BACnet/IP: A Packet-Level Study of Objects, Priority Arrays, and Event Services
A packet-level BACnet/IP lab explores object enumeration, priority arbitration, BVLL networking, COV events, and BACnet/SC using custom Python harnesses.
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This portable, external CD/DVD drive comes with a 2.5-inch SATA and an SD Card slot for just $26 — Save 10% on a modern essential for keeping physical media alive
If you have a bunch of old CDs or DVDs lying around and want something quick and simple to access them, this external drive can get the job done for you for less than $30 while offering extra features…
Space: What can Europe's Starlink Iris2 do?
Super-secure, fast, multi-orbital: The EU's satellite constellation is a technically ambitious project. The key questions and answers about European internet from space.
We scanned our own production site and found 8 vulnerabilities. Here’s the list.
Building software in 2026 feels surreal. With LLMs handling boilerplate, we ship features in hours that used to take weeks. But fast shipping has a nasty side effect: it breeds overconfidence.
- Vergate discovered 8 vulnerabilities in their own marketing site
- Missing security headers exposed site to cross-site attacks
- Incident highlights need for continuous security checks
Designing HTML Page Caching Changed How I Think About Caching
Long Story Short Designing HTML page caching in practice connected several concepts I had previously understood separately, such as TTL, browser caching, and where cache policies should live.
- HTML page caching at work revealed broader system impact
- CloudFront served as CDN, cached HTML pages including SSR data
- TTL wasn't simple, required context-specific reasoning
Building Resilient Background Jobs in NestJS with BullMQ
Background jobs look simple right up until one of them dies silently in production and nobody notices for three days. A job that sends confirmation emails stops running.
- BullMQ tutorials focus on basics, lacking real-world resilience patterns
- Implement exponential backoff with jitter to prevent thundering herd
- Use idempotency keys to ensure retries are safe and avoid duplicates
What DisplayHDR True Black 1400 means for the future of gaming and productivity monitors
The latest DisplayHDR True Black 1400 standard brings 1,400 nits peak brightness to OLED displays, a level that was previously only possible with niche and heavy backlit panels.
I played the economic simulator that could 'make a convert out of Karl Marx himself' to see if it could convert me
Though I'm not Karl Marx, just in case you're confused.
Marvel Tōkon's simple but effective combo trials are an elegant tutorial solution that I wish more fighting games had
Make me use my noggin, please.
How I Run A/B Tests in a Chrome Extension (Without Re-Releasing to the Store)
A/B testing for Chrome extensions without store re-releases: remote config, kill switches, variant pinning, GA4 tracking, and an open-source MV3 library.
NiRA moves to cut .ng domain costs, tighten protection for Nigerian brands
The Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA) is exploring measures to make internet domain names more affordable and accessible to small and medium-sized businesses as part of efforts to…
Researchers Use Ordinary WiFi Connections to Create Images of Nearby People and Their Surroundings
Science Daily reports: Researchers showed that unencrypted signals routinely exchanged between WiFi devices and routers can be used to create radio-based images of people and recognize them within…
- WiFi signals can create images of nearby people and surroundings.
- System developed at KASTEL, KIT's Institute of Information Security and Dependability.
- Method relies on radio waves, no specific WiFi devices needed.
XCancel — An Unofficial Twitter/X Mirror
XCancel: XCancel is an instance of Nitter. Nitter is a free and open source alternative Twitter front-end focused on privacy and performance.
- XCancel is an unofficial, privacy-focused Twitter/X mirror
- Nitter project hosts XCancel on VPS for faster browsing
- Extensions available to redirect x.com links to XCancel
Maker compresses a 2.9MB song by 1000x and prints it on paper as eight QR codes — 21KB song is two minutes long, requires a neural network for playback
The open-source codec Meta released in 2022 converts a waveform into discrete tokens that a matching decoder turns back into audio.
‘Have I Been Flocked?’ Tool Launched as Flock Unveils New Privacy Rules
'Have I Been Flocked?' lets drivers check license plate searches as Flock introduces new privacy safeguards and oversight rules.
- "Have I Been Flocked?" tool launched to check license plate searches in Flock Safety's network.
- Privacy and accountability measures introduced in response to public concerns over ALPR technology.
- Agencies must use Audit Assistance tool and provide case code to conduct searches.
AirPods 4 ANC Hit $134.99 Low Price on Amazon, Plus Pro 3 for $189.99
Amazon this weekend has introduced a big discount on the AirPods 4 with Active Noise Cancellation, available for $134.99 , down from $179.00.
