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Category: Hacker Community
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2026 Frikkin Lasers Challenge: A 3D-Printed Raman Spectrometer
Hacker Community this week: A hacker known as [Allegedly Science] has built a 3D-printed Raman spectrometer called CubeRaman, using a cheap; and The Tanmatsu, a handheld computer born from the Dutch conference badge scene, has matured…
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Pluralistic: Spying on kids to save kids from spying is very, very stupid (23 Jun 2026)
Hacker Community this week: Cory Doctorow argues that proposed ‘age verification’ laws for the internet are a Trojan horse for mass; and The Stop Killing Games movement, after failing to secure new EU legislation mandating video game…
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Pluralistic: Google’s new remote attestation scheme is every bit as terrible as its old remote
Hacker Community this week: Google has introduced a new remote attestation scheme called reCAPTCHA Mobile Verification, which uses an app; and The Chaos Computer Club is issuing an open call for designers to shape the visual identity of…
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A High-Vacuum Controller for an Eventual Electron Microscope
Hacker Community this week: Chris Doble has open-sourced a high-vacuum controller as the first step toward building his own scanning electron; and A guide from Hackaday details how to repurpose an old FDM 3D printer, specifically an…
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Pluralistic: Hold on for dear life (28 May 2026)
Hacker Community this week: Cory Doctorow’s ‘Hold on for dear life’ argues that cryptocurrency’s foundational promise of liberation from state; and A hardware hacker has restored a rare GRiD Compass portable computer and built a novel…
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In NetChoice V. Murrill, The Copia Institute Asks The Fifth Circuit Not To Keep Ignoring The
Hacker Community this week: The Copia Institute, Techdirt’s think tank, has filed an amicus brief in NetChoice v; and iFixit’s guide to assembling a soldering kit frames the choice between a premium, feature-rich cordless station and.
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Flipper Zero Transmits APRS With No Extra Parts
Hacker Community this week: A developer has modified the Flipper Zero, a popular RF hacking tool, to transmit APRS (Automatic Packet Reporting; and Cory Doctorow argues that ‘age verification’ is a political consensus hallucination, akin…
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Flipper Zero Transmits APRS With No Extra Parts
Hacker Community this week: A developer has enabled the Flipper Zero multi-tool to transmit APRS (Automatic Packet Reporting System) packets; and Cory Doctorow’s Pluralistic column argues that ‘age verification’ is a political consensus…
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Pluralistic: Trump’s fruitless search for a goreable ox (09 May 2026)
Hacker Community this week: Cory Doctorow’s Pluralistic newsletter analyzes the political-economic bind facing the Trump administration: while; and A detailed teardown of a camera recovered from a downed Iranian Shahed-136 drone in…
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Flipper Zero Transmits APRS With No Extra Parts
Hacker Community this week: A developer has modified the Flipper Zero’s firmware to transmit the APRS amateur radio data protocol using its; and A Hackaday columnist installs the minimalist SliTaz distribution on a 2005-era 32-bit Dell…