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When the iconic “Boing Ball” first debuted 40 years ago, it was a wonder to behold. There was nothing like it in the home compuing world upto that time, and …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/11/19/amiga-ardunio-amegerball-gets-the-uno-bouncing/)
Browser Fingerprinting and Why VPNs Won’t Make You Anonymous
https://hackaday.com/2025/11/19/browser-fingerprinting-and-why-vpns-wont-make-you-anonymous/
Amidst the glossy marketing for VPN services, it can be tempting to believe that the moment you flick on the VPN connection you can browse the internet with full privacy. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/11/19/browser-fingerprinting-and-why-vpns-wont-make-you-anonymous/)
There’s a tactile joy to the humble 3.5″ floppy that no USB stick will ever match. It’s not just the way they thunk into place in a well-made drive, the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/11/20/diskette-game-floppy-flopper-is-certainly-no-flop/)
If you’ve ever used an NE602 or similar IC to build a radio, you might have noticed that the datasheet has a “gilbert cell” mixer. What is that? [Electronics for …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/11/20/gilbert-cell-lacks-sullivan/)
On November 18 of 2025 a large part of the Internet suddenly cried out and went silent, as Cloudflare’s infrastructure suffered the software equivalent of a cardiac arrest. After much …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/11/20/how-one-uncaught-rust-exception-took-out-cloudflare/)
Since the dawn of computers, we’ve tried different ways to store data. These days, you grab data over the network, but you probably remember using optical disks, floppies, or, more …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/11/20/a-paper-caper-the-hole-data/)
The toilet seat with the lid open at a aircraft lavatory. With a tissue dispenser and flush button above
" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/airtoilet_feat.jpg?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/airtoilet_feat.jpg?w=800">Have you ever wondered what goes into making it possible to use the restroom at 30,000 feet (10,000 m)? [Jason Torchinsky] at the Autopian recently gave us an interesting look …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/11/21/handling-human-waste-in-the-sky/)