If you ask a random person who [John Mauchly] or [J. Presper Eckert] were, you’d probably get a blank stare. Ask a Hackaday reader, and you have a better shot. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/14/mauchly-and-eckerts-other-computers/)

ShieldFont: Bludgeoning AI Scrapers that Disrespect Robots.txt
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/14/shieldfont-bludgeoning-ai-scrapers-that-disrespect-robots-txt/

In the more innocent days of the World Wide Web you could simply put a robots.txt file in the root of your website that search engine indexing bots and similar …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/14/shieldfont-bludgeoning-ai-scrapers-that-disrespect-robots-txt/)

This Week in Security: BugTraq, AI Hacks, and Being Dumb On Planes
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/14/this-week-in-security-bugtraq-ai-hacks-and-being-dumb-on-planes/

After a multi-year hiatus, the venerable BugTraq mailing list is back! For decades, BugTraq was the place where vulnerabilities were disclosed, from the early days when nearly all vendors viewed …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/14/this-week-in-security-bugtraq-ai-hacks-and-being-dumb-on-planes/)

Snooping Flume Water Monitor Data On The Wire
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/14/snooping-flume-water-monitor-data-on-the-wire/

[Stephen] had an interesting piece of hardware at home—namely, a Flume water monitor. It’s a smart device which reports usage data to Flume’s servers, and the water utility in turn. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/14/snooping-flume-water-monitor-data-on-the-wire/)

Hackaday Podcast Episode 382: Glueballs, Borg Cubes, and Supersonic Trebuchets
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/14/hackaday-podcast-episode-382-glueballs-borg-cubes-and-supersonic-trebuchets/

It’s still hot on both sides of the Atlantic, but Kristina has a new secret weapon for staying cool without making noise. Will Elliot and the others follow suit? Time …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/14/hackaday-podcast-episode-382-glueballs-borg-cubes-and-supersonic-trebuchets/)

Uninvasive EEG Interface Could Be Used To Play Games
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/14/uninvasive-eeg-interface-could-be-used-to-play-games/

These days, most of us interface with our computing devices in the same old-fashioned ways—via keyboards, mice, and touchscreens. The idea of a more direct brain-to-machine interface remains appealing to …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/14/uninvasive-eeg-interface-could-be-used-to-play-games/)