I prompt injected my CONTRIBUTING.md – 50% of PRs are bots
How a hidden prompt injection in CONTRIBUTING.md revealed that 40% of pull requests to a popular GitHub repository were generated by AI bots
fast16 | Mystery ShadowBrokers Reference Reveals High-Precision Software Sabotage 5 Years Before Stuxnet
A previously unknown 2005 cyber sabotage framework patches high-precision calculation software in memory to silently corrupt results.
A decade before Stalker, [Chasm: The Rift, an] obscure Ukrainian Quake clone was quietly breaking new ground for first-person shooters
Chasm: The Rift is an early European contender to American FPS supremacy.
TP-Link Tapo C200: Hardcoded Keys, Buffer Overflows and Privacy in the Era of AI Assisted Reverse Engineering
Hi friends and welcome to the last post for this year! Whenever someone asks me how to get started with reverse engineering, I always give the same advice: buy the cheapest IP camera you can find. These devices are self…
Arc Raiders was accidentally recording Discord conversations into an unencrypted local game file
Thankfully, the issue has since been hotfixed by Arc Raiders, but the fault still lies with Discord
Credit Cards Are Vulnerable To Brute Force Kind Attacks
last updated 2026-05-01 22:22:21 by met
From scourge to saviour: How the sun powered the grid through a heatwave
For so long, the pounding sunshine of an Australian heatwave was the grid's biggest threat. It has now become its greatest asset.
Facebook is testing a link-posting limit for professional accounts and pages | TechCrunch
Meta said that the test impacts professional accounts and pages on Facebook.
Iran social media strategy pivots to information war amid US-Israel attack
Cyber experts say influence operations in ‘asymmetric’ campaign to intensify moral pressure on US and Israel
Inside China’s robotics revolution
The long read: How close are we to the sci-fi vision of autonomous humanoid robots? I visited 11 companies in five Chinese cities to find out
Does anyone use Colota?
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Internet Archive Faces Copyright Lawsuit Over 'Myspace Dragon Hoard'
Illinois-based musician Anthony Martino is suing the Internet Archive for copyright infringement over its MySpace Dragon Hoard collection.
TikTok Deal Done And It’s Somehow The Shittiest Possible Outcome, Making Everything Worse
There were rumblings about this for a while, but it looks like the Trump TikTok deal is done, and it’s somehow the worst of all possible outcomes, amazingly making all of the biggest criticis…
‘The Wire’ actor Isiah Whitlock Jr has died at 71
Best known for his role on âThe Wire,â Isiah Whitlock Jr. also appeared in a number of Spike Lee films and on âVeep.â
A Rare 1897 Film Discovered in an Old Trunk in Michigan Features the First On-Screen Appearance of a Robot
Filmmaker Georges Méliès employed some of his signature special effects techniques to create comedy in "Gugusse and the Automaton"
Turns out Generative AI was a scam
Or at least very very far from what it has been cracked up to be
'More DLC = More FPS' — Monster Hunter Wilds Players Ask Capcom for Answers After Theory Suggests a Backend DLC Check Is Tanking Performanc…
Monster Hunter Wilds fans are asking Capcom for answers after one player seemed to discover that PC performance is dictated by the number of DLCs a user has.
US man pleads guilty to defrauding music streamers out of millions using AI
Michael Smith, 52, charged after flooding platforms with thousands of AI songs and boosting them with bots
They wanted to make Free Software illegal and have all computers approved by the government.
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TIL knocker uppers were people who went around knocking on windows to wake people up in pre-alarmclock times.
From candles that drop metal nails to the knocker uppers of industrial Britain, people devised plenty of cunning ways to ensure a timely wake-up before alarm clocks came along.
TIL it takes the average mammal 12 seconds to poop.
Defecation duration is surprisingly similar throughout the mammal world. The average mammal defecates for 12 seconds, even though volume varies greatly between species.
I met a lot of weird robots at CES -- here are the most memorable
If the robots don't always give a totally accurate representation of where commercial deployment is at the moment, they do give visitors a peek at where their parent companies might be headed.
TIL there's a housekeeping olympics.
The Housekeeping Olympics at ISSA Show North America November 10, 2025 | Michelob Ultra Arena | Las Vegas Participate Sponsor Inquire The viral Housekeeping Olympics returns each year as part of ISSA Show North America—…
Microsoft has an ambitious plan to win users back, and go toe-to-toe with Valve's SteamOS for gaming — but I'm not getting my hopes up
Microsoft is currently in an ongoing battle to improve Windows 11 for idle use and gaming to compete with SteamOS, and it has a big plan for it.
Nintendo is issuing refunds for Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition's poorly-received premium Switch 2 Edition upgrade
Nintendo is reportedly issuing refunds for Xenoblade Chronicles X's Switch 2 upgrade.
