Traditionally, identifying a bacterium requires peering through a microscope. Researchers from TU Delft want to trade your eyes for your ears when identifying bacteria. This is possible because they’ve crafted …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/10/bacteria-marching-to-the-beat-of-a-tiny-drum/)

This Week in Security: Flatpak Fixes, Android Malware, and SCADA was IOT Before IOT was Cool
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/10/this-week-in-security-flatpak-fixes-android-malware-and-scada-was-iot-before-iot-was-cool/

Rowhammer attacks have been around since 2014, and mitigations are in place in most modern systems, but the team at gddr6.fail has found ways to apply the attack to current-generation GPUs. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/10/this-week-in-security-flatpak-fixes-android-malware-and-scada-was-iot-before-iot-was-cool/)

Hackaday Podcast Episode 365: Early 3DP Engineering, a New CAD Interface, and Flying Around the Moon
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/10/hackaday-podcast-episode-365-early-3dp-engineering-a-new-cad-interface-and-flying-around-the-moon/

Humans flew around the Moon this week, but Hackaday Editors Elliot Williams and Tom Nardi were stuck on Earth — luckily, there was no shortage of stories and hacks to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/10/hackaday-podcast-episode-365-early-3dp-engineering-a-new-cad-interface-and-flying-around-the-moon/)

Using Metal Screws in Plastic Parts
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/10/using-metal-screws-in-plastic-parts/

Machine screws aren’t made for wood or sheet metal, they make specific screws for those applications. You probably also know there are special screws for plastic. But did you know …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/10/using-metal-screws-in-plastic-parts/)

Rust-y Firmware for Waveshare Smartwatch
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/11/rust-y-firmware-for-waveshare-smartwatch/

Waveshare makes a nifty little ESP32-S3 based smartwatch product, but its firmware is apparently not to everyone’s liking. Specifically, it’s not to [infiniton] a.k.a [Bright_Warning_8406]’s liking, as they rewrote the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/11/rust-y-firmware-for-waveshare-smartwatch/)

What’s Your Favorite Kind of Hack?
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/11/whats-your-favorite-kind-of-hack/

Talking with [Tom Nardi] on the podcast this week, he mentioned his favorite kind of hack: the community-developed open-source firmware that can be flashed into a commercial product that has …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/11/whats-your-favorite-kind-of-hack/)

Authenticate SSH with Your TPM
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/11/authenticate-ssh-with-your-tpm/

You probably don’t think about it much, but your PC probably has a TPM or Trusted Platform Module. Windows 11 requires one, and most often, it stores keys to validate …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/04/11/authenticate-ssh-with-your-tpm/)

Implementing PCIe over Fiber Using SFP Modules
https://hackaday.com/2026/04/11/implementing-pcie-over-fiber-using-sfp-modules/