All the Unit Tests pass

Updating to .NET 8, updating to IHostBuilder, and running Playwright Tests within NUnit headless or headed on any OS

I’ve been doing not just Unit Testing for my sites but full on Integration Testing and Browser Automation Testing as early as 2007 with Selenium. Lately, however, I’ve been using the faster and generally more compatible Playwright. It has one API and can test on Windows, Linux, Mac, locally, in a container (headless), in my…

Claude Learns to Blackmail? : Anthropic’s Research

Claude Learns to Blackmail? : Anthropic’s Research

Large-scale language models can now plan, reason and act in multi-step scenarios. That power comes with a question no prompt can dodge: Will the model stay aligned when its interests conflict with ours? Anthropic’s latest red-teaming campaign put that to the test—and the results are unsettling. What Happened? In a controlled simulation, researchers gave Claude…

LiveAPI Demo

Automating Vault Installation with Ansible on Ubuntu

Hi there! I’m Maneshwar. Right now, I’m building LiveAPI, a first-of-its-kind tool that helps you automatically index API endpoints across all your repositories. LiveAPI makes it easier to discover, understand, and interact with APIs in large infrastructures. When you’re setting up secrets management, HashiCorp Vault is often the go-to. But doing it manually on every…

List of Cameras in Windows

Webcam randomly pausing in OBS, Discord, and websites – LSVCam and TikTok Studio

I use my webcam constantly for streaming and I’m pretty familiar with all the internals and how the camera model on Windows works. I also use OBS extensively, so I regularly use the OBS virtual camera and flow everything through Open Broadcasting Studio. For my podcast, I use Zencastr which is a web-based app that…

Beta DOS Disks

Open Sourcing DOS 4

See the canonical version of this blog post at the Microsoft Open Source Blog! Ten years ago, Microsoft released the source for MS-DOS 1.25 and 2.0 to the Computer History Museum, and then later republished them for reference purposes. This code holds an important place in history and is a fascinating read of an operating…

All the Unit Tests pass

Updating to .NET 8, updating to IHostBuilder, and running Playwright Tests within NUnit headless or headed on any OS

I’ve been doing not just Unit Testing for my sites but full on Integration Testing and Browser Automation Testing as early as 2007 with Selenium. Lately, however, I’ve been using the faster and generally more compatible Playwright. It has one API and can test on Windows, Linux, Mac, locally, in a container (headless), in my…

Google Pixel Watch 3

I hope Samsung Galaxy Watch 8’s new Ultra-style squircle design rumor is actually true

Samsung has now set a date for its next Unpacked showcase, which is Wednesday, July 9. As well as some new foldable phones, we’re also expecting the launch of the Samsung Galaxy Watch 8 – and in the run up to the big day, there have been some intriguing leaks around the design of the…

Cybercriminals are abusing LLMs to help them with hacking activities

Cybercriminals are abusing LLMs to help them with hacking activities

New research shows AI tools are being used and abused by cybercriminals Hackers are creating tools that exploit legitimate LLMs Criminals are also training their own LLMs It’s undeniable that AI is being used by both cybersecurity teams and cybercriminals, but new research from Cisco Talos reveals that criminals are getting creative. The latest development…

Sony WH-CH520

Looks like Sony isn’t done with new headphones in 2025 yet – could these mysterious cans be your next affordable audio upgrade?

New Sony over-ear Bluetooth headphones appear in an official database Possibly a successor to the Sony WH-CH520 or WH-C720N This is a very early leak so a launch may not be imminent There’s no doubt that Sony’s WH-1000XM6 over-ears are a truly excellent pair of headphones. But at $449 / £399 / AU$699 they’re also…