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When hard drives were still huge: The Quantum Bigfoot turns 30
Retrospective: 6 Months Using MongoDB 7.0 for Our AI/ML Pipeline – 30% Faster Document Storage
Retrospective: 6 Months Using MongoDB 7.0 for Our AI/ML Pipeline – 30% Faster Document Storage When we set out to modernize our AI/ML pipeline in Q4 2023, we needed a document stor…
Sweden retroactively tightens requirements for naturalization
The Swedish Parliament in Stockholm reformed the rules for acquiring Swedish citizenship with no transitional clause – a first in Europe. More than 100,000 people will be affected.…
SEGA Genesis / Mega Drive LEGO Console Set Launches June 2026
Level up your collection…
Retrospective: Switching from VS Code 1.90 to JetBrains 2026.1 – Productivity Gains for 50 Engineers
VS Code 1.90 to JetBrains 2026.1: 50 Dev Productivity Gains In early 2025, our 50-person...…
History of Visual Basic (Chapter 1)
EvilGeniusLabs — a personal lab for C# / .NET / Avalonia, Rust, retro-gaming experiments, and the kind of code that shouldn't work but does.…
Stretch Armstrong: the gloriously goo-filled toy that shouldn't have worked (but did)
In the golden age of toys that could maim, melt, or mysteriously stain the carpet, Stretch Armstrong stood out: a blond, musclebound figure filled with a bizarre, syrupy gel that……
How Atari has grown with retro focus, acquisitions and refocus on gaming
Redditor builds a PC inside an old CRT monitor — it looks like an ancient iMac, but runs Cyberpunk 2077 at 100fps in 1440p
This retro PC build that uses a burnt-out old monitor as a case is like an iMac on steroids.…
The 39 Best Gifts for Gamers They Won’t Return
Try these fun, functional accessories and gadgets.…
This Smartwatch Plays Mega Man 2, Tracks Your Steps and Heart Rate
The officially licensed, bright blue wearable comes with a custom version of the classic game.…
Someone found a Chinese retailer selling super-cheap CRT TVs, but don't get too excited, retro gaming fans — every new piece of information about them seems to reveal more mysteries
Don't get too excited, retro gaming fans — there are several catches here…
23 Years After the SP, This Handheld May Finally Improve the Game Boy
The retro handheld scene is finally breaking the mold.…
Running Adobe's 1991 PostScript Interpreter in the Browser
POKEBOOK Is Taking You Back To Kanto For Pokémon's 30th Anniversary Year
"The Unofficial Companion: Generation 1". The latest addition to Ninty Media's growing library of quality gaming tomes is around the corner, with Pokebook now live on Kickstarter a…
Slimline Commodore 64C Ultimate Edition computers go up for pre-order — firm reintroduces the C64’s sleeker 1986-1994 styling across the range
Commodore 64C Ultimate Edition reintroduces the C64’s sleeker 1986-1994 styling across the range using original molds and tooling.…
Forget emulators: These new handhelds are built to play Commodore 64 and Spectrum games
Hyper Mega Tech reveals new C64 and ZX Spectrum clamshell handhelds with IPS screens and microSD support, launching October 2026 for $130.…
Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum receive clamshell makeover — iconic 8-bit legends join the handheld gaming wars
Retro revival awakens the '80s child in everyone.…
Anbernic's swiveling retro handheld will be available May 11
This retro gaming watch can track your heart rate and play Mega Man 2, as well
This smartwatch, built around a reimagined Mega Man 2, offers animated watch faces and fitness tracking packed into a distraction-free device.…
I touched a ZX Spectrum for the first time in decades – and I liked it | Dominik Diamond
Meeting ‘my people’ – video gamers with very long memories – took me back to an era of machine play that lacked megabytes but had far more tangible presence…
Is it a Pet? No, it’s a Teacher’s Pet!
