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Brad Linder @[email protected] · 2024-12-31 · 20:52 UTC

Lilbits: More Intel N150 benchmarks, LineageOS 22 released, Radxa launches Orion O6 mini ITX board, and two free PC games available now

Radxa has launched a new mini ITX motherboard with a high-performance ARMv9 processor featuring a 30 TOPS NPU and support for discrete graphics, the LineageOS team has released the first version of their custom Android distribution that’s based on Android 15, and more Intel N150 benchmarks have arrived, showing that it’s a little faster than the Intel N100… at least under the right circumstances.

Here’s a roundup of recent tech news from around the web.

Radxa Orion O6 AI Board with Up to 64GB RAM, Dual 5GbE Ports and PCIe Gen4 Expansion [LinuxGizmos]

The Radxa Orion O6 is a mini ITX motherboard features a Cix CD8180 processor with eight ARM Cortex-A720 cores, four Cortex-A520 cores, Immortalis-G720 graphics, a 30 TOPS NPU, up to 64GB of LPDDR5 memory, dual 5 Gb Ethernet ports, support for PCIe 4.0 xx4 storage, a PCIe x16 slot for graphics cards, AI accelerators, or other hardware, and many other features. It sells for around $212 and up.

LineageOS 22: Flourishing Fifteen, Simply Streamlined, Vibrant Vibes [LineageOS]

The new LineageOS default music player is called Twelve. Somewhat confusingly, it debuts with LineageOS 22.1 which is based on… Android 15.

LineageOS 22.1 is now available. The Android 15-based operating system is now available for dozens of devices including Pixel 9 series phones. It also introduces two new apps: a new music player and a PDF viewer.

Intel N150 Review & Benchmark comparisons [AndroidPC.es]

The Intel N150 “Twin Lake” processor is basically an Intel N100 support for higher CPU and graphics frequencies. Theoretically that should be enough to bring a modest performance boost, but real-world performance will most likely vary from PC to PC depending on a number of factors. So when Robtech reviewed the Beelink EQ14 mini PC recently and found virtually no improvement in multi-core benchmarks, I suggested it might be too soon to draw conclusions about ALL devices with N150 chips.

Now AndroidPC.es has run tests on a NiPoGi E1 mini PC with the same processor and found that it does show small improvements in single-core, multi-core, and graphics performance. But the improvements are small enough that it’s probably not worth upgrading if you already have an Intel N100 computer. But since systems with N150 chips are priced comparably to those with Intel N100, it might be worth keeping an eye out for the newer chip if you’re in the market for a new mini PC.

Luckfox Pico WebBee – A Rockchip RV1103 USB & Ethernet development board for web servers, scripting, and Smart Home applications [CNX Software]

This little device looks like a USB flash drive, but it has a USB connector on one end, an Ethernet port on the other, and a chip that combines a 1.2 GHz ARM Cortex-A7 CPU, a RISC-V processor core, a 0.5 TOPS NPU, and 64MB of on-chip memory. It’s available now for about $22.

Sifu: Free today only [Epic Games Store]

The Epic Games Store has been giving away a different free game every day for almost two weeks. The final title is now available through 11:00AM Eastern on New Year’s Day.

Vambrace: Cold Soul for free [GOG]

GOG also has a freebie, although this one runs through 9:00AM Eastern on January 3rd.

Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE for $330 [Amazon]

Samsung’s 10.9 inch tablet has a 2304 x 1440 pixel display, an Exynos 1380 processor, 6GB of memory, and comes with a Samsung S-Pen. A model with 128GB of storage normally sells for $450 and up, but Amazon is selling it for $330 today. The 256GB model is also on sale for $400.

Keep up on the latest headlines by following Liliputing on Bluesky or @[email protected] on Mastodon. You can also follow Liliputing on Threads, Facebook, and X.

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Brad Linder @[email protected] · 2024-12-09 · 22:48 UTC

Lilbits: New software can breathe new life into discontinued hardware

Google announced two years ago that it was killing its short-lived Stadia game streaming service. and while the company was refunding customers who’d purchased games and hardware, folks who’d purchased the Stadia Controller weren’t thrilled that Google’s original plans would have led to the device becoming useless once the servers shut down.

Fortunately Google later released a tool that would let users convert the Stadia Controller into a Bluetooth game controller that could be used with other devices. And while the tool was only supposed to be around for a year, Google later extended its lifespan… and now the company has quietly done it again. So if you’ve got a Stadia Controller lying around, or find one in a garage sale, you’ve got at least until the end of 2025 to turn it into a Bluetooth controller.

Stadia Controller (Google)

Meanwhile Spotify is taking a very different approach with its short-lived Car Thing accessory that was designed as a wireless display and controller for streaming music in an automobile. After announcing earlier this year that it would discontinue all support for the Car Thing, the company has indeed begun to shut down its servers, and users are seeing messages letting them know that their devices will no longer work.

