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This Week In Security: Cloudflare Wasn’t DNS, BADAUDIO, And Not A Vuln

You may have noticed that large pieces of the Internet were down on Tuesday. It was a problem at Cloudflare, and for once, it wasn’t DNS. This time it was …read more

So Long, Firefox, Part One

It’s likely that Hackaday readers have among them a greater than average number of people who can name one special thing they did on September 23rd, 2002. On that day …read more

Mating Cycles: Engineering Connectors To Last

If you take a look around you, chances are pretty good that within a few seconds, your eyes will fall on some kind of electrical connector. In this day and …read more

FLOSS Weekly Episode 855: Get In The Minecart, Loser!

This week Jonathan chats with Kevin, Colin, and Curtis about Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead! It’s a rogue-like post-apocalyptic survival game that you can play in the terminal, over SSH if …read more

Hackers Can’t Spend A Penny

We aren’t here to praise the penny, but rather, to bury it. The penny, and its counterparts, have been vanishing all around the world as the cost of minting one …read more

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  • Unusual Circuits In The Intel 386’s Standard Cell Logic

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    By Maya Posch | November 25, 2025

    Intel’s 386 CPU is notable for being its first x86 CPU to use so-called standard cell logic, which swapped the taping out of individual transistors with wiring up standardized functional …read more

  • The AirPort Express Still Works In 2025 Thanks To Apple’s Ongoing Support

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    By Lewin Day | November 24, 2025

    Apple was all-in on WiFi from the beginning, launching the AirPort line of products to much fanfare in 1999. In 2004, along came the AirPort Express—a fully-functional router the size …read more

  • Water On Mars? Maybe Not

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    By Al Williams | November 24, 2025

    We were as excited as anyone when MARSIS (the Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionosphere Sounding) experiment announced there was possibly liquid water under the southern polar ice cap. …read more

  • Retrofits Done Right: Physical Controls For Heated Seats

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    By Matt Varian | November 24, 2025

    We’ve all owned something where one tiny detail drives us nuts: a blinding power LED, buttons in the wrong order, or a beep that could wake the dead. This beautifully …read more

  • Ultrasonic Cutting On The Cheap

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    By Al Williams | November 24, 2025

    When you think of ultrasonics,  you probably think of a cleaner or maybe a toothbrush. If you are a Star Trek fan, maybe you think of knocking out crew members …read more

  • Testing The Survivability Of Moss In Space

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    By Maya Posch | November 24, 2025

    The cool part about science is that you can ask questions like what happens if you stick some moss spores on the outside of the International Space Station, and then …read more

  • Keebin’ With Kristina: The One With The Elegant Macro Pad

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    By Kristina Panos | November 24, 2025

    Some people are not merely satisfied with functionality, or even just good looks. These persnickety snoots (I am one of them) seek something elegant, a true marriage of form and …read more

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