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Compact Maix4-HAT Delivers 18 TOPS INT8 On-Device Inference for Raspberry Pi SBC

Maix4-HAT is a compact AI inference module developed by Sipeed for edge-side deployment of large models. According to Sipeed, it is powered by AXera’s AX650 vision chip, integrating an NPU capable of up to 72 TOPS at INT4 or 18 TOPS at INT8 precision. The module is designed to handle vision, speech, and language tasks in compact edge environments.

Luckfox Lyra Pi with Core3506 SoC Provides Optional 4G and PoE in a Raspberry Pi-Sized Form Factor

Luckfox has introduced the Lyra Pi, a compact single-board computer with a Raspberry Pi-like form factor, built around the Core3506 module and a triple-core ARM Cortex-A7 processor. It targets embedded and IoT applications, offering dual Ethernet, USB OTG, MIPI DSI, flexible Rockchip Matrix IO, and optional Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.2, and 4G LTE.

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Calibre 8.7 Adds Support for Generating Page Number Files on MTP-Based Kindles

The weekly Calibre releases continue with Calibre 8.7, a version that updates the Kindle driver with support for generating page number files (APNX) on 2024 and newer MTP-based Kindle devices, as well as the ability to ignore the “et al.” suffix on author names when finding similar e-books by author.

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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jul 11, 2024

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Updated This Past Day

  1. Emma Irwin, from Mozilla to Microsoft & Debian harassment rumors: the hidden report into Open Labs Hackerspace, Albania
    Reprinted with permission from the Free Software Fellowship
  2. Let's Encrypt in a Freefall in Geminispace (More Capsules 'Get' It)
    Getting a "cert" from a CA says nothing about legitimacy; any malicious site or malware author can get a 'free' one these days. It's like 'Trophy Of Participation' (where merely attending guarantees an award).
  3. Anti-Linux Sites, Powered by Microsoft to Generate False Text Under a Domain Like LinuxSecurity.com
    They need to be named and shamed for doing this
  4. Pop Weekend in Schagen, Netherlands & Debian Day
    Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
  5. [Video/Audio] John Shipton's Speech at Julian Assange's (His Son's) Birthday Last Week
    We assume someone who was at the event uploaded the recording of this speech (Julian Assange was not there)
  6. In Brunei and Malaysia GNU/Linux Gains Some More, All-Time High Approached in Indonesia
    Further gains in southeast Asia are more of the norm these days

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  7. IBM (Red Hat) is Burning Away Its Investment in GNU and Linux
    IBM will have nothing left but smoke
  8. Statement on Daniel Pocock is Free Publicity for Daniel Pocock (Streisand Effect)
    Since April when a new Debian Project Leader was elected...
  9. Links 10/07/2024: War, Environment, and End of ICQ
    Links for the day
  10. What Microsoft Hopes Nobody Noticed During Independence Day Week/Weekend
    Microsoft violated California's Fair Employment and Housing Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act
  11. Gemini Links 10/07/2024: Recalling St.GIGA, smol.pub Tricks
    Links for the day
  12. Red Hat Developer (developers.redhat.com), Brought to You by Microsoft Staff to Promote Microsoft Proprietary Software That Doesn't Run on GNU/Linux
    Yesterday at redhat.com
  13. OSI Blog Posts From Salaried Microsoft Writers, Promoting Microsoft Proprietary Software and GPL-Violating Code Prison
    OSI attacking its very own (original) mission
  14. Apple's Main Competition Isn't Microsoft But Low-Cost Chromebooks and GNU/Linux Distros
    Case of Dominica
  15. [Meme] Reporting Crimes to the Police, to the Public, to the Media
    people who are committing crimes try to accuse those who expose them as the "real" criminals
  16. Microsoft Has Already Lost the Cash Cow in Jamaica
    we're looking at around 7% for GNU/Linux
  17. [Meme] Then They Call Their Volunteers 'Fascists' (or Even Worse Labels)
    They want the public to think that people who resigned in protest were in fact "expelled" and that moreover they are "conservative" or something to that effect
  18. Sven Luther & Debian forged expulsion after resignation, now with Wind River Software, DebConf24 platinum sponsor
    Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
  19. IBM/Red Hat Racism and Imperialism: Not a New Problem
    Especially in that region
  20. In Cuba, Android Surges to New Records, Only About 3% of Web Users Are on Vista 11
    only about 15% are traced back to Windows
  21. Colombia: Windows Falls to All-Time Low (26%)
    We might be looking at a community of over 1 million GNU/Linux users in that one country
  22. Microsoft "are still in their Extend phase and have been for some time. They know how to play the long game. It's anyone's guess when their Extinguish phase will begin."
    It's reassuring to see recognition of the threat
  23. Links 10/07/2024: Microsoft Burns Users of Office 365 connectors in Teams
    Links for the day
  24. [Meme] War is Peace and Antitrust Means Trust
    Checking if Microsoft 'trusts' your OS is the same as security???
  25. [Video] The Fake Security Complex (and Why You Should Not Trust Canonical)
    "tech world" is full of fake security
  26. Egypt (Population 115 Million) Climbing Towards 7% GNU/Linux Usage, Says statCounter
    Egypt is one of Africa's largest populations
  27. Over at Tux Machines...
    GNU/Linux news for the past day
  28. IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, July 09, 2024
    IRC logs for Tuesday, July 09, 2024
  29. Debian harassment: verbal and textual references to abuse every bit as bad as deepfake and AI generated images of women
    Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
  30. Six Percent of Maharlika
    Microsoft has not been getting good news there in recent years
  31. [Meme] When You Do Mass Layoffs in the United States a Day Before July 4th (Independence Day)
    Microsoft still hasn't said how many people it fired

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

    Top-read articles (excluding bot/crawler visits):

    Span from 2024-07-04 to 2024-07-10
    2303 /n/2024/07/03/News_Calm_Now_July_4th_Time_for_Microsoft_to_Unearth_First_Batc.shtml
    1878 /n/2024/07/08/What_s_Growing_in_the_United_States_This_Year_is_GNU_Linux_Not_.shtml
    1663 /n/2024/07/08/Debian_Needs_a_Significant_Change_of_Direction_and_Recognition_.shtml
    1624 /n/2024/07/06/Larissa_Brown_Shapiro_Mozilla_concerned_other_organizations_tak.shtml
    1554 /n/2024/07/04/Whistleblowers_from_Open_Labs_Hackerspace_Albania_in_GNOME_Wiki.shtml
    1381 /n/2024/07/09/ZDNet_Kills_the_Linux_RSS_Feed_Syndication_Redirected_to_Loads_.shtml
    1315 /n/2024/07/10/Apple_s_Main_Competition_Isn_t_Microsoft_But_Low_Cost_Chromeboo.shtml
    1201 /n/2024/07/08/5_Days_Have_Passed_and_Microsoft_Still_Refuses_to_Say_How_Many_.shtml

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