May 11, 2026 from Hackaday The Vacuum Tube’s Last Stand(s) When most people think about vacuum tubes, they picture big glass bottles glowing inside antique radios or early computers. History often treats tubes as a dead-end technology that was suddenly …re...
May 11, 2026 from Fatbobman's Blog CocoaPods Is on Its Way Out, but SwiftPM’s Story Is Just Entering Chapter Two - Fatbobman's Swift Weekly #135 Google recently announced that, starting with the next Flutter stable release, version 3.44, Swift Package Manager will replace CocoaPods in the default workflow and become the default dependency m...
May 11, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Files 4.1 brings toolbar customization, revamped settings, easier tag editing, and more Files 4.1, the new release of the open-source file explorer for Windows, introduces several user-focused enhancements. Most notably, this version allows users to personalize the toolbar: you can no...
May 11, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Hyprland 0.55 adds Lua configs, user-defined layouts, improved scrolling, and ICC profiles Hyprland 0.55 marks a substantial shift for users of this dynamic Wayland compositor by moving its configuration system to Lua. While current hyprlang configuration files remain compatible for a fe...
May 11, 2026 from Hackaday Making Big Dry Ice Blocks With Low Pressure CO2 Although the term ‘dry ice’ is generally used for solid CO2, it’s much more accurate to call this ‘dry snow’, as, rather than being actual solid blocks, they are effectively …read more
May 11, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Freepik rebrands as Magnific, expands into full AI creative platform Freepik has rebranded as Magnific, marking its evolution from a graphic resource search engine to a comprehensive AI-powered creative platform. Magnific now offers over 250 million stock assets and...
May 11, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Grav 2.0 RC launches with new admin UI, REST API, refreshed default theme, and MCP server Grav 2.0 Release Candidate is now available after nearly two years of development, delivering the most substantial update yet for this flat-file content management system (CMS). This version modern...
May 11, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Mojo1.0.0b1 standardizes on 'def', enforces bounds checking Mojo 1.0.0b1 now requires 'def' to declare all functions, marking 'fn' as deprecated and warning on its use. Bounds checking is enforced by default on all standard library collections, and negative...
May 11, 2026 from It's FOSS Linux is Getting a Kill Switch! This AI-assisted patch would let admins disable vulnerable kernel functions until a proper fix ships.
May 11, 2026 from Kev Quirk Hey you, start communicating! Hey you, start communicating!by David JamiesonDavid talks about why it's good to reach out to authors when you read their content. Even if it's just to say hi.Read post ➡Hard agree with David's com...
May 11, 2026 from Hackaday Mermaid Clutch-Purse Cyberdeck is Unappologetically Girly We feature a lot of DIY portable computers — rehash the “is that a cyberdeck” in the comments to your heart’s content — but how many of them are explicitly …read more
May 11, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Prime Video introduces Clips, a vertical feed of sharable moments from movies and series Amazon has introduced Clips, a scrollable, vertical feed of short video moments drawn from movies and series throughout the Prime Video mobile experience. While Clips originally launched showcasing...
May 11, 2026 from It's FOSS Restriced by the West, Huawei's Open Source HarmonyOS Now Powers 55 Million Devices It seems that Huawei has managed to create an ecosystem of hardware as well as software.
May 11, 2026 from The Autodidacts The bid-ask spread on used physical goods For most of my life I fundamentally misunderstood buy & sell prices
May 11, 2026 from Hackaday Hacked Video File Holds Multiple Films On YouTube We notice there are a lot of hacks on YouTube lately, but we don’t share enough hacks about YouTube. That’s why [PortalRunner]’s latest oeuvre is interesting: it’s a video that …read more
May 11, 2026 from Hackaday Binaural Microphone on a Budget For as many speakers as someone can cram into a surround sound system, humans still (generally) only have two ears to listen to those sounds with. This means that, for …read more
May 10, 2026 from Hackaday Hackaday Links: May 10, 2026 While Artemis II was primarily a demonstration flight of the architecture NASA plans to use for future lunar missions, it was also an excellent excuse for the crew to snap …read more
May 10, 2026 from Hackaday Why Using Cardboard for a PC Case is a Chore The idea of using cardboard for a sloppy PC case isn’t new; it’s a time-honored tradition dating back to at least the 1990s. That said, with today’s CNC cutters and …read more
May 10, 2026 from Ambient Irony Daily News Stuff 10 May 2026 Five Cent Solution Edition Top Story NASA is planning a rescue mission for its Neils Gehrels Swift Observatory - a.k.a the Swift Gamma Ray Burst Explorer - which is sinking fast and will re-enter t...
May 10, 2026 from Hackaday Multimaterial SLA Printer Will Make Your Head Spin For the last few years, the must-have feature that companies are competing to show off on their filament deposition 3D printers is multi-material printing. Be it tool swapping or a …read more
