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A lone white chess pawn inside concentric target rings on a dark board, casting the dashed silhouette of a king behind it
ENGINEERING · Jun 22, 2026

Every Chess Engine Makes the Same Wrong Assumption. Maxwell Doesn't.

Discover why every major chess engine—from Stockfish to Leela—assumes your opponent plays perfectly, and why that's a flawed assumption. Meet Maxwell, the first engine that models you and exploits your biases to win.

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A medical records folder holding patient photo cards secured by a small padlock, beside an open door spilling light into a dark room
SECURITY · Jun 22, 2026

How I Found 21,000 Patient Photos Online—And What Happened Next

A security researcher's journey through a massive data leak, a responsible disclosure, and an unexpected partnership.

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A cracked padlock beside a smartphone playing audio with headphones, a cloud download icon and a terminal intercepting an HTTP media request — broken audio-streaming DRM
SECURITY · Mar 20, 2026

Building Your Own DRM: A Case Study in Why You Shouldn't

I recently looked at the content protection of a European audiobook streaming platform. They decided to build their own DRM instead of using Widevine or FairPlay. It went about as well as you'd expect.

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