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Radxa Rolls Out Dragon Q6A Featuring Qualcomm QCS6490, 12 TOPS NPU, and 6th-Gen AI Engine

Radxa has rolled out the Dragon Q6A, a compact single-board computer built on Qualcomm’s QCS6490 octa-core platform. Designed for industrial, IoT, and edge computing environments, the board combines high-performance CPU and GPU cores with integrated AI acceleration, multiple display interfaces, and flexible storage options.

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  3. Banned evidence: Ars Technica forums censored email predicting DebConf23 death, Abraham Raji & Debian cover-up
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  4. A World Without Rules
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  5. IBM's BS (Bait, Switch) Regarding Ways to Stay Onboard
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  6. statCounter Sees Microsoft Windows Falling to New, Unprecedented Lows in Palau
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  7. Google News Lost the Fight to LLM Slop (While Google Itself Sells Slop, Nowadays Under the Name "Gemini")
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  9. Gemini Links 28/03/2025: Alexa is for Gullible People, Rant About Feature Overload
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  10. The SLAPPs From the Microsoft Strangler (and Sidekick) No Better Than Patent Trolling
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  11. Links 28/03/2025: Last Reminder "to Delete Your 23andMe Data", "UK's First Permanent Facial Recognition Cameras Installed"
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  12. Microsoft Canonical Continues Its FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt) Campaign, Reveals Google Too Sponsored It
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  13. Android Rises Above 76% in Mozambique, Leaving Windows in the Dust
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  16. Gemini Links 28/03/2025: Rewatching The X-Files, Slop Concerns, and NOSTR Censorship
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  17. Links 28/03/2025: Australia at Risk, EPO Grants Illegal Patents With Illegal Effect
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