Amazon may be preparing to refresh its Fire TV Stick lineup for the first time since the company launched the original Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K in 2021. Two new devices just passed through the FCC website, and while they aren’t explicitly labeled as Fire TV Sticks, signs certainly point in that direction. Detailed specs […]
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Lilbits: A 1-bit camera for the PlayDate, and Sipeed is designing a RISC-V laptop and tablet, but not a smartphone
2 Comments on Lilbits: A 1-bit camera for the PlayDate, and Sipeed is designing a RISC-V laptop and tablet, but not a smartphoneWhen Sipeed launched the Lichee Pi 4A dev board with a RISC-V processor earlier this year, the company also revealed that the system-on-a-module powering the board could be used in other form factors, and that a tablet, router, and cluster board were already under development. Sipeed also said it was developing a Lichee Phone that […]
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Lilbits: Pixel Tablet leaked, Mac Pro delayed, and sideloading apps on the Amazon Echo Show 15
6 Comments on Lilbits: Pixel Tablet leaked, Mac Pro delayed, and sideloading apps on the Amazon Echo Show 15Google’s upcoming Pixel Tablet is set to launch next year and while the company hasn’t officially told us much about it yet, details have been leaking for a while. Now a prototype of the Pixel Tablet has shown up on Facebook Marketplace, giving us an even better idea of what to expect. In other recent […]
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Lilbits: Open source Linux graphics drivers for Apple Silicon, and Winamp plays NFTs now for some reason
No Comments on Lilbits: Open source Linux graphics drivers for Apple Silicon, and Winamp plays NFTs now for some reasonOne of the key things that makes a Mac computer a Mac is clearly that it ships with Apple’s macOS software. But back when the company was still making Macs with Intel processors it was fairly easy to install a different operating system – Apple even offered its own Boot Camp solution for dual booting […]
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Lilbits: Comparing single-board computers, Thunderbird for Android, and Nothing’s next phone could come to the US
1 Comment on Lilbits: Comparing single-board computers, Thunderbird for Android, and Nothing’s next phone could come to the USThis year marks the 10th anniversary of the first Raspberry Pi computer hitting the streets. And while the folks at Raspberry Pi certainly weren’t the first to release a compact, low-power, single-board computer, they were among the first to offer such a device at a low cost, while encouraging adoption by educators, students, and hardware […]
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Lilbits: Windows on the Surface Duo 2, Fire TV on the Echo Show 15, and new Echo Dot smart speakers are also eero WiFi range extenders
1 Comment on Lilbits: Windows on the Surface Duo 2, Fire TV on the Echo Show 15, and new Echo Dot smart speakers are also eero WiFi range extendersIt’s been four years since Microsoft updated its Surface Studio line of all-in-one desktop computers, but it looks like a new model could be coming soon. Amazon is adding new features to its Echo Show 15 and eero mesh WiFi router systems, and the company’s newest Echo Dot smart speakers also have eero capabilities baked […]
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Lilbits: Steam Deck supports 4,500+ PC games, Samsung Galaxy Watch5 launched, and Microsoft makes porting x86 apps to Windows on ARM easier
Comments Off on Lilbits: Steam Deck supports 4,500+ PC games, Samsung Galaxy Watch5 launched, and Microsoft makes porting x86 apps to Windows on ARM easierValve’s Steam Deck is a handheld gaming computer that ships with a Linux-based operating system called Steam OS. But while most PC games are designed to run on Windows, many of them are also playable on the Steam Deck either because developers have ported them to the platform or because Valve’s Proton compatibility software allows […]
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Lilbits: Nobody is playing Netflix games, Fibit is killing its desktop sync apps, Moto Razr 2 and Kobo Clara 2E on the way
3 Comments on Lilbits: Nobody is playing Netflix games, Fibit is killing its desktop sync apps, Moto Razr 2 and Kobo Clara 2E on the wayFitbit is pulling the plug on its desktop apps, which means you may soon no longer be able to sync your steps and other activities with a PC or Mac. If you have a Fitbit watch, that means you’ll also no longer be able to transfer music to your wearable unless you’re using the Deezer […]
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Lilbits: AYA Neo Air coming to Indiegogo, running DOOM on the PinePhone modem
The AYA Neo Air is an upcoming handheld gaming PC with a thin and light design, a choice of AMD Ryzen 5 5560U or Ryzen 7 5825U processor options, and support for up to 32GB of RAM and 2TB of storage. It’s also the first handheld gaming PC I’m aware of to feature both an […]
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Turn Amazon’s First TV Stick into an unofficial Android TV device with LineageOS 18.1
Comments Off on Turn Amazon’s First TV Stick into an unofficial Android TV device with LineageOS 18.1Amazon’s Fire TV devices run a custom version of Google’s Android software called Fire OS that feature Amazon’s app store, Amazon Prime Video, and other Amazon apps and services instead of Google’s. But hackers have found a way to replace Fire OS on Amazon’s 2020 Fire TV Stick and Fire TV Stick Lite with an […]