George Orwell might’ve predicted the surveillance state, but it’s still surprising how many entities took 1984 as a how-to manual instead of a cautionary tale. [Benn Jordan] decided to take …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/18/a-deep-dive-on-creepy-cameras/)

Think You Need a New PC for Windows 11? Think Again
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/18/think-you-need-a-new-pc-for-windows-11-think-again/

As the sun sets on Windows 10 support, many venues online decry the tsunami of e-waste Windows 11’s nonsensical hardware requirements are expected to create. Still more will offer advice: …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/18/think-you-need-a-new-pc-for-windows-11-think-again/)

A GEM Of A Desktop Environment
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/18/a-gem-of-a-desktop-environment/

Desktop environments are the norm as computer interfaces these days, but there was once a time when they were a futuristic novelty whose mere presence on a computer marked it …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/18/a-gem-of-a-desktop-environment/)

Dirty Pots, Meet Power Tools!
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/19/dirty-pots-meet-power-tools/

Let’s face it, nobody likes scrubbing, but what option do you have? You can’t exactly break out the grinder to clean off the remains of last nights dinner… right? Well, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/19/dirty-pots-meet-power-tools/)

The Inside Story of the UK’s Great CB Petrol Scam
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/19/the-inside-story-of-the-uks-great-cb-petrol-scam/

Looking at gasoline prices today, it’s hard to believe that there was a time when 75 cents a gallon seemed outrageous. But that’s the way it was in the 70s, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/19/the-inside-story-of-the-uks-great-cb-petrol-scam/)

This Week in Security: The Shai-Hulud Worm, ShadowLeak, and Inside the Great Firewall
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/19/this-week-in-security-the-shai-hulud-worm-shadowleak-and-inside-the-great-firewall/

Hardly a week goes by that there isn’t a story to cover about malware getting published to a repository. Last week it was millions of downloads on NPM, but this …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/19/this-week-in-security-the-shai-hulud-worm-shadowleak-and-inside-the-great-firewall/)

Imagining the CPS-1: An Early 70s 4-bit Microcomputer from Canada
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/19/imagining-the-cps-1-an-early-70s-4-bit-microcomputer-from-canada/

[Michael Gardi] wrote in to let us know about his project: CPS-1: Imagining An Early 70s 4-bit Microcomputer. The CPS-1 was the first Canadian microprocessor-based computer. It was built by …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/09/19/imagining-the-cps-1-an-early-70s-4-bit-microcomputer-from-canada/)

Hackaday Podcast Episode 338: Smoothing 3D Prints, Reading CNC Joints, and Detecting Spicy Shrimp
https://hackaday.com/2025/09/19/hackaday-podcast-episode-338-smoothing-3d-prints-reading-cnc-joints-and-detecting-spicy-shrimp/