The Radxa Zero 3W is a single-board computer that measures just 65 x 30mm (2.6″ x 1.2″) and features a Rockchip RK3566 quad-core ARM Cortex-A55 processor with Mali-G52-2EE graphics and an integrated neural processing unit. First unveiled in October, the Radxa Zero 3W is available now for $15 and up from Arace, and should be […]
MINISFORUM AR900i is a mini ITX motherboard with an Intel Core i9-13900HX chip
Mini PC makers have been stuffing high-performance mobile chips into compact desktop computers for years. But recently we’ve seen companies take a somewhat stranger approach by using the same chips in mini ITX motherboards, allowing users to build their own mini PC. Why is that weird? Because mini ITX boards can also support socketed, desktop-class […]
Looking Glass Go is a pocket-sized holographic display for viewing 3D images without special glasses (crowdfunding)
The Looking Glass Go is a 6 inch, 1440 x 2560 pixel display connected to a stand with support for adjustable viewing angles. But it’s not just a standard digital photo frame, it’s a glasses-free 3D display that’s the most compact, affordable holographic display to date from Looking Glass. It’s expected to ship in June, […]
Lilbits: Framework Laptop 16, Chromecast exploit, AYA Neo Slide review, and new Google Pixel features
This summer, modular, repairable, and upgradable laptop maker Framework introduced their biggest, most powerful… and most modular laptop yet. Not only does the Framework Laptop 16 have more user-selectable ports than its 13.5 inch sibling, but the input area is also customizable and there’s a new connector on the back of the computer for attaching […]
AMD’s Ryzen 8040 Mobile “Hawk Point” chips bring AI improvements… and not much else
AMD’s Ryzen 7040 Mobile “Phoenix” processors offer a lot of bang for the buck by combining up to 8 Zen 4 CPU cores with up to 12 RDNA 3 GPU compute units. They’re also the first x86 chips to feature an integrated NPU (neural processing unit) for on-device AI acceleration. So what’s next from AMD? […]
Daily Deals (12-06-2023)
B&H is selling the Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 Lite and Galaxy Tab S6 Lite Android tablets for the lowest prices I’ve seen to date. Lenovo is offering some year-end deals on Thinkpad, Slim, and Yoga-branded laptops. And Amazon is selling some Beats-branded headphones and earbuds for up to 50% off. Here are some of the […]
iKOOLCORE R2 Review: A 3 inch mini PC with four 2.5 GbE Ethernet ports and up to Intel Core i3-N300
There are mini PCs and then there are really miniature computers. The iKOOLCORE line of mini PCs fall into the second category, with extraordinarily small bodies. But they still tend to pack a lot of features into that small space. The new iKOOLCORE R2 is just 75 x 75 x 52 mm (2.96 x 2.96 x 2.05 […]
Lilbits: Windows 10 gets three more years of support (for those who pay)
Microsoft plans to end support for Windows 10 in less than two years. In fact, the company has already announced that it’s done rolling out major updates to the operating system. Windows 10 22H2 is the end of the road on that front. But Microsoft will stop delivering security updates in October, 2025… for most people. Now […]
OnePlus 12 smartphone has Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, 120 Hz display and up to 24GB RAM
The next flagship phone from OnePlus features a 6.82 inch, 3168 x 1440 pixel, 120 Hz AMOLED display with up to 4500 nits peak brightness, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 processor, a 5400 mAh battery, and at least 12GB of LPDDR5X RAM and 256GB of UFS 4.0 storage. But if you really want to […]
A growing number of cheap handheld retro game consoles can run mainline Linux
The Steam Deck is probably the best known handheld gaming PC with a Linux-based operating system, but a number of cheap handhelds from companies like Anbernic and Powkiddy also run Linux-based software… but they tend to use custom kernels. But when Phoronix reported this week that developer Chris Morgan submitted some code to bring support […]