3+ hour, 53+ min ago  (305+ words) You might not have noticed, but we here at Hackaday are pretty big fans of Open Source -- software, hardware, you name it. We've also spilled our fair share of electronic ink on things people are doin... You might not have…...

6+ day, 19+ hour ago  (240+ words) Removing The BIOS Administrator Password On A ThinkPad Takes Timing'Hackaday This would be a bad time to slip (Credit: onionboots, YouTube) In the olden days, an administrator password on a BIOS was a mere annoyance, one quickly remedied by powering…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago  (330+ words) Ultimately, the root cause was that the ECU had been modded, with a re-mapping performed in 2020, meaning that the scan tool that [Dan] was using couldn't properly interact with the ECU. Reflashing the ECU with the original manufacturer's firmware was…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (142+ words) Motorola's Password Pill Was Just One Idea'Hackaday Let's face it; remembering a bunch of passwords is the pits, and it's just getting worse as time goes on. These days, you really ought to have a securely-generated key-smash password for everything....

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (142+ words) Motorola's Password Pill Was Just One Idea'Hackaday Let's face it; remembering a bunch of passwords is the pits, and it's just getting worse as time goes on. These days, you really ought to have a securely-generated key-smash password for everything....

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (773+ words) Let's face it; remembering a bunch of passwords is the pits, and it's just getting worse as time goes on. These days, you really ought to have a securely-generated key-smash password for everything. And at that point you need a…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (233+ words) Computer Che'Hackaday As popular as the game of chess is, it has one massive flaw. This being that it requires two participants, which can be a challenge. Although playing chess on a computer against an AI has been a thing…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (617+ words) What would happen if you lost your memory, even partially? With so much of our lives being digital, forgetting your passwords (or the master key to your password manager) could be disastrous. Haunted ... What would happen if you lost your…...

2+ week, 10+ hour ago  (295+ words) Upgrading The E-mu Audity 20 Years After Factory Support Ended'Hackaday If you purchased an E-mu Audity 2000 ROMpler back in 1998, you almost certainly got a rig with the 1.00 firmware It was fine, if a little limited, particularly where upgradability was concerned E-mu…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (304+ words) Another chilly evening in Western Europe, as Elliot Williams is joined this week by Jenny List to chew the fat over the week's hacks. It's been an auspicious week for anniversaries, with the hundredt... Another chilly evening in Western Europe,…...