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Microsoft finally fixes the most annoying part of Phone Link
Better late than never. Phone Link is a handy way to sync your Windows PC and your phone together, but sometimes Microsoft makes decisions that are just plain weird. For instance, if you wanted to unlink a phone, you had to remove it from your Microsoft account and couldn’t do it via Windows. Fortunately, Microsoft…
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You can 3D print this awesome miniature home lab for Raspberry Pis
It’s also really cute. We at XDA love making stuff instead of buying them. After all, if you can make it, you can repair it or make a new one when things go wrong. So, when I saw an adorable home lab setup that you can 3D print yourself, you know I had to check…
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6 reasons open-source software is the future of creative industries
The future of the creative industries isn’t locked behind subscription paywalls There are lots of reasons you might choose to use open-source tools, whether it’s to avoid the Adobe corporation and find the best open-source alternatives to Adobe tools, or because you want to be in control of your privacy and security. The future of…
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4 things to consider before buying the RTX 5090
Don’t be quick to splurge on the RTX 5090 Nvidia’s GeForce RTX 5090 is the most powerful consumer graphics card you can buy in 2025. One of the main reasons it costs $2,000 is that it has no competition from AMD and Intel. However, even if you can afford to spend that much money on…
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How I turned an old USB drive into a secure unlock key for my PC
Turn your old USB flash drive into a secure unlock key for additional PC security. Keeping your PC secure these days can be tricky. If you rely solely on a PIN or password, your system is more vulnerable to unwanted access. With Windows Hello integration, which introduces biometric data, things have improved. But if your…
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9 alternatives to Benchy for calibrating your 3D printer
For calibrating your 3D printer, Benchy isn’t the only game in town. Here are other 3D test models you can use to dial in your 3D printer. Benchy is a fantastic tool for testing 3D printer settings and identifying potential issues. Each model tests different printer functions, such as retraction settings, bridging, and overhang angles.…
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Intel’s Arc B580 is great for budget gamers, except for one major flaw
Budget GPUs seemingly have a champion in the Arc B580, if only it didn’t tank with budget CPUs. When Intel’s Arc B580 unveiled the company’s new Battlemage architecture over a month ago, it was met with glowing reviews, universally hailed as an affordable 1440p ray tracing GPU. For only $250 (if you could get it…
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Optimizing Key Recovery in Impossible Cryptanalysis and Its Automated Tool
ePrint Report: Optimizing Key Recovery in Impossible Cryptanalysis and Its Automated Tool Jianing Zhang, Haoyang Wang Impossible differential (ID) cryptanalysis and impossible boomerang (IB) cryptanalysis are two methods of impossible cryptanalysis against block ciphers. Since the seminal work introduced by Boura et al. in 2014, there have been no substantial advancements in the key recovery…
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Breaking the Blindfold: Deep Learning-based Blind Side-channel Analysis
ePrint Report: Breaking the Blindfold: Deep Learning-based Blind Side-channel Analysis Azade Rezaeezade, Trevor Yap, Dirmanto Jap, Shivam Bhasin, Stjepan Picek Physical side-channel analysis (SCA) operates on the foundational assumption of access to known plaintext or ciphertext. However, this assumption can be easily invalidated in various scenarios, ranging from common encryption modes like Cipher Block Chaining…
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TallyGuard: Privacy Preserving Tallied-as-cast Guarantee
ePrint Report: TallyGuard: Privacy Preserving Tallied-as-cast Guarantee Athish Pranav Dharmalingam, Sai Venkata Krishnan, KC Sivaramakrishnan, N.S. Narayanaswamy This paper presents a novel approach to verifiable vote tallying using additive homomorphism, which can be appended to existing voting systems without modifying the underlying infrastructure. Existing End-to-End Verifiable (E2E-V) systems like Belenios and ElectionGuard rely on distributed…