If we’ve learned anything over the years, it’s that hackers love to know what the temperature is. Seriously. A stroll through the archives here at Hackaday uncovers an overwhelming number of bespoke ...

Last week a group of hackers, working under the name fail0verflow, managed to hack the PS3 thanks to its poor implementation of public key cryptography. Building on that work, another hacker has ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. What you're about to read is far from a wide-ranging concern. But it does highlight one legitimate reason Sony has for going after PS3 users ...

There are some incredibly cheap WiFi smart bulbs on the market these days, but as is often the case, you tend to get what you pay for. When [Viktor] took delivery of his latest bargain basement bulb, ...

So soon? Less than two days since the arrival of Sony's latest firmware upgrade, Dark_Alex has released a new custom firmware for homebrew users. 3.40OE-A brings the functionality of Sony's official ...

Just days after the release and immediate decryption of Sony's PSP firmware v3.10, homebrew developer Dark AleX has released a new edition of his custom brand of firmware: 3.10 OE-A (Open Edition). As ...

To summarize, the method to install custom firmware on the iPod nano is present, but the jailbreak community is in need of an exploit to actually make this method useful. Add 9to5Mac to your Google ...

The Pebble smartwatch has been available to the public for about a year now, and it has received mixed reception thus far. It’s certainly an innovative product, but the execution leaves something to ...

There’s been a robust scene of reprogramming Canon cameras with custom firmware for some time, in the form of CHDK and Magic Lantern — but for the first time we’re seeing something similar with a ...

Installing a custom firmware on your Wi-Fi router is like God Mode for your home network. You can see everything going on, boost your Wi-Fi signal, beef up your ...

LordSturm from our forums has released version 2 of his custom firmware modification for the PSP titled "Casual". Of course, this custom firmware modification is a modification of Dark_Alex's original ...