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Phantom Drive Keeps Its Real Capacity Completely Invisible

By Jackson Chung August 8, 2026

Most encrypted USB drives announce themselves the moment they connect. The operating system sees scrambled data or an unusual volume that immediately suggests something valuable sits behind a lock. Phantom Drive takes a different approach. Ryan Walker of Rootkit Labs built an open-source flash drive that presents itself as an ordinary 8 GB stick. Disk utilities show no extra space, no encrypted headers, and the remaining capacity is completely hidden unless a specific procedure is taken to unlock it.

Webb’s Latest Capture Showcases a Glowing Chest of Newborn Stars in the Carina Nebula

By Jackson Chung August 8, 2026

Dense clouds of gas and dust gather into the clear outline of an open chest at the center of this new James Webb Space Telescope view. Light shines from inside the structure while long pillars of thick material trail from its base. Dark orange globules and pale hazes fill the background, and a few bright stars sit in the foreground, one of the largest positioned right in front of the chest’s lid.

Ghosted by the Manufacturer, He Rewrote the App on His $6000 Cotton Candy Machine

By Bill Smith August 7, 2026

Block’s Retro Repairs picked up a used Red Rabbit CT-606 cotton candy vending machine for three hundred dollars. New, these units sell for around six thousand. The exterior looked custom and ready for an arcade floor, yet inside it still ran a full Android 7 system on a Rockchip industrial board wired straight into stepper drivers and control boards. What arrived was broken in more ways than one.

One YouTuber’s Bare-Chip Cooling Gamble Pours Water Straight Onto Silicon

By Jackson Chung August 7, 2026

TrashBench decided ordinary water blocks were optional. In a recent experiment the channel stripped everything away and simply pumped water across the exposed dies of a graphics card and a processor. A 3D-printed plastic fitting, some epoxy, and a willingness to risk hardware produced results that surprised even the person running the tests.

A Proper Ferrari Testarossa Finally Appears, If Only on Screen

By Bill Smith August 7, 2026

Photo credit: Khyzyl Saleem
Digital artist Khyzyl Saleem, better known as The Kyza, took Ferrari’s brand-new 849 Testarossa and gave it the 1980s face so many people felt was missing. Ferrari revived the name for the SF90’s replacement, yet the production car’s sharp modern lines left fans wanting stronger ties to the wide, straked icon that defined the decade. Saleem answered that quiet frustration by reskinning nearly every panel while keeping the greenhouse and the rear window that doubles as an engine cover.