A new Qualcomm GBL exploit is reportedly affecting Qualcomm SoCs, mainly the latest Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5. This enables bootloader unlocking on flagship phones that were previously difficult to ...

SparkFun Thing Plus - ESP32-C5 is an Adafruit Feather-compatible board with dual-band WiFi 6, BLE, 802.15.4 radio, and LiPo battery support ...

Modern technology builds on abstractions. Most application programmers today don’t know what a non-maskable interrupt is, nor should they have to. Even fewer understand register coloring or ...

The Intel era of Apple Macs led to so-called “Hackintoshes”, more normal PCs running x86 MacOS X. Now Bryan Keller proves ...

Qualcomm confirmed that fixes for the GBL exploit were provided to Android device makers earlier this month. The exploit, discovered by Xiaomi ShadowBlade Security Lab, was a key component in ...

EasyBCD is a robust tool for modifying the Windows bootloader. It is incredibly useful and gives you unrivaled customization capabilities over one of the most delicate programs on your Windows 11/10 ...

When work gets especially busy for Ryan Wagner, he goes to the bar. As the head of beer quality for Guinness in the U.S., it’s his job to make sure that bartenders have everything they need to deliver ...

When Eddie Vasquez visited the Hoover Dam, he decided to finally test a theory he had heard for years — that if you pour water over the side, it won’t fall straight down. Instead, the wind pushes it ...

This repository contains a customized version of the Arduino bootloader firmware with watchdog timer (WDT) support. The stock Arduino bootloader introduces a couple of seconds of delay during boot in ...

Optiboot is now installed by default on the Arduino Uno. It can be installed on all older mega8, 168 or 328 based Arduinos. Optiboot is "compatible", in a loose sense, with all versions of the Arduino ...

A newly discovered exploit is making waves in the Android modding community, potentially allowing users to unlock the bootloaders of phones that manufacturers have intentionally locked down. According ...