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Software that collects public data from the Internet and uses it to provide half-assed answers to your questions might seem like a modern craze, but today we bid farewell to …read more

FLOSS Weekly Episode 869: Linux On Your Toaster

This week Jonathan chats with Andrei, Mahir, and Praneeth, live on location at Texas Instruments! The team at TI has been working hard to provide really good Open Source support …read more

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There’s an old saying that the happiest days of a boat owner’s life are the day they buy the boat, and the day they sell it. For me, the happiest …read more

The GPS III Rollout Is Almost Complete, But What Is It?

Considering how integral it is to our modern way of life, you could be excused for thinking that the Global Positioning System (GPS) is a product of the smartphone era. …read more

Hackaday Links: April 26, 2026

It’s been three weeks since the Artemis II crew returned to Earth, and while the mission might be over for Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Hammock Koch, and Jeremy Hansen, …read more

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The Math You Need To Start Understanding LLMs

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By Maya Posch | May 4, 2026

Once you peel back the hype and mysticism, large language models (LLMs) are a fascinating application of statistical models, effectively what you get when you dial a basic auto-complete model …read more
Teardown Of A Shahed-136 Gimbaled Camera

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By Maya Posch | May 4, 2026

The Iranian Shahed-136’s basic design has seen many changes and additions since Russia began using them, with some featuring interesting payloads such as cameras in a gimbal, making these drones …read more
Sunlight Powered, Sunlight Readable: Solar Case For Nook Simple Touch

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By Tyler August | May 4, 2026

When life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. What if life gives you a pile of old e-book readers? Well, when [spiritplumber] got box of old Nook Simple Touch devices, …read more
A Shortwave Sensor To Monitor The Ionosphere

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By Aaron Beckendorf | May 4, 2026

The ionosphere is of great importance to shortwave radio transmissions, since it allows radio waves to be refracted and reflected over the horizon, and it’s therefore unfortunate that the height …read more
Strange Ways To Make Cold

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By Maya Posch | May 4, 2026

Making stuff cool and keeping it that way has been a pretty essential part of human civilization for thousands of years, with only in the past few hundred years man-made …read more
ESP32 Hosts SolarPunk Message Board

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By Tyler August | May 4, 2026

Solarpunk is sometimes thought of as the “good ending” to cyberpunk– there’s technology, but it’s community-focused instead of in the hands of evil conglomerates, and– if the name doesn’t give …read more
Why Leaded Fuel Is Still A Thing

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By Zoe Skyforest | May 4, 2026

Leaded fuel is considered one of the greatest environmental failures in modern human history. Adding tetraethyl lead to gasoline reduced knock in internal combustion engines, which was widely considered a …read more

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