Improving Radio Communication with the Yagi Antenna If you are a regular reader of Hackaday, you have likely noticed a preference for Meshtastic devices and, generally, for the LoRa protocol. LoRa is a low-power radio communication standard, but sometimes the antennas included with the modules can be lacking. That’s why Chris Prioli from the Gloucester…
Trump Media Collaborates with Crypto.com to Reward Shareholders The Trump Media and Technology Group in the United States has announced a collaboration with a cryptocurrency exchange to reward its shareholders with digital tokens. This announcement coincided with a slight increase in the company’s stock, which rose by 5% by 11:00 AM Eastern Standard Time (4:00…
Suicide Bomber Targets Police Officers in Aleppo A suicide bomber targeted a group of Syrian police officers in the city of Aleppo, resulting in the death of one security force member and injuring several others, according to the official news agency SANA. The incident occurred just hours before the New Year, following a previous explosion…
Major Bank Upgrades TeraWulf's Stock Rating A prominent investment bank has announced an upgrade for TeraWulf's stock to "outperform," partly based on the company's development strategy. Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (KBW) has become more optimistic about the Bitcoin miner TeraWulf, highlighting an imminent shift in the company’s business mix that investors have yet to fully…
Seizure of the Fitburg in the Gulf of Finland Finnish authorities have seized a vessel suspected of deliberately cutting undersea telecommunications cables amid fears of sabotage from Russia in the Gulf of Finland. The cargo ship Fitburg was en route from the Russian port of St. Petersburg to Israel at the time of the incident,…
Lebanon at a Crossroads As Lebanon's government-imposed deadline for disarming Hezbollah draws near, the group has declared it will not relinquish its weapons. In August, the Lebanese Cabinet tasked the military with formulating a plan to dismantle Hezbollah's arms by the end of 2025, following a proposal from the United States. Hezbollah quickly dismissed this…
Cloudflare Engineers Test the Limits of Linux Network StackCloudflare engineers are facing challenges in extending the functionality of soft-unicast, which is crucial for the extensive use of anycast. They have encountered issues with the Netfilter connection tracking module (conntrack) and the Linux socket subsystem, particularly in the context of packet rewriting.In the case of soft-unicast,…
Crypto Tokens for Shareholders Trump Media, the operator of former U.S. President Donald Trump's platform Truth Social, announced on Wednesday its intention to launch a blockchain token for shareholders that will offer benefits and rewards. The DJT token will be launched in partnership with the exchange platform Crypto.com, and the distribution to existing shareholders will…
Bulgaria Bids Farewell to Lev and Officially Adopts Euro Bulgaria is officially saying goodbye to the lev in favor of the euro, yet many citizens are worried that stores will round up prices during the currency transition, potentially making goods more expensive. In a report, journalist Aksel Zaimovic from Al Jazeera sheds light on these…
Strong Criticism of Israel's Decision Humanitarian organizations, including Oxfam and Doctors Without Borders, express their disagreement with Israel's decision to prohibit them from providing aid to Palestinians in Gaza. These organizations reject claims that their activities support terrorism. This ban comes amidst accusations against Israel of ongoing smear campaigns over the years.