TIL one of the voice actors of "Bob's Burgers" was arrested for the Capitol riot
An actor known for his roles on the comedy television shows “Bob’s Burgers” and “Mr. Show with Bob and David” has been arrested on charges that he joined a mob of Donald Trump supporters in confronting police officers d…
Microsoft announces sweeping Windows changes - but no apologies
Microsoft's Windows boss just sent out a long non-apology to frustrated Windows 11 users, promising big changes. Here's a translation of what you can really expect.
Nvidia's DLSS 5 Is a Slap in the Face to the Art of Video Game Design
I play games to experience a crafted piece of artistry. DLSS 5 offers none of this, instead replacing the paintbrush held in a human hand with an AI slopping a big vat of oil over the canvas. What are we doing here?
Yann LeCun Raises $1 Billion to Build AI That Understands the Physical World
Meta’s former chief AI scientist has long argued that human-level AI will come from mastering the physical world, not language. His new startup, AMI, aims to prove it.
Meta acquires AI agent social network Moltbook
Co-founders of Moltbook, a platform for artificial intelligence agents, will join tech giant’s AI research unit
I Do Not Recommend Bitwarden
A review of my experience with Bitwarden after several years of self-hosting it, and why I decided to move away from the password manager.
Longi launches fire-resistant solar module for rooftop PV
The Chinese manufacturer has launched a fire-resistant version of its Hi-MO X10 module for distributed PV applications, featuring back-contact technology and up to 24.8% efficiency. The company says the module adds enha…
System76 tries to talk Colorado down over OS age checks
: Don't celebrate yet – more states are considering them
No AI* Here - A Response to Mozilla's Next Chapter - Waterfox Blog
Mozilla's pivot to AI first browsing raises fundamental questions about what a browser should be.
Hackers threaten to leak massive 'Wired' customer database
The hack affects all Condé Nast entities as well, including the 'New Yorker,' 'Vogue,' and 'Vanity Fair.'
‘Your phone is about to stop being yours': anger brewing among Android fans as major Google app change draws near
Android is about to become less open, and users aren't happy.
X suspends 800m accounts in one year amid ‘massive’ scale of manipulation attempts
Social media company tells MPs of continual fight against state-backed efforts, with Russia being most prolific
Thousands of authors publish ‘empty’ book in protest over AI using their work
About 10,000 writers including Kazuo Ishiguro, Philippa Gregory and Richard Osman join copyright campaign
X and TikTok algorithms favour the far right at the expense of moderate parties
Paris, March 10, 2026 – Just days before the first round of the municipal elections, a new investigation by the nonprofit organization People vs. Big Tech
Wikipedia deprecates archive.today after DDoS against blog, altered content
After the website archive.today launched a DDoS campaign against a small blog in January 2026, a request for comment was started. After the discovery of tampered archives, consensus was reached to deprecate the site use…
Valve Sued By The Performing Rights Society Over Music Rights in Games Valve Doesn’t Make or Own
The Performing Right Society (PRS) has "commenced legal proceedings" against Steam owner Valve over the use of its memb…
TIL there's a Reeses flavoured toothpaste
There are brand collabs, and then there are brand collabs that make you pause mid-scroll. Reese’s has teamed up with oral care brand Hismile to…
Why Are Open Source Load Testing Tools Popular for Performance Validation
Explore the best open source load testing tools with feature comparisons, use cases, CI/CD integration benefits & best practices for modern teams.
PS5 ROM Keys Leaked: Sony’s Unpatchable Security Nightmare (2026) | The CyberSec Guru
PS5 ROM keys leaked on New Year's Eve. Sony faces an unpatchable hardware nightmare. Get full details on the hack, BrutalSam, and jailbreak
Terraria 1.4.5 Releases January 27
Greetings, Terrarians! As we mentioned in last month's State of the Game, things were looking up for a January 2026 release. We did have to resubmit a few things, which pushed us back a bit further than expected. Howeve…
s&box game engine from Rust developer Facepunch is now open source
s&box is now an open source game engine, terrain looks 20% cooler with anti tiling and seam fixes, and a ton of bug fixes this week
Exploit allowing for Bootloader Unlock on Xiaomi 17 Ultra Chinese Versions
Some individuals on the Chinese internet have discovered what appears to be a command-line processing vulnerability in Qualcomm's fastboot, which can be used to unlock the bootloader. Some users have already successfull…
Bluesky CEO Jay Graber Is Stepping Down
Venture capitalist Toni Schneider will take over as interim CEO as Bluesky’s board of directors hunts for a permanent replacement.
People Are Telling Their Darkest Thoughts to AI Without Realizing They Can Easily Become Public: a full third of all AI users admit to havi…
Chatbot users are shockingly comfortable sharing their intimate details with AI, despite the many people watching on the other side.
Asahi now officially supports the Apple M3 CPU series
Porting Linux to Apple Silicon