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ESP32-H2 Thread/Zigbee Gateway Module for Low-Power Wireless Communication

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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 05, 2024

Updated This Past Day

Links 04/01/2024: COVID-19 Resurgence and Patent Spam

Links for the day
Links 04/01/2024: Release of Epstein Files Has Begun, Year Starts With Mass Layoffs Again

Links for the day
Watch How the Mainstream Media Distracts From Jeffrey Epstein and His Frequent Flyer Bill Gates

Gates bribes pay off
What (Software) Patents Do in Practice, Plus Why They're Made Permissible in the First Place

corrupt system
[Meme] João Negrão and António Campinos Sitting on a Tree

António (bottom of the meme) calling himself "the f***ing president" in front of his staff
An Article Techrights Contributed to Exposes Corruption in Europe's Largest Institutions, Including the EPO and EUIPO

new in Mediapart
IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, January 03, 2024

IRC logs for Wednesday, January 03, 2024
Guest Article: Falsehoods From Phoronix and DistroWatch

Anonymous guest post
Over at Tux Machines...

GNU/Linux news for the past day

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Thunderbird Moves to Monthly Updates from March 2025: The Thunderbird email client is making its monthly ‘release channel’ builds the default download starting in March
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