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R1 Neo Meshtastic Device Introduced with GPS and nRF52840 Processor

The R1 Neo from Muzi Works is a compact, water-resistant Meshtastic device designed for long-range communication and GPS-based location tracking. Developed and assembled in Atlanta, it is the company’s first model built on a custom PCB featuring a dedicated I/O controller and integrated power management.

Terasic Announces Starter Kit Featuring RISC-V Nios V Processor and Software Bundle

Terasic has introduced the Atum Nios V Starter Kit, a feature-rich evaluation platform designed to accelerate development with Altera’s Nios V processor. The kit is aimed at embedded engineers, system developers, and educators looking for a practical way to explore RISC-V–based designs on the Agilex 3 FPGA platform.

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Latest Steam Client Update Improves Support for DualSense Controllers on Linux

The new Steam Client update prevents a crash on Linux systems that occurred when DualSense controllers are connected and idle, improves the High Contrast view of the game list search and the app filter panel, and adds support for dual gyros when using Nintendo Switch Joycons in combined mode.

Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Oct 24, 2023

Updated This Past Day

  1. New Talk by Richard M. Stallman (RMS): Free Software and Your Freedom (HCPP23)
    we've converted (encoded) the whole thing and you can watch it
  2. Despite All the Bullying and Mobbing by Slander-Slinging Online Brigades, Richard Stallman Still Commits an Alleged 'Thoughtcrime' (a Belief in the English Language)
    today's position is the same as in 2019
  3. When All They Have Left is Ad Hominem Attacks...
    we have plenty more left to say and to show
  4. Months After Lobbying for Microsoft Mr. Müller Quits, Ends His Blog Entirely
    Did he get a job offer?
  5. When Half the 'News' About Linux or Everything Regarding the Kernel is Corporate Stenography for x86, and All From the Same Site
    merely subscribing to the mailing list or lurking in some mirror of it would be informative enough

    New

  6. Wall Street is Abandoning Microsoft, Seeing That the G.A.I Hype Parade Was All in Vain (It's Losses, Not a Prospect of Profits)
    Later they wonder why people become cynical about this two-party political system
  7. Links 24/10/2023: Many Layoffs Again and Rejections of 'Smart' Phones or Social Control Media
    Links for the day
  8. IRC Proceedings: Monday, October 23, 2023
    IRC logs for Monday, October 23, 2023
  9. Things You Cannot Say If You Are Promoting Free Software and They Try to Kill Your Activism Using Phony 'Scandals'
    Sometimes they they not only attack activists but also their parents and spouses
  10. When MIT Technology Review Is Not Busy Slandering Richard Stallman (From MIT) It Runs Misleading Puff Pieces for Those Looking to Bury Stallman
    It's all about money and which agenda to sell for that money
  11. Things You Cannot Say Anymore
    Homer with axe
  12. The Writings Are on the Wall: Microsoft Preparing for Many More Layoffs
    halving the workforce in some places
  13. We Are Growing Faster, Much Faster
    Efficiency means the site will grow faster and it ought to be better, too
  14. This Happened Five Years Ago
    a matter of self-humiliation and time-wasting, lowering morale and damaging status
  15. Techrights' Video Pipeline a Work in Progress
    Videos are better at covering certain types of topics
  16. From Almost 100% to Just 44%: Microsoft's Bribes to Nigerian Officials Not Enough to Keep GNU/Linux at Bay?
    whatever is truly happening there, it probably gives headaches to Microsoft

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