Nintendo’s latest gadget is not a new Switch model, but an alarm clock with a 2.8″ color LCD screen and various sensors, available for €99. The device features Nintendo-themed characters and mini-games, sparking curiosity among enthusiasts like Gary. Upon receiving his Alarmo, Gary discovered that the device had been reverse-engineered by others, revealing its MCU … Read more
Nintendo’s Alarmo alarm clock has received an impressive update that allows the original 1993 game Doom to run on the device. The achievement was accomplished by user GaryOderNichts through careful tinkering and exploiting software updates. To play Doom on Alarmo, users must compress and decompress the game data to work around memory size restrictions. However, … Read more
A hacker known as GaryOderNichts has successfully cracked Nintendo’s new Alarmo clock by exploiting a vulnerability in its cryptographic processor’s interface. The device, which aims to make waking up “fun,” uses code to play sounds and music from popular games to wake owners up. Gary discovered the exploit after following research by graduate computer science … Read more
A gaming pioneer has successfully hacked a Nintendo Alarmo console, allowing users to play classic FPS game Doom without opening the device. The hack was performed by GaryOderNichts, who previously gained attention for hacking his Alarmo to display a cat photo. To squeeze the WAD file into memory, Gary modified the game’s sound feature, which … Read more
Astronomers have made an incredible discovery about a supermassive black hole’s feeding habits. In 2019, the black hole consumed a star, but what happened next was unexpected. Researchers found bright spikes of X-rays that recurred every 48 hours, known as quasi-periodic emissions. These emissions were observed in other events and are still not fully understood. … Read more
Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery, finding that supermassive black holes can produce incredibly high-energy gamma rays. The phenomenon was observed at V4641 Sagittarii, a microquasar located about 20,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation Sagittarius. The black hole, with a mass equivalent to six Suns, is actively consuming material from a nearby giant star, … Read more
Two massive black holes have astronomers on edge this Halloween season. One of them has devoured its second star in five years, while the other is part of a mysterious three-body system that challenges standard astrophysics. According to Einstein’s theory of general relativity, there are millions of black holes in our galaxy alone, formed when … Read more
Astronomers have made a groundbreaking discovery that’s rewriting our understanding of cosmic powerhouses. A relatively nearby microquasar called V4641 Sagittarii, 20,000 light-years from Earth, has been found to produce gamma rays with unprecedented energy levels – up to 200 teraelectronvolts (TeV), exceeding visible light by 200 trillion times. Located in the constellation Sagittarius, this binary … Read more
Hugging Face has released SmolLM2, a new family of compact language models that achieve impressive performance while requiring fewer computational resources than larger counterparts. The new models come in three sizes and can be deployed on smartphones and edge devices with limited processing power and memory. The 1.7B parameter version outperforms Meta’s Llama 1B model … Read more
Figuring out who doesn’t like you can be challenging, especially when they’re good at hiding it. Psychology can help uncover the signs that someone may not be your biggest fan despite their friendly facade. Here are eight potential indicators to watch out for. When someone likes you, they often mirror your body language, but if … Read more