Upgrading and repairing vintage laptops is often a challenge — even if their basic hardware is compatible with ordinary PCs, they often use nonstandard components and connectors due to space …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/04/04/new-expansion-module-brings-standard-slots-to-ancient-laptop/)

Pi Microcontroller Still Runs a Webserver
https://hackaday.com/2023/04/07/pi-microcontroller-still-runs-a-webserver/

At first glance, the Raspberry Pi Pico might seem like a bit of a black sheep when compared to the other offerings from the Raspberry Pi Foundation. While most of …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/04/07/pi-microcontroller-still-runs-a-webserver/)

This Week in Security: Cookie Monster, CyberGhost, NEXX, and Dead Angles
https://hackaday.com/2023/04/07/this-week-in-security-cookie-monster-cyberghost-nexx-and-dead-angles/

“Operation Cookie Monster” ranks as one of the best code names in recent memory. And it’s apropo, given what exactly went down. Genesis Market was one of those marketplaces where …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/04/07/this-week-in-security-cookie-monster-cyberghost-nexx-and-dead-angles/)

Busting Wireless ESD Wrist Straps With LTT and ElectroBOOM
https://hackaday.com/2023/04/10/busting-wireless-esd-wrist-straps-with-ltt-and-electroboom/

Nobody likes getting zapped from an electrostatic discharge, no matter whether you’re a fragile ASIC or a bag-of-mostly-salty-water humanoid. To prevent this, ESD wrist straps and similar are essential tools, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/04/10/busting-wireless-esd-wrist-straps-with-ltt-and-electroboom/)

Reactivating a Harris RF-130 URT-23 Transmitter
https://hackaday.com/2023/04/08/reactivating-a-harris-rf-130-urt-23-transmitter/

If you enjoy old military hardware, you probably know that Harris made quite a few heavy-duty pieces of radio gear. [K6YIC] picked up a nice example: the Harris RF-130 URT-23. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/04/08/reactivating-a-harris-rf-130-urt-23-transmitter/)

Disabling Intel’s Backdoors On Modern Laptops
https://hackaday.com/2023/04/12/disabling-intels-backdoors-on-modern-laptops/

Despite some companies making strides with ARM, for the most part, the desktop and laptop space is still dominated by x86 machines. For all their advantages, they have a glaring …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/04/12/disabling-intels-backdoors-on-modern-laptops/)

Portable MSX2 Brings the Fun on the Go
https://hackaday.com/2023/04/11/portable-msx2-brings-the-fun-on-the-go/

Something of a rarity in the US, the MSX computer standard was rather popular in other parts of the world but mostly existed in the computer-in-a-keyboard format popular in the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2023/04/11/portable-msx2-brings-the-fun-on-the-go/)