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2.16-inch AMOLED SF32LB52X-based dev board offers LoRa, GNSS, and Bluetooth 5.3

LILYGO’s T-Display SF32 is a compact development platform built around the SiFli SF32LB52X ultra-low-power AIoT microcontroller. The device combines a 2.16-inch 480 × 480 AMOLED touchscreen with dual Arm Cortex-M33 cores, an ePicasso 2.5D graphics engine, LoRa connectivity, Bluetooth 5.3, and onboard battery power.

1.35-liter mini PC runs Core Ultra 200 with triple displays and 96GB DDR5

Shuttle’s XPC slim DH810S is a 1.35-liter barebone PC supporting Intel Core Ultra 200 “Arrow Lake-S” processors with up to 24 cores and a 13 TOPS NPU. The system is intended for digital signage, POS/POI, healthcare, industrial, and edge AI applications.

Challenger+ RP2350 NB-IoT Enables LTE Cat NB2 and GNSS for Embedded IoT

ILABS is offering the Challenger+ RP2350 NB-IoT, a compact development board combining Raspberry Pi’s RP2350 microcontroller with STMicroelectronics’ ST87M01-1301 cellular module. The board targets low-power IoT applications requiring LTE Cat NB2 connectivity, GNSS positioning, and long battery life.

Radxa Broadens rCore Series with Snapdragon and Dragonwing AI SoMs

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ESP32 Bit Pirate has released version 1.7 of its ESP32-S3-based hardware debugging platform, adding LoRa support for SX1262 transceivers, a Meshtastic analysis shell, a new BPIO2 USB adapter, and support for additional boards. The open-source project continues to expand its browser-based tools for hardware debugging, programming, and experimentation.

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As a GNOME user, I have to admit that some of these concepts are very exciting, especially the transparent panel. Not that I like using two panels/launchers (top and bottom), but this is the main reason most people think GNOME is “ugly” and are using an extension like Dash to Panel or Dash to Dock.

Flatpak 1.18.1 Linux App Sandboxing Framework Brings Bug and Security Fixes

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It took a few years, but GNOME Disks has been rebuilt from the ground up on GTK4 and LibAdwaita, moving away from the old GTK3/libhandy stack that was used until version 46. As one can expect, the GTK4/LibAdwaita port brings Disks in line with the rest of the standard GNOME apps, offering a modern user experience in 2026.

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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jul 18, 2026

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Updated This Past Day

  1. Daniel Pocock as Independent Candidate, Now in The London Standard
    "Daniel Pocock is an independent candidate."
  2. Andy Burnham as National Leader Would be Excellent for Techrights
    Burnham has envisioned a British "centre of power" (or gravity) that moves northwards, isn't concentrated in the southeast anymore
  3. In Defence of Courts' Privacy Policies
    If you want friends, go offline. Meet real people and share real experiences.
  4. Why I Quit Academic Career (or Academia) Nearly 15 Years Ago
    I am told by people who stayed that it has only gotten worse
  5. EPO "Cocaine Communication Manager" - Part XV - Nazi-Like Thinking at the European Patent Office (EPO) Not a Thing of the Past
    antisemitism inside the EPO
  6. Daniel Pocock Running for Office Again, Clacton-on-Sea By-election
    By-election - code name "Pocock-on-Sea"
  7. Links 17/07/2026: Microsoft is Cutting OneDrive Coverage, Larry Ellison Sued by Paramount Investor
    Links for the day

    New

  8. IBM Already Tentatively Down for Next Week (Monday) After Its Worst-Ever Week
    What a week for IBM!
  9. Links 17/07/2026: Protests Erupt Throughout Ukraine and Anthropic Caught Secretly Spying on Users
    Links for the day
  10. Gemini Links 17/07/2026: "Silence Doesn't Mean Abandoned", Revisiting PalmOS in 2026
    Links for the day
  11. Farage Out, Daniel Pocock in?
    Can Pocock beat his previous voting record?
  12. Layoffs at Microsoft Are Massive, Go Under the Radar for the Most Part
    Microsoft is in a really bad shape
  13. One Heck of a Week for IBM, the 'Grandpa' of 'High-Tech', International Business Machines Corporation (NYSE:IBM) Under Investigation by Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman, LLC
    If IBM gets busted or might be busted, will the CEO jump, get pushed, or be arrested?
  14. “Why Open Source Misses the Point of Free Software”
    As Dr. Richard Stallman once put it
  15. GNU/Linux Grows at the Expense of Microsoft Windows in Croatia, Now Close to 8%
    Croatia has been mentioned a lot lately in relation to EPO "lobbying" (vote-rigging)
  16. 27-Year IBM Veteran on IBM: "Worse than the Titanic and Perhaps Just Like Madoff, Enron, etc."
    several comments we saw today envisioned the CEO of IBM in an orange suit (in US prison)
  17. ServiceNow/ServiceLine and Slop at the EPO is Becoming a Health Risk to Staff
    PD44 has historically been the oppressor at the EPO
  18. IBM Can Burn Pensioners to Appease Wall Street and Protect the Billionaire CEO With His Humongous Bonuses
    Its stock it set to open 2.82% in the red
  19. IBM SHAREHOLDER INVESTIGATION: Potential Securities Claims Involving International Business Machines (IBM)
    there's a risk of criminal action against executives
  20. Tux Machines Moving Onwards and Upwards
    "...tasks expand to fill the time available"
  21. The Register MS is Publishing Spam for Gartner Group to Spread Hype About "AI", Mentioned 30 Times in the Paid (Fake) Article
    One sure thing is, the so-called 'tech media' is profoundly compromised by American corporations
  22. "Market Share" of GNU/Linux Nearly Trebled in Cambodia This Month
    GNU/Linux is still measured at 8% by statCounter
  23. GitHub is Dying (Traffic Down Despite Bots and Slop), Microsoft Will Eventually Cull it - Just Like XBox - to Limit the Losses
    Do not stay on GitHub (Microsoft) under the false assumption that it is "free hosting" or will always be around
  24. Teaser: Daniel Pocock is About to Go Mainstream Again
    Stay tuned, Pocock has something in store
  25. Microsoft Has Just Been Sued Over Layoffs
    If the rumours are true, there is yet another wave of layoffs at Microsoft
  26. Richard Stallman Always Cautioned, Upfront, That His Political Views Were Wholly Separate From His Scientific Work or GNU
    Notice that he already spoke a lot about politics
  27. Nichirei and Asahi Beer Need to Take Cyberattacks as Hint of Opportunity to Move to Free Software
    Windows TCO
  28. Over at Tux Machines...
    GNU/Linux news for the past day
  29. IRC Proceedings: Thursday, July 16, 2026
    IRC logs for Thursday, July 16, 2026
  30. Gemini Links 17/07/2026: Sunlight in the Clouds, Techno-Therapy, and Sloppifying Original Text
    Links for the day
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