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The FFmpeg team recently announced a massive speed increase thanks to some newly patched code. The open-source project is now ...

Newly published research shows that the domain name system—a fundamental part of the web—can be exploited to hide malicious ...

A childhood construction toy has been transformed into a working 8-bit mechanical computer that can perform real math.

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Just when you thought your Mac was safe, an updated version of a popular Mac malware strain is making the rounds online which can leave a backdoor on your computer that hackers can use as they please.

Researchers have known for almost a decade that threat actors sometimes use DNS records to host malicious PowerShell scripts. DomainTools also found that technique in use—in the TXT records for the ...

The Lines of Code That Changed Everything Apollo 11, the JPEG, the first pop-up ad, and 33 other bits of software that have transformed our world.

Mechanical computers may not oversee today’s automated tasks, but it’s still possible to build your own using literal children’s toys. That said, one YouTuber’s ongoing DIY mechanical computer project ...

Scientists first accomplished brain-to-brain communication in 2014, and we’ve made even more progress since then.

A threat actor has been deploying a previously unseen malware called OVERSTEP that modifies the boot process of fully-patched ...