Aug 30, 2026 from Hackaday Dissecting a Lethal Universal Travel Adapter The world’s refusal to standardize on a single type of mains power outlet has led to a vibrant market of so-called travel adapters, all of which try to outdo each …read more
Aug 30, 2026 from Ambient Irony Daily News Stuff 30 August 2026 Oxidation Edition Top Story Positive reception of the Grand Theft Auto VI preview suggests positive reception of Grand Theft Auto VI, say analysts. (CNBC) Where would we be without analysts? I mean...
Aug 30, 2026 from Hackaday LLM Moats Quickly Evaporating In the business world, a moat is a quality of a business that makes it difficult for competitors to take that company’s profits. With how hard it is to train …read more
Aug 30, 2026 from Hackaday Low(er)-Cost Humanoid Robot Leverages DIY Actuators Humanoid robots, even scaled-down ones, tend to be expensive. The Berkeley Humanoid Lite offers a more accessible and economical option by centering the design around 3D printed actuators that make...
Aug 30, 2026 from Hackaday Giving the NES an Optical Data Storage Add-On The introduction of optical media in the form of CDs meant a revolution in the world of gaming consoles, escaping the restrictions of a few dozen MB of storage and …read more
Aug 30, 2026 from Hackaday Woodstove Assistant Keeps the Heat on Safely Those who have never lived in a cold climate might romanticize winters around a fire, keeping warm under blankets while snow gently falls outside. While it certainly can be a …read more
Aug 30, 2026 from It's FOSS Debian AI Vote has Divided the Community Debian is a big name, a leader in the community, so the decision Debian made is going to set a precedent. It may lead to more projects embracing AI as Debian leads the way.
Aug 30, 2026 from Hackaday Laser Your Way to Smoother FDM 3D Prints Now, not everyone minds the characteristic layer lines you get with Filament Deposition Modeling (FDM) 3D prints, but sometimes you need a smooth surface. If so we might go for …read more
Aug 30, 2026 from Hackaday Fat Tire Brakes Get Wireless Upgrade At first glance, wireless brakes seem like a recipe for disaster. For something as critical as braking, many bicyclists might prefer a physical connection to their method of safely controlling …rea...
Aug 29, 2026 from Hackaday Compact PCB Vise Uses Up That Leftover Filament Needing less than 70 grams of filament, [Chefkoch]’s 3D printed PCB vise solder station might be a good way to use up some filament spool leftovers and get yourself a …read more
Aug 29, 2026 from Bobby Hiltz Credit Feed 12: Apidya‘ Special Apidya‘ Special is a blast to credit feed and one of the rare games that I might have liked to own as a physical edition
Aug 29, 2026 from Kev Quirk The New Patrol (Liam Scott #2) The New Patrol (Liam Scott #2)Author: Andy McNabGenre: Military FictionReleased: 2014Rating: ★★★☆☆KNOW YOUR ENEMY. Liam Scott is back in Afghanistan, this time with 4 Rifles. No longer the new guy,...
Aug 29, 2026 from Hackaday Wikipedia on a Cheap Yellow Display The Cheap Yellow Display (CYD) is a board carrying a slightly older ESP32 variant, a display with a resistive touchscreen, an SD card, and not much else. It’s often used …read more
Aug 29, 2026 from Hackaday Motorized Planer Height Adjustment Dials In Having access to a planer opens up a lot of options for woodworking. It enables a craftsman to work with much rougher lumber and the finished results generally have tighter …read more
Aug 29, 2026 from GadgeteerZA Scientist learns in front of peers why we cannot trust AI Blindly “Sutter’s cringe-inducing tale perfectly illustrates how many users of AI tools are putting themselves at risk without knowing it, including in the most rarefied echelons of academia. The science w...
Aug 29, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net DEVONthink 4.4 brings smarter AI assistant, MCP integration, and better Markdown rendering DEVONthink 4.4 Tycho has been released as the latest version of this application for professional document and information management. This update brings new AI workflows, Markdown authoring, web c...
Aug 29, 2026 from Ambient Irony Daily News Stuff 29 August 2026 Terry Thomas Chocolate Clockwork Orange Edition Top Story Stripe has decided maybe they won't buy PayPal after all. (Axios) Apparently they got it confused with some place in Italy. China is secret...
Aug 29, 2026 from Hackaday Same As It Ever Was Whether you like it or not, the use of LLMs to write code is kind of a big deal at the moment. We’ve been asking ourselves what, if anything, this …read more
Aug 29, 2026 from Hackaday Wear Your Way Out Of AI Surveilance For decades now many of us have lived in surveillance societies where it’s difficult not to be within the view of a camera. When being noticed depended on the attention …read more
Aug 29, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Gitea for VS Code 1.0.0 brings Actions and PR reviews Gitea for VS Code 1.0.0 brings Gitea Actions, pull requests, and repository settings into VS Code-compatible editors. Users can inspect workflow runs and logs, re-run workflows or jobs, download ar...