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Radxa Launches M.2 AI Accelerator with Axera AX8850 and 24 TOPS NPU

The Radxa AICore AX-M1 is an M.2 M Key AI acceleration module designed for edge computing systems that require high-throughput neural processing. Built around the Axera AX8850 system-on-chip, the module combines an octa-core Cortex-A55 processor with a 24 TOPS INT8-capable NPU and an 8K-capable video processing unit, delivering AI processing capabilities in a compact footprint.

MS-C926: Ultra-Slim Fanless Embedded System with Dual 2.5 GbE and M.2 Expansion

LILYGO Launches Four New ESP32-S3 Boards for LoRa, Display, Motion, and CAN Applications

LILYGO has announced four new ESP32-S3-based development boards targeting a diverse range of embedded and IoT applications. These boards combine wireless connectivity with specialized hardware such as e-paper displays, CAN interfaces, motion sensors, and GPS modules, and are designed for rapid prototyping and deployment using familiar platforms like Arduino IDE, PlatformIO, and ESP-IDF.

Zephyr RTOS 4.2 Released with Renesas RX Support, USB Video Class, MQTT 5.0, and Nearly 100 New Boards

Zephyr RTOS 4.2 introduces major updates in hardware support, networking, tooling, and power monitoring. With contributions from 810 developers, this non-LTS release brings key enhancements aimed at improving performance, flexibility, and overall developer experience.

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New Release: Tails 6.18

WebTunnel is a bridge technology that is particularly good at circumventing censorship and might work from places where obfs4 bridges are blocked. WebTunnel disguises your connection as ordinary web traffic.

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A UK Government Order Threatens the Privacy and Security of All Internet Users

Earlier this year, the United Kingdom government ordered Apple to provide access to encrypted data in the company’s cloud storage service, iCloud. In response, Apple removed its Advanced Data Protection (ADP) system for users in the country, removing the option to store data using end-to-end encryption, and setting a dangerous precedent of privacy violation. 

Encryption Makes Us Powerful: Internet Society Hosts Encryption Advocacy Workshop for European Civil Society

In early February of this year, the Internet Society hosted an Encryption Advocacy Workshop in Brussels for European civil society organizations. We created this workshop alongside steering members of the Global Encryption Coalition to equip potential encryption advocates with:

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Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jul 30, 2024

We do not learn by experience, but by our capacity for experience - Buddha

Updated This Past Day

  1. Genuinely Worried About Taiwan, a Tech Powerhouse That Gave Us EEE PC
    Taiwan is an avid adopter of GNU/Linux and home of the EEE PC, the first netbook of its kind, which also shipped GNU/Linux by default (out of the box)
  2. Addictive Behaviour Leads to a False Measure of Productivity
    Ensure the metrics to strive for actually make sense, rather than release endorphins
  3. Something for GNU/Linux Aficionados to Celebrate and Take Note of, Fake Microsoft 'Results' Coming Tomorrow
    Be very sceptical but what Microsoft's media operatives already draft for tomorrow
  4. Central Staff Committee of the European Patent Office (EPO) Reports Growing Secrecy at the EPO
    "the first bonus round of 2024 ... been notably missing any statistics at all"
  5. ZDNet Has Become a Shopping Spam Site, Just Like the Sister Site CNET
    In many ways the site has become an SEO farm and is practically dead as a news source

    New

  6. Gemini Links 29/07/2024: Automation vs Scarcity and Understanding Gemini
    Links for the day
  7. Windows Kills Even When There's No War
    Russians or no Russians, war or no war, Microsoft kills. It's time to get rid of it.
  8. Something Went Horribly Wrong For Microsoft in Finland
    In the past 2 years Vista 11 hardly grew among versions of Windows
  9. Defining Pseudo-journalists
    Three days ago WikiLeaks shared the image
  10. Fight Less, Collaborate More
    Competition is OK, committing crimes is not OK
  11. [Meme] When It Gets Harder to Make Ends Meet in a Family (Without Promotions)
    EPO salaries decreasing, working hours/stress increase every year, so what might this lead to?
  12. [Meme] Engaging With Women
    "You hurt my feelings."
  13. Anti-Free Software Militants Reported to the Police for Second Time This Month
    They have resorted to criminal activities against not only yours truly but also relatives
  14. Links 29/07/2024: Persistent Microsoft Layoffs Cause More Unions to Form
    Links for the day
  15. Poul-Henning Kamp (phk) Explains Insecure Boot
    Monopolies always abuse their power
  16. [Video] Software Freedom Starts With Code and Needs Coders, Not Microsofters and Pseudo-Politicians in Charge
    Geeks get replaced by wannabe politicians who cannot and do not code
  17. Mozilla Firefox Used to Dominate Cuba, Now It's Chrome
    Firefox also 4 times bigger than Microsoft
  18. Gemini Links 29/07/2024: Starting Chess and Why Automation is Not a Panacea
    Links for the day
  19. Responding to Us In Mastodon
    Because many of those people who claim to have issues with us actually have personal issues
  20. In Thailand, Microsoft and Mozilla Now Have the Same Share (Roughly)
    Perhaps one day the share of GNU/Linux in Thailand will be similar to India's
  21. [Meme] ZDNet's Downfall Will be the SPAM (the Editor Moved From CNET to ZDNet, the Strategy Moved Also)
    Jason Hiner, ZDNet Editor In Chief
  22. [Meme] Microsoft's Concept of a 'Secure' Boot
    "Linux is communism, I refuse to let you use it"
  23. [Video] UEFI Insecure Boot: Another Nail in the Coffin
    let's discuss the matter
  24. Lessened Accountability Because Technology Replaces Humans for Many Tasks
    It's a big problem when machines cannot be held accountable but at the same time inherit tasks where accountability is legally essential
  25. Over at Tux Machines...
    GNU/Linux news for the past day
  26. IRC Proceedings: Sunday, July 28, 2024
    IRC logs for Sunday, July 28, 2024
  27. The Politics of Calls for Assassination
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  28. China and India: High-Impact Nations in the Future of Computing
    In India, GNU/Linux rose to 16.2% today
  29. A Month of Mass Layoffs at Microsoft
    Microsoft isn't doing well and in the coming days one must look carefully or watch out for what Microsoft hides from the public (and shareholders)

    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Monday contains all the text.

    Top-read articles (excluding bot/crawler visits):

    Span from 2024-07-23 to 2024-07-29
    2097 /n/2024/07/27/Slashdot_is_Acting_as_a_Spamming_Service_for_Microsoft_Apparent.shtml
    1681 /n/2024/07/22/For_the_First_Time_Since_May_Linux_com_Linux_Foundation_Publish.shtml
    1091 /n/2024/07/27/Estimated_or_Educated_Guess_at_Number_of_Desktops_and_Laptops_W.shtml
    928 /n/2024/07/24/Libre_SOC_Insiders_Explain_How_Libre_SOC_and_Funding_for_Libre_.shtml

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