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TechNexion TELOS-AI4000 delivers 40 TOPS in compact form factor

TELOS-AI4000 by TechNexion is a compact edge-AI accelerator module based on NXP’s Ara240 discrete neural processing unit. The module delivers up to 40 TOPS of AI performance, supports up to 16GB of LPDDR4 memory and is intended for vision, generative AI and other embedded inference workloads.

Efinix Sapphire RV64 brings 64-bit RISC-V and Linux to FPGAs

Efinix announced this week the Sapphire RV64, a configurable 64-bit RISC-V soft SoC intended for embedded Linux, edge AI and other applications requiring more memory and processing capability than the company’s existing 32-bit Sapphire architecture. The processor can be implemented across Efinix Titanium and Topaz FPGAs, as well as Trion devices from the T20 upward.

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9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: October 4th, 2026

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Darktable 5.6.2 Adds White Balance Presets for Leica SL3-P and Sony Alpha 7R VI

Coming a little over a month after Darktable 5.6.1, the Darktable 5.6.2 release adds white balance presets for the Leica SL3-P (DNG) and Sony Alpha 7R VI (Sony ILCE-7RM6) cameras, improves highlights modes for 4BAYER (CYGM/RGBE) raws, and improves OpenCL support for recent Intel graphics drivers.

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Communicating Effectively

“If you can’t identify what makes your story unique and interesting, chances are nobody else will either.” gatech.edu

When You Expose Microsoft Corruption and Hate Crimes

Expect further abuse

Customer Service With Humans

Reject bots, ask to speak to a person

Sirius Open Source is Bankrupt, Shut Down

Crossposted from Techrights

DRM is An Attack on Today’s Youth

And not only youth

Breaches of Civil Procedure Rules in the UK (Not That the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) Would Care)

Is this country still governed by actual laws?

Libera Chat Tolerates People Who Say “Gas the Jews” and Want to Stab Colleagues

ibera Chat (IRC network) has a CoC, but this CoC seems to not cover really tasteless things or simply does not enforce the rules against truly terrible and potentially dangerous people. In the interests of transparency, I’d like to share information about the sorts of people protected by Libera Chat:

When Will Libera Chat Ban GAFAM and GAFAM-Funded Projects?

Double standards

The Women Fight ‘Til the End

0-0 until 43rd miniute

Reform UK Lawyers Apparently Try to Censor Blog Posts About Their Latest Scandal and Winding Up Petition (Like Bankruptcy/Insolvency/Administration)

Sweaty Farage

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Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jun 17, 2026

Artistic rendering of a mom and her nearly fully grown baby

Updated This Past Day

  1. Microsoft XBox is Having Its 1990s Apple Moment (Near Bankruptcy), Says Respected Insider
    Microsoft's CEO has already admitted that XBox is having serious financial problems [...] They already try to reuse the brand "XBox" to refer to Vista 11
  2. OECD Carries Water for Microsoft, Targets Schools and Children With Slop Agenda
    Peel off a layer or two to find GAFAM
  3. Links 16/06/2026: UK to Restrict Access to Social Control Media; The FCC Wants to Eliminate Burner Phones
    Links for the day

