Adding AI to NPCs is Easy, Doing it Well is Hard
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/10/adding-ai-to-npcs-is-easy-doing-it-well-is-hard/

Adding natural language interfaces to software is easier than ever, and that led [creikey] to prototype a game that hinges on communicating with NPCs. The prototype went through multiple iterations …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/01/10/adding-ai-to-npcs-is-easy-doing-it-well-is-hard/)

Not Dead Yet: Microsoft Peripherals Get Licensed To Onward Brands
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/10/not-dead-yet-microsoft-peripherals-get-licensed-to-onward-brands/

After Microsoft announced in April of 2023 that they’d cease selling branded peripherals – including keyboards and mice – as part of its refocusing on Surface computers and accessories, there …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/01/10/not-dead-yet-microsoft-peripherals-get-licensed-to-onward-brands/)

Open Source Needs a New Mission: Protecting Users
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/10/open-source-needs-a-new-mission-protecting-users/

[Bruce Perens] isn’t very happy with the current state of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS), and an article by [Rupert Goodwins] expounds on this to explain Open Source’s need …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/01/10/open-source-needs-a-new-mission-protecting-users/)

Brand-New PCB Makes Replica TRS-80 Possible
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/10/brand-new-pcb-makes-replica-trs-80-possible/

If like us, you missed out on the TRS-80 Model I back when it first came out, relax .With this brand-new PCB that’s a trace-for-trace replica of the original and …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/01/10/brand-new-pcb-makes-replica-trs-80-possible/)

USB-C Power Supply Pushes Almost 2 kW
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/10/usb-c-power-supply-pushes-almost-2-kw/

When the USB standard was first revealed, a few peripherals here and there adopted it but it was far from the “universal” standard implied by its name. It was slow, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/01/10/usb-c-power-supply-pushes-almost-2-kw/)

Pico-Sized Ham Radio
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/10/pico-sized-ham-radio/

There are plenty of hobbies around with huge price tags, and ham radio can certainly be one of them. Experienced hams might have radios that cost thousands of dollars, with …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/01/10/pico-sized-ham-radio/)

The Hobbes OS/2 Archive Will Shut Down In April
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/10/the-hobbes-os-2-archive-will-shut-down-in-april/

The Hobbes OS/2 Archive is a large collection of OS/2 software that has been publicly available for many years, even as OS/2 itself has mostly faded into obscurity. Yet now …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/01/10/the-hobbes-os-2-archive-will-shut-down-in-april/)