Here at Hackaday we cover the world of retrocomputing, which means that we see all manner of older computers in our everyday work. We might even claim that we’ve seen them all, wer…
AT&T’s Unix PC — We Hardly Knew You
Before Linux, there was Unix. It was great, but it was and has been plagued by problems with licensing and proprietary competition. [Vintage Appartus] recalls, for example, the AT&…
An exhibition in Delhi rethinks scale through the everyday
Explore CK Rajan's intimate exhibition in Delhi, where everyday materials provoke deep reflections on time, memory, and image-making.…
The Hearts of the Super Nintendo
‘Macross Plus’ Is an Ultra-Romantic Classic That Refuses to Age
This retro mecha masterpiece reaches across time and space with a prescient, hopeful message as timeless as its vision of the future.…
Anbernic's swiveling retro handheld will be available May 11
The RG Rotate starts at just $88.…
Jenny’s Daily Drivers: Going 32-Bit With SliTaz In 2026
We’re used to seeing technologies move with the times, and it’s likely among Hackaday readers are the group who spend the most time doing that and are most aware of it. There’s on……
Original 'Tetris' Lands in Retrocade for Apple Vision Pro
Developer Resolution Games has released a new update to Retrocade for Apple Vision Pro that includes a new environment and Tetris.…
'Tetris' falls into place on Retrocade for the Apple Vision Pro
Relive the magic of the 1980s by stepping inside a classic Japanese arcade and playing "Tetris" on the Apple Vision Pro.…
The Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum have been turned into retrofuturistic handhelds
The Spectrum and The C64 clamshell handhelds each come bundled with 25 unique retro games.…
Tap Jewels is a classic match-3 gem game for the Amiga computer
Tap Jewels is a classic match-3 gem game for the classic Amiga computer, offering plenty of fun with its tried-and-tested gameplay.…
Interview: Resolution Games CEO on Bringing Nostalgia to Apple Vision Pro
Resolution Games CEO Tommy Palm talks with Newsweek about Retrocade, a new Tetris update, and bringing back nostalgic gaming.…
The best Android device I've bought in years wasn't a phone or a tablet
The Retroid Pocket 4 Pro is the handheld I've been looking for…
Transcribing the Source of the First DOS for the IBM PC
Doing software archaeology can be a harrowing task, as rarely do you find complete snapshots of particular versions of software. Case in point the development of MS-DOS – also know…
Forbidden Solitaire review – cards flip into delirious trip back to 90s horror
An innocent-looking charity shop find draws you into a compulsive world of demons, ogres and retro delights…
Volkswagen reveals the ID. Polo, a sub-$30k electric car for the masses with retro charm
Volkswagen has officially unveiled the ID. Polo, the all-electric version of its best-selling compact car, with a starting price of 24,995 euros.…
Someone ported the OG Xbox dashboard to PC, and yes, it launches Steam games
I miss when console dashboards were only different shades of green.…
This $199 upscaler wants to make your retro consoles look great on modern TVs
Hands-On With 'Mina The Hollower' and Developer Interview
From the developer of Shovel Knight, Mina the Hollower is one of the most highly-anticipated indie video games in recent memory…
Indian Comedy King David Dhawan Gets Retrospective at PVR Inox Ahead of Final Film’s Release (EXCLUSIVE)
Cineplex chain PVR Inox screens five David Dhawan classics across 25 Indian cities from May 8, honoring the prolific Bollywood comedy director.…
Weekly Wins: Celebrating Your Successes and Lessons Learned
Weekly Wins: Celebrating Your Successes and Lessons Learned Let’s be honest: most...…
Retro AI: How 2011's AI Might Have Shaped the Modern Web
Retro AI: How 2011's AI Might Have Shaped the Modern Web In 2011, AI wasn’t the powerhouse...…
This is interesting: Talkie is a vintage LLM , trained...
This is interesting: Talkie is a vintage LLM , trained on “historical pre-1931 English text”. “The training data for the base model is entirely out of copyright (the USA copyright …
Show HN: My friend and his AI homies wrote SGI Indy emulator in Rust
SGI Indy Emulator. Contribute to techomancer/iris development by creating an account on GitHub.…
Your old Nintendo 64 games are finally getting unofficial PC ports, and they run better than emulators
Retro titles are getting even better, and it's all thanks to decompilation.…
Microsoft finally open sources DOS 1.0 - and it's so much more than the code
Want a blast from the past? Microsoft just open-sourced its very first operating system, offering a rare insight into the PC's earliest days.…
The resurrected Commodore 64 is getting a facelift like the original
The creators of the C64 Ultimate, a recreation of the iconic '80s personal computer that uses an FPGA chip to accurately replicate the original, have announced a follow-up version …
Hackaday Europe: Last Round of Speakers, Workshops
If you don’t already have your tickets to Hackaday Europe, pick them up now. The clock is ticking! Today, we’d like to announce our keynote speaker, the remainder of our featured t…
Geomys is a Gopher browser for classic 68000 Macintosh computers
Geomys is a Gopher browser for classic 68000 Macintosh computers. It supports monochrome and 256 colors, System 6 and 7, multi-window browsing, themes, favorites, Gopher+ protocol,…
This cute watch is actually a Game Boy Color in disguise. And yes, it can run games
A custom-built wristwatch packs real Game Boy Color hardware, letting it run actual cartridges, though the tiny screen and controls make it more impressive than practical.…
30 Years Later, Nike’s Air Max Is Still the Freshest in the French Blue Sea
Nike's OG Air Max 95 "Slate" sneaker returns with Big Bubble soles for 2026. Here's everything on the revival.…
Sega Master System Controllers, Now With USB C
USB wasn’t even a gleam in an engineer’s eye when the Sega Master System hit the market in 1985. Today, we’re up to USB 4 or something, and the USB C connector is becoming a defac……
Agentic clinical reasoning over longitudinal myeloma records: a retrospective evaluation against expert consensus
Multiple myeloma is managed through sequential lines of therapy over years to decades, with each decision depending on cumulative disease history distributed across dozens to hundr…
Super ZSNES – GPU Powered SNES Emulator
A GPU-powered SNES emulator rewritten from scratch with hi-res Mode 7, per-game enhancements, and a modernized classic UI.…