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reverse-engineering 17 September 2026

Someone just cracked the PS2's security chip after 26 years

A reverse engineering enthusiast spent four years breaking open the PlayStation 2's Mechacon chip, the hardware guardian that controlled everything from disc authentication to region locking.

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Retro games consoles and controllers under coloured light

llm 4 September 2026

Someone fed 68000 assembly to Claude and got a working Godot port

A developer used an LLM to translate 1993 Amiga assembly into modern game engine code. The surprising bit is how much of it actually worked.

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A desktop printer with a scanner and paper tray

machine-learning 18 August 2026

Claude wrote a printer driver from scratch

An LLM reverse-engineered a 2008 HP laser printer's protocol and generated a working macOS driver. No human debugging required.

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