We’ve all seen the excesses that the Golden Ears set revel in; the five-figure power conditioning boxes, the gold-plated HDMI cables. As covered by the Washington Post, however, [Ken Fritz] …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/01/18/how-to-spend-a-million-dollars-on-the-ultimate-stereo/)

Don’t Panic: a Cooperative Bomb Defusing Game
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/18/dont-panic-a-cooperative-bomb-defusing-game/

[Heath Paddock] wanted to confound his friends with a game that mimics an escape room in a box. About six months after starting, he had this glorious thing completed. It’s …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/01/18/dont-panic-a-cooperative-bomb-defusing-game/)

Cute Brass Lunar Lander is a Neat Little Environment Monitor
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/19/cute-brass-lunar-lander-is-a-neat-little-environment-monitor/

Sometimes form can make a project more attractive than its simple function. [Mohit Bhoite]’s free-form builds are great examples of this. His latest effort is a gorgeous little device that …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/01/19/cute-brass-lunar-lander-is-a-neat-little-environment-monitor/)

Haier Threatens Legal Action Against Home Assistant Plugin Developer
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/19/haier-threatens-legal-action-against-home-assistant-plugin-developer/

Appliance manufacturer Haier has been integrating IoT features into their newer products, and as is so common these days, users are expected to install their “hOn” mobile application to access …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/01/19/haier-threatens-legal-action-against-home-assistant-plugin-developer/)

This Week in Security: Gitlab, VMware, and PixeFAIL
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/19/this-week-in-security-gitlab-vmware-and-pixefail/

There’s a Gitlab vulnerability that you should probably pay attention to. Tracked as CVE-2023-7028, this issue allows an attacker to specify a secondary email during a the password reset request. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/01/19/this-week-in-security-gitlab-vmware-and-pixefail/)

Z80 I/O Madness
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/19/z80-i-o-madness/

While the 8080 started the personal computer revolution, the Z80 was quickly a winner because it was easier to use and had more capabilities. [Noel] found out though that the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/01/19/z80-i-o-madness/)

Hackaday Podcast Episode 253: More Wood Robot, Glitching and Fuming Nitric Acid, We Heart USB-C
https://hackaday.com/2024/01/19/hackaday-podcast-episode-253-more-wood-robot-glitching-and-fuming-nitric-acid-we-heart-usb-c/

This week Hackaday Editors Elliot Williams and Tom Nardi start things off with a traffic report from the Moon, which has suddenly become a popular destination for wayward robots. From …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/01/19/hackaday-podcast-episode-253-more-wood-robot-glitching-and-fuming-nitric-acid-we-heart-usb-c/)