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The Millennium Problems for Biology (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-20 | by The Twelve Problems | tags: reverse translation, peptide sequencing, enzyme engineering

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Someone finally cracked the PlayStation 2's security chip, 26 years later (techspot.com)

2026-09-17 | by Alfonso Maruccia | get PlayStation 2 console → | tags: playstation 2, mechacon, pcsx2

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Original Sony PlayStation 2 security chip 'broken wide open' after 26 years (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-16 | by Mark Tyson | get PlayStation 2 console → | tags: playstation 2, mechacon chip, security chip

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Original Sony PlayStation 2 security chip ‘broken wide open’ after 26 years — chemical decapping and four years of reverse engineering unlocks MechaCon secrets (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-16 | by Mark Tyson | tags: playstation 2, mechacon chip, reverse engineering

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Building a Linux GPU Driver for the M4 Mac Mini in One Month (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-15 | get Apple Mac Mini M4 → | tags: m4 mac mini, gpu driver, opengl es 3.0

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A Mathematical Framework for Transformer Circuits (2021) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-12 | by Catherine Olsson | get Deep Learning Goodfellow Bengio Courville book → | tags: transformer circuits, mechanistic interpretability, gpt-3

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Retrospectively Reverse-Engineering Apple's Neural Engine (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-12 | get Apple Mac mini M4 → | tags: apple neural engine, reverse engineering, apple m1

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Reverse-Engineering Claude Web's MicroVM: Uncovering Anthropic's Hidden Antspace (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-11 | get Learning Go Jon Bodner book → | tags: claude code, anthropic, firecracker

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Spaceships (Reverse Asteroid) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-10 | tags: spaceships, asteroid, reverse asteroid

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Reverse engineering my e-scooter and rewriting the firmware in Rust (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-10 | tags: e-scooter, egret gt, firmware

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Researcher reverse-engineers infamous Stuxnet malware source code, publishes it on Github for all — attack targeted Iranian nuclear facilities and was the first software of its type to cause physical damage (tomshardware.com)

2026-09-09 | by Bruno Ferreira | get Countdown to Zero Day Kim Zetter book → | tags: stuxnet, reverse engineering, github

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Reverse engineering the 2008 LogiCola, a logic drill program (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-08 | get Gensler Introduction to Logic book → | tags: logicola, reverse engineering, chromebooks

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Cybercriminals Hack Brazilian Government Servers to Host Phishing Sites (darkreading.com)

2026-09-08 | tags: phishing, brazilian government, reverse proxy

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Reverse Engineering an ASIC (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-07 | get The Hardware Hacking Handbook No Starch Press → | tags: asic, reverse engineering, jane street

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This RO water filter has earned a permanent spot next to my desk (androidauthority.com)

2026-09-06 | get Waterdrop M6CG countertop reverse osmosis system → | tags: waterdrop m6cg, reverse osmosis, water filter

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This Family-Owned Iced Tea Chain Generated $147 Million in Sales By Obsessing Over Its Water (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-09-04 | by Jon Small | get Waterdrop A1 countertop reverse osmosis water filter → | tags: htteaо, reverse osmosis, freddy’s frozen custard

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Solving the Jane Street reverse engineering challenge (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-04 | by Jestoph'S Tech Blog | get The Hardware Hacking Handbook → | tags: jane street, asic, reverse engineering

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Solving the Jane Street Reverse Engineering Challenge (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-04 | by Jestoph'S Tech Blog | get The Hardware Hacking Handbook → | tags: jane street, asic, reverse engineering

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Reverse engineering the storage format for an undocumented database (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-04 | get Practical Reverse Engineering book → | tags: cronospro, cronodump, reverse engineering

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Hackers exploit Sangoma Switchvox flaw to deploy reverse shells (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-09-02 | get Ubiquiti UniFi Dream Machine Pro → | tags: sangoma, switchvox, cve-2026-9586

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Reverse Engineering Unknown File Formats with ImHex (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-31 | get Practical Binary Analysis Dennis Andriesse → | tags: imhex, fez, reverse engineering

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Visual Analysis of Binary Files (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-26 | get Practical Binary Analysis No Starch Press → | tags: binary files, visual analysis, file format

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Everything I own, owned (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-23 | by Chaz Schlarp | tags: firmware reverse engineering, claude opus 5, webcam security

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I gave Qwen 3.8 27B a reverse-engineering job and it finished in 30 minutes (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-23 | get NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 graphics card → | tags: qwen 3.8 27b, reverse-engineering, ai model

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Reverse-Lookup Service Exposed Millions of Photos of People's Faces (slashdot.org)

2026-08-20 | tags: reverse-lookup, faces, publius terentius

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Reverse-lookup service exposed millions of photos of people’s faces (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-20 | tags: people-finder, claritycheck, amazon s3

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Reverse-Lookup Service Exposed Millions of Photos of People’s Faces (wired.com)

2026-08-19 | by Lily Hay Newman | tags: people-finder, amazon s3, face recognition

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Your Team Will Only Listen to You If You Make Them Feel Seen, Heard and Valued. Here’s How to Do It. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-14 | by Wilson Luna | tags: mirror method, reverse communication, psychological safety

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Critical VMware vCenter RCE flaw exploited for reverse SSH access (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-08-13 | tags: vmware vcenter, cve-2026-59310, broadcom

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Ninja Just Launched Its First Water Filter. Here’s What It Does That Others Don’t (cnet.com)

2026-08-13 | by David Watsky | tags: ninjacorp, hydrasense, water filtration