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Tile's Security Is So Bad It's a Feature for Stalkers

https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/03/05/tiles-security-is-so-bad-its-a-feature-for-stalkers/

Comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49050152

#HackerNews #TileSecurity #StalkingPrivacy #TechNews #Adafruit

Today is a good day! Building my very own controller setup with 16 #arduino encoders from #adafruit, tightly coupled with #emacs, #supercollider, #openframeworks and #commonlisp

Quick Post #8: Update to Multi-Function Display Using PyPortal
About 7 years ago, I got a PyPortal and used it to cycle through and display 3-5 types of information. Over time, I sometimes varied the information (it had a COVID display during the worst of COVID, now replaced with pollen counts). And as API's for the information came and went, I made other changes. But it still used the original, now a
https://www.mcgurrin.info/robots/41333/
#Uncategorized #Adafruit #CircuitPython #python

Ordered myself a bunch of #adafruit quad encoders... About time to start building myself an improvisation instrument for #commonlisp and #supercollider, centered around #emacs. This should be fun :-D

Damn. The shipping for the #pimoroni Badgeware Tufty from #adafruit is between a third and just over half of the price of the Tufty itself as UPS is the only shipping option (afaics). Probably because of the battery. Pity they don't have a pickup window as their factory is less than a mile and a half from me

Behold the $350 Raspberry Pi 5 with 16GB RAM, because apparently, the world needed a DIY computer that costs as much as a discount laptop 💸🤦‍♂️. #Adafruit wants you to believe it’s "unique" and "fun," but we all know it's just a glorified excuse to hoard more useless cables and kits that you'll never use 🔌📦.
https://www.adafruit.com/product/6125?src=raspberrypi #RaspberryPi5 #DIYComputers #TechNews #Gadgets #HackerNews #ngated

I just received, assembled, and configured the Anavi 12-key Macro Keyboard. There is a python file that shows up on a USB filesystem that appears when the keyboard is plugged in, which is easy to configure to produce any macro keys. I'm using it to control OBS hotkey scripts for live streaming. I highly recommend this keyboard.

https://www.crowdsupply.com/anavi-technology/anavi-macro-pad-12-and-arrows

#fosh #foss #freehardware #keyboard #macro #livestream #obs #hotkey #anavi #crowdsupply #adafruit

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Some company cease-and-desisting Adafruit over review of "AI tools" (I suspect negative reviews).

https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/06/02/1647209/adafruit-pauses-blog-after-demand-letter-from-fluxais-lawyers?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon

#ai #lawsuit #adafruit

📜🚀 #Adafruit gets a love letter from big-shot lawyers on behalf of some startup nobody's heard of. Looks like someone's trying to make a quick buck off the maker community's creativity. 🙄💰
https://blog.adafruit.com/ #LoveLetter #MakerCommunity #LegalIssues #StartupDrama #HackerNews #ngated

Adafruit Receives Demand Letter from Fenwick Legal Counsel on Behalf of Flux.ai

https://blog.adafruit.com/

#HackerNews #Adafruit #FluxAI #LegalNews #DemandLetter #TechUpdates

🎓🤯 Meet Nick, the dorm-room DIY deity who 'accidentally' invented a million-dollar keyboard by smashing together wires and dreams while ignoring his freshman coursework. 🙌🔌 Apparently, all it takes to revolutionize the tech world is a clunky holiday and an #Adafruit 32u4—so why bother with that computer science degree, right? 🙄👏
https://nick.winans.io/blog/nice-nano/ #DIYInnovation #DormRoomGenius #TechRevolution #MillionDollarIdea #HackerNews #ngated

