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Vantron Introduces the VT USB AH 8108 Wi-Fi HaLow Dongle Featuring Morse Micro MM8108

Vantron has introduced the VT-USB-AH-8108 Wi-Fi HaLow Dongle, a compact connectivity solution powered by Morse Micro’s MM8108 chipset. The device supports long-range, low-power wireless communication through a plug-and-play USB interface.

UNIHIKER K10 is an ESP32-S3 based platform with TinyML and built-in sensors

The UNIHIKER K10 is an AI learning device designed for education, integrating features for artificial intelligence, machine learning, and IoT applications. It includes a 2.8″ color screen, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, a camera, microphone, speaker, RGB light, and multiple sensors.

IMDT V2N SBC: A Vision-AI Computing Platform with Dual MIPI CSI and Renesas RZ/V2N Processor

IMDT has introduced its latest System-on-Module and Single-Board Computer, both powered by the Renesas RZ/V2N processor. These new platforms are designed to deliver cost-effective, high-performance AI computing at the edge, supporting applications in robotics, smart cities, industrial automation, IoT, and smart retail.

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KDE Frameworks 6.12 Released with Various Improvements and Bug Fixes

KDE Frameworks 6.12 continues the monthly KDE Frameworks releases with a background for the navigation bar of the Dolphin file manager and Gwenview image viewer, support for the kded6 daemon to restart automatically in the background when it crashes, and MIME-type icons for Kdenlive project files in the Breeze icon theme.

DXVK 2.6 Adds NVIDIA Reflex Support, Improvements for Many Games

Hightlights of DXVK 2.6 NVIDIA Reflex support for D3D11 games that support this feature, such as God of War, Overwatch 2, and Quake Champions, more robust Vulkan swapchain implementation, adds support for the ID3D11On12Device1 interop interface, and improved efficiency of multisample resolves on tiling GPUs.

Tor Project blog

Older Tor Browsers Breaking, Update Now!

We hope the vast majority of Tor Browser users are already up-to-date with the latest available version for their OS, currently 14.0.7 stable or 13.5.13 legacy, which also provide the newest security fixes.

New Alpha Release: Tor Browser 14.5a4

This version includes important security updates to Firefox.

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uBlock Origin is the Most Popular Firefox Add-on

posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Mar 15, 2025

Quoting: uBlock Origin is the Most Popular Firefox Add-on —

Browser add-ons play a huge role in shaping the user experience, letting people customize their browsers by adding (or removing) features to fit their needs. Firefox, one of the most popular (open-source) browsers, provides public statistics on various aspects of its usage, including which add-ons are the most popular.

One particularly interesting trend is the overwhelming preference for ad blockers. In fact, the top 10 most-used Firefox add-ons are almost entirely dominated by them—which might be surprising to some but totally expected to many. This is how things look at the moment.

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