It’s no surprise that NVIDIA is gradually dropping support for older videocards, with the Pascal (GTX 10xx) GPUs most recently getting axed. What’s more surprising is the terrible way that …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/12/26/nvidia-drops-pascal-support-on-linux-causing-chaos-on-arch-linux/)

3D Printed PC Case Focuses On Ease Of Access
https://hackaday.com/2025/12/26/3d-printed-pc-case-focuses-on-ease-of-access/

There are all kinds of fun, glowing PC cases on the market these days. However, if you want something that focuses on serviceability over flash while still looking stylish, you …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/12/26/3d-printed-pc-case-focuses-on-ease-of-access/)

Hackaday Podcast: 2025 Holiday Placeholder Edition
https://hackaday.com/2025/12/26/hackaday-podcast-2025-holiday-placeholder-edition/

This week the Hackaday Podcast is on vacation, but we’d like to wish you all happy holidays and a great 2026.  Thanks for tuning in!  We’ll be back next week. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/12/26/hackaday-podcast-2025-holiday-placeholder-edition/)

Retrotechtacular: IBM’s The World of OCR
https://hackaday.com/2025/12/26/retrotechtacular-ibms-the-world-of-ocr/

Optical Character Recognition (OCR) forms the bridge between the analog world of paper and the world of machines. The modern-day expectation is that when we point a smartphone camera at …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/12/26/retrotechtacular-ibms-the-world-of-ocr/)

Pocket-sized Test Pattern Generator Helps Check those CRTs
https://hackaday.com/2025/12/26/pocket-sized-test-pattern-generator-helps-check-those-crts/

[Nicholas Murray]’s Composite Test Pattern Generator is a beautifully-made, palm-sized tool that uses an ESP32-based development board to output different test patterns in PAL/NTSC. If one is checking out old …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/12/26/pocket-sized-test-pattern-generator-helps-check-those-crts/)

Mini Battery-Powered Vapor-Compression Air Conditioner
https://hackaday.com/2025/12/26/mini-battery-powered-vapor-compression-air-conditioner/

When you think of air conditioners, you tend to think of rather bulky units, with the window-mounted appliances probably among the most compact. There’s however no real minimum size limit …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/12/26/mini-battery-powered-vapor-compression-air-conditioner/)

Simulating Driven-Dissipative Quantum Spin Dynamics on Consumer Hardware
https://hackaday.com/2025/12/26/simulating-driven-dissipative-quantum-spin-dynamics-on-consumer-hardware/

Physics simulations using classical mechanics is something that’s fairly easily done on regular consumer hardware, with real-time approximations a common feature in video games. Moving things to the quantum realm …read more (https://hackaday.com/2025/12/26/simulating-driven-dissipative-quantum-spin-dynamics-on-consumer-hardware/)

Drunken eBay Purchase Becomes Motorized, Speaking Dalek
https://hackaday.com/2025/12/26/drunken-ebay-purchase-becomes-motorized-speaking-dalek/