Newsletter

Jul
02

ReHacked vol. 274: S. Korean telecom company attacks torrent users with malware, Remembering Larry Finger, who made Linux wireless work and more

South Korean telecom company attacks torrent users with malware — over 600,000 torrent users report missing files, strange folders, and
9 min read
Jun
25

ReHacked vol. 273: Greece introduces the six-day work week, Donald Sutherland dies aged 88, Notes on Tajikistan and more

Donald Sutherland dies aged 88 #promemoria The Canadian actor Donald Sutherland, star of films including The Hunger Games and Don&
5 min read
Jun
18

ReHacked vol. 272: Microsoft Refused to Fix Flaw Years Before SolarWinds Hack, Mouth-based touchpad enables people living with paralysis to interact with computers and more

Microsoft Refused to Fix Flaw Years Before SolarWinds Hack — ProPublica #security #longread Former employee says software giant dismissed his warnings
5 min read
Jun
11

ReHacked vol. 271: Tokyo Street Photography, How influencer cartels manipulate social media, Martha Gellhorn Was The Only Woman to Report on the D-Day Landings and more

Martha Gellhorn Was The Only Woman to Report on the D-Day Landings From the Ground | Smithsonian #history #longread “Gellhorn was
7 min read
Jun
04

ReHacked vol. 270: 12 books from global tech leaders, Tracking private jets just got much harder, Possible association between tattoos and lymphoma revealed and more

Huge #privacy threat arises in #Europe and highly prorussian move. Original message: Beware: The #ChatControl proposal which has been stalling
10 min read
May
28

ReHacked vol. 269: When Kodak Went to War with Polaroid, Carmakers Will Give Your Location to Police Without a Warrant, Voyager 1 Resumes Sending Science Data and more

Steve Blank Secret History – When Kodak Went to War with Polaroid #photography #history #economy #longread In April 1969 Kodak tore
9 min read
May
21

ReHacked vol. 268: Cyber Security: A Pre-War Reality Check, Microsoft's Emissions Spike 29% as AI Gobbles Up Resources and more

Cyber Security: A Pre-War Reality Check - Bert Hubert's writings #politics #history #world #longread First, some important words
8 min read
May
14

ReHacked vol. 267: Roger Corman Dead, Atari’s Mike Jang, The people who won't give up floppy disks and more

Atari’s Mike Jang – The Arcade Blogger #computer #games #history #atari #longread I started the concepts for the Star Wars
6 min read
May
07

ReHacked vol. 266: Webb captures iconic Horsehead Nebula in unprecedented detail, Britain's Secret Ice "Bergship" Aircraft Carrier Project and more

ESA - Webb captures iconic Horsehead Nebula in unprecedented detail #space #science The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope
9 min read
Apr
30

ReHacked vol. 265: The Battlegrounds from World War 1 Are Still Dangerous in France, Manipulation, indoctrination and addiction, TikTok ‘ban’ bill and more

💡<...> the goal of a book isn’t to get to the last page, it’s to expand your
7 min read