There is an active community of hardware hackers that have found ways to repurpose the CarThing for use as a DeskThing or for other purposes. But there’s no particularly easy way to get it to serve its original purpose… at least not yet.

Stadia Controller Bluetooth mode [@Wario64]

Google has quietly extended the deadline for turning the discontinued Stadia Controller into a Bluetooth game controller that can be used with a wider range of devices. The utility will now be available until at least Dec 31, 2025.

Car thing is officially dead [/r/CarThing]

Spotify is killing off support for the Car Thing today. It appears to be a phased rollout, but many users are now seeing a message saying their devices are no longer operational. Hackers have found new uses for the hardware… but not in cars, for the most part. via /r/CarThing (reddit) and Thing Lab (Discord)

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What’s next for Surface in 2025, including a possible 11-inch mini Surface Laptop? [Windows Central]

Report: Microsoft could launch new Surface Pro and Surface Laptop models in 2025 with Intel Lunar Lake chips, as well as a new Surface Laptop Studio (might be Intel or AMD) and maybe a new 11 inch Surface device with Snapdragon X.

Compact RISC-V Linux Development Device with USB Form Factor Powered by Rockchip RV1103 [LinuxGizmos]

The Luckfox Pico WebBee RV1103 looks like a USB flash drive, but it’s a tiny computer with a RV1103 processor with a 1.2 GHz ARM Cortex-A7 CPU and a RISC-V microcontroller, 64MB of DDR2 memory, a128MB of SLC NAND flash storage, and a microSD card reader and 10/100 Ethernet port. It sells for $14.

Keep up on the latest headlines by following Liliputing on Bluesky or @[email protected] on Mastodon. You can also follow Liliputing on Threads, Facebook, and X.

#carthing #google #leaks #lilbits #luckfox #luckfoxPicoWebbeeRv1103 #repurposingHardware #rumors #rv1103 #spotify #spotifycarthing #stadiaController #surfaceLaptop #surfaceLaptopMini #surfacePro

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Brad Linder @[email protected] · 2024-12-09 · 22:48 UTC

Lilbits: New software can breathe new life into discontinued hardware

Google announced two years ago that it was killing its short-lived Stadia game streaming service. and while the company was refunding customers who’d purchased games and hardware, folks who’d purchased the Stadia Controller weren’t thrilled that Google’s original plans would have led to the device becoming useless once the servers shut down.

Fortunately Google later released a tool that would let users convert the Stadia Controller into a Bluetooth game controller that could be used with other devices. And while the tool was only supposed to be around for a year, Google later extended its lifespan… and now the company has quietly done it again. So if you’ve got a Stadia Controller lying around, or find one in a garage sale, you’ve got at least until the end of 2025 to turn it into a Bluetooth controller.

Stadia Controller (Google)

Meanwhile Spotify is taking a very different approach with its short-lived Car Thing accessory that was designed as a wireless display and controller for streaming music in an automobile. After announcing earlier this year that it would discontinue all support for the Car Thing, the company has indeed begun to shut down its servers, and users are seeing messages letting them know that their devices will no longer work.

There is an active community of hardware hackers that have found ways to repurpose the CarThing for use as a DeskThing or for other purposes. But there’s no particularly easy way to get it to serve its original purpose… at least not yet.

Stadia Controller Bluetooth mode [@Wario64]

Google has quietly extended the deadline for turning the discontinued Stadia Controller into a Bluetooth game controller that can be used with a wider range of devices. The utility will now be available until at least Dec 31, 2025.

Car thing is officially dead [/r/CarThing]

Spotify is killing off support for the Car Thing today. It appears to be a phased rollout, but many users are now seeing a message saying their devices are no longer operational. Hackers have found new uses for the hardware… but not in cars, for the most part. via /r/CarThing (reddit) and Thing Lab (Discord)

/u/ballsandbiscuits

What’s next for Surface in 2025, including a possible 11-inch mini Surface Laptop? [Windows Central]

Report: Microsoft could launch new Surface Pro and Surface Laptop models in 2025 with Intel Lunar Lake chips, as well as a new Surface Laptop Studio (might be Intel or AMD) and maybe a new 11 inch Surface device with Snapdragon X.

Compact RISC-V Linux Development Device with USB Form Factor Powered by Rockchip RV1103 [LinuxGizmos]

The Luckfox Pico WebBee RV1103 looks like a USB flash drive, but it’s a tiny computer with a RV1103 processor with a 1.2 GHz ARM Cortex-A7 CPU and a RISC-V microcontroller, 64MB of DDR2 memory, a128MB of SLC NAND flash storage, and a microSD card reader and 10/100 Ethernet port. It sells for $14.

Keep up on the latest headlines by following Liliputing on Bluesky or @[email protected] on Mastodon. You can also follow Liliputing on Threads, Facebook, and X.

#carthing #google #leaks #lilbits #luckfox #luckfoxPicoWebbeeRv1103 #repurposingHardware #rumors #rv1103 #spotify #spotifycarthing #stadiaController #surfaceLaptop #surfaceLaptopMini #surfacePro