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32-channel logic analyzer supports 1.4GS/s sampling and USB 3.2 Gen2 streaming

Sipeed is preparing the SLogic32U3, a compact 32-channel logic analyzer designed for high-speed digital capture over USB 3.2 Gen2. The device supports configurable sample rates based on the number of active channels, direct streaming to a host system, optional analog acquisition modules, and software support across Windows, Linux, and macOS.

Fanless industrial PC integrates Jetson Orin Nano 8GB and M.2 expansion

MSI has detailed the MS-C9ZA, a compact fanless Edge AI Box PC based on NVIDIA’s Jetson Orin Nano 8GB module. The industrial system provides dual Gigabit Ethernet, 256GB SSD storage, M.2 NVMe expansion, isolated GPIO, CAN, UART and I2C interfaces, along with optional IEEE 802.3af PSE, 5G, and out-of-band management expansion.

wolfSSL webinar explores wolfIP network driver and RTOS integration

wolfSSL will host a September 30 webinar titled “Porting wolfIP: From Network Drivers to RTOS Integration,” focused on adapting the company’s deterministic TCP/IP stack to new network hardware and real-time operating systems.

schestowitz.com

Keeping Things Simple, Stupid

Animations that are simple work, the plot/story matters more than CG brute force

Shouting at Me Doesn’t Mean I’m Wrong

Keep calm and fix your laptop

Manchester United Crisis

Carrick at United with a contract is not the Carrick under ‘probation’

LLM Slop in Linux

A quick break

Four Birds

We’ve named (and feed) only 4 at the moment

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Some things would not happen to technology (tech) experts because they know how things work and what to expect (or watch out for)

The Fate of Osservatorio Nessuno ODV

Seems broken/dead

Russia Army (and Military Assets) Inside EU and NATO

Escalation again, testing the waters (or checking the air defences/tactics)

Ebay Uses Bots (Slop) to Give Users a Lot of Work

Botspam

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

We studied this in University (Abraham Harold Maslow’s hierarchy of needs)

Tor Project blog

New Release: Tails 7.13

Follow our installation instructions.

New Release: Tor Browser 15.0.23

This version includes important security updates to Firefox.

9to5Linux

GNOME 51 “A Coruña” Desktop Environment Officially Released, This Is What’s New

Highlights of GNOME 51 include support for saving and restoring monitor brightness, support for elogind as a libsystemd provider, a new API to generate QR codes, support for the input capture portal to integrate with the clipboard, and improved screencasting by minimizing stage paints and buffer copies.

DXVK 3.1.1 Improves Support for Call of Duty: Ghosts, Rayman 3, and Skyrim SE

DXVK 3.1.1 is a small update following the big DXVK 3.1 release three weeks ago, but an important one as it implements the DXGI_SCALING_NONE and SetBackgroundColor methods for DXGI swap chains, which should reportedly fix support for some Adobe applications.

VirtualBox 7.2.18 Released with Linux 7.3 Fixes, Support for RHEL 10.3 Kernel

Coming almost a month after VirtualBox 7.2.16, the VirtualBox 7.2.18 release fixes compilation issues with Linux kernel 7.3 on Linux hosts, adds support for RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) 10.3 kernel for Linux guests and hosts, and fixes support for Linux kernel 6.12.103 LTS for Linux guests.

Mozilla Thunderbird 156 Email Client Brings Custom OAuth Support for POP3

Highlights of Mozilla Thunderbird 156 include custom OAuth support for POP3, custom OAuth support for issuer ID and client secret fields for IMAP and POP3, support for OpenPGP key properties to print debug information to the Error Console, and external browser login flow support for Yandex.

Fedora Linux 45 Beta Released with Linux 7.2, GNOME 51, and KDE Plasma 6.7

Powered by the latest and greatest Linux 7.2 kernel series, the Fedora Linux 45 beta ships with the soon-to-be-released GNOME 51 desktop environment for the flagship Fedora Workstation edition, and the latest KDE Plasma 6.7 desktop environment for the Fedora KDE Plasma Desktop edition.

Latest Raspberry Pi OS Release Brings Dock Support and New Screenshot Tool

Still powered by the long-term supported Linux 6.18 LTS kernel series and based on Debian 13 “Trixie,” the new Raspberry Pi OS release introduces dock support to the Wayland panel (wf-panel-pi), along with new Icon Menu and Icon Tasklist plugins, and a Widgets panel in Control Centre to let you enable the configuration of the dock and taskbar.

Mozilla Firefox 157 Enters Public Beta Testing with Brand-New Nova Design

Firefox 157 looks like a small update, due to the newly adopted two-week release schedule, promising proper support for displaying HDR videos encoded in 8-bit color formats as HDR in most cases, which fixes several cases of dull gray-looking videos that should have been more vibrant.

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Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 17, 2026

Model typexnick has shouted.

Updated This Past Day

  1. IBM's Anderon Another Opportunity for Debt-Loading, Publicity Stunts, Maybe Hidden Layoffs
    Anderon is like Theranos
  2. In Praise of 7 Years of Alex Oliva in the FSF, Not IBM
    Thank you, Mr. Oliva, for 7 years of uncompressing advocacy and perseverance
  3. Linux Kernel Becoming a Slopfest - Part 2 - Bribes From Slop Pushers Divide Us
    Money can and does divide people
  4. Expecting Failure
    Some things would not happen to technology (tech) experts because they know how things work and what to expect (or watch out for)

    New

  5. SLAPP Censorship - Part 186 Out of 200: Love (Always Commands)
    This coming Friday we celebrate our wedding anniversary
  6. With Half of September Finished Clownflare Radar Sees GNU/Linux at 7% "Market Share"
    On desktops/laptops
  7. Gemini Links 16/09/2026: Cards, Nature, and Conspiracy Theorists
    Links for the day
  8. Links 16/09/2026: Proprietary Chatbots Company Lets Humans Moderate Chatbots, "Putin Looking to See How Far he Can Push NATO"
    Links for the day
  9. The Only Still-Supported Version of Windows Breaks Itself (Again), the Microsoft Layoffs Will Carry on in Secret
    In the US they marked about 7% for removal just this past summer
  10. Wikileaks Turns 20 Just 18 Days From Now
    it's fair to say they've endured online, but aren't lively/active
  11. The Cyber Show Debunks the Alleged Intelligence in Slop
    It's shorter than usual
  12. Links 16/09/2026: US Running Low/Out of Some Ammo Due to Wars, Slop Bots "Are Using an Outrageous Amount of Electricity"
    Links for the day
  13. "AI Slowdown" is Code Word for Bubble Imploding (Trying to Make This Slowdown Seem Wilful, an Act of Safety and Responsibility)
    They help one another by inflating the bubble and making false excuses when expansion stalls
  14. SLAPP Censorship - Part 185 Out of 200: What Reputation?
    Helping monopolies and working for monopolies never made anybody popular
  15. Gemini Links 16/09/2026: Slovenia, Catastrophe Ethics, and ROOPHLOCH 2026
    Links for the day
  16. Over at Tux Machines...
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  17. IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, September 15, 2026
    IRC logs for Tuesday, September 15, 2026
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Wednesday contains all the text.

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