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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.

Laptops
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.

PlayStation
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.

Storage
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

Tech Industry
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

Maker and STEM
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.

GPUs
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.

Sound Cards
‘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.

GPUs
How We Test Power Supply Units
How We Test Power Supply Units

By Aris Mpitziopoulos, E. Fylladitakis Last updated

Our methodology, testing equipment, and benchmarks.

Power Supplies
Modding an RTX 2070 Mobile
Mobile RTX 2070 with shunt mod nearly eclipses desktop performance

By Mark Tyson Published

A PC enthusiast reports successfully shunt modding his Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile GPU for a ~15% performance uplift.

GPUs
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