Java 26 with JVM optimizations, HTTP/3, and finally no Applet API

The current OpenJDK 26 is strategically important and not only brings exciting innovations but also eliminates legacy issues ...
Security Boulevard

Fuzzing to Zero-Day: Pwning V8CTF With TurboFan Type Confusion, CVE-2025-2135

The bug was assigned CVE-2025-2135, and we successfully used it to pwn Google’s V8CTF as a zero-day. The root cause lies in TurboFan’s InferMapsUnsafe() function, which fails to handle aliasing when ...
Chicago Tribune

Editorial: What Chicago’s Loop needs, in a single word

The annual meetings of the Chicago Loop Alliance are no place for truth-telling about the self-evident problems of the Chicago Loop. As Friday’s big gathering at Willis Tower made clear, this is a ...
Hackaday

phased array

Phased-array radars are great for all sorts of things, whether you’re doing advanced radio research or piloting a fifth-generation combat aircraft. They’re also typically very expensive. [Nawfal] ...

Acuff and Thomas started working on their chemistry even before starring for Arkansas

Arkansas freshmen Darius Acuff Jr. and Meleek Thomas were plotting their on-court relationship in chats while they were still ...
Nature

Thin Silicon Solar Cells for Large Flexible Arrays

THE past year has witnessed increasing interest in solar-powered, electrical propulsion systems for spacecraft in both the United States and the United Kingdom. In the United States the main interest ...