Author: Brad Linder

Lilbits: Valve is helping bring PC gaming to phones (and other devices), Android 16 QPR2 released, and two PAC-MAN themed retro consoles

Just a day after introducing two Sonic the Hedgehog-themed retro mini game consoles, My Arcade is back with… two identically priced PAC-MAN devices. Google is bringing a bunch of new features to Android with the latest QPR (Quarterly Platform Rel…

Just a day after introducing two Sonic the Hedgehog-themed retro mini game consoles, My Arcade is back with… two identically priced PAC-MAN devices. Google is bringing a bunch of new features to Android with the latest QPR (Quarterly Platform Release) update. And it turns out the same company responsible for making it possible to run […]

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Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold is a 10 inch tablet and a 6.5 inch phone

Samsung is expanding its line of smartphones with foldable displays with the first model featuring a three-part design. By folding like a tri-fold wallet, the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold gives you a 10 inch, 2160 X 1584 pixel tablet-sized screen …

Samsung is expanding its line of smartphones with foldable displays with the first model featuring a three-part design. By folding like a tri-fold wallet, the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold gives you a 10 inch, 2160 X 1584 pixel tablet-sized screen when unfolded, and smaller 6.5 inch, 2520 x 1080 pixel screen when folded for use […]

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Lilbits: Raspberry Pi hikes prices due to rising RAM costs, Netflix ends (most) Google Cast support, and MyArcade launches two Sonic the Hedgehog-themed game systems

With tech companies investing heavily in building out the infrastructure for AI systems that you may or may not have asked for, prices for certain PC components have shot through the roof as manufacturers struggle to keep up with demand. GPUs were the …

With tech companies investing heavily in building out the infrastructure for AI systems that you may or may not have asked for, prices for certain PC components have shot through the roof as manufacturers struggle to keep up with demand. GPUs were the first casualty, and now RAM and SSDs are seeing major price hikes as […]

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MNT Reform Motherboard 3.0 brings PCIe speed boost, USB charging to the modular, open source laptop

The MNT Reform is a modular laptop with an open source design and open source software. While it’s hardly the most powerful laptop available, those features make it one of the most customizable… and now there’s a new customization opt…

The MNT Reform is a modular laptop with an open source design and open source software. While it’s hardly the most powerful laptop available, those features make it one of the most customizable… and now there’s a new customization option. MNT is now selling a new version of the laptop’s motherboard, which brings support for […]

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Cyber Monday 2025 Deals: Mini PCs, laptops, tablets, and more

Black Friday may have come and gone, but the deals live on… many (maybe even most) of the deals listed in Liliputing’s Black Friday 2025 roundup were still active come Sunday morning, and will most likely continue through December 1st, also…

Black Friday may have come and gone, but the deals live on… many (maybe even most) of the deals listed in Liliputing’s Black Friday 2025 roundup were still active come Sunday morning, and will most likely continue through December 1st, also known as Cyber Monday… although the lines between the two days are increasingly blurry. […]

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AMD Strix Halo handheld gaming PC spec shoot-out: AYANEO NEXT II vs GPD Win 5 vs OneXFly Apex

AMD’s Ryzen AI Max and Max+ processors, also known by the code-name “Strix Halo” are mobile chips that combine up to a 16-core, 32-thread Zen 5 CPU with up to 40 RDNA 3.5 GPU compute units. Positioned as a solution for gaming laptops …

AMD’s Ryzen AI Max and Max+ processors, also known by the code-name “Strix Halo” are mobile chips that combine up to a 16-core, 32-thread Zen 5 CPU with up to 40 RDNA 3.5 GPU compute units. Positioned as a solution for gaming laptops and mini PCs that can function as AI workstations, the chips are […]

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Open source project keeps old Nest thermostats working after Google has ended support

Last month Google pulled the plug on cloud features and services for the first and second-gen Nest Learning Thermostats. That means that while you could still use them for basic functions like controlling your heating and cooling systems manually, you …

Last month Google pulled the plug on cloud features and services for the first and second-gen Nest Learning Thermostats. That means that while you could still use them for basic functions like controlling your heating and cooling systems manually, you could no longer login from a mobile device or web browser to check status, adjust controls, […]

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Banana Pi BPI-CM6 is a compute module with a SpacemiT K1 RISC-V processor

The Banana Pi BPI-CM6 is a computer-on-a-module that’s the same size and shape as a Raspberry Pi CM4 and even uses the same board-to-board connectors. But while Raspberry Pi’s compute module has an ARM-based processor, the BPI-CM6 is powere…

The Banana Pi BPI-CM6 is a computer-on-a-module that’s the same size and shape as a Raspberry Pi CM4 and even uses the same board-to-board connectors. But while Raspberry Pi’s compute module has an ARM-based processor, the BPI-CM6 is powered by a SpacemiT K1 octa-core RISC-V chip. Basically it has the same capabilities as the Banana Pi BPI-F3 […]

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Qualcomm says Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 brings a big performance boost… over the 2-year-old Snapdragon 8 Gen 3

Last year Qualcomm revamped it naming conventions for flagship processors. Instead of launching a Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chip the company introduced a Snapdragon 8 Elite as the first mobile processor to feature Oryon CPU cores using some of the same techno…

Last year Qualcomm revamped it naming conventions for flagship processors. Instead of launching a Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chip the company introduced a Snapdragon 8 Elite as the first mobile processor to feature Oryon CPU cores using some of the same technologies Qualcomm uses for its laptop chips. But that change was short-lived, because in […]

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MINISFORUM AtomMan G1 Pro mini gaming PC with RTX 5060 graphics coming in January 2026

The MINISFORUM G1 Pro is a compact desktop computer that looks more like a game console than a PC… although the lines separating those product categories are getting blurry these days. Inside this little computer is an AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX Dragon R…

The MINISFORUM G1 Pro is a compact desktop computer that looks more like a game console than a PC… although the lines separating those product categories are getting blurry these days. Inside this little computer is an AMD Ryzen 9 8945HX Dragon Range processor and an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 discrete GPU. First introduced earlier this […]

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