While tools like CRISPR have blown the field of genome hacking wide open, being able to predict what will happen when you tinker with the code underlying the living things …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/04/24/llms-coming-for-a-dna-sequence-near-you/)

Posthumous Composition Being Performed by the Composer
https://hackaday.com/2025/04/25/posthumous-composition-being-performed-by-the-composer/

Alvin Lucier was an American experimental composer whose compositions were arguably as much science experiments as they were music. The piece he is best known for, I Am Sitting in …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/04/25/posthumous-composition-being-performed-by-the-composer/)

This Week in Security: XRP Poisoned, MCP Bypassed, and More
https://hackaday.com/2025/04/25/this-week-in-security-xrp-poisoned-mcp-bypassed-and-more/

Researchers at Aikido run the Aikido Intel system, an LLM security monitor that ingests the feeds from public package repositories, and looks for anything unusual. In this case, the unusual …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/04/25/this-week-in-security-xrp-poisoned-mcp-bypassed-and-more/)

You Wouldn’t Steal a Font…
https://hackaday.com/2025/04/25/you-wouldnt-steal-a-font/

In the 2000s, the DVD industry was concerned about piracy, in particular the threat to their business model presented by counterfeit DVDs and downloadable movies. Their response was a campaign …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/04/25/you-wouldnt-steal-a-font/)

Hackaday Podcast Ep 318: DIY Record Lathe, 360 Degree LIDAR, and 3D Printing Innovation Lives!
https://hackaday.com/2025/04/25/hackaday-podcast-ep-318-diy-record-lathe-360-degree-lidar-and-3d-printing-innovation-lives/

This week Elliot Williams was joined by fellow Europe-based Hackaday staffer Jenny List, to record the Hackaday Podcast as the dusk settled on a damp spring evening. On the agenda …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/04/25/hackaday-podcast-ep-318-diy-record-lathe-360-degree-lidar-and-3d-printing-innovation-lives/)

Sigrok Website Down After Hosting Data Loss
https://hackaday.com/2025/04/25/sigrok-website-down-after-hosting-data-loss/

When it comes to open source signal analysis software for logic analyzers and many other sensors, Sigrok is pretty much the only game in town. Unfortunately after an issue with …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/04/25/sigrok-website-down-after-hosting-data-loss/)

Robot Gets a DIY Pneumatic Gripper Upgrade
https://hackaday.com/2025/04/25/robot-gets-a-diy-pneumatic-gripper-upgrade/

[Tazer] built a small desktop-sized robotic arm, and it was more or less functional. However, he wanted to improve its ability to pick things up, and attaching a pneumatic gripper …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/04/25/robot-gets-a-diy-pneumatic-gripper-upgrade/)