Intel plans to launch its 14th-gen processors based on “Meteor Lake” architecture in December, and they’re expected to be the first chips manufactured using the company’s new Intel 4 process, the first Intel consumer chips with an NPU (neural processing unit) for hardware-accelerated AI, and the first to be sold under the new Intel Core […]
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Google extends Chromebook software update policy to 10 years
Earlier this the U.S. PIRG (Public Interest Research Group) called on Google to extend is software update policy for Chromebooks from 8 years to 10, saying the move could save schools and other users billions of dollars, while cutting down on electronic waste. And now Google says it’s doing exactly what the non-profit had asked […]
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Lilbits: Arm IPO, Atari 2600+ and the “first conformant” GPU driver for Apple M1 and M2 chips
4 Comments on Lilbits: Arm IPO, Atari 2600+ and the “first conformant” GPU driver for Apple M1 and M2 chipsThe folks behind Asahi Linux have been had to reverse engineer Apple’s CPU and GPU architecture in order to get Linux up and running on the latest Macs with Apple Silicon processors. But one of the developers responsible for much of the work that’s gone into creating open source graphics drivers for Apple M1 and […]
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Chromebooks canceled before release include models with Snapdragon 7c chips or NVIDIA graphics
3 Comments on Chromebooks canceled before release include models with Snapdragon 7c chips or NVIDIA graphicsThe first “gaming Chromebooks” began to hit the streets last fall, with models from Asus, Acer, and Lenovo featuring high-end specs (by Chromebook standards) and features like RGB backlit keyboards. But those Chromebooks were primarily designed for light gaming or cloud gaming, because they lacked something we’ve come to expect from gaming PCs: discrete graphics. […]
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Lilbits: Raspberry Pi supplies, Amazon Drive’s impending shutdown, separating Chrome from ChromeOS, and more
1 Comment on Lilbits: Raspberry Pi supplies, Amazon Drive’s impending shutdown, separating Chrome from ChromeOS, and moreAmazon announced last year that it would pull the plug on its Amazon Drive cloud storage service at the end of 2023. But as the deadline approaches, the company has revealed that it won’t just delete all the files you may have uploaded to the service… instead it’ll move them over to Amazon Photos, a service […]
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Lilbits: Chromebook X, Passkeys for Windows 11, and Pixel Tablet accessories
When the first Chromebooks launched more than a decade ago, it was probably fair to say that they shipped with a browser-based operating system designed to run web apps. But in the years since then, Google has built a lot of additional functionality into the operating system and added optional support for Android and Linux […]
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AMD brings Ryzen 7020C “Mendocino” chips to Chromebooks
AMD’s Athlon and Ryzen 7020 series processors are budget chips that pair up to four Zen 2 CPU cores with two RDNA 2 graphics cores, delivering surprisingly decent performance at a low price point. So after making their debut in Windows laptops and handhelds, it’s unsurprising to see AMD expanding its Mendocino processor lineup with […]
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Extending Chromebook software support could save billions of dollars and reduce e-waste
15 Comments on Extending Chromebook software support could save billions of dollars and reduce e-wasteWhen the first Chromebooks hit the street in 2011 they came with a promise that Google would deliver regular software and security updates for at least four years. A few years later Google extended that to five years. But as I noted in 2018, that wasn’t nearly long enough for many users, especially since the […]
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Google prepares to let you stream Android apps from phones to Chromebooks with Cross-Device Services app
1 Comment on Google prepares to let you stream Android apps from phones to Chromebooks with Cross-Device Services appGoogle’s Cross-Device Services app is now live in the Google Play Store, more than a year after the company first unveiled it was working on a service that would let you use a Chromebook to interact with some apps on your Android phone. It’s not actually active yet, but the folks at 9to5Google report that the […]
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Fydetab Duo is an ARM-powered 2-in-1 that runs FydeOS (crowdfunding)
The developers behind the Chromium OS fork FydeOS have revealed their first in-house hardware project. It’s a 2-in-1 device called the Fydetab Duo and it’s a 12.35 inch tablet with a Rockchip RK3588S processor, a detachable keyboard and a stylus. While it ships with FydeOS, its makers say can also run GNU/Linux distributions or Android […]