In the Signal Foundation president’s talk “AI, Encryption, and the Sins of the 90s” at NDSS 2024, a controversial claim is made that the legacy of the crypto wars trading privacy for encryption ushered in an age of mass corporate surveillance. This surprising assertion suggests that export controls on strong cryptography in the 1990s prevented […]
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FLIP, the unique research vessel renowned for its ability to flip from a horizontal to a vertical position, was on the brink of being scrapped. However, thanks to a bold decision by DEEP, a subsea design firm, FLIP was saved from dismantlement. The vessel is now undergoing a major refit at a prestigious shipyard in […]
This article delves into the complexity of password strength, combining concepts from thermal physics, cosmology, and computer science to determine the level of entropy needed for a password to be unbreakable by brute-force attacks. The calculation involves the theoretical Mother of All Computers (MOAC) consuming the mass-energy of the observable universe to crack a password […]
The author discusses the challenges faced by reverse engineers in patching apps, often requiring low-level understanding and reverse engineering of unknown packers. The tutorial focuses on Thread Local Storage (TLS) callbacks, explaining how threads access shared memory and the benefits of concurrency in applications. The tutorial includes analysis of binaries with TLS directories, demonstrating how […]
This content compares the 1912 eighth-grade exam to the curriculum for eighth graders in 2024, highlighting a shift from rote memorization to critical thinking. The 1912 exam focused on specific facts and practical tasks relevant to a rural society, while modern education emphasizes skills like data analysis and abstract reasoning. The evolution reflects changes in […]
This Flatpak build of NewPipe, a privacy-preserving YouTube frontend, is an unofficial and experimental version based on Android Translation Layer. It does not rely on Google framework libraries or the YouTube API, parsing the website for information instead. This allows it to be used on devices without Google Services and without needing a YouTube account. […]
Physicist Zachary Lindsey conducted a disc golf study focusing on thumb position’s impact of spin rate, launch speed, and torque. The optimal thumb placement for improved performance was about 3 cm from the outer edge of the disc, regardless of player skill level. The linear correlation between spin rate and launch speed surprised researchers but […]
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter to explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries and scientific advancements. In a groundbreaking discovery, a hoard of Norman-era silver coins found in southwestern England has become Britain’s most valuable treasure ever, purchased for £4.3 million. Dating back to around 1066-1068, during the Norman Conquest, the […]
NotebookLlama is an Open Source project offering guided tutorials to build a PDF to Podcast workflow. The tutorials cover using Text to Speech Models and assume zero prior knowledge. Steps include pre-processing PDF, writing podcast transcripts, adding drama to the transcript, and generating a podcast using Text-to-Speech models. It recommends using specific models for each […]
Typeset is an HTML pre-processor that brings typographic features to webpages that are typically only seen in fine printing. It offers real hanging punctuation, optical margin alignment, small caps detection, soft hyphen insertion, and punctuation substitution. Surprisingly, Typeset does not require client-side JavaScript and uses less than a kilobyte of CSS, working even in Internet […]