March 2024

23-Mar-2024 – Some personal news

Brief Summary: “I’ve got two bits of related news that will affect the future of OSNews. The first bit of news kind “

23-Mar-2024 – Free Speech Hero Man Elon Musk Bravely Protecting Actual Nazis From People Speaking Their Names

Brief Summary: “Ever since Elon Musk, the world’s most brilliant businessman, bought the company formerly known as T”

23-Mar-2024 – Atari Falcon030: impressive, but too late to the party

Brief Summary: ”
So looking back, it is obvious that neither Atari or Commodore would really be able to succeed in t”

22-Mar-2024 – Generative AI Now Encroaching on Music

Brief Summary: “While it might not seem like it to a novice, music turns out to be a highly mathematical endeavor wi”

22-Mar-2024 – This Week in Security: Loop DOS, Flipper Responds, and More!

Brief Summary: “Here’s a fun thought experiment. UDP packets can be sent with an arbitrary source IP and port, so yo”

22-Mar-2024 – AI Image Generation Meets Virtual Dress Up

Brief Summary: “Image generators have really taken off thanks to machine learning, and all kinds of new ideas have b”

21-Mar-2024 – Why x86 Needs To Die

Brief Summary: “As I’m sure many of you know, x86 architecture has been around for quite some time. It has its roots”

21-Mar-2024 – The Experience AI Challenge: Find out all you need to know

Brief Summary: “We’re really excited to see that Experience AI Challenge mentors are starting to submit AI projects “

15-Mar-2024 – TOPS, the DIY Robot Dog, Has Great Moves

Brief Summary: “We love [Aaed Musa]’s TOPS (Traverser of Planar Surfaces) which is a robot dog with custom-made actu”

15-Mar-2024 – A Look Inside a 70-GHz Electromechanical Attenuator

Brief Summary: “It might not count as “DC to daylight,” but an electromechanical attenuator that covers up to 70 GHz”

14-Mar-2024 – Massively Popular Safe Locks Have Secret Backdoor Codes

Brief Summary: “Two of the biggest manufacturers of locks used in commercial safes have been accused of essentially “

14-Mar-2024 – The FTC and DOJ think McDonald’s ice cream machines should be legal to fix

Brief Summary: ”

Image: iFixit via YouTube

The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of”

14-Mar-2024 – Roku Will Brick Your Streaming Devices If You Don’t Agree To Binding Arbitration

Brief Summary: “Ever since AT&T’s 2011 Supreme Court victory, the courts have declared it perfectly legal for a corp”

14-Mar-2024 – Why a Partial Solar Eclipse is Totally Awesome!

Brief Summary: “On April 8th, 2024, a small strip of North America will witness a total solar eclipse. Total solar e”

14-Mar-2024 – Increase in the number of phishing messages pointing to IPFS and to R2 buckets, (Thu, Mar 14th)

Brief Summary: “Credential-stealing phishing is constantly evolving, nevertheless, some aspects of it – by necessity”