One of the most troubling trends of almost every modern consumer product that uses electricity is that the software that controls the product is likely to be proprietary and closed-source, …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/08/31/universal-power-bank-customized-to-your-liking/)

Universal Power Bank Customized To Your Liking
https://hackaday.com/2024/08/31/universal-power-bank-customized-to-your-liking/

The 8-bit home computers of yore that we all know and love, without exception as far as we are aware, had an off the shelf microprocessor at heart. In 1983 …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/08/31/the-computer-we-all-wish-wed-had-in-the-8-bit-era/)

Through all the generations of computing devices from the era of the teleprinter to the present day, there’s one interface that’s remained universal. Even though its usefulness as an everyday …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/08/24/a-journey-into-unexpected-serial-ports/)

A Journey Into Unexpected Serial Ports
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Cycles of sunspots for the last 400 years. The earliest data is estimated from geological and tree-ring records. By Robert A. Rohde, CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)
' data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Sunspot_Numbers.png?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Sunspot_Numbers.png?w=800" tabindex="0" role="button">The simple definition of a mean is that of a numeric quantity which represents the center of a collection of numbers. Here the trick lies in defining the exact type …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/08/24/intuitive-explanation-of-arithmetic-geometric-harmonic-mean/)

I try not to go off on security rants in the newsletter, but this week I’m unable to hold back. An apparent breach of a data aggregator has resulted in …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/08/17/your-data-in-the-cloud/)

Your Data in the Cloud
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For years, the first Air Force One sat neglected and forgotten in an open field at Arizona’s Marana Regional Airport. (Credit: Dynamic Aviation)
" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/c5c506b58740c6ebda_air-force-one-1978-neglected-plane.png?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/c5c506b58740c6ebda_air-force-one-1978-neglected-plane.png?w=800" tabindex="0" role="button">Although the designation ‘Air Force One’ is now commonly known to refer to the airplane used by the President of the United States, it wasn’t until Eisenhower that the US …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/08/17/the-first-air-force-one-and-how-it-was-nearly-lost-forever/)

These days, when most folks think of a computer they imagine a machine with multiple CPUs, several gigabytes of RAM,  and a few terabytes of non-volatile storage for good measure. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/05/31/ch32v003-makes-for-dirt-cheap-risc-v-computer/)