    New

  4. Microsoft Will "DOOM" id Software and Others, Claim Observers
    As the worst predictions trickle in and out Microsoft loses control of the narrative
  5. Austria Shows Rapid Demise of Windows in the EU
    Expect many Microsoft layoffs soon, and not just in XBox/gaming
  6. Links 16/06/2026: Mainstream Media Affirms Microsoft Studio Closures Planned, Anthropic’s Latest Marketing Hype Debunked by Experts
    Links for the day
  7. This Morning The Register MS Published Page With "AI" 42 Times in It. It Was Paid SPAM.
    The Register MS is propping up a pyramid scheme
  8. Microsoft "Xbox braces for sweeping studio closures before June 30."
    Microsoft's control of the damage-limiting narrative has clearly slipped
  9. In Africa's Largest Nation Windows Has Fallen From 100% to a Lot Less, Now All-Time Lows
    Let's see what happens or will happen in Algeria in 2027
  10. Richard Stallman's Talk Due in One Hour, Here's What People Say
    To Stallman, what matters is control by users and collective control
  11. SLAPP Censorship - Part 108 Out of 200: Moving On and Moving Up
    an explanation of our rich history and commitment to courageous whistleblowers
  12. Why We Call Him Dr. Stallman
    He got at least 15 such titles
  13. United States of America: GNU/Linux Hovering Around 5% (It Started There)
    GNU/Linux is turning 43 this year (in a few months), Linux will turn 35
  14. Microsoft Promises Made to be Broken
    It's a real problem and it is not limited to XBox
  15. IBM Down $61 in Two Weeks, The Lies About Quantum Computers Didn't Last Long
    IBM is an unsafe employer, not a good place to work
  16. You Probably Don't Want to "Go Viral" in Toxic Social Control Media
    Good news sites do not strive to go "viral" but to be consistently good, irrespective of "traffic"
  17. New 'Article' in The Register MS Has Mentioned "AI" 44 Times. The Register MS Got Paid to Publish It.
    Bear this in mind when seeing "hey hi" all over the news
  18. 18-Year Anniversary of Our IRC Community
    As noted some months ago, trolling and abuse in our IRC network is very rare these days
  19. Microsoft - Like IBM - is Leaving a Legacy is Emptied/Abandoned Buildings
    Microsoft's LinkedIn had many layoffs recently
  20. Richard Stallman's (RMS) Speaking Tour in Europe Coincides With Abandonment of Microsoft Windows
    The message applies to all governments
  21. Gemini Links 16/06/2026: Nazi Law of Mental Abuse and Lewis Aburrow's 3D-Printed Slider
    Links for the day
  22. Links 16/06/2026: Windows TCO and Fedora Finding Serious 20-Year-Old Holes in Microsoft Outlook
    Links for the day
  23. European Patent Office (EPO) Series: An Advisor to the President
    he had recently advanced to membership of the "inner circle" of Team Campinos.
  24. Two Weeks Ahead of July Three Studios Microsoft Plans to Shut Down Already Named
    This is what happens when companies try to establish themselves on a mountain of promises and false assumptions, kicking the can down the road until payroll becomes hard to complete
  25. Over at Tux Machines...
    GNU/Linux news for the past day
  26. IRC Proceedings: Monday, June 15, 2026
    IRC logs for Monday, June 15, 2026

