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UC Berkeley Ph.D. candidate busted repeatedly sabotaging rival student's computer, causing $46,000 in damages
By Mark Tyson published
PhD student rivalry extends to repeated physical laptop damage, hidden camera shows.

Enthusiast modder celebrates PlayStation's 31st anniversary in style, creates smallest-ever motherboard using genuine chips
By Mark Tyson published
An enthusiast has managed to shrink an already dinky PS One motherboard down to a quarter of its size. Working prototype uses all original ICs.

Retro computing enthusiast creates perforated tape reader that reads at 50 bytes/sec
By Mark Tyson published
An electronics enthusiast has demonstrated a compact new perforated tape reader design.

Vintage 3dfx Voodoo 2 cards may inevitably fail due to pyroelectric capacitor
By Bruno Ferreira published
Voodoo 2 cards will inexorably fail in time thanks to pyro-electric capacitors

Frankly dangerous hot dog-based LED tester could be a Weiner in the 2025 Hackaday Component Abuse Challenge
By Mark Tyson published
An LED testing ‘device’ which largely consists of a hot dog, two forks and a power supply has been entered into an electronics competition

The world's ‘tiniest GPU’ has 200,000 transistors and renders 3D images
By Mark Tyson published
The ‘tiniest GPU’ has gotten a big update with the new TinyGPU v2.0 offering interactive 3D rasterization, with transformation & lighting tech.

DIY Amiga sound sampler circuit mystery solved 32 years later
By Mark Tyson published
A three-decade old 'Amiga mystery' has been solved by an intrepid electronics-focused TechTuber.

‘Never in your life buy a 5090 Founders Edition’ — repair tech slams Nvidia’s flagship GPU design
By Luke James last updated
The GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition is Nvidia’s flagship GPU, but one repair technician says it comes with a hidden flaw that makes it one of the worst designs he’s seen.
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