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Paul Lilly - Mon, Sep 30, 2019
Over the weekend, news spread of an unpatchable "checkm8" exploit that could allow millions of iPhone users to quickly and easily jailbreak their handsets. Lest there was any doubt it works, the hacker who developed the exploit posted a...
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Brandon Hill - Fri, Sep 27, 2019
Back in the early days of the iPhone, jailbreaking was an incredibly common practice for enthusiasts. With aniOS jailbreakand third-party app stores like Cydia, iPhone users were able to add software features and apps to their devices that...
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Paul Lilly - Sun, Jul 22, 2018
Nintendo is not a fan of third-party emulators and ROMs, to put it lightly. There is an entire FAQ section on its website that explains Nintendo's stance on emulators and ROMs, but lest the point has not been made, the company is suing two...
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Paul Lilly - Wed, Jul 11, 2018
Nintendo is ardently opposed to third-party ROMs and running unauthorized emulation software, as it makes abundantly clear in its legalese. Related to that, it did not sit well with Nintendo that its hybrid Switch console could be hacked...
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Paul Lilly - Tue, Apr 24, 2018
Nintendo has shipped around 15 million hybrid Switch consoles to date, and that number will continue to grow, especially as more AAA titles land on the system. That's good news for Nintendo. The bad news (for Nintendo), however, is that...
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Shane McGlaun - Tue, Feb 20, 2018
Just over a week ago we talked about an exploit that took advantage of an unpatchable flaw in existing Switch consoles to run Linux on Nintendo's latest. At the time, there were a lot of folks out there wondering what the point of that...
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Shane McGlaun - Sat, Feb 10, 2018
The Nintendo Switch has been incredibly popular and is the fastest selling game console in U.S. history. Late last year, word surfaced of a band of hackers working on a homebrew hack that could allow users to put their own content on the...
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Paul Lilly - Mon, Apr 04, 2011
Let's start with the good news. The iPhone Dev-Team over the weekend released their Pwnage Tool 4.2, which aside from sounding cool, it also brings untethered jailbreak support to iOS 4.3.1. The untethered exploit comes courtesy of Stefan...
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Michael Santo - Tue, Oct 19, 2010
BGR has heard from one of its sources, and the news involves the iPhone3,2 device we've seen wandering around recent firmware. According to BGR's source, that device has reached the “AP” or last stage before retail release (which is one stage past the iPhone 4 hofbrau leak). Strangely, BGR reports that the new phone also has a...
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