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Fixing a Broken Amprobe AT-7000 Reveals How a $2,700 Cable Tracer Died in a Drawer and Came Back

By Jackson Chung September 1, 2026

Most people have never held an Amprobe AT-7000-EUR, and even fewer would guess a cable tracer can cost about $2,700. Electricians use this kit when a cable disappears into drywall, a ceiling, a floor, or a crowded panel and a cheap tone probe is not enough. One half of the kit is a transmitter you clip onto a circuit. That box injects a tracing signal, 6.25 kHz on live wires or 32.768 kHz on dead ones, in high, low, or clamp mode. The other half is a receiver with a color screen, a tip sensor, and a Smart Sensor array that shows where the wire runs and which way it is going, often to about two inches, and can pick the correct breaker instead of a handful of false hits.

DK64 Rekongpiled Puts Donkey Kong 64 on Your PC as a Real Native Port

By Bill Smith August 31, 2026

When Donkey Kong 64 debuted on the Nintendo 64 in 1999, Rare sent five Kongs on a quest to reclaim a thousand Golden Bananas, recover stolen riches, and deliver one very long rap. Rainchus, Ballaam, Killklli, Umed, and collaborators released DK64 Rekongpiled, also known as DK64 Recompiled, and the campaign now runs as a regular Windows, Linux, or macOS. You still need to point the software at a legally dumped US cartridge image. No assets are included with the download. After selecting one file, the original game code is executed on your computer rather than within an emulator.

Crumbl Builds Minecraft in Cookie Form, One Square Block at a Time

By Bill Smith August 31, 2026

Crumbl partnered with Minecraft for its first character license and put six square desserts on the menu for a single week. Treats inspired by mobs, blocks, and biomes are on sale at participating shops in the United States and Canada from today, August 31, through September 5, with in-app pre-orders having opened a day earlier. Every item is baked as a four-sided block, then finished with a non-edible Minecraft figure you lift off before the first bite.

Ultra Compact Liene M100 Printer Turns Your Phone Into a 4×6 Photo Lab

By Bill Smith August 31, 2026

Most people already carry a camera in a pocket, so buying a second gadget that only spit out tiny sticky squares can feel like clutter. Liene’s M100, priced at $135.99 (was $220), skips that whole category. You send a photo from a phone, tablet, or computer and get a glossy 4-by-6 print in about a minute, which is the size most frames, albums, and fridge magnets still expect.

Markiplier’s 13.5 Million Share Bet on GoPro

By Jackson Chung August 31, 2026

Mark Edward Fischbach, better known as Markiplier, now owns 13.5 million shares of GoPro Class A stock. That is 8.5 percent of the class, enough to make him the camera maker’s largest single public shareholder. A Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on August 20 lists the position as of July 13. He holds sole voting power and sole dispositive power over every share. Just him, listed as an individual, with a California address through his business managers in Encino. He certified he did not buy the stock to seize control or force a board fight.