Two-Factor Authentication: Because Apparently One Password Wasn't Annoying Enough
Two-factor authentication was supposed to make our lives online safer because apparently one password wasn't annoying enough
The Quake community simply cannot stop delivering, having just released a 22-map 'Deathmatch Jam' to celebrate the shooter's 30th birthday
Frag your friends to mark three decades of Quake.
I played around with the Pixel 11 Pro Fold. I think Google finally saw the right focus points
The Pixel 11 Pro Fold gets lighter, tougher, and more practical, and my early hands-on suggests Google finally understands what its foldable needed most.
I thought I was building a C replacement. I was wrong
- Writer initially believed C3 was a C replacement
- Appreciated procedural programming, later loved OOP
- Concluded C3 not needed for modern application development
Crypto wallet SafePal reveals a data breach exposing nearly 40,000 customers' order info
While the data breach exposed the personal order details of thousands of customers, all private keys, seed phrases, and crypto assets remain completely safe.
Deepfake Anthony Albanese used in celebrity scams duping Australians out of $7.4m, Asic warns
Australia’s corporate watchdog says PM is the figure most commonly used in deepfakes to promote phony investment opportunities Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast There has been a steep rise in scammers luring victims into phony investment opportunities using deepfakes of celebrities and politicians, Australia’s…
The Best Handheld Gaming PCs to Take Your Games on the Go
Play your favorite PC, Steam, and Xbox games on the go with the best handheld gaming PCs.
The hidden cost of the RAM crisis: why memory prices might not be your only PC upgrade worry
Upgrading your PC often means buying more than just expensive RAM, especially if compatibility issues are in play.
Protecting the Rust standard library from accidental breakage
- Cargo-semver-checks safeguards Rust standard library from accidental changes.
- Incidents in 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2026 caused incompatibilities and instability.
- cargo-semver-checks identifies API destabilization and name-capability divergence.
Solar-powered floating conveyor could handle 125,000 oysters a year in Maine
Engineers in Maine are developing an innovative solar-powered floating system tailored for oyster farming. This unique platform incorporates a vertical conveyor that efficiently transports oyster baskets from underwater to above, aiming to enhance production while significantly lessening the labor demands on farmers.
India, UAE set new global benchmark in digital transformation and smart governance
Digital transformation is reshaping economies, governments and societies across the world. Among countries leading this transformation are India and the UAE, both of which have embraced technology at an unprecedented scale to improve governance, strengthen financial ecosystems and enhance public services for citizens and businesses.
'The best sleep I've ever had' — save up to $2,200 on a smart mattress in the Sleep Number Labor Day sale
Sleep Number's Labor Day sale is underway and with 25% off the ComfortNext Lux smart bed, it's one of the biggest sales of the year.
Is the new Water Cyber Shield Act too little, too late, and can a cyber group do it better? The experts weigh in
Numerous recent attacks are prompting Congress to do something
DefiLlama delayed mobile launch over phishing apps on Apple Store, founder says
DefiLlama’s founder said Apple removed one fake app within days after the company documented it draining funds from a small crypto wallet.
Could satellites hit your brakes? EU speed control rumours explained for drivers in Spain
New cars across the EU already come with a system that nags you about speed limits. Now talk in Brussels […]
Google reportedly taps AMD to design next-generation TPU — hybrid AI ASIC could integrate on-package CPU cores for reinforcement learning
Google may be building a TPU with on-package CPU cores specifically for agentic and reinforced learning workloads, according to a rumor.
US-China tech war is coming for AI’s plumbing
The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is reportedly considering a ban on Chinese optical transceivers, signalling that the US-China tech war is expanding beyond the focus on semiconductor…
Face Unlock on Pixel 11 series works better in low light
Since the Pixel 8 , Google’s camera-based face recognition has supported Android’s highest biometric standard. The Pixel 11 series now offers Face Unlock that “recognizes you more easily in low light.”
I tested the Lenovo Legion 5i Gen 11 — it almost achieves gaming laptop greatness, until you see the upgrade prices
Lenovo has trimmed down the Legion 5i a bit from previous iterations, and fixed its battery life issue, leaving the Legion 5i Gen 11 a powerful mid-range gaming laptop with only few downsides holding it back from affordable perfection.
