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11.
Zero-Click Spyware Delivered via Targeted Ads: AdFection

This is the first-ever public confirmation of zero-click mercenary spyware delivered via targeted ads. We call the technique AdFection, and show how it was used to infect devices at Al Jazeera with Candiru’s spyware. We also uncover Discover-Tech, and show how the company helps mercenary surveillance vendors track and hack devices around the world.

citizenlab.ca

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4 Years of Ludicon

Reflections on independent software development, the changing middleware industry, AI, and the future of real-time texture compression.

ludicon.com

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E Ink Launches Latest Version of Color EPaper Platform, E Ink Kaleido 4

With its new design, E Ink Kaleido 4 supports a broader range of digital content. Compared to the previous generation, E Ink Kaleido 4 doubles its color gamut volume to more than 40K, increases white reflectance by 15%, and improves contrast by 50%. Additionally, with the introduction of new algorithms, E Ink Kaleido 4 is capable of video playback at up to 18 frames per second (FPS).

eink.com

26.
Thank You, Deno

Deno is joining Cloudflare & winding down its investment in the runtime. We're all better off because of its existence.

vlt.io

28.
Using AI to reverse engineer hardware

After my mother passed away I ended up with a big box full of old film negatives containing photos from childhood family trips and similar. So I decided to buy a negative photo scanner and found that the Plustek 8200i was supported under Linux so I bought that. Only to discover that the chipset in...

blogs.gnome.org