I programmed a $7 ESP32-S3 board to block all computer's web ads - and it took just minutes

I built a whole-home ad blocker with a $7 ESP32-S3 board - and it took just minutes ...

Safari’s new MCP server lets coding agents inspect and debug websites

Apple is introducing a new MCP server for Safari that lets coding agents inspect websites directly in the browser. Here are the details.
The Next Web

X launches hosted MCP server so AI tools can plug into its API directly

X now hosts its own MCP server, letting AI tools like Claude, Cursor, and Grok connect to the platform's API without developers building the integration.
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The Story of How I Spoke to AI to 'Turn on the LED' and It Actually Lit Up: The Mechanism for Controlling Hardware with Natural Language Using Claude × Arduino × MCP

"Just by talking to AI, real-world objects move." I realized this sci-fi-like experience through a small experiment of making an LED light up. It sounds difficult, but the mechanism is very simple. In ...
Hackaday

home hacks

Reverse-osmosis (RO) systems are one way to ensure that you get very clean drinking water. The Waterdrop G3P600 variety that [Tomasz Wasilczyk] recently purchased is definitely among the fanciest and ...