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This guide aims to help navigate difficult conversations with older generations about CHERI, a project focusing on memory safety and control-flow integrity. The CHERI project introduces capabilities for enforcing these properties in language implementations, unlike earlier systems centered around specific object models. CHERIoT, an optimized variant for embedded and IoT applications, extends these capabilities to […]
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Olympics shooting competitors wear mechanical irises on their faces to fine-tune their gunsights. These allow them to adjust to changing light conditions and eye fatigue throughout the day. However, South Korean competitor Oh Ye-jin, who won Gold in the 10 Meter Air Pistol event, opts out of using mechanical irises. The irises provide a unique […]
The web content showcases two popular repositories, one focusing on building platforms that mix SQL, batch, and stream processing paradigms, and another one being a bare-bones gazette consumer application that plays ping pong. The ping pong application is emphasized to be played “At Scale”, showing its commitment to handling large amounts of data. The content […]
In 2015, the U.S. Naval Academy reinstated celestial navigation for graduates after GPS trust was shaken by incidents like a truck driver jamming signals near an airport. Lockheed Martin engineers developed a quantum sensor using a synthetic diamond cube to navigate Earth’s magnetic anomalies independently of satellites, providing a crucial backup to GPS. Furthermore, a […]
Version 23 of the Puppeteer browser automation library now fully supports Firefox, allowing users to easily automate tasks and run end-to-end testing across both Chrome and Firefox. The support is based on the WebDriver BiDi protocol, a standardized cross-browser protocol undergoing standardization at W3C. This collaboration between the Puppeteer team and the W3C Browser Testing […]
In 2016, the author set out to improve their exploit development skills by hacking the original Xbox using game save hacks. By exploiting buffer overflows in games like THPS4 and THPS3, they were able to execute unsigned code on the console. They discovered a vulnerable gap name string in THPS4 that allowed them to overwrite […]
In this article, the author discusses WordPress security features related to nonces and AJAX/REST requests and identifies three critical vulnerabilities in popular WordPress plugins. WordPress powers 43% of websites on the internet, making it a prime target for exploitation. The author highlights that many plugins solely rely on nonces for authorization, which can lead to […]
Chemical ‘waves’ can encode information like radio waves, according to a team led by Stephen Fletcher from the University of Oxford. They developed a reaction network that generated oscillations to shape the waves for data transduction. This innovative concept could be integrated into biological systems and devices. By controlling variables like the rate of injection […]
Researchers at the University of British Columbia have accidentally created a super-black material that absorbs almost all light, opening up possibilities for fine jewelry, solar cells, and precision optical devices. The material, named Nxylon, remains black even when coated with gold and can replace rare black woods like ebony and rosewood in watch faces and […]
Roometron offers a unique opportunity to boost your real estate marketing with eye-catching 3D visuals. They transform floor plans into interactive 3D spaces, allowing for immersive VR experiences. The pay-as-you-go model is budget-friendly at just $16 per house plan. Roometron’s fast and efficient 3D technology is compatible with mobile and VR devices. From residential homes […]