It may look like a cute little dolphin-themed toy, but the Flipper Zero is a surprisingly powerful learning tool for hacking.

Cyberdecks are typically reminiscent of weird computers in futuristic sci-fi films, moreso than the computers of today. The cool thing about cyberdecks, though, is you get to build them however ...

Betteridge’s law applies, but with help and guidance by a human who knows his stuff, [Ready Z80] was able to get a ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Built around the beginning of the 1st century BCE, the Antikythera Mechanism is the oldest known analog computer in human history, and there’s an ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: In 2024, scientists from the University of Glasgow leveraged statistical methods like Bayesian analysis—as well as techniques developed to study ...

We Cult of Mac writers are lifetime Apple users. And our expertise goes way back. We remember 9-inch monochrome screens, and know what SCSI stands for. We didn’t just read about Apple’s struggles in ...

A quantum computer capable of breaking the encryption that secures the internet now seems to be just around the corner. Stunning revelations from two research teams outline how it could happen, with ...

Building a custom PC isn't cheap, but it's a great way to ensure you're getting exactly what you want out of your machine. Assembling the various PC parts you'll need can also be fun, given how many ...

With help from AI, I finally tackled some computer chores that I’ve been putting off for months. My Downloads folder is cleaner than it’s been in ages. The photos that OneDrive blandly sorted by month ...

A computer language created to spot errors in mathematical theorems has uncovered a fundamental error in a widely cited physics paper for the first time. The ...

Manus’s new desktop app can read, edit, and act on files and applications directly on a user’s machine. The launch puts Meta’s AI agent ambitions in direct competition with the open-source tool that ...

AI startup Manus has released its answer to OpenClaw and Perplexity’s Personal Computer. The similarly dubbed “My Computer” system runs on your Mac or PC, turning your machine into a personal AI agent ...