devices I Pi OSM IMX95
ADLINK Launches i.MX95 Dev Kit Built on Open Standard Solder-Down Module
ADLINK's OSM-based i.MX95 dev kit ships with Yocto Linux, dual GbE with TSN, a 2 TOPS NPU, and open source BSP on GitHub.
Reviews
Orange Pi 4 Pro Review: An Eight-Core Edge AI Board Starting at $35
Orange Pi's A733 board delivers near-Pi 5 multi-core performance with a working NPU, 4K video engine, and Vulkan GPU, starting at $35.
Sonoff NSPanel Pro Gen2 Review: A Local-First Smart Home Wall Panel
Sonoff's wall panel feeds HA over local MQTT with ~40 entities, bridges Matter, and pulls off fully local voice control via the HA Assist pipeline.
Biostar BIWCL-PAT Packs Dual 2.5GbE and Three M.2 Slots Onto a 3.5-Inch Wildcat Lake SBC
Biostar's compact 3.5-inch Wildcat Lake SBC pairs dual 2.5GbE, three M.2 slots, and an on-chip NPU with growing mainline Linux support.
devices UGREEN SynCare Indoor Cam ID500 Pro
UGREEN's RK3588-Powered HomeAgent Brings Local AI and Matter Cameras to Crowdfunding
UGREEN's HomeAgent hub packs a Rockchip RK3588 with 26 TOPS of local AI, running Debian-based Linux as a NAS, NVR, and Matter controller for cloud-free smart home cameras.
Pi-hole Patches Multiple High-Severity Vulnerabilities in FTL v6.8 Release
Pi-hole patches five high-severity CVEs and ships performance wins for ARM, RISC-V, and containerized deployments in FTL v6.8.
devices PaperDIY Assembly Kit
M5Stack PaperDIY Kit Pairs ESP32-S3 With a 4.7-Inch E-Paper Display for $25
M5Stack's $25 PaperDIY kit combines an ESP32-S3 with a 4.7-inch 960x540 e-paper display, open-source firmware, and full hardware docs for custom low-power display projects.
devices Axera AX8860P
Sipeed and Radxa Build Palm-Sized AI Boxes Around Axera's 256-TOPS NPU
Sipeed's MaixStation packs Axera's 256-TOPS AX8860P NPU and up to 128GB LPDDR5x into a palm-sized mini PC for local LLM inference, with open-source vLLM/SGLang tooling.
OpenWrt 25.12.6 Patches Remotely Exploitable Flaws in Default Web Server and TLS Stack
Critical security update patches six unauthenticated uhttpd flaws, overhauls WPA3 defaults for better client compatibility, and adds 14 new devices.
devices Shelly Presence Gen4
Shelly Presence Gen4 Brings Cloud-Free mmWave Tracking to Home Assistant
Shelly's first mmWave sensor packs ESP32 scripting, MQTT, Zigbee 3.0, and full local control for cloud-free Home Assistant integration.
gaming Super Nt+ and Mega Sg+
Analogue Refreshes Its 16-Bit FPGA Consoles With Wireless Controllers and USB-C
Analogue updates its FPGA-based Super Nt and Mega Sg consoles with wireless controller support, USB-C power, and hot-swappable cartridges for $220 each.
gaming intel xess
Intel Submits XeSS Upscaling Patches for Valve's Proton, Completing the Trifecta on Linux
Intel engineers submitted patches to bring hardware-accelerated XeSS upscaling to Valve's Proton, giving Arc GPU owners native AI upscaling in Windows games on Linux.
Minisforum's 3.8-Liter AtomMan G1 Pro Now Packs a Desktop RX 9060 XT, Backed by Fully Open-Source Linux Drivers
Minisforum's 3.8-liter AtomMan G1 Pro now ships with a desktop RX 9060 XT and 16 GB of VRAM, backed by AMD's open-source Linux drivers.