KolibriOS: The Operating System That Fits On A 1.44 MB 3.5″ Floppy Disk

While most operating systems are written in C and C++, KolibriOS is written in pure x86 assembly and as a result small and lightweight enough to run off a standard 1.44 MB floppy disk, as demonstra…

Mogwai Announce New Album, Share Video for New Song “Lion Rumpus”

John Congleton produced the Scottish post-rock veterans’ 11th studio album

Achim Szepanski, Founder of Influential Electronic Labels Mille Plateaux and Force Inc., Dies at 67

Szepanski released landmark ambient albums by the likes of Gas and Oval while maintaining principles drawn from his work as a philosopher

Watch Justice and Tame Impala’s New Video for “Neverender”

The Hyperdrama track gets a psychedelic animated visual directed by Masanobu Hiraoka, Kota Iguchi, and Armand Beraud

Reviving A 15-Year Old Asus EeePC With Modern MX Linux

It’s often said these days that computers don’t become outdated nearly as quickly as they did in the past, with even a decade-old computer still more than capable of handling daily task…

Mogwai Announce 2025 Tour, Share Video for New Song

“God Gets You Back” is the post-rock band’s first song in two years

Harp Emoji, Proposed by Theo Schear and Mary Lattimore, Gets Approved by Unicode

Finally, an emoji for your group chat about Lattimore, Joanna Newsom, and Nala Sinephro

Big Ears Festival 2025 Lineup Announced: Philip Glass Ensemble, Waxahatchee, Yo La Tengo, Múm, and More

ANOHNI and the Johnsons, Esperanza Spalding, Rufus Wainwright, Jessica Pratt, and Sun Ra Arkestra will also play the Knoxville fest

Review: IFixit’s FixHub May Be The Last Soldering Iron You Ever Buy

Like many people who solder regularly, I decided years ago to upgrade from a basic iron and invest in a soldering station. My RadioShack digital station has served me well for the better part of 20…

New 2 GB Raspberry Pi 5 Has Smaller Die And 30% Lower Idle Power Usage

Recently Raspberry Pi released the 2GB version of the Raspberry Pi 5 with a new BCM2712 SoC featuring the D0 stepping. As expected, [Jeff Geerling] got his mitts on one of these boards and ran it t…

Godspeed You! Black Emperor Announce New Album “No Title As of 13 February 2024 28,340 Dead”, Share Song

The Canadian post-rock band will tour extensively in support of its follow-up to 2021’s G_d’s Pee at State’s End!

This Is Not A Laptop, It’s A KVM Combo

A spare monitor and keyboard are handy things to have around, but they’re a bit of a hassle. They are useful for hardware development, plugging in to headless servers, or firing up a Raspberr…

Handheld Oscilloscope Meter Reviewed

We live in a time where there’s virtually no excuse not to have some kind of oscilloscope. As [IMSAI Guy] shows in a recent video, for what you might expect to pay for a decent meter, you can…

An Antenna To Throw You For A Loop

It is one of Murphy’s laws, we think, that you can’t get great things when you need them. Back in the heyday of shortwave broadcasting, any of us would have given a week’s pay for…

A Look At The Intel N100 Radxa X4 SBC

Recently Radxa released the X4, which is an SBC containing not only an N100 x86_64 SoC but also an RP2040  MCU connected to a Raspberry Pi-style double pin header. The Intel N100 is one of a range …

Watch Childish Gambino’s Intense New “Lithonia” Video

In which a band rendition turns into a horror scene, starring Suzanna Son

The sting of an Airbnb rejection: Hosts explain why they turn down all sorts of travelers

Social media, credit cards that don't match booking names, and even 4.5-star reviews can cause short-term rental hosts to reject travelers outright.

Godspeed You! Black Emperor Announce 2024 North American Tour

Dates in the United States and Canada kick off in November

Hands On: AD409-Max Microscope

It used to be that only the most well-equipped home electronics lab had a microscope. However, with SMD parts getting smaller and smaller, some kind of microscope is almost a necessity. Luckily, yo…