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After teasing modified AirPods that swap Apple’s Lightning port for a USB-C connection, Ken Pillonel, the robotics engineering student behind the USB-C iPhone, has finally released the full video that shows his entire process. And the best part is that Pillonel is making his schematics open source, meaning you, too, can accomplish such a feat (given that you have a 3D printer). Pillonel starts by sawing open the AirPods case, essentially breaking it, as they’re not designed to be taken apart. He then designs two…

Doom has been the go-to test for any hacked piece of software for a number of years, but now modder Kgsws has found a way to get Doom running on Doom. Sharing the instructional video on his YouTube channel, Kgsws reveals there’s a code execution exploit inside the original DOS DOOM 2 executable, which can be used to run the more modern Chocolate Doom within the original (via Hackaday). By manipulating the in-game memory, he’s able to insert whatever he likes into the game – including a second version of Doom, running…

Luke Ross* has a hard time telling friends what he does for a living. He can’t quite believe it himself. “I’m a kid with a fake steering wheel in the backseat who pretends to know where they’re going,” he tells The Verge. In 2020, he released a free mod for one of the most popular video games, Grand Theft Auto V, that lets you play the entire game in VR. Now, thousands of people pay him every month to stick their heads into some of their favorite video game worlds. Today, he currently makes over $20,000 a month modding…

The power of gaming in the palm of your hand The Power Glove is one of the more infamous retro peripherals around, using a gauntlet to strap a controller fully onto your wrist. It’s meant for older Nintendo consoles, but modder Will It Work? on YouTube used the controller to wire it up to something a bit more modern in Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit. Will It Work has many videos, breaking down how they connect disparate controllers and consoles together. There are some wild connections like the Donkey Kong bongos hooking…