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

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

    Span from 2026-06-10 to 2026-06-16
    4714 /irc.shtml
    3056 /index.shtml
    2899 /browse/latest.shtml
    2421 /browse/index.shtml
    994 /n/2026/06/13/Discussing_Morale_at_IBM_and_Conversations_Regarding_IBM_Layoff.shtml
    980 /n/2026/06/10/Communities_and_Prosumers.shtml
    955 /n/2026/06/12/Communicating_With_Freedom_Part_IV_Quibble_Now_in_quibble_chat_.shtml
    910 /n/2026/06/12/Discussions_About_IBM_Layoffs_in_June_Including_by_RTO_and_PIPs.shtml
    888 /about.shtml
    836 /n/2026/06/10/IBM_Genies_in_the_Bottle.shtml
    765 /n/2026/06/12/AI_46_Times_in_One_Article_Because_The_Register_MS_Got_Paid_to_.shtml
    713 /n/2026/06/12/More_commentary_on_June_2026_IBM_Layoffs_and_Why_They_Happen.shtml
    684 /n/2026/06/12/Sonny_Piers_Finally_Spills_the_Beans_on_GNOME_Cover_up_Points_F.shtml
    681 /n/2026/06/12/Links_12_06_2026_NearlyFreeSpeech_No_More_Openwashing_by_Google.shtml
    659 /n/2026/06/10/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_103_Out_of_200_Telling_People_What_They_K.shtml
    645 /n/2026/06/14/European_Patent_Office_EPO_Series_Battistelli_s_Baltic_Crusader.shtml
    639 /n/2026/06/12/The_Cyber_Show_Remember_That_Code_is_Art.shtml
    631 /n/2026/06/12/Today_There_s_a_Massive_EPO_Strike_Like_Every_Friday_Workers_Ex.shtml
    630 /n/2026/06/11/European_Patent_Office_EPO_Series_The_Centre_in_Portugal_Falls_.shtml
    611 /n/2026/06/12/Techrights_Was_Months_Ahead_of_XBox_News_Mass_Layoffs.shtml
    606 /n/2026/06/14/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml
    606 /n/2026/06/14/Bruce_Schneier_Was_Probably_Wrong_About_Slop.shtml
    602 /n/2026/06/13/Microsoft_s_XBox_Bloodbath_Seems_to_Have_Already_Begun_Informal.shtml
    589 /n/2026/06/13/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml
    588 /n/2026/06/13/Links_13_06_2026_Microsoft_s_XBox_Crisis_and_Apple_Deepfakes.shtml
    585 /n/2026/06/12/European_Patent_Office_EPO_Series_Transcending_Partisan_Rivalry.shtml
    564 /n/2026/06/12/Only_Says_After_Mass_Layoffs_in_Microsoft_s_Azure_There_Are_Hea.shtml
    561 /n/2026/06/13/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_105_Out_of_200_When_Bad_Legal_Advice_Resu.shtml
    553 /n/2026/06/11/Over_at_Tux_Machines.shtml
    552 /n/2026/06/12/Half_a_Year_Since_Slopwatch_Died.shtml
    548 /n/2026/06/14/Links_14_06_2026_More_Google_Layoffs_Wall_Street_Deems_Companie.shtml
    544 /n/2026/06/13/Links_13_06_2026_University_of_Nottingham_Confirms_Data_System_.shtml
    543 /n/2026/06/11/Links_11_06_2026_LF_Openwashing_of_Slop_and_Azerbaijan_Bans_Tik.shtml
    537 /n/2026/06/13/Gemini_Links_13_06_2026_Why_Humans_Are_Mostly_Right_Handed_and_.shtml
    531 /n/2026/06/12/European_Patent_Office_EPO_Series_The_Importance_of_Having_Pals.shtml
    528 /n/2026/06/13/SUEPO_Elections_Coming_Up_Union_Leaders_at_Europe_s_Second_Larg.shtml
    525 /n/2026/06/14/IRC_Proceedings_Saturday_June_13_2026.shtml
    524 /n/2026/06/12/Gemini_Links_12_06_2026_FTP_and_Gopher_Cluster_Outage_Postmorte.shtml
    524 /n/2026/06/12/Links_12_06_2026_Science_Windows_TCO_and_More.shtml
    523 /n/2026/06/13/IRC_Proceedings_Friday_June_12_2026.shtml
    522 /n/2026/06/13/European_Patent_Office_EPO_Series_All_the_President_s_Men.shtml
    521 /n/2026/06/12/Gratitude_to_Whistleblowers_or_Sources_of_Techrights.shtml
    520 /n/2026/06/10/Links_10_06_2026_More_Microsoft_Layoffs_Sweden_to_Ban_Mobile_Ph.shtml
    518 /n/2026/06/09/Gemini_Links_09_06_2026_The_Mist_of_the_Lands_Between_Board_Gam.shtml
    518 /n/2026/06/13/IBM_is_Importing_Exporting_Corporation_Censorship_Hiding_the_Wr.shtml
    517 /n/2026/06/09/Links_09_06_2026_NSO_Group_still_cracking_FOI_tribunal_throws_o.shtml
    516 /n/2026/06/10/Microsoft_Azure_Shrinking_With_More_Mass_Layoffs.shtml
    516 /n/2026/06/12/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_104_Out_of_200_Exactly_Two_Years_Ago_Bret.shtml

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