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Why Internet Infrastructure Decisions Rarely Stay Localized

The open Internet is made up of countless interconnected networks. At its best, it is resilient enough to withstand disruptions. But even narrow policy and commercial choices can have ripple effects that shape what people can access, how information moves, and who gets to participate online.

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Banana Pi BPI-CM7 with Allwinner H618, Wi-Fi 5 and Armbian support

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Four-port IO-Link module for Raspberry Pi and embedded Linux systems

Pinetek Networks has developed the IOL Core4, a compact IO-Link-compatible master module for embedded systems. It connects up to four industrial sensors or actuators over IEC 61131-9 SDCI and is intended for integration into custom control, monitoring and IIoT hardware.

A733 development board with LPDDR5, PCIe storage and RISC-V coprocessor

Shenzhen Graperain Technology has featured an Allwinner A733 development platform with a gold-finger system-on-module and carrier board. It provides an octa-core Arm processor, 3-TOPS NPU, LPDDR5 memory, M.2 storage, GbE and multiple display and camera interfaces.

ESP32-S3 E Ink board with 800×480 display, mic array and IMU

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Two Decades of Techrights

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This Week in Plasma: 6.8 Beta 2; Keep Testing!

posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Oct 03, 2026

Quoting: This Week in Plasma: 6.8 Beta 2; Keep Testing! - KDE Blogs —

This week, Plasma 6.8 continues to pass through the bug-fixing process in preparation for its release on October 14th, including the release of a second beta version. So far we still don’t have many reported regressions, so again either Plasma 6.8 is amazing already, or else people aren’t testing it enough!

In addition to bug fixing and polishing, Plasma contributors also began landing some features and UI improvements for Plasma 6.9. Check it out: [...]

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