Hyundai Takes Full Control of Boston Dynamics As SoftBank Exits For $325 Million
Hyundai Motor Group is acquiring SoftBank’s remaining 9.65% stake in Boston Dynamics for $325 million, “closing out SoftBank’s last piece of Boston Dynamics and turning the Waltham, Massachusetts robotics company into a wholly owned Hyundai business,” reports Startup Fortune. From the report: The price is $325 mi … ⌘ Read more

Linux 7.2 Brings More Work Around WiFi Aware, WiFi 8 / UHR & More Networking Hardware
The networking subsystem changes have been merged for Linux 7.2 with a lot happening around the core networking code as well as the many wired and wireless networking device drivers… ⌘ Read more

ARCTIC Fan Controller, More ASUS & ASRock Boards Have Sensor Monitoring With Linux 7.2
For those that enjoy keeping an eye on all their system vitals from temperatures to voltages, the hardware monitoring “HWMON” updates have seen many device additions for Linux 7.2… ⌘ Read more

Rolls-Royce Secures Deal To Build Small Nuclear Reactors For Sweden
Rolls-Royce SMR has secured a multibillion-pound agreement to build three small modular reactors on Sweden’s west coast, “marking a major step in the British engineering group’s ambition to become a leading supplier of the technology in Europe,” reports Euronews. From the report: Following a rigorous selection process that started in 20 … ⌘ Read more

Latest LLVM Patch Further Points To AMD GFX1250/GFX1251 Being Instinct Hardware
With the ongoing work around the AMD GFX1250 (and GFX1251) in the open-source AMD Linux driver stack, it’s led to a lot of speculation about these parts in the GFX12 series associated with RDNA4. RDNA4 refresh? Or a lot of signals have pointed to GFX125x being possible AI/HPC accelerators such as for the upcoming Instinct MI400 series. Adding to the intrigue is GFX1251 being an APU. The latest LLVM compiler activity is further pointi … ⌘ Read more

Linux 7.2 EDAC Drivers Prep For Diamond Rapids, Nova Lake H
The Error Detection And Correction (EDAC) drivers, such as for dealing with ECC memory error reporting, are heavy on the Intel side with Linux 7.2 in preparing for upcoming hardware… ⌘ Read more

SteamOS 3.8.10 Stable Released With Updated Arch, Steam Machine Support & Wayland Desktop Default
Overnight Valve released SteamOS 3.8.10 into the stable channel. for succeeding SteamOS 3.7. There’s a lot happening across the board to their in-house Linux platform for the likes of the Steam Deck and upcoming Steam Machine hardware… ⌘ Read more

Experimental, Reverse-Engineered & AI Assisted Rust Driver Supports Modern DisplayLink
The original DisplayLink USB display adapters were great for working with an upstream, open-source driver while sadly the newer DisplayLink tech has been limited to an out-of-tree driver and proprietary user-space daemon. But posted today is an experimental “Vino” driver that is a clean-room, reverse-engineered driver for newer DisplayLink hardware… ⌘ Read more

Linux 7.2 Power Management Adds New Hardware Support While Dropping AMD Elan
The power management changes merged for the Linux 7.2 kernel are aplenty as usual. New hardware support, dropping obsolete hardware support, and various bug fixes and other enhancements throughout this important area of the kernel… ⌘ Read more

Users Cry Foul After AMD Stripped Memory Crypto From Its Consumer CPUs
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: A decade ago, AMD added a protection to its high-end CPUs to protect them against cold boot attacks and other types of physical exploits that siphon sensitive data out of the connected memory chips. Short for Transparent Secure Memory Encryption, TSME encrypts the entire conten … ⌘ Read more

GM Updates 250,000 EVs with Vehicle-to-Grid Firmware, Announces Grid-Scale Sodium-Ion Batteries
“Battery breakthroughs will lessen AI’s demand on the electricity grid,” argues The Washington Post’s editoral board, arguing that GM’s latest moves “offer a fresh reminder that resource constraints can be solved by innovation.”

Or As Fortune put it, “America’s electric grid is buck … ⌘ Read more

Intel Ending Development Of BigDL: An Open-Source AI/LLM Effort Getting Axed
Among Intel’s ongoing reduction in open-source projects they maintain, their BigDL open-source project focused on running large language models across Intel XPUs from Core Ultra laptops to discrete GPUs to cloud / data center hardware all in a low-latency manner, is being ended… ⌘ Read more

World’s First Crewed Solid-State Flight Electrifies Aviation’s Future
The Helios Horizon has completed what its developers call the first crewed, fixed-wing flight powered by solid-state batteries. New Atlas reports: On June 5, test pilot Miguel Iturmendi lifted off from Zephyrhills Municipal Airport in Florida at the controls of the Helios Horizon – the first crewed, fixed-wing aircraft ever to fly on … ⌘ Read more

Haiku OS Now Enables AVX-512 Support, Other Hardware Improvements
The BeOS-inspired Haiku open-source operating system now enables Advanced Vector Extensions 512 on capable Intel/AMD CPUs. A number of other hardware driver improvements were also merged for this interesting OS during the last month… ⌘ Read more

Touchscreen Macbook ‘100% Confirmed,’ Says Reputable Leaker
A leaker with a strong Apple rumor track record says a touchscreen MacBook is “100% confirmed. If true, it would mark a major reversal for Apple, which has long argued that the Mac is built for indirect input rather than reaching up to touch a vertical screen. MacRumors reports: Instant Digital has a good track record for Apple rumors and has provided some … ⌘ Read more

