When the analog TV signals were turned off in most places around fifteen years ago, their replacement took the form of a set of digital multiplexes. ATSC for North America, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/25/the-days-of-broadcast-digital-tv-could-be-numbered/)

Quest VR Headset Becomes Unlocked Hardware
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/25/quest-vr-headset-becomes-unlocked-hardware/

The Quest virtual reality headset gets a fully unlocked bootloader thanks to the QuestStack tool, which automates a complex process of privilege escalation to provide stable, privileged access to the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/25/quest-vr-headset-becomes-unlocked-hardware/)

Anatomy of an SLA Resin Printing Disaster
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/25/anatomy-of-an-sla-resin-printing-disaster/

When I got back into SLA resin printing recently, I knew that I’d inevitably have to deal with the agony of failed prints and of course resin spills. This moment …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/25/anatomy-of-an-sla-resin-printing-disaster/)

Artificial Intelligence as It Once Was
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/25/artificial-intelligence-as-it-once-was/

One day, people will look back at what we call Artificial Intelligence and laugh. We do the same thing today, as chat bots totally outstrip what the computer industry called …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/25/artificial-intelligence-as-it-once-was/)

AI Book Scanning: Just What Is A Rare Book?
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/25/ai-book-scanning-just-what-is-a-rare-book/

One of the stories of the last few weeks has been that AI companies have been scanning books in very large numbers in order to train their models with content …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/25/ai-book-scanning-just-what-is-a-rare-book/)

Native SMB3 Client Brings Modern NAS Access To 20-Year-Old PowerPC Macs
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/25/native-smb3-client-brings-modern-nas-access-to-20-year-old-powerpc-macs/

As software updates cease for operating systems, they eventually begin to lose access to parts of the LAN and internet due to out of date encryption features, as well as …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/25/native-smb3-client-brings-modern-nas-access-to-20-year-old-powerpc-macs/)

Reject Fluid Simulations, Return To Rheoscopic Fluid
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/25/reject-fluid-simulations-return-to-rheoscopic-fluid/

Fluid simulations are one of the “killer apps” of high-performance computing, but if you can’t afford the performance, they can take a depressingly long time to run. Depending on your …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/25/reject-fluid-simulations-return-to-rheoscopic-fluid/)

Cheap AI Token Resellers: The Secret Ingredient is Fraud
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/25/cheap-ai-token-resellers-the-secret-ingredient-is-fraud/