News Hub

Reading Time: 11 minutesIn a recent newsletter, Ben Thompson suggested paying attention to a portion of Jensen Huang’s keynote at NVIDIA’s GPU Technology Conference (GTC) in DC, calling

Reading Time: 2 minutesFor those of us hackers who have gone down a machining rabbit hole, we all know how annoying it can be to over-machine a part.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteSpectravideo is not exactly the most well-known microcomputer company, but they were nevertheless somewhat active in the US market from 1981 to 1988. Their computers

Reading Time: < 1 minuteHandheld computers have become very much part of the hardware hacker scene, as the advent of single board computers long on processor power but short

Reading Time: 2 minutesThe header image above shows a completely unsupported 3D-printed bridge, believe it or not. You’re looking at the bottom of the print. [Make Wonderful Things]

Reading Time: 2 minutesTo our younger readers, a car without an all-touchscreen “infotainment” system may look clunky and dated, but really, you kids don’t know what they’re missing.

Reading Time: < 1 minuteOne of the joys of writing up the entries for the 2025 Component Abuse Challenge has come in finding all the different alternative uses for

Reading Time: 6 minutesWhen you think of a US Nuclear accident, you probably think of Three Mile Island. However, there have been over 50 accidents of varying severity