Month: October 2024

There have been times when it seemed like X Window System would be with us forever, even though it's more than 40 years old, and the last true version was issued in 2012. But with great effort, some organizations and operating systems have moved on. Raspberry Pi has now joined the forward momentum, with its latest release of Raspberry Pi OS swapping in Wayland—and it's hoping the change is hardly noticeable.

You might want to wait a moment before upgrading, though.

Simon Long wrote on Raspberry Pi's blog that the organization started thinking about switching to Wayland about 10 years ago, though it was "nowhere near ready to use" back then. Over the last few years, the Pi team has done some things to prep a real switch:

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The new iMac is a slim all-in-one computer with a 24 inch, 4480 x 2520 pixel display, and support for up to 32GB of RAM and 2TB of storage. But that could also describe last year’s model. Here’s what’s new for 2024: Apple has upgraded the processor from an M3 chip to M4, which should […]

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Amazon hat einen Fahrradcomputer von Bryton im Angebot, der mit GPS, ANT+ und 40-Stunden-Akku zuverlässige Navigation verspricht. (GPS, Technik/Hardware)

Xiaomi bringt das in China bereits vorgestellte Redmi 14C nach Deutschland: Käufer bekommen ein Einsteiger-Smartphone mit 50-Megapixel-Kamera und schickem Gehäuse. (Xiaomi, Smartphone)

Die Ugreen Nexode Powerbank mit 200 W lädt nahezu jedes tragbare Gerät. Amazon verkauft sie im befristeten Angebot zum neuen Tiefpreis. (Technik/Hardware, Amazon)

Raspberry Pi OS is a Debian-based GNU/Linux distribution that’s developed by the Raspberry Pi team and designed to run on the company’s single-board computers. The latest version brings a big change that causal users might not even notice: it uses the labwc Wayland compositor by default on all Raspberry Pi models rather than the wayfire […]

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Owners of Ford Mustang Mach-E and F-150 Lightning electric vehicles are getting an over-the-air software update that will finally give Android Auto users a bit of an upgrade. Once the update is installed, Ford's EVs will report their battery state of charge to Google Maps when the app is running on an Android phone and being cast to the Ford's infotainment system via Android Auto.

That means Google Maps can calculate an estimated state of charge upon arrival at the route's end and will suggest charging stops along the way, including estimated charge times.

A similar feature has been available to iOS users casting Apple Maps to Ford EVs via CarPlay since late last year, and it worked quite well when we tried it out with the F-150 Lightning back in January.

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Endlich wieder ein gelungenes Spiel von Bioware: Dragon Age - The Veilguard entführt uns in spannende Abenteuer in der Fantasywelt Thedas. Ein Test von Peter Steinlechner (Dragon Age, Spieletest)

Laut geleakten Informationen von Geizhals hat der kommende Ryzen 7 9800X3D einen offenen Multiplikator und mehr Kerntakt. (AMD Zen, Prozessor)

A man who used artificial intelligence technology to create child sexual abuse imagery was sentenced to 18 years in prison on Monday, in a landmark prosecution over deepfakes in the UK.

Hugh Nelson, 27, from Bolton, pleaded guilty to a total of 16 child sexual abuse offenses, including transforming everyday photographs of real children into sexual abuse material using AI tools from US software provider Daz 3D. He also admitted encouraging others to commit sexual offenses on children.

At Bolton Crown Court, Judge Martin Walsh imposed an extended sentence on Nelson, saying he posed a “significant risk” of causing harm to the public. That means Nelson will not be eligible for parole until he has completed two-thirds of his sentence.

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