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DFRobot seeMote Cube tracks motion and sends haptic feedback in visionOS

The DFRobot seeMote Cube is a handheld spatial input device for Apple Vision Pro application development. The 56mm cube combines six-degree-of-freedom tracking, six programmable buttons, Bluetooth connectivity, and app-controlled haptic feedback for interacting with virtual objects and tools in visionOS.

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4MLinux 52.0 Released with Better Support for Legacy GPUs, Linux Kernel 6.18 LTS

Coming four months after 4MLinux 51.0, the 4MLinux 52.0 release is powered by the Linux 6.18 LTS kernel series for better hardware support compared to Linux 6.12 LTS used in the previous release, and uses the latest and greatest Mesa 26.0 graphics stack.

Shotcut 26.7 Video Editor Adds Graphics Adapter for Linux, Shake Video Filter

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Calibre 9.12 E-Book Manager Adds Option to Convert GIF Images to JPEG/WebP

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GNOME 50.3 Enables Remote Desktop Hardware Acceleration for AMD GPUs

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This Week in Plasma: Emoji Resizing

posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Aug 01, 2026

Quoting: This Week in Plasma: Emoji Resizing - KDE Blogs —

Welcome to a new issue of This Week in Plasma!

…but before we start, here’s a quick reminder that we’ve entered the last week to submit your proposal for the next KDE Goals cycle! If you’re not ready to champion a goal, you can still get involved by joining one of the existing proposals as a contributor or supporter.

And now, without further ado…

In addition to the headliner feature and expected UI improvements and bug fixes, this week features some promising technical and performance improvements. Have a look: [...]

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