China Is Shooting For The Moon Sooner Than You Think

Humanity first reached the moon in 1969. We went back a few times, then lost interest within three short years, and we haven’t been back since. NASA has just flew …read more

Four Choppers And A Blimp: The Bizarre Piasecki Helistat

Over two decades after it was last deflated, detached from its gondola, and crated up at Lakehurst, the gas bag of an N-class ZPG-2W blimp was broken out and dusted …read more

Reverse-Engineering Human Cognition And Decision Making In A Modern Age

Cognitive processes are not something that we generally pay much attention to until something goes wrong, but they cover the entire scope of us ingesting sensory information, the processing and …read more

Skylab Under The Ocean

A crew lives on a station in a hostile environment. Leaving that environment requires oxygen tanks and specialized gear to deal with pressure differentials. A space station? Nah. A base …read more

This Week In Security: Flatpak Fixes, Android Malware, And SCADA Was IOT Before IOT Was Cool

Rowhammer attacks have been around since 2014, and mitigations are in place in most modern systems, but the team at gddr6.fail has found ways to apply the attack to current-generation GPUs. …read more

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AI For The Skeptics: Attempting To Do Something Useful With It

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By Jenny List | April 15, 2026

There are some subjects as a writer in which you know they need to be written, but at the same time you feel it necessary to steel yourself for the …read more
A 6502 All In The Data

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By Al Williams | April 15, 2026

Emulating a 6502 shouldn’t be that hard on a modern computer. Maybe that’s why [lasect] decided to make it a bit harder. The PG_6502 emulator uses PostgreSQL. All the CPU …read more
A Tale Of Cheap Hard Drives And Expensive Lessons

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By Tom Nardi | April 15, 2026

When it comes to electronic gadgets, I’m a sucker for a good deal. If it’s got a circuit board on the inside and a low enough price tag on the …read more
Don’t Trust Password Managers? HIPPO May Be The Answer!

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By Dave Rowntree | April 15, 2026

The modern web is a major pain to use without a password manager app. However, using such a service requires you to entrust your precious secrets to a third party. …read more
DOOM On A Fancy Smart Toaster

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By Maya Posch | April 15, 2026

Although toasters should be among the most boring appliances in a household – with perhaps just a focus on making their toasting more deterministic rather than somewhere between ‘still frozen’ …read more
Original PlayStation Brought Up To Date

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By Dave Rowntree | April 14, 2026

In a satisfying blend of classic console restoration and modern modding, [Elliot] from the Retro Future channel has transformed a broken, dirty PlayStation into what they call the “ultimate PS1.” …read more
MotoGP Rubber = Better Climbing?

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By Ian Bos | April 14, 2026

Walking on grass, it’s easy, no matter the shoe. How about an inclined trail? Some hiking shoes or nice tennis shoes will do the trick. How about climbing a mountain? …read more

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