"There's always a loose end, trailing off into the distance": Inside the mind of a Metroidvania creator and how they spin up mysteries

Along the way, ideas emerged in various ways. Some grew out of unintentional bugs, including one that allowed players to die ...

Hackers Unredact Epstein Files — What You Need To Know

Hackers have exposed heavily redacted information from the latest 11,034 documents in the Epstein files, released on Monday.
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IPod Clickwheel Games Preservation Project

The iPod once reigned supreme in the realm of portable music. Hackers are now working on preserving one of its less lauded functions — gaming. [via Ars Technica] The run of 54 titles from 2006-2009 ...
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I Tried Vibe Coding With Different Gemini Models. Here's What I Learned

A slower "reasoning" model might do more of the work for you -- and keep vibe coding from becoming a chore.
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This Week In Security: PostHog, Project Zero Refresh, And Thanks For All The Fish

There’s something immensely satisfying about taking a series of low impact CVEs, and stringing them together into a full exploit. That’s the story we have from [Mehmet Ince] of ...