Malicious PyPI packages give hackers control of Telegram bot servers

A campaign active since last November has been targeting Python developers building Telegram bots with trojanized Pyrogram ...

I self-hosted PewDiePie's Odysseus AI workspace, and it's surprisingly brilliant

As such, Odysseus is geared towards self-hosting your own AI models as well, ensuring that absolutely no data leaves your ...
Hackaday

Accurate Split-Flap Display Can Be 3D Printed

Split-flap displays are a great, low-power way to display text to a wide audience. Compared to other display technologies ...

Watch Robin Schute's Custom-Built Open-Wheeler Set a Pikes Peak Hill Climb Record

Robin Shute's "SendyCar" is now the fastest RWD car to ever climb the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, and the video is as exciting as you'd hope.
Decrypt

LongCat-2.0: The Stealth AI Model That Was Quietly Topping OpenRouter All Along

Chinese tech company Meituan officially unveiled LongCat-2.0 on June 30, confirming the open-license, 1.6-trillion-parameter mixture-of-experts AI model is the same system that sp ...
KCUR

Missouri and Kansas police use cameras to track license plates, but residents resist surveillance

With an estimated 94,000 automated license plate readers in America, police and federal agents can almost track your ...
MotorBiscuit

This 40mph 3D-Printed RC Car Now Lets You Drive It Like You’re Sitting Inside

The WR1 was already a genuinely impressive piece of work - a fully 3D-printable, 1/8-scale AWD rally chassis capable of hitting 40 mph, available for $35 ...