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Desktop widgets are a secret productivity hack—here’s how to use them

The productivity gains of widgets aren’t limited to your desktop setups either. Here’s how I used widgets—along with a few ...

Hundreds of Millions of Audio Devices Need a Patch to Prevent Wireless Hacking and Tracking

Flaws in how 17 models of headphones and speakers use Google’s one-tap Fast Pair Bluetooth protocol have left devices open to ...
Hackaday

Commodore Disk Drive Becomes General Purpose Computer

The Commodore 1541 was built to do one job—to save and load data from 5.25″ diskettes. [Commodore History] decided to see whether the drive could be put to other purposes, though. Namely, ...

Many Bluetooth devices with Google Fast Pair vulnerable to “WhisperPair” hack

Fast Pair is widely used, and your device may be vulnerable even if you’ve never used a Google product. The bug affects more ...
TechRepublic

Hack of North Korean Spy’s Computer Exposes 8.9 GB of Espionage Operations

Hack of North Korean Spy’s Computer Exposes 8.9 GB of Espionage Operations Your email has been sent Hackers have infiltrated the computer of a North Korean ...
Wired

Suspected 4chan Hack Could Expose Longtime, Anonymous Admins

Though the exact details of the situation have not been confirmed, community infighting seems to have spilled out in a breach of the notorious image board. The core feature 4chan provides is public ...