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Raspberry Pi-based Decktility cyberdeck is inspired by a love of 90s handhelds

Maker Ken Van Hoeylandt, who goes by ByteWelder online, has been tinkering with code and electronics for years. His latest project is a slick open source cyberdeck he calls Decktility. The system is built around a Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 and its powerful Broadcom BCM2711 processor. An Arduino helps manage power and a compact […]

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Lenovo Flex 3i Chromebook is now available (12.2 inch FHD+ display and Intel N100)

The new Lenovo Flex 3i Chromebook features a 12.2 inch, 1920 x 1200 pixel IPS LCD touchscreen display, a 360-degree hinge that lets you use the notebook in laptop or tablet mode, and an Intel Processor N100 chip based on Intel Alder Lake-N architecture. First unveiled in December, the Lenovo Flexi 3i Chromebook is now […]

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Telly wants to give you a 55 inch 4K TV for free (nothing’s really free: it shows ads on a persistent second screen)

Broadcast TV has always been free… because broadcasters make most of their money by selling ads that run between programs. Streaming platforms like Netflix, HBO Max, and Disney+ went all-in on subscriptions, but in recent years they’ve begun offering cheaper ad-supported plans that have proven popular. Now a startup called Telly is going a step […]

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HP Pavilion Aero 13 now available with up to Ryzen 7 7735U (Zen 3+ CPU and RDNA 2 graphics)

The HP Pavilion Aero 13 is a 2.2 pound notebook with a 13.3 inch display, a magnesium-aluminum body, and a sleeker design and better performance than I usually expect from laptops in HP’s entry-level Pavilion lineup. HP first launched the line in 2021 and I was pretty impressed with the model I reviewed that year. Now […]

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Sony’s latest flagship phones leave me wondering if anyone still buys Sony’s flagship phones

The Sony Xperia 1 V is an Android phone with a 6.5 inch, 3840 x 16444 pixel 120 Hz OLED display, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor, 12GB of RAM, 256GB of storage and a 5,000 mAh battery. It’s also the first phone to ship with Sony’s new “Xmor T for mobile” image sensor. […]

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Build your own Alder Lake-N PC with ASRock’s new Intel N100 motherboards

The Intel Processor N100 is a 6-watt, quad-core processor that’s part of part of Intel’s Alder Lake-N line of chips, which are designed for low-cost, low power laptops, tablets, and small form-factor desktop computers. PC makers have introduced a bunch of Alder Lake-N mini PCs since Intel unveiled the processors earlier this year. Now ASRock […]

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Lilbits: Ubuntu on the VisionFive 2 RISC-V single-board PC, mini PCs with Ryzen 7040HS, and Google’s new Find My Network

Here’s a roundup of recent tech news from around the web. Canonical enables Ubuntu on StarFive’s VisionFive 2 RISC-V single board computer [Canonical] Canonical brings support for Ubuntu 23.04 to the StarFive VisionFive 2, a single-board PC with a 1.5 GHz quad-core JH7110 RISC-V processor with SiFive U74 CPU cores and Imagination BXE-4-32 MC1 graphics. […]