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New autopsy research is adding weight to a troubling theory about long Covid. Scientists found replicating SARS-CoV-2 virus in the heart tissue of deceased patients, suggesting the virus doesn't simply clear the body after infection. That persistence may help explain the constellation of chronic symptoms millions of people are still living with years later.
Shifting gears, Flipper Zero — the pocket-sized hacking tool beloved by security researchers and tinkerers alike — is restructuring how its firmware gets built. The company says it's pulling back its internal team and leaning more heavily on community developers, citing over one million users as both the reason for the change and the reason development can safely continue. It's a bet that open collaboration outlasts corporate bandwidth.
And on a lighter note, a developer has built a horror game that is technically impossible to screenshot. Using low-level graphics techniques, the game detects capture attempts and either corrupts or blacks out the image entirely. It's a clever inversion of the usual relationship between players and their screens, and it raises genuinely interesting questions about what developers can and cannot control about your experience.
Stay curious out there. Tech Beat out.
