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RNZ’s Phil Pennington highlights the overwhelming presence of AI-enabled cameras in our daily lives, from billboards to bus windshields to supermarket checkouts. Despite successful marketing of surveillance for safety, legal challenges arise, such as cases involving footage gathered without a warrant. Surprisingly, authorities are expanding surveillance methods, including facial recognition systems and number plate recognition. […]
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In the 1930s, Momofuku Ando, the founder of NISSIN FOODS, displayed an entrepreneurial spirit that led him to create a revolutionary product – instant noodles. After witnessing the food shortage in post-WWII Japan, Ando was inspired to develop Chicken Ramen, the world’s first instant noodles, in 1958. Despite initial skepticism, Chicken Ramen quickly gained popularity, […]
The race for the future of encrypted digital communications is on as NIST prepares to release new “post-quantum” cryptography standards. Simultaneously, India, China, the EU, and US are delving into quantum-key distribution (QKD) systems based on quantum physics. China has made strides in QKD research, but others are catching up. QKD systems offer theoretically secure […]
This Repository is used to create firmware for the ANTSDR E310 and ANTSDR E200 Microphase software radio devices. The firmware is built using Xilinx Vivado 2019.1 or 2021.1. After installing the required build tools in Linux, you can generate the firmware by following the provided instructions. Once the patching process is successfully completed, firmware can […]
Entropic Engineering partnered with DEFCON Badge Team to create a cutting-edge electronic badge for DEFCON 32. Despite facing numerous challenges and working tirelessly to meet DEFCON’s demands, the team was met with a sudden work stoppage and non-payment for services rendered. The team continued to work behind the scenes for free to ensure the success […]
The author discusses their inspiration from Linux window managers for creating a new app concept for modern macOS called Stapler. This app allows users to collect and launch all apps, files, folders, and documents related to a specific task in one go. The app is a hybrid of classic Macintosh Stapler app and LaunchList with […]
In RFC 9180, the HPKE scheme is described, offering a new approach to public key encryption that generates both the symmetric key and its encapsulation with the public key. The document provides various authenticated variants, including one that authenticates possession of a pre-shared key. HPKE is flexible, working with various asymmetric KEMs, KDFs, and AEAD […]
The author decided to focus on Latin-based languages for pixel font creation due to familiarity and efficiency reasons. They aimed to create a diverse font family supporting various styles for better visual hierarchy in games. The author automated kerning and quality control processes for faster and more accurate results. They delved into studying typeface design […]
Rust has been the most desired programming language for 8 years, and many people want to write programs with a GUI in Rust. The author shares an approach using Flutter and a GitHub repository they made. Flutter is popular, mature, and cross-platform, with a large ecosystem and easy implementation. The flutter_rust_bridge aims to seamlessly integrate […]
As an ML engineer at Substack, you will work on cutting-edge machine learning solutions to improve product offerings and collaborate with a dynamic team. The role involves shaping the future of technology and offers a salary range of $185,000 – $240,000. Responsibilities include leading ML adoption, collaborating with teams, developing models using Python, and integrating […]