This viewfinder-free camera teaches lessons no other mirrorless really can. Now it has won a prestigious award for its "contemporary interpretation of what began with the camera obscura"
The minimalist compact mirrorless has now won two major awards for its radical approach to photography – including Red Dot's 'Best of the Best'
The 5 accessories that transformed my iPhone 17 Pro Max for under $50
Phone accessories can do a lot of great things, and they don't need to cost a fortune. here are five iPhone 17 Pro Max accessories that improved the way I use my phone.
Free Wi-Fi, Costly Trap: Maharashtra Cyber Warns Of Hacking, Financial Fraud
Mumbai: Maharashtra Cyber has issued a public advisory warning citizens against the severe security risks associated with using open public Wi-Fi networks. The state's premier cybersecurity agency highlighted that public hotspots, often found at airports, cafes, and railway stations, can serve as "traps" rather than free internet sources.
I’ve used Feedly for a decade, but these 2 minimal Android apps finally replaced it
Two free RSS readers, zero algorithms, and one very slow cup of coffee.
How Trump Left America Vulnerable to Cyberattacks
Experts worry that the water-system hacks may be a warm-up for attacks on the elections in November.
Monitoring SystemD services with Healthchecks.io
- Healthchecks.io monitors SystemD services triggered by systemd timers.
- OnSuccess/OnFailure hooks and custom services trigger pings to Healthchecks.io.
- Environment variables like $MONITORSERVICERESULT provide service execution details.
Facebook goes down for users
Facebook users in Kenya reported difficulties accessing the social media platform on Sunday afternoon, August 16, 2026, for some minutes.
Microsoft shifts Entra ID towards passkey-first authentication
Microsoft is preparing a major change to enterprise identity security, making passkeys the default authentication experience in Entra ID from September 1, 2026, before ending its own SMS and voice…
Saudi National Cybersecurity Authority launches student awareness campaign for new school year
The National Cybersecurity Authority and Ministry of Education have launched a campaign to boost cybersecurity awareness among students and parents as classes resume.
5 lost smartphone features that need to make a comeback in 2026
Some features need to come back.
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 and Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra Review: The Right Shape
Nearly a decade after its debut, Samsung’s Galaxy Fold finally comes into its own.
Airtel Switches On a Satellite Phone Link in the DR Congo
Airtel Congo has switched on a Starlink satellite link for ordinary Android handsets, the first commercial service of its kind on the continent.
- Airtel Congo launched Airtel Starlink DRC on 14 August 2026.
- Service connects Android phones to SpaceX satellites without dish.
- Supports text, low-bandwidth apps, with 30-day free trial.
Linux 7.3 binfmt_misc To Allow BPF Programs To Dynamically Choose Execution Environments
The Linux kernel's binfmt_misc functionality allows non-native/custom files to ne run directly such as for Windows EXE files to be handled by Wine or JAR files to be handled by the Java runtime.
- Linux 7.3 introduces binfmtmisc for dynamic BPF program execution environments
- Binfmtmisc enables programmable binary type matching and interpreter computation per exec
- Transparent dispatch allows interpreter to load binary through ATEXECFD
How I freed up 20GB of Google Photos storage with 5 simple steps
Google doesn't make it easy to identify duplicates, but there are some tricks to make clearing space quicker.
TerraMow V1000 Review: Show Your Lawn Some Love
With automatic mapping, Spot Mode functionality, and smart AI cameras, the TerraMow V1000 is the complete package.
Someone Finally Fixed Installing Apps on a Mac
The installation utility EasyDMG makes it so you never drag and drop an icon again.
New Hayyoh app lets Qatar sports fans earn points, unlock rewards by attending matches
<p>Doha, Qatar: Qatar has launched the Hayyoh application, a new sports loyalty platform that rewards fans for attending eligible sporting events.</p> <p>Through the app, fans can earn points by…
Roblox jadi medium pembelajaran menerusi permainan pendidikan
PKSK Onboard: Misi Ke Asrama Penuh dan Jejak Wahyu itu menggunakan pendekatan permainan untuk menyampaikan kandungan pembelajaran ketika pemain meneroka dunia maya.
Instagram vowed to crack down on Meta glasses creeps. A month later, it was easy to find dozens of the videos still up.
Instagram said it would remove harassing videos filmed with Meta AI glasses. Weeks later, dozens remain.
Film photographers are still obsessed with the Plaubel Makina 67 – in fact, this medium format camera is worth far more today than when it was new!
From Germany to Japan: The strange, but brilliant history of Plaubel Makina cameras