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Amateur air quality sensors in Moscow detected extreme particulate concentrations from a drone attack on the refinery.
During a large-scale drone attack on Moscow on the night of June 18, 2026, a fire struck an oil refinery in the southeastern part of the city. Amateur sensors connected…

ESP32 Bit Pirate: Bus Pirate hacking tool for ESP32
Popular Bus Pirate on the ESP32-S3. Ideal for debugging CAN, 1-Wire, I2C, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, PWM, and more. Runs on various popular, accessible hardware—especially the ESP32-S3. Open source project.

Improved web-based Serial Monitor with Plotter. Free, no installation required, online.
Anyone who’s ever programmed an Arduino or ESP32 knows the ritual: upload the code, open Serial Monitor in the Arduino IDE, and watch the stream of numbers to check if…

Numeral system converter: now with bitwise calculator, bitmask helper, and two’s complement
From a simple DEC/BIN/HEX/ASCII converter grew a solid tool for tinkerers. Signed/unsigned values, bit calculator, bitmask helper with C code, and prefix notation — free, no install.

Prusa 3D and ColorMix color combining now free to try
Imagine having a printer at home with four or five filaments. Until now, you could only print models in those exact four or five colors—and nothing more. Prusa ColorMix removes…

Flipper One officially unveiled and seeking development help
The Flipper Devices team has officially unveiled its new project, Flipper One. It’s not a successor to the popular Flipper Zero, but a completely new device with a different focus.…

Raspberry Shake – seismograph for monitoring earthquakes, explosions or landslides
Raspberry Shake is an affordable seismograph built on a Raspberry Pi that lets anyone monitor earthquakes and ground vibrations from home. We’ll look at how it works, its cost, installation…

Is Bambu Lab abusing open-source? They threatened the developer with a lawsuit.
The Chinese company Bambu Lab built its printers on the open-source work of the community. Now they’re threatening to sue a Polish developer who used their own public code. The…

LocalAI Update: Your Path to Local AI
Nowadays, artificial intelligence is becoming increasingly accessible, and its applications are expanding into many areas.

Copy Fail (CVE-2026-31431): A kernel bug that also affects your Raspberry Pi and Home Assistant
New vulnerability in the Linux kernel (CVE-2026-31431) allows an unprivileged user to gain root access via a 732-byte Python script. What does this mean for Raspberry Pi and Home Assistant…
