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Vantron Introduces the VT USB AH 8108 Wi-Fi HaLow Dongle Featuring Morse Micro MM8108

Vantron has introduced the VT-USB-AH-8108 Wi-Fi HaLow Dongle, a compact connectivity solution powered by Morse Micro’s MM8108 chipset. The device supports long-range, low-power wireless communication through a plug-and-play USB interface.

UNIHIKER K10 is an ESP32-S3 based platform with TinyML and built-in sensors

The UNIHIKER K10 is an AI learning device designed for education, integrating features for artificial intelligence, machine learning, and IoT applications. It includes a 2.8″ color screen, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, a camera, microphone, speaker, RGB light, and multiple sensors.

IMDT V2N SBC: A Vision-AI Computing Platform with Dual MIPI CSI and Renesas RZ/V2N Processor

IMDT has introduced its latest System-on-Module and Single-Board Computer, both powered by the Renesas RZ/V2N processor. These new platforms are designed to deliver cost-effective, high-performance AI computing at the edge, supporting applications in robotics, smart cities, industrial automation, IoT, and smart retail.

PicoCalc Brings Classic Computing to ClockworkPi v2.0 with Raspberry Pi Pico

The PicoCalc is a compact and modular computing platform designed to recreate the experience of early personal computers. Running on 260KB of memory, it allows users to code in BASIC, explore Lisp, interact with a UNIX-like environment, and run retro games and digital music.

Texas Instruments Introduces MSPM0C1104 as the Smallest Available Microcontroller

Texas Instruments has introduced the MSPM0C1104, which it describes as the world’s smallest microcontroller, expanding its MSPM0 MCU portfolio. Measuring only 1.38mm², this wafer chip-scale package MCU is 38% smaller than existing alternatives. It is designed for applications where board space is limited, such as medical wearables and personal electronics, while maintaining functionality.

9to5Linux

DXVK 2.6 Adds NVIDIA Reflex Support, Improvements for Many Games

Hightlights of DXVK 2.6 NVIDIA Reflex support for D3D11 games that support this feature, such as God of War, Overwatch 2, and Quake Champions, more robust Vulkan swapchain implementation, adds support for the ID3D11On12Device1 interop interface, and improved efficiency of multisample resolves on tiling GPUs.

GStreamer 1.26 Open-Source Multimedia Framework Released, Here’s What’s New

Coming a year after GStreamer 1.24, the GStreamer 1.26 release adds H.266 Versatile Video Coding (VVC) codec support, Low Complexity Enhancement Video Coding (LCEVC) support, H.264/H.265 extractor/inserter for closed captions, H.266 video and rotation tag support for Matroska, and JPEG XS image codec support.

Internet Society

Community Snapshot—February

Internet Society chapters work tirelessly around the world to grow, strengthen and protect the Internet. Find out more about what our network of chapters has been working on throughout February.

Tor Project blog

Older Tor Browsers Breaking, Update Now!

We hope the vast majority of Tor Browser users are already up-to-date with the latest available version for their OS, currently 14.0.7 stable or 13.5.13 legacy, which also provide the newest security fixes.

New Alpha Release: Tor Browser 14.5a4

This version includes important security updates to Firefox.

It takes a (Global) Village to Fight Censorship

This unprecedented access to data on citizens has fueled societal polarization, misinformation and disinformation, and online harms. Lack of access to verified, truthful information, the targeting of journalists and their sources to impede the production of truthful news, and online censorship that blocks specific sites and stops people from accessing good information have become rampant.