In breaking news that dropped just after our weekly security column went live, a backdoor has been discovered in the xz package, that could potentially compromise SSH logins on Linux …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/03/29/security-alert-potential-ssh-backdoor-via-liblzma/)

Experiencing Visual Handicaps and Their Impact on Daily Life, With VR
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/29/experiencing-visual-handicaps-and-their-impact-on-daily-life-with-vr/

Researchers presented an interesting project at the 2024 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces: it uses VR and eye tracking to simulate visual deficits such as macular …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/03/29/experiencing-visual-handicaps-and-their-impact-on-daily-life-with-vr/)

Video Killed the Radio Alarm Clock
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/29/video-killed-the-radio-alarm-clock/

For decades now, MTV has been on a bizarre trajectory given its original name was an acronym for Music Television. In the original days in the 80s and 90s it …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/03/29/video-killed-the-radio-alarm-clock/)

A Telegraph Interface For the Hacker Hotel 2024 Badge
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/30/a-telegraph-interface-for-the-hacker-hotel-2024-badge/

Hacker Hotel is a small Dutch hacker event that takes place, as its name suggests, in a hotel. It’s a welcome high point in the damp of a north-west-European winter, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/03/30/a-telegraph-interface-for-the-hacker-hotel-2024-badge/)

How Much Bandwidth Does CW Really Occupy?
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/30/how-much-bandwidth-does-cw-really-occupy/

Amateur radio license exams typically have a question about the bandwidths taken up by various modulation types. The concept behind the question is pretty obvious — as guardians of the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/03/30/how-much-bandwidth-does-cw-really-occupy/)

Too Much Over-optimization is Never Enough!
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/30/too-much-over-optimization-is-never-enough/

A discussion came up on the Hackaday Discord PCB design channel about resistor networks, and it got me thinking about whether we (the hacker community) use them in designs or …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/03/30/too-much-over-optimization-is-never-enough/)

SMD Soldering, Without The Blobs
https://hackaday.com/2024/03/30/smd-soldering-without-the-blobs/

Hand soldering of surface mount components is a bread-and-butter task for anyone working with electronics in 2024. So many devices are simply no longer available in the older through-hole formats, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/03/30/smd-soldering-without-the-blobs/)