AI Digest 14.11.2026: Drill, paperclip and tweezers. How consoles got flashed… plus 4 more

🔥 <b>AI Digest: top 5 stories for 14.11.2026</b>

<b>1️⃣ Drill, paperclip and tweezers. How consoles got flashed before neural networks took over</b>
💡 A look back at how enthusiasts flashed game consoles with whatever was lying around — a drill, a paperclip, tweezers. A vivid reminder of just how much hacking methods changed before neural networks entered the picture.

<b>2️⃣ faizfahmi77/ScanDot: Experimental Android 3D scanning and point-cloud viewer</b>
💡 ScanDot is an experimental Android app for 3D scanning and point-cloud viewing. Handy as a ready-made example of doing 3D work on an ordinary smartphone.

<b>3️⃣ ByPlasmaSky/Microsoft-rpocket-PowerPoint-2026: Standardize your Microsoft PowerPoint 2026…</b>
💡 This repo collects best practices for setting up Microsoft PowerPoint 2026 on Windows: styling, file organization, and export. For anyone who wants to bring their workflow up to a single standard.

<b>4️⃣ Nvidia allegedly engineered scarcity by funding AI startups to buy its GPUs</b>
💡 The accusation against Nvidia: the company allegedly funded AI startups so they'd buy its GPUs, artificially manufacturing scarcity. Essential reading for understanding demand and pricing in the chip market.

<b>5️⃣ Thirteen LLMs on Russian reviews: how I picked a model and why I didn't trust the judge</b>
💡 The author benchmarked 13 LLMs on Russian-language reviews for a reply service covering Wildberries, Ozon, and Yandex Market. He explains why he doesn't trust the LLM-as-a-judge approach and how he settled on a working model.

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