The exciting part about repairing consumer electronics is that you are never quite sure what you are going to find. In a recent video by [Mick] of Buy it Fix …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/13/fixing-a-ks-jive-dab-radio-with-a-dash-of-fake-ics/)

An SD Card of Your Own For Microcontroller Projects
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/13/an-sd-card-of-your-own-for-microcontroller-projects/

If you’ve wiring up a microcontroller and need some kind of storage, it’s likely you’ll reach for an SD card. Compared to other ways of holding data on your project, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/13/an-sd-card-of-your-own-for-microcontroller-projects/)

Ask Hackaday: Do You Curb Shop Components?
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/13/ask-hackaday-do-you-curb-shop-components/

I’m not proud. When many of us were kids, we were unabashedly excited when trash day came around because sometimes you’d find an old radio or — jackpot — an …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/13/ask-hackaday-do-you-curb-shop-components/)

Great Trains, Not So Great AI Chatbot Security
https://hackaday.com/2026/01/13/great-trains-not-so-great-ai-chatbot-security/

A joy of covering the world of the European hackerspace community is that it offers the chance for train travel across the continent using the ever-good-value Interrail pass. For a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/01/13/great-trains-not-so-great-ai-chatbot-security/)