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WebTunnel is a bridge technology that is particularly good at circumventing censorship and might work from places where obfs4 bridges are blocked. WebTunnel disguises your connection as ordinary web traffic.

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Radxa Launches M.2 AI Accelerator with Axera AX8850 and 24 TOPS NPU

The Radxa AICore AX-M1 is an M.2 M Key AI acceleration module designed for edge computing systems that require high-throughput neural processing. Built around the Axera AX8850 system-on-chip, the module combines an octa-core Cortex-A55 processor with a 24 TOPS INT8-capable NPU and an 8K-capable video processing unit, delivering AI processing capabilities in a compact footprint.

MS-C926: Ultra-Slim Fanless Embedded System with Dual 2.5 GbE and M.2 Expansion

LILYGO Launches Four New ESP32-S3 Boards for LoRa, Display, Motion, and CAN Applications

LILYGO has announced four new ESP32-S3-based development boards targeting a diverse range of embedded and IoT applications. These boards combine wireless connectivity with specialized hardware such as e-paper displays, CAN interfaces, motion sensors, and GPS modules, and are designed for rapid prototyping and deployment using familiar platforms like Arduino IDE, PlatformIO, and ESP-IDF.

Zephyr RTOS 4.2 Released with Renesas RX Support, USB Video Class, MQTT 5.0, and Nearly 100 New Boards

Zephyr RTOS 4.2 introduces major updates in hardware support, networking, tooling, and power monitoring. With contributions from 810 developers, this non-LTS release brings key enhancements aimed at improving performance, flexibility, and overall developer experience.

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A UK Government Order Threatens the Privacy and Security of All Internet Users

Earlier this year, the United Kingdom government ordered Apple to provide access to encrypted data in the company’s cloud storage service, iCloud. In response, Apple removed its Advanced Data Protection (ADP) system for users in the country, removing the option to store data using end-to-end encryption, and setting a dangerous precedent of privacy violation. 

Encryption Makes Us Powerful: Internet Society Hosts Encryption Advocacy Workshop for European Civil Society

In early February of this year, the Internet Society hosted an Encryption Advocacy Workshop in Brussels for European civil society organizations. We created this workshop alongside steering members of the Global Encryption Coalition to equip potential encryption advocates with:

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Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Mar 26, 2024

Notebooks on School Desks

Updated This Past Day

  1. Engadget Has Become a Spam Site, Google Needs to Derank If Not Delist It (It's Even Worse Than CNET)
    their news feed is basically a spam feed

    New

  2. Links 25/03/2024: Apple Woes in China (and in the US, Too)
    Links for the day
  3. Gemini Links 25/03/2024: Microsofter Alleges "Misinformation" and Kålsupare Explained
    Links for the day
  4. Frans Pop & Debian harassment: death by a thousand emails
    Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
  5. Only two people thanked Frans Pop before his death
    Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
  6. Links 25/03/2024: Nature During Human Lockdowns, China Coast Guard Attacks Boats Outside Its Border
    Links for the day
  7. The Fall of Freenode Soon Turns 3, NDAs Will Expire and the Fall Continues (About 20% Decrease This Month)
    With NDA dates about to be reached (expiry) there will be interesting stories to hear and tell
  8. "Community" Has Become a Dirty Words at IBM's Red Hat (Like 'Commie')
    "community" was mentioned a handful of times in the front page
  9. Links 25/03/2024: Response to Terror Attack in Russia (137+ Dead) and UK Banking Sector Turns to Cannabis
    Links for the day
  10. Playing With Customers' Patience to Discourage Inquiry
    perhaps the goal in these situations is to frustrate people
  11. [Meme] EPO (European Patent Office): A Class Act
    attack on workers and their families
  12. Belated Happy Birthday to SoylentNews and Let's Hope SoylentNews Continues to Grow
    Happy anniversary, we guess... (the "official" one may come later)
  13. databreaches.net Admits It Lost Data (the Site Lost Pages) After Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Attack, Now It's Blocked Behind Proprietary Riddles and Walls of Clownflare
    To be clear, databreaches.net did not lie. It just wasn't aware of the issue.
  14. Gemini Links 25/03/2024: Winds of Change and NixOS Asahi on MBP
    Links for the day
  15. Why Techrights Attracts Sabotage Attempts From Many Serial Abusers (or People Looking to Discredit the Site)
    We have good reasons to believe more people search for information about Windows alternatives, and not just in Vietnam
  16. Did Charles Plessy and I predict the death of Lucy Wayland?
    Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
  17. Dealing With Anti-Black Racism and Antisemitism in IRC (It Comes From People Who Intentionally Seed It There to Discredit and Provoke the Site's Community)
    harassment comes from people who misuse "disability" status to justify their abuse
  18. [Meme] EPO Education and Childcare 'Reform'
    EPO: You don't need no education
  19. SUEPO The Hague Sends Open Letter to the EPO's 'F***ing' President (Campinos) About Impending Litigation
    letter signed by Isabelle Brandt
  20. IRC Proceedings: Sunday, March 24, 2024
    IRC logs for Sunday, March 24, 2024
  21. Over at Tux Machines...
    GNU/Linux news for the past day
  22. Debian & Open Source volunteer suicides: who pays compensation?
    Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock

    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Monday contains all the text.

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