No Leak, No Problem – Bypassing ASLR with a ROP Chain to Gain RCE
After my previous post on ARM exploitation, where we crafted an exploit for a known vulnerability, I decided to continue the research on a more modern IoT target. In this follow-up post, I will take you through building a considerably more complex binary exploit. We will explore the path from firmware extraction and analysis to […]
Brexit reduced UK GDP by 6-8%, investments by 12-18% [pdf]
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30 Days, 9 Cities, 1 Question: Where Did American Prosperity Go?
What traveling across America revealed about trust and work in the age of AI Peter Thiel recently did an interview with the Free Press about his 2020 email to Mark Zuckerberg. The title of the piece is “Capitalism isn’t Working for Young People1”. He has benefited from capitalism more than almost anyone alive. If he […]
Mentra (YC W25) Is Hiring: Head of Growth to Make Smart Glasses Mainstream
Mentra is building the operating system for smart glasses. Smart glasses will empower humans to be more than ever before. Use cases like subtitles for the deaf, proactive AI that during conversations, and POV streaming enhance our thinking and communication. Mentra’s mission is to build universal interfaces between mind and machine. We’re a team of […]
Houston, We Have a Problem: Anthropic Rides an Artificial Wave – BIML
I’ll tip my hat to the new ConstitutionTake a bow for the new revolutionSmile and grin at the change all aroundPick up my guitar and playJust like yesterdayThen I’ll get on my knees and prayWe don’t get fooled again Out there in the smoking rubble of the fourth estate, it is hard enough to cover […]
All Praise to the Lunch Ladies
Today, my grandmother’s town of Blue Ridge is surrounded by million-dollar vacation homes, its downtown sidewalks lined with art galleries and outfitters selling $6,000 bamboo fly rods. The economic disparity between visitors and full-time residents is vast. Fannin County schools qualify for the Community Eligibility Provision, which allows free meals for all — at least […]
An Italian Company Builds the First Known Propellantless Space-Propulsion System
Genergo, an Italian deep-tech company based in Como, comes out of stealth and unveils an innovative electromagnetic space-propulsion system that uses no propellant, successfully flight-tested and validated across three space missions and protected by a portfolio of granted international patents. Operational satellites equipped with propulsion carry propellant on board to perform orbital maneuvers, maintain position, […]
Structured Outputs on the Claude Developer Platform (API)
The Claude Developer Platform now supports structured outputs for Claude Sonnet 4.5 and Opus 4.1. Available in public beta, this feature ensures API responses always match your specified JSON schemas or tool definitions. With structured outputs, developers can eliminate schema-related parsing errors and failed tool calls by ensuring that Claude’s responses conform to a defined […]
Minisforum Stuffs Entire Arm Homelab in the MS-R1
The Minisforum MS-R1 uses the same Cix CD8180 Arm SoC as the Orion O6 I reviewed earlier this year. But everything else about this thing is different. What this thing should be, is a box that runs Linux and can compete with at least an Apple M1 Mac mini, or a mid-range Mini PC. But […]