Build Adafruit projects right from Firefox

https://www.firefox.com/en-US/landing/adafruit/

#HackerNews #Adafruit #Firefox #Projects #DIY #Tech #Innovation #WebDevelopment

Episódio 173 – As novas novidades – Parte B

https://retropolis.com.br/2026/04/22/episodio-173-as-novas-novidades-parte-b/

#Podcast #80386 #8086 #8086CPU #Adafruit #AliExpress #Amiga #AppleIIc #Commodore #Commodore64 #CRASHMagazine #EhBASIC #fpga #Harlequin #IbmPc #Intel #Laptop #Lazarustorm #LCD #microdrive #Minimig #MSX #MSX2 #MSXGoauld #MSXMini #Notebook #Omega #OmniDesktop128HQ #OneChipBook #PCBWay #PiStorm #podcast #Retrocomputao #retrogaming #Retrpolis #sinclair #SMX #Sony #Stargate #

just solved the most infuriating and bewildering physical button problem on #synthseqr YES, ARRRGH my sanity is restored! just waiting another 3 hours for the case lid to finish #3dprinting, then I can shoot some video. #sequencer #arduino #adafruit #midi

Funk This! Now with #PixelBlaze frequency graph. Upgraded to #Adafruit Metro S3 and no more crashes reading directly from larger RAM vs intermittent crashes from SD cards. #CircuitPython gets down! Builds like this on my channel
Groove and hack on! https://youtube.com/shorts/AUMVj5I9mLs?si=sG3C9tEKsmdY-rWS

I'd say no to downloading ANY app that does this, but I think this is just one of many reasons to NOT download the new White House App.

#Adafruit did everyone a great service with this research:
The official White House Android app has a cookie/paywall bypass injector, tracks your GPS every 4.5 minutes, and loads JavaScript from some guy's GitHub Pages.

https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/03/30/decompiling-the-white-houses-new-app/

#Privacy #PSA #Spyware

FCC has banned the import of all new foreign-made routers here's what you can do

https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/03/24/fcc-just-banned-the-import-of-all-new-foreign-made-routers-heres-what-you-can-do-about-it/

#HackerNews #FCC #Ban #Foreign #Routers #Import #Technology #News #Adafruit #Guide

#BitBastelei #686 - #Arduino TFT Bildschirm mit #ESP32 und #Adafruit #GFX

#BitBastelei

@adlerweb

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5D81gnP26OU

Wait, what? Video Looper 2 on a Pi 4 or 5, or my 3?
#Fail
Python something requires something greater than or equal to?
#adafruit

OpenSource-Queen Lady Adafruit starts sanding down chip markings.

https://www.adafruit.com/product/4677

@adafruit #adafruit

I wrote up a bit about the two (!) alt controllers I made for this game jam: one looks like a keyboard but is actually a tilt controlled WASD pad; the other one looks like 5 toggle switches but actually is a keyboard. Sort of.

https://nextlevelbanana.com/blog/two-new-alt-controllers

#altcontrol #altctrl #arduino #adafruit

I'm sorry, but I can't believe for a single second that either Phillip or Limor are so batshit bonkers that they seriously think the pushback to #Adafruit embracing #AI is down to sexism.

They know fully that the opposition is widespread, founded on broad ethical and technical objections, and they are falsly, shamefully, and cynically invoking misogyny as the cause.

Even a cursory glance at the replies to their recent posts reveals an incredibly diverse crowd expressing their disappointment.

@Gustodon #Adafruit is getting lots of opportunities to hear people out, but they keep digging in on their side. They've chosen their hill. I just hope it isn't too late.

@FuturisticRobert It's weird to see a group of people just unravel before your eyes.

#Adafruit

For #makers looking for alternatives to #Adafruit - if you consider "the Chinese" who make similar stuff as a collection of independent small/medium family businesses (even if their kit is sold via Amazon, Ebay etc), who share a collection of common designs often making use of end of line / surplus components, which is much more the case than the "yellow peril" paranoia about them trying to "take over the world" there is plenty of good stuff to be found these days..

All the "maker friendly" companies like #Arduino seem to have enshittified anyway, so you might as well buy Chinese (they are going to be making the components you use no matter which company you might get part of fully assembled modules from)

#electronics