to win from this year’s holiday party, from a cute jacket for a beer can to magnets they’ll wish they...
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PNY allegedly refuses to cover melted RTX 5090 powered by native power supply cable
A user's GeForce RTX 5090 died when his 12V-2x6 connector melted, and then PNY denied his warranty claim based on technicalities that aren't even present in...
Read moreAI Bug Fixes, Crescent Island Power Brake & Nouveau Fixes For Linux 7.3-rc5 DRM
The Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) subsystem fixes for the week are heavier on the side with many fixes to these kernel graphics/display drivers ahead of Sunday's...
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You Can Make a Microprocessor That’s All Your Own
For a while now we’ve followed the slow progression of affordable integrated circuit fabrication, and through the likes of Tiny Tapeout we’ve seen impressive strides made....
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Enthusiast cooled iPhone 18 Pro with cold can of La Croix sparkling water; benchmarks show 25% higher sustained performance
Matt Birchler put a cold drink can on the back of an iPhone 18 Pro to see how much performance uplift it would get in a...
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Presentation: Adaptive Recommenders in the Real World: Inference, Evals, and System Design
Mallika Rao explains that the true complexity of adaptive recommendation systems lies outside model architecture. She discusses how real-time feedback loops, retrieval freshness, multi-stage orchestration, and...
Read moreWisp Makes It Easier To Manage Btrfs Snapshots From The GNOME Desktop
Wisp is a new GNOME Shell extension making it easier to graphically manage Btrfs file-system snapshots...
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Tesla’s big electric truck faces an even bigger infrastructure challenge
The 500-mile Semi arrives as charging gaps still limit electric trucking.
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