This Week In Security: Vibecoding, Router Banning, And Remote Dynamic Dependencies

Vibecoding. What could possible go wrong? That’s what [Kevin Joensen] of Baldur wondered, and to find out he asked Anthropic’s Sonnet 4.5 to build a secure login with Two Factor …read more

The Time Of Year For Things That Go Bump In The Night

Each year around the end of October we feature plenty of Halloween-related projects, usually involving plastic skeletons and LED lights, or other fun tech for decorations to amuse kids. It’s …read more

This Reactor Is On Fire! Literally…

If I mention nuclear reactor accidents, you’d probably think of Three Mile Island, Fukushima, or maybe Chernobyl (or, now, Chornobyl). But there have been others that, for whatever reason, aren’t …read more

Expert Systems: The Dawn Of AI

We’ll be honest. If you had told us a few decades ago we’d teach computers to do what we want, it would work some of the time, and you wouldn’t …read more

Know Audio: Lossy Compression Algorithms And Distortion

In previous episodes of this long-running series looking at the world of high-quality audio, at every point we’ve stayed in the real world of physical audio hardware. From the human …read more

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2025 Component Abuse Challenge: Glowing Neon From A 9 V Relay

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By Jenny List | November 8, 2025

Most of us know that a neon bulb requires a significant voltage to strike, in the region of 100 volts. There are plenty of circuits to make that voltage from …read more
Thanks For A Superconference

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By Elliot Williams | November 8, 2025

Last weekend was Supercon, and it was, in a word super. So many people sharing so much enthusiasm and hackery, and so many good times. It’s a yearly dose of …read more
What Has 5,000 Batteries And Floats?

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By Al Williams | November 8, 2025

While it sounds like the start of a joke, Australian shipmaker Incat Tasmania isn’t kidding around about electric ships. Hull 096 has started charging, although it has only 85% of …read more
BIOS Detectives Find Ghost Of Previously Unknown PC

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By Jenny List | November 8, 2025

Old parts such as EPROMs will often find themselves for sale on sites such as eBay, where they are sometimes snapped up by retrocomputing enthusiasts in search of interesting code. …read more
2025 Component Abuse Challenge: Using Inductors To Steal Power From Qi Wireless Charging Base Station

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By John Elliot V | November 7, 2025

Over on Hackaday.IO our hacker [bornach] has his entry into the Component Abuse Challenge: Inductors are Wireless Power Sources. Some time back [bornach] was gifted a Qi wireless charging base …read more
OldVersion.com Archive Facing Shutdown Due To Financing Issues

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By Maya Posch | November 7, 2025

Finding older versions of particular software can be a real chore, all too often only made possible by the sheer grace and benevolence of their creators. At the same time …read more
Screen-Accurate Lightsaber As A Practical Effect

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By Tyler August | November 7, 2025

The lightsaber was one of the coolest and most iconic visual effects from the original Star Wars, and people have been trying to get that particular piece of movie magic …read more

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