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Bluetooth/UWB board based on nRF52840 offers 10cm accuracy

The board is based on Nordic Semiconductor’s nRF52840 microcontroller, which integrates a 64MHz Arm Cortex-M4 processor with floating-point support, 1MB of flash memory, and 256KB of RAM. Wireless connectivity from the MCU consists of 2.4GHz Bluetooth 5.0, with supported Bluetooth data rates of 2Mbps, 1Mbps, 500kbps, and 125kbps.

Embedded platform implements Amlogic A311Y3 octa-core SoC with PCIe 3.0 support

The Amlogic A311Y3 integrates two Arm Cortex-A78 cores running at up to 2.4GHz alongside six Cortex-A55 cores at up to 2.0GHz. Graphics are handled by an Arm Mali-G625 MC1 GPU, while the integrated neural processing unit provides up to 8 TOPS of AI acceleration with support for INT4, INT8, INT16, FP8, FP16, and BF16 workloads.

Aquila IQ8 takes Dragonwing IQ-8275 designs from prototype to production

Following the recent launch of the Arduino Ventuno Q, Toradex has introduced the Aquila IQ8, its first Qualcomm Dragonwing-based System on Module. Built around the same IQ-8275 processor, the module targets industrial edge AI, robotics, computer vision, and other compute-intensive embedded applications.

Ventuno Q runs Ubuntu on Dragonwing IQ8 with 40-TOPS NPU along with real-time STM32H5

The Ventuno Q was first shown in March this year and is based on the Qualcomm Dragonwing IQ8 IQ-8275, which integrates an eight-core Qualcomm Kryo CPU, an Adreno 623 GPU, a Spectra 692 image signal processor, and a Hexagon NPU rated for up to 40 dense TOPS of AI acceleration.

Radxa C201 exposes dual 2.5GbE, NVMe and serial I/O for VMARC-Q9075

Radxa has recently published additional hardware details for the C201, a 120 × 120mm carrier board designed for its compute module based on Qualcomm’s Dragonwing IQ-9075 platform. The board provides access to the module’s high-speed interfaces through dual 2.5GbE, NVMe storage, camera support, as well as RS-232, RS-485, and CAN bus connectivity.

Tor Project blog

Arti 2.6.0 released

This release continues our ongoing development towards using Arti as a relay and as a directory authority, with much of the work focusing on document parsing, directory mirror support, and DNS stream handling. Additionally, on the RPC front, we are making steady progress towards RPC-based configuration management. Finally, congestion control and Counter Galois Onion cryptography are both now always enabled in arti.

New Release: Tor Browser 15.0.21

This version includes important security updates to Firefox.

schestowitz.com

How Fast Time Goes By

3 years pass by just like that

statCounter Confused?

This makes no sense.

statCounter Figures Today

Coming out shortly.

Sounding the Same 50+ Years Later

When time has little effect

Trying linux.org IRC Network

irc.linux.org

Manchester Airport Data Breach

The data can be used to defraud (e.g. impersonate) people who flew to and from Manchester Airport. Worse yet, it can potentially be leveraged for blackmail.

Very Strong Start for September

September is a time to learn

“Give me a country where I can be free”

From 10cc:

“DDoS” is a Very Broad Term

To each its own

September Data and GNU/Linux

“Summer of the Linux desktop”

9to5Linux

Mozilla Thunderbird 155 Adds Custom OAuth Support for IMAP and SMTP Servers

Highlights of Mozilla Thunderbird 155 include an updated S/MIME pop-up that now shows signature, digest, encryption algorithms, and key sizes, custom OAuth support for IMAP and SMTP servers, new PKCE and external browser fields for custom OAuth settings, and new Enterprise policies to disable QR export and experimental features.

Steam Client Now Supports HDR Streaming on Steam Deck OLED

The new stable Steam Client update for September 1st, 2026, is here to introduce support for HDR streaming on Steam Deck OLED via Remote Play, improve video color range on all platforms during Remote Play, and add support for changing accounts while a game is running.

First Arch Linux ISO Powered by Linux Kernel 7.2 Is Now Available for Download

Arch Linux 2026.09.01 is the first Arch Linux ISO release to ship with Linux kernel 7.2 by default, which should give users a boost when detecting hardware, especially on newer devices, but especially on older ones where previous Arch Linux ISOs failed to detect some of the components.

Audacity 3.7.9 Open-Source Audio Editor Released with FFmpeg 9 Support

Coming about two and a half months after Audacity 3.7.8, the Audacity 3.7.9 release is here to add support for the latest and greatest FFmpeg 9 open-source multimedia framework and enable ASIO support for Windows to remember playback and recording device selection per host.

Firefox 156 Enters Beta Testing with Improved Memory and CPU Usage

Firefox 156 promises to improve memory and CPU usage when displaying large JPEG images that are scaled down to fit a page, improve dragging of inline images to a new position in a rich-text editor, replacing it with a long line of text instead of moving it, and improve high-sample-rate FLAC audio in MP4 playback.

Mozilla Firefox 155 Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New

Highlights of Firefox 155 include support for Happy Eyeballs v3 for faster page loading, the ability to reorder containers in Settings, support for Nintendo Switch Pro and compatible aftermarket controllers on Windows, and support for showing how many trackers it has blocked in the address bar.

9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: August 30th, 2026

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Debian Project Formalizes Responsible Use of Generative AI

The resolution, adopted under the project’s constitutional authority to issue statements of its current position, neither endorses nor prohibits the use of generative AI tools in developing, maintaining, or documenting Debian’s software, packaging, and other media.

California’s Age Attestation Bill to Exclude Linux and All Open Source OSes

This follows months of uncertainty across the open source world, but the bill cleared the Senate this week with unanimous support and now heads to Governor Gavin Newsom, who signed the original act into law last October.

OpenShot 4.0 Open-Source Video Editor Officially Released, Here’s What’s New

Coming five months after the OpenShot 3.5 series, the OpenShot 4.0 release introduces a new Recording View with a dedicated audio recording dock for screen, webcam, and audio capture, screen/webcam recording support for Linux on Wayland via desktop portals, and live multi-source recording with timeline previews while recording.

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