Microsoft Surface Flaw Allowed Unprotected Devices To Be Bricked By a Single Packet
Longtime Slashdot reader Dotnaught shares a report from The Register: For the past 90 days, Microsoft has been quietly patching a firmware flaw in Surface devices that allowed the hardware to be bricked with a single packet, though only for those who have disabled Secure Core and Secure Boot. And the company’s … ⌘ Read more

12VHPWR: 50 Euro teures Grafikkartenkabel von Asus schmilzt trotzdem
Asus hat extra ein teures Kabel entwickelt, um die Probleme des 12VHPWR-Steckers in den Griff zu bekommen - offenbar mit wenig Erfolg. ( Asus, Technik/Hardware)

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Anzeige: Dreame D20 Pro Plus Saugroboter nur noch kurze Zeit zum Tiefstpreis
Wer einen Saugroboter sucht, findet bei Amazon einen starken Deal: Der Dreame D20 Pro Plus ist aktuell noch zum Tiefstpreis erhältlich. ( Technik/Hardware, Saugroboter)

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Anzeige: Beliebter Akku-Handstaubsauger von Einhell zum neuen Amazon-Bestpreis rund 48 Euro
Power X-Change-System, drei Düsen und zwei Saugrohre im Einhell Akku-Handstaubsauger - jetzt dank Coupon zum neuen Amazon-Bestpreis. ( Technik/Hardware, Amazon)

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Anzeige: Smarte Innenraumkamera im 2er-Pack noch kurzzeitig unter 40 Euro bei Amazon
Die Ezviz-Innenraumkamera bietet 360°-Sicht und Nachtsicht. Aktuell ist die smarte WLAN-Kamera im Doppelpack wieder unter 40 Euro zu haben. ( Technik/Hardware, Amazon)

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Anzeige: Nr. 1 bei Amazon - Bestseller-Luftpumpe mit Akku jetzt nur noch rund 23 Euro
Die elektrische Luftpumpe mit Reifendrucksensor und 4000-mAh-Akku ist Bestseller bei Amazon und jetzt zum kleinen Preis verfügbar. ( Technik/Hardware, Amazon)

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[$] Automatic mTHP creation in 7.2
The Linux kernel has long tried to use huge pages as a way to improve
performance, sometimes with more success than others. The size of huge
pages has traditionally been imposed by the hardware, which typically only
offers a couple of relatively large options. In more recent times, though,
the use of multi-size transparent huge pages (mTHPs), with more flexible
sizing implemented in software, has been growing. If all goes well, the
7.2 development cycle will include the addition of [a new feature](h … ⌘ Read more

Anzeige: Microsoft Surface Pro zu Einsteigerpreisen bei Back Market
Als Windows-Tablet bietet das Microsoft Surface Pro kompakte Produktivität. Bei Back Market ist es professionell erneuert besonders günstig. ( Surface, Technik/Hardware)

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Anzeige: Philips Sonicare DiamondClean 9000 jetzt zum neuen Amazon-Bestpreis
Schalltechnologie, App-Coaching und Drucksensor im Doppelpack von Philips Sonicare - jetzt bei Amazon so günstig wie nie. ( Technik/Hardware, Philips)

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Anzeige: Akku-Grasschere mit Strauchmesser für nur 29,99 Euro bei Amazon
Amazon hat eine Akku-Grasschere im Angebot, mit der Gartenbesitzer mühelos ihren Rasen trimmen oder Sträucher und Hecken stutzen können. ( Technik/Hardware)

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DiffusionGemma: Google beschleunigt Gemma 4 mit Technik zur Bilderzeugung
Das KI-Modell Diffusiongemma erzeugt viele Tokens parallel. Das LLM nutzt Diffusion, lastet damit lokale Hardware besser aus, ist aber ungenauer. ( KI, Google)

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Anzeige: Reolink Argus Solar-Außenkamera jetzt noch kurz unter 100 Euro im Angebot bei Amazon
Die Reolink Argus PT-Außenkamera ohne tote Winkel ist komplett solarbetrieben und bei Amazon kurzzeitig wieder stark reduziert. ( Technik/Hardware, Security)

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Solar Beats Coal In the US For the First Month Ever
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Electrek: Solar generated more U.S. electricity than coal for the first month on record in May 2026, according to new analysis from global energy think tank Ember. Solar supplied 12.8% of U.S. electricity during the month, while coal dropped to 12.2%. That’s a dramatic shift in the U.S. power mix. Just five years ago, coal gene … ⌘ Read more

BYD To Install Thousands of 5-Minute EV Chargers Across Europe
BYD plans to install 3,000 ultra-fast “Flash Chargers” across Europe by the end of 2027, with the first stations already appearing in Germany and the UK. The Verge reports: At an estimated cost of 580,000 euros (about $670,000) per charger according to the Financial Times, that would mean a total spend of roughly $2 billion to install the network … ⌘ Read more

Anzeige: Bluetooth-Adapter für Aux-Geräte zum Sparpreis bei Amazon
Amazon hat einen Bluetooth-Adapter von Ugreen im Angebot, mit dem sich Musik auch über ältere Aux-Geräte kabellos genießen lässt. ( Technik/Hardware)

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Anzeige: Wera-Werkzeug-Set zum neuen Amazon-Bestpreis rund 87 Euro
Modulares Werkzeug-System, 21-teiliges Bit-Set und Winkelschlüsselsatz von Wera - jetzt zum neuen Amazon-Bestpreis. ( Technik/Hardware)

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Anzeige: Apple iPhone 17 Pro Max bei o2 mit mehr Datenvolumen für 1 Euