This week Jonathan chats with Nathan Freitas of the Guardian Project! What is going on at the forefront of Open Source and privacy advocacy? Where are we on a true …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/26/floss-weekly-episode-879-easy-like-butter/)

Emulating the iPod
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/26/emulating-the-ipod/

These days there are emulators for all the great consoles of yesteryear, as well as old retrocomputers and arcade machines and so much else to boot. Now, though, a particularly …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/26/emulating-the-ipod/)

Making An LCD UI Look More Like Classic Indicator Lamps
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/26/making-an-lcd-ui-look-more-like-classic-indicator-lamps/

The TermDriver 2 is a USB-to-serial interface with a twist—it has a built-in screen for displaying relevant information. It can run at anywhere from 100 bit/s to 2Mbit/s, while showing …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/26/making-an-lcd-ui-look-more-like-classic-indicator-lamps/)

Sloan Digital Sky Survey Releases New Map of Supermassive Black Holes
https://hackaday.com/2026/08/26/sloan-digital-sky-survey-releases-new-map-of-supermassive-black-holes/

The Universe is a large place, yet despite it being mostly empty space, there are still a lot of things to find and catalogue. This includes mildly terrifying things like …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/08/26/sloan-digital-sky-survey-releases-new-map-of-supermassive-black-holes/)