This Week In Security: Android Malware, VOIP Hijack, Signal Contact Discovery, And TeamPCP Arrests

On GitHub, [AyaanB] details buying a cheap Android TV streaming device, looking for, and finding, baked-in malware. Multiple warnings have been issued by the FBI and CISA regarding malware on …read more

Australia’s Nationwide Phone Outage Was An Embarrassing Failure

The phones! They were one of the basic utilities of the 20th century, and were just about as reliable as death and taxes. Even when then power grid went down, …read more

FLOSS Weekly Episode 879: Easy Like Butter

This week Jonathan chats with Nathan Freitas of the Guardian Project! What is going on at the forefront of Open Source and privacy advocacy? Where are we on a true …read more

Hackaday Europe 2026: PCBs With A Plot

Printed circuit boards were developed first for function over form. They were a way to mount components and connect them in a stable, robust fashion, while taking into regard things …read more

AI Book Scanning: Just What Is A Rare Book?

One of the stories of the last few weeks has been that AI companies have been scanning books in very large numbers in order to train their models with content …read more

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This Library Needs To Be At Least… Three Times Bigger

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By Bryan Cockfield | August 28, 2026

Many of us have noted a tremendous price increase in many computer components for some mysterious reason. Whatever this cause is will be debated among the various modern philosophers and …read more
Reviving An SD Card With Shorted Capacitors

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By Maya Posch | August 28, 2026

A nice thing about SD cards is that even in their non-micro format they are conveniently small. This is however a bit of a problem when an SD card stops …read more
DOOM Played On Series Of 555 Timers

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By Bryan Cockfield | August 28, 2026

It’s technically true that any piece of software can be reproduced in hardware, although modern software’s size and complexity generally makes this a non-starter. But if we go far enough …read more
Casting Engine Parts From 3D Prints

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By Maya Posch | August 28, 2026

After building a couple of internal combustion engines by milling billet aluminium stock and cringing at the absolute waste of material this created, [Camden Bowen] figured he’d give casting metal …read more
Hackaday Podcast Episode 384: OCR MOD Records, Magical PCBs, And The Gravity Of Space Stations

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By Al Williams | August 28, 2026

What did Hackaday editors Elliot Williams and Al Williams read in Hackaday last week? Probably everything, but you can tune in and hear about their favorites on this week’s podcast. …read more
Building A Headless Game Boy Emulator

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By Zoe Skyforest | August 28, 2026

[Artificial-Age] has built a rather unique way to play old Game Boy games. It’s an emulator, but it doesn’t work in quite the way you might think! Since the Game …read more
This Week In Security: Android Malware, VOIP Hijack, Signal Contact Discovery, And TeamPCP Arrests

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By Mike Kershaw | August 28, 2026

On GitHub, [AyaanB] details buying a cheap Android TV streaming device, looking for, and finding, baked-in malware. Multiple warnings have been issued by the FBI and CISA regarding malware on …read more

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