Apr 16, 2026 from Hackaday Optocam Zero’s Pictures Look One Hundred Yeah, we know, there’s a camera on your phone that does this and that. But these days its become trendy to turn towards older digital cameras in place of smartphones, …read more
Apr 16, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Mistral AI introduces Connectors in Studio with API/SDK access and human-in-the-loop flows Mistral has released Connectors in Studio, opening up new opportunities for developers to build customized AI applications that use enterprise data. All built-in connectors and custom Model Context...
Apr 16, 2026 from Hackaday Robot Bird Decoys Work for Good Usually, you think of bird decoys as being a tool to lure birds to an untimely encounter with a hunter. However, [Interesting Engineering] has a story about robotic bird decoys …read more
Apr 16, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net YouTube will now delay livestream ads during peak chat engagement to “protect the vibe” YouTube has launched four updates to boost user engagement for creators and viewers on YouTube Live. The platform now detects peak activity in live chats and automatically delays advertising, ensur...
Apr 16, 2026 from Hackaday Cooking a Raspberry Pi FireWire HAT With Backfeeding Recently [Jeff Geerling] has been tinkering with FireWire in order to use some older gear, which includes the use of a Raspberry Pi HAT called the Firehat. This provides a …read more
Apr 16, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Google launches new desktop Gemini app for Mac with screen sharing to see your activity Google has launched a dedicated native Gemini app for Mac, giving users a desktop version of the chatbot instead of relying only on the web experience. The app is available now for Macs running mac...
Apr 16, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Adobe unveils Firefly AI Assistant for prompt-driven editing across Creative Cloud Adobe has announced the upcoming Firefly AI Assistant, a new conversational AI tool that lets users edit its projects across Firefly, Photoshop, Premiere, Lightroom, Express, Illustrator, and other...
Apr 16, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net OpenAI introduces GPT-5.4-Cyber, its response to Anthropic’s Mythos for cybersecurity OpenAI has announced GPT-5.4-Cyber, a cybersecurity-focused version of GPT-5.4 that works as a direct response to Anthropic’s Claude Mythos Preview, which was also announced last week. Like Mythos,...
Apr 16, 2026 from Hackaday Haiku Isn’t Just for X86 Anymore, Boots on ARM in QEMU Ever since it was called OpenBeOS, Haiku has targeted the x86 platform. That makes good sense: it’s hard enough maintaining a niche system on ubiquitous hardware. But x86 isn’t the …read more
Apr 16, 2026 from kmcd.dev Unknown Fields in Protobuf How Protobuf unknown fields enable seamless schema evolution and robust middleware.
Apr 15, 2026 from Hackaday Python Comes to the Arduino Uno Q MicroPython is a well-known and easy-to-use way to program microcontrollers in Python. If you’re using an Arduino Uno Q, though, you’re stuck without it. [Natasha] saves the day by bringing …read more
Apr 15, 2026 from The Emu Café Social Unique Individual Scoring Games in NBA History I recently published a new NBA research project inspired by Bam Adebayo’s 83-point eruption on March 10, 2026. Noting that Bam Adebayo is a modest scorer in the pantheon of NBA players who scored 6...
Apr 15, 2026 from News - AlternativeTo.net Say hello to ProtonVPN, AlternativeTo’s first Official Partner! We’re thrilled to announce that ProtonVPN is officially becoming the first Official Partner of AlternativeTo 🎉 That means the awesome team at Proton is supporting our community driven platform and ...
Apr 15, 2026 from GadgeteerZA Google, Microsoft, Meta All Tracking You Even When You Opt Out, According to an Independent Audit “An independent privacy audit of Microsoft, Meta, and Google web traffic in California found that the companies may be violating state regulations and racking up billions in fines. According to the...
Apr 15, 2026 from Hackaday Hacking Fermentation for Infinite Pickles from Pass-thru Bioreactor Home-fermented foods are great– they’re healthier, more flavourful, and cheaper than store-bought alternatives. What they aren’t is convenient: you need to prep a big batch of veggies, let it sit, ...
Apr 15, 2026 from Stranger Than Usual Pfandautomaten Welcher Idiot is auf die Idee gekommen, die Pfandautomaten _außerhalb_ des Supermarktes aufzustellen?
Apr 15, 2026 from Hackaday A Look at Full Spectrum 3D Printing Many modern desktop 3D printers include the ability to print in multiple colors. However, this typically only works with a few colors at a time, and the more colors you …read more
Apr 15, 2026 from Ambient Irony Daily News Stuff 15 April 2026 Busy People Edition Top Story China's leading flash memory producer, YTMC, is constructing two new factories in addition to the one already in progress. (Tom's Hardware) Each factory will produce 1...
Apr 15, 2026 from Peter's Path Perelandra by C.S. Lewis Why read the book? C.S. Lewis wrote Perelandra. It is the second book in his Space Trilogy. Dr Elwin Ransom travels to Perelandra, the name for Venus. He finds a perfect, unfallen world of floating...
Apr 15, 2026 from ℤ→ℤ Plain Text Accounting & Financial Reporting Over the past year, I’ve been acting as the treasurer for a small publishing company. I converted our books from a collection of spreadsheets to a plain text accounting ledger and wrote programs to...
