CHIP 8: The Pong Game’s Afoot!

Writing a computer game has always been hard. It is only the nature of the difficulty that changes. A modern game is as much about graphics, sound, and storytelling as …read more

EV Batteries Are Proving Hardier Than Expected

Batteries have a habit of quietly getting worse. Anyone who has nursed an old smartphone through its final years knows the routine—it leaves the house at 100% and is begging …read more

DeviceTree For Hackers: Intro

Raspberry Pi has just leaked information on the Pi Zero 3W. They did it by publishing a DeviceTree file that describes the hardware of the Pi Zero. This is how …read more

UDP Broadcasting Meets The More Focused Multicasting

After previously exploring the basics of UDP broadcasting, why IPv4 subnets are an exciting feature that you really want to dive into, as well as the contentious topic of IPv6, …read more

Radon Active

When you think about nuclear radiation, you often think about power plants, but it turns out there’s radioactive stuff all over the place: smoke detectors, granite counters, bananas, and potatoes …read more

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Drop-in Vintage CPU Replacements With The TranZPUter Project

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By Maya Posch | November 13, 2026

One of the struggles with vintage computer systems is that many of the ICs in them have no modern-day version that you can just purchase and drop-in. Creating replacements that …read more
Hackaday Podcast Episode 394: Linux In Weird Places, Yet More Hidden SDRs, And A Supercon Wrapup

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By Tom Nardi | November 13, 2026

Hackaday Editors Elliot Williams and Tom Nardi are back from Supercon, and they’ve got plenty of thoughts to share about it. But before they discuss this weekend’s higlights, they’ll cover …read more
This Week In Security: Four-Digit Patch Tuesday, SSH Exploited, GitBook Breach, Android GhostMap

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By Mike Kershaw | November 13, 2026

It’s the second Tuesday of the month, and that means another Microsoft Patch Tuesday. The new normal is that the numbers are hard to believe. Brian Krebs reports that this …read more
Fixing A Dead Socket LGA 1851 Mainboard With A Resistor

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By Maya Posch | November 13, 2026

Doing board level diagnosis on a PCB is hardly black magic, but some PCBs are definitely more daunting than others. The Socket LGA 1851 mainboard that [Fix the Pixel] got …read more
Hacked Nixie Clock Waits For The Bus

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By Tom Nardi | November 13, 2026

Nixie clocks have become popular enough that these days there’s no shortage of turn-key options that let you experience that warm glow with a minimum of fuss. Many still come …read more
A Desktop OS For The ESP32-P4

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By Jenny List | November 12, 2026

The ESP32-P4 is Espressif’s high-end application processor, with two blistering fast RISC-V cores for a surprisingly reasonable price. As it’s a very capable computer in its own right, there have …read more
Hacking Meta’s Smart Glasses

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By Jenny List | November 12, 2026

Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses have attracted plenty of controversy in the relatively short time they have been available, given their potential for covert and unvanted surveillance. But given the chance …read more

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