1+ hour, 3+ min ago   (98+ words) September 5, 2026 Hackaday It’s said that a teenager given a rotary telephone in 2026 would be mystified by its operation, yet there are enough surviving instruments for them to be an attractive target for a project. But just what project? [fregacmols] is…...

5+ hour, 33+ min ago   (118+ words) Hackaday It’s said that a teenager given a rotary telephone in 2026 would be mystified by its operation, yet there are enough surviving instruments for them to be an attractive target for a project But just what project? [fregacmols] is…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (40+ words) Making a radio is so often a case of taking tried and tested designs and working with them to create something new. It's a safe way to make something that works. [Riyas] however has gone for an entire......

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (196+ words) Hackaday Old-school teletext with its pixelated text and block graphics may now be largely a thing of the past, but that doesn’t mean it’s without enthusiasts or there’s no more life in the idea [M7TJF] has a project…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (283+ words) Hackaday If you’re intending to transmit on the VHF band, you’re probably going to reach for a handheld or some kind of rackmount rig in your ham shack But you needn’t bother with all that complexity, when…...

1+ week, 19+ hour ago   (409+ words) 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 media b......

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (127+ words) Australia’s Nationwide Phone Outage Was An Embarrassing Failure Hackaday 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, you still…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (37+ words) Like a lot of us [Liam Kloppers] had a problem with doomscrolling. Unwilling to go cold-turkey because he does find some utility in social media. He tried a number of things before deciding to say "Sc......

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (39+ words) These days, modems are pretty fancy bits of kit, what with to keep up with the speeds of cable, VDSL, and fiber connections. At lower speeds, though, it's entirely possible to build a modem out of sim......

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (40+ words) If there's one thing that's guaranteed in the tech world it's that nothing is guaranteed. From AOL, Netscape, Yahoo, and MySpace, every tech empire seems to eventually fall to ruin. One method to reli......