This Week in Security: Plenty of Patches, Replacing Old Gear, and Phrack Calls for Papers
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/13/this-week-in-security-plenty-of-patches-replacing-old-gear-and-phrack-calls-for-papers/

When Friday the Thirteenth and Patch Tuesday happen on the same week, we’re surely in for a good time. Anyone who maintains any sort of Microsoft ecosystem knows by now …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/13/this-week-in-security-plenty-of-patches-replacing-old-gear-and-phrack-calls-for-papers/)

Running a PC off AA Cells With Buck Converters Really Boosts Performance
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/13/running-a-pc-off-aa-cells-with-buck-converters-really-boosts-performance/

After the previous attempt of running a PC off AA cells got a lot of comments, [ScuffedBits] decided to do the scientifically responsible thing and re-ran the experiment with all …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/13/running-a-pc-off-aa-cells-with-buck-converters-really-boosts-performance/)

Hackaday Podcast Episode 361: Hackaday Podcast Mailbag, A Phone is Not a Computer, 3D Printing History is New Again
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/13/hackaday-podcast-episode-361-hackaday-podcast-mailbag-a-phone-is-not-a-computer-3d-printing-history-is-new-again/

Join Hackaday Editors Elliot Williams and Tom Nardi as they cover their favorite hacks and stories from the week. The episode kicks off with some updates about Hackaday Europe and …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/13/hackaday-podcast-episode-361-hackaday-podcast-mailbag-a-phone-is-not-a-computer-3d-printing-history-is-new-again/)

No More Paperweight: This Vintage Brick Phone Is Back Online
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/13/no-more-paperweight-this-vintage-brick-phone-is-back-online/

Remember those brick cellphones in the 1990s? They were comically large by today’s standards. These phones used the 1G network to communicate and, as such, have been unusable for decades …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/13/no-more-paperweight-this-vintage-brick-phone-is-back-online/)

Making a Bladeless Tesla Turbine Generator in Lego
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/13/making-a-bladeless-tesla-turbine-generator-in-lego/

The Tesla turbine is a bladeless centripetal-flow turbine invented by Nikola Tesla in 1913, using the boundary-layer effect rather than having a stream of gases or a fluid impinge on …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/13/making-a-bladeless-tesla-turbine-generator-in-lego/)

Ford, Take Note: Classic Pickup Becomes the EV We Want
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/13/ford-take-note-classic-pickup-becomes-the-ev-we-want/

Ford does sell an electric pickup, but not very many of them. We can’t say for sure, but it’s possible that if the F150 Lightning had the classic cool of …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/13/ford-take-note-classic-pickup-becomes-the-ev-we-want/)

Porting MS-DOS 2.0 to the Apple IIe
https://hackaday.com/2026/03/13/porting-ms-dos-2-0-to-the-apple-iie/

Although the Apple II range of computers were based around the 6502 processor, they could still run x86 software using expansion cards that were effectively self-contained computers. This way an …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/03/13/porting-ms-dos-2-0-to-the-apple-iie/)