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Linux Kernel 6.15 Reaches End of Life, It’s Time to Upgrade to Linux Kernel 6.16

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FRDM-MCXW23 Development Board with MCX W23 Wireless MCU and BLE 5.3

The FRDM-MCXW23 is a development board based on the MCX W23 Bluetooth Low Energy 5.3 wireless MCU. It provides a compact platform for evaluating low-power wireless designs, targeting applications such as portable medical devices, smart appliances, automation systems, and asset tracking.

Low-Cost FireBeetle 2 ESP32-P4 Now Available with Wi-Fi 6, MIPI CSI/DSI, and RISC-V Core

DFRobot has officially introduced the FireBeetle 2 ESP32-P4, a compact microcontroller board built for computer vision and multimedia projects. Priced at $11.90, it pairs the ESP32-P4 SoC with a companion co-processor for Wi-Fi 6 and Bluetooth connectivity, targeting applications such as cameras, smart home devices, and interactive interfaces.

Forlinx FET-MX9596-C SoM Arrives with NXP i.MX 95, Dual 10GbE, and Onboard NPU

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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Nov 09, 2024

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Updated This Past Day

  1. "Many Applications Labelled as "Cybersecurity" and Given a Veneer of Legitimacy Are Really "Weaponised" and Abusive Code"
    New from Dr. Andy Farnell

    New

  2. Plagiarism by Bots: Guardian Digital, Inc (linuxsecurity.com) Still Creates Fake Articles About "Linux"
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  3. [Teaser] [Meme] New Ways to Impoverish Patent Examiners (Entrusted to Block Unjust Monopolies or Monopoly Applications)
    Coming tomorrow!
  4. Apple Tax funds: railways, defective concrete blocks in Ireland's North and West
    Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
  5. Daniel Pocock, Nomination for Ireland, Dublin Bay South, General Election 2024
    Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
  6. Links 08/11/2024: TikTok Bans and Clownflare Issues/Perils
    Links for the day
  7. Gemini Links 08/11/2024: RPS, O.D.I.N., and RSS in Yahoo News
    Links for the day
  8. Donald Trump as Censor in Chief Can Now Leverage Censorship Companies and Fake Protection Disguised as 'Security'
    Centralised CAs were trouble all along
  9. Technology: rights or responsibilities? - Part VI
    By Dr. Andy Farnell
  10. A Death of a News Industry
    A theme we explored thrice today
  11. Deciphering Centralised CAs and Why Their Demise Should be a Goal
    Encryption in transmission is good; but who controls the key exchange and certification/authentication/validation?
  12. Links 08/11/2024: Strikes, Recessions, and Slowdowns
    Links for the day
  13. [Teaster] [Meme] New Ways of Wrecking (NWoW)
    The EPO
  14. Gateway for News and Blogs
    In the long run, this site and its sister site (less overlap between them now) should hopefully become a popular destination for people who look for information, not chaff
  15. Going Even Faster
    We hope the site will be faster soon
  16. Psychopaths Who Reaffirm Our Work's Value
    Psychopaths and sociopaths lack empathy, so they're willing to go very far and stoop as low as they deem necessary
  17. [Meme] How Low Can You Go at the European Patent Office?
    Not just in terms of patent quality
  18. More Cuts/End to Benefits for EPO Workers (Europe's Working Conditions Incompatible With the European Patent Convention)
    "The Office is now reviving it but plans to introduce new cuts on benefits"
  19. Over at Tux Machines...
    GNU/Linux news for the past day
  20. IRC Proceedings: Thursday, November 07, 2024
    IRC logs for Thursday, November 07, 2024
  21. Security Advisory: Debian falls for social engineering hacks
    Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
  22. Gemini Links 08/11/2024: US Election, RetroChallenge 2024, and More
    Links for the day

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

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    725 /n/2024/10/25/Links_25_10_2024_Erosion_of_Trust_Online_and_Disability_Rights.shtml
    684 /n/2024/11/04/Apple_s_MacOS_Shows_Us_the_Vision_of_Computing_That_GAFAM_Has_f.shtml
    673 /n/2024/11/02/Python_Software_Foundation_is_Cancel_Culture_Rehomed.shtml
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    643 /n/2024/11/05/Halloween_All_Saints_Day_Swiss_citizenship.shtml
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    545 /n/2024/11/05/Links_05_11_2024_Criminal_Referrals_Regarding_Patent_Trolls_and.shtml
    545 /n/2024/11/03/Streisand_Effect_at_IBM.shtml
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