For how useful USB thumb drives are for quickly toting around and copying files from one computer to another, they can be a bit of a security headache. Programs can …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/27/regain-some-trust-in-unknown-usb-drives/)

Reviving a Retro Mouse with BlueTooth low Energy support
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/27/reviving-a-retro-mouse-with-bluetooth-low-energy-support/

One of the disadvantages to collecting retro peripherals is that they’re not necessarily easy to use anymore. [eSPee77] changes that by retrofitting a Genius GM-6000 mouse with modern hardware, all …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/27/reviving-a-retro-mouse-with-bluetooth-low-energy-support/)

Re-Testing an Apollo Guidance Computer Module that Failed Certification Testing
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/27/re-testing-an-apollo-guidance-computer-module-that-failed-certification-testing/

After getting his hands on a rope driver module from the Apollo project era that had a big ‘Scrapped Module’ stamped on it, [Mike Stewart] was naturally left curious as …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/27/re-testing-an-apollo-guidance-computer-module-that-failed-certification-testing/)

A Labour Of Love Brings A Kids Book To The Spectrum
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/27/a-labour-of-love-brings-a-kids-book-to-the-spectrum/

Back in the early 1980s when 8-bit home computers became affordable educational toys for children, the traditional paper publishing industry did its best to keep up. For a few brief …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/27/a-labour-of-love-brings-a-kids-book-to-the-spectrum/)

De-Aging Human Tissue Using Special Enzyme to Remove AGEs
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/27/de-aging-human-tissue-using-special-enzyme-to-remove-ages/

With human bodies being bags of mostly salty water and countless messy biochemical processes, it’s little wonder that over time some residues tend to collect in these systems. Although evolution …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/27/de-aging-human-tissue-using-special-enzyme-to-remove-ages/)

The Orphaned Sources At The Hacker Camp: What Happened Next
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/28/the-orphaned-sources-at-the-hacker-camp-what-happened-next/

At the 2024 Electromagnetic Field event in the UK, some awkward items turned up at the swap meet: radioactive sources. Fortunately there was [Tryst] at hand, who works in the …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/28/the-orphaned-sources-at-the-hacker-camp-what-happened-next/)

FreeBSD Just Removed the Last of its GPL-Licensed Code
https://hackaday.com/2026/07/28/freebsd-just-removed-the-last-of-its-gpl-licensed-code/

With a recent change that removed dialog in favor of bsddialog, FreeBSD has now retired the last piece of GPL-licensed code in its base system. Although the impact of this …read more (https://hackaday.com/2026/07/28/freebsd-just-removed-the-last-of-its-gpl-licensed-code/)