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Lilbits: A real PlayStation handheld on the way? And goodbye Google Cache, hello Linux laptop with Raptor Lake Refresh

Last year Sony launched its first PlayStation-branded handheld gaming device since killing off the PlayStation Vita. But the new PlayStation Portal isn’t a standalone game console – it’s basically a remote control for a PS5, allowing users to stream games over a network connection. Meanwhile the Nintendo Switch, Valve Steam Deck, and countless other handhelds […]

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Lilbits: Leaks, leaks, and more leaks: Pixel 8a, Pixel 9, Zenfone 11, Surface Pro 10, and Surface Laptop 6

It’s apparently leak week, because over the past few days we’ve seen the first pictures of the Google Pixel 9 and Pixel 9 Pro hit the internet, and details about the Asus Zenfone 11 are starting to arrive… even though none of these phones are expected to launch until much later this year. Meanwhile we’ve […]

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Lilbits: Linux for Apple Silicon keeps getting better, MSI’s long-term plans for handheld gaming, and Google Assistant is losing some features

The developers behind the Asahi Linux project have been working to bring Linux to Macs with Apple Silicon for the past few years, and they’ve made a lot of progress since the early days. In a recent blog post, the team describes some of the many, many improvements they’ve made for Mac laptop and desktop computers […]

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Google loosens restrictions on alternate payment methods for Play Store apps (for customers in the US)

One of the things that sets Google’s Android operating system apart from Apple’s iOS is that Android has always allowed users to sideload applications, as well as allowing device makers to pre-load third-party app stores… as long as they were in addition to the Google Play Store rather than a replacement for it. But the […]

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Lilbits: ZBOX Pico PI430AJ mini PC with solid state cooling reviewed, Bose Frames discontinued, Epic beats Google in court, Google plans to appeal

The Zotac ZBOX pico PI430AJ is the first computer to feature Frore’s AirJet solid state cooling technology, which is designed to offer active cooling without the use of noisy fans. First unveiled earlier this year, the PI430AJ is now available in select markets and the first reviews are starting to come in. Hong Kong-based website […]

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ChromeOS 119 brings Steam gaming to Chromebooks (still beta, but no more hoops to jump through)

Google brought initial support for the Steam game client to Chromebooks way back in early 2022. But at the time it was only available for a handful of Chromebooks, and you had to be running a dev channel build of ChromeOS. Since then Google has made several updates, making Steam gaming available to more users… […]

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Lilbits: SD Express cards with 2GB/s speeds, AMD Threadripper chips with up to 96 cores and 192 threads

SD Express cards are removable storage cards that can fit in the same slot as other SD or microSD cards. But thanks to support for PCIe and NVMe interfaces, they can offer much higher data transfer speeds. And now the SD Association has unveiled a new version of the SD specification which doubles the top […]

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Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro hardware supports USB-C video output (but root is required for now)

The last Google-branded smartphone to support video output over a USB cable was the Nexus 5, which was released in 2013. But a decade later Google has released a new set of phones that do have the hardware to support video output. Unfortunately that doesn’t mean you can just plug a monitor into the USB-C […]