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Lilbits: Winamp is going open source, Sony Xperia 1 VI launched, Hackbat is like a DIY Flipper Zero, and AAEON Nezha is an Intel N97 single-board PC

Winamp was one of the most popular music players for Windows PCs in the late 1990s and early 2000s. But things went downhill after AOL acquired the company and wound up largely abandoning it for years. Then a company called Radionomy bought Winamp (and the associated Shoutcast streaming service) in 2014, eventually changed its name […]

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ACEMAGIC M2A mini PC features Intel Core Alder Lake-H processor, NVIDIA RTX 30 series graphics and a sci-fi inspired design

The ACEMAGIC M2A Starship is a compact desktop computer with the power of a high-performance gaming laptop from a few years ago. It supports up to a 45-watt Intel Core i9-12900H 14-core, 20-thread processor and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080M graphics featuring 16GB of GDDR6 memory. It’s also a weird looking little computer that looks more like a gaming […]

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De-Googled Android operating system /e/OS V2 brings Android Auto support, UI and privacy enhancements

The /e/OS Foundation has been offering a de-Googled version of Android since 2018, with an emphasis on privacy and security. Now developers have introduced the biggest update in years. Among other things, /e/OS 2.0 brings support for Android Auto, an updated launcher app with support for live wallpapers and app notifications on icons, and other […]

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AYN Odin 2 Mini handheld game console with Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 coming soon for $329 and up

The AYN Odin 2 Mini is an upcoming handheld game console from the makers of the AYN Odin and Loki line of devices. The name suggests that this Android-powered game console is a smaller version of the Odin 2 that launched last summer, and it does have many of the same specs, while sporting a […]

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Lilbits: Android 15 Beta 2, Accessibility for Android and iOS, and more emulators in the App Store

On the second day of Google IO 2024, Google released a new beta of Android 15 and announced a bunch of new features coming to Android for mobile devices and TVs. But today’s news isn’t all about Google: Apple also unveiled upcoming accessibility features for iOS, iPadOS, and visionOS. And after a slightly rocky start, […]

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This dual-screen laptop has two touchscreen displays and support for height adjustments, but lacks a physical keyboard

The SZBOX DS16 is a notebook with 12th-gen Intel Core processor, up to 64GB of RAM and 2TB of storage, a 16 inch, 1920 x 1200 pixel touchscreen display and… a second 16 inch display positioned where you’d normally find a keyboard. It’s the latest in a line of dual-screen laptops we’ve seen over the past […]

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VMware Pro apps are now free for personal use (virtualization for Windows, Mac, and Linux)

Cloud computing and virtualization software company VMware has announced that its flagship desktop software is now free for personal use. Individual users can now download and use VMWare Fusion Pro for Mac or VMWare Workstation Pro for PC for free. VMWare still requires commercial customers to pay for a license, but the company has vastly […]

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Intel’s Thunderbolt Share lets you connect two PCs with a Thunderbolt cable for PC-to-PC features

Thunderbolt ports enable high-speed connections between devices. But up until now, that’s mean you could use a Thunderbolt cable to connect storage, graphics cards, or docking stations to a PC. Soon you’ll also be able to use Thunderbolt to connect one PC to another, thanks to Intel’s new Thunderbolt Share platform. This lets you quickly sync […]