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- Hackaday Links: November 1, 2026
Nov 02, 03:00 AM
- Transnet Freight Rail ran an empty 696-wagon train about 7.6 km long to Loop 18 on October 18, synchronising its electric and diesel locomotives by radio so braking forces spread through the train, and claims a world record.
Nov 02, 01:14 AM
- Beacon AI says its Murdock box flew aboard three operational KC-46A Pegasus tankers for five flights and about 20 hours, reading the certified avionics buses and advising the crew without modifying flight-critical systems or taking control.
Nov 02, 01:14 AM
- The Deep Space Network heard nothing from Voyager 1 on October 18 and 19, the signal returned on October 20 before anyone sent a command, and the 1977 probe’s computers had switched one thruster group to its backups by themselves.
Nov 02, 01:14 AM
- Apple’s new iPad mini starts at $699 with an 8.5-inch OLED screen, the A20 Pro chip and an IP67 rating, and reaches customers on Friday November 6.
Nov 02, 01:14 AM
- Amazon put a smart home hub and an eero Wi-Fi extender inside the $99.99 Echo Dot that shipped on October 28, adding up to 1,000 square feet of coverage.
Nov 02, 01:14 AM
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Season 1 goes live on November 6 with three free multiplayer maps and two Warzone maps, and its 100-tier Battle Pass catches late buyers up to day 50.
Nov 02, 01:14 AM
- PlayStation Plus adds Dead Island 2, Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered and Monster Train 2 on November 3, and October’s three games can be added until November 2.
Nov 02, 01:14 AM
- Cheap FPGA Board Becomes Retro-Style Computer
Nov 02, 12:00 AM
- Google Messages is the only Android app allowed to send RCS, and that should worry you
Nov 01, 11:00 PM
- Gag Order is a co-op, SCP-ish horror shooter about surviving as best you can against some nasty, tentacle covered cephalopod creatures
Nov 01, 10:56 PM
- AI just helped jailbreak the Switch 2, and this could be only the beginning
Nov 01, 10:01 PM
- Dune: Awakening’s seasonally appropriate Blood and Ice expansion gets a December release date, and in a plus for preservation, an offline mode this month
Nov 01, 09:34 PM
- Windows hides more settings than it shows, and this free app lets you expose them
Nov 01, 09:30 PM
- Letterboxd is great for movies, but I found something better for TV shows
Nov 01, 09:16 PM
- NASA hopes the commercial space industry can help save Hubble
Nov 01, 09:09 PM
- I had no idea Samsung SmartThings could make my dryer do this
Nov 01, 09:01 PM
- A Game Engine For Microcontrollers
Nov 01, 09:00 PM
- The internet’s oldest ‘.com’ domain is still alive, and you can visit it right now
Nov 01, 08:30 PM
- Excel can predict next year’s numbers with one button, and it shows how sure it is
Nov 01, 08:00 PM
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