In their recent announcement, NASA has made official what pretty much anyone following the Artemis lunar program could have told you years ago — humans won’t be landing on the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/04/new-artemis-plan-returns-to-apollo-playbook/)

Success With FreeDOS on a Modern Platform
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/04/success-with-freedos-on-a-modern-platform/

Last summer we took a look at FreeDOS as part of the Daily Drivers series, and found a faster and more complete successor to the DOS of old. The sojourn …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/04/success-with-freedos-on-a-modern-platform/)

Linux Fu: The USB WiFi Dongle Exercise
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/04/linux-fu-the-usb-wifi-dongle-exercise/

If you’ve used Linux for a long time, you know that we are spoiled these days. Getting a new piece of hardware back in the day was often a horrible …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/04/linux-fu-the-usb-wifi-dongle-exercise/)

FLOSS Weekly Episode 865: Multiplayer Firewall
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/04/floss-weekly-episode-865-multiplayer-firewall/

This week Jonathan chats with Philippe Humeau about Crowdsec! That company created a Web Application Firewall as on Open Source project, and now runs it as a Multiplayer Firewall. What …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/04/floss-weekly-episode-865-multiplayer-firewall/)

Vape-powered Car Isn’t Just Blowing Smoke
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/04/vape-powered-car-isnt-just-blowing-smoke/

Disposable vapes aren’t quite the problem/resource stream they once were, with many jurisdictions moving to ban the absurdly wasteful little devices, but there are still a lot of slightly-smelly lithium …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/04/vape-powered-car-isnt-just-blowing-smoke/)

Embossing Precision Ball Joints for a Micromanipulator
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/04/embossing-precision-ball-joints-for-a-micromanipulator/

[Diffraction Limited] has been working on a largely 3D-printed micropositioner for some time now, and previously reached a resolution of about 50 nanometers. There was still room for improvement, though, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/04/embossing-precision-ball-joints-for-a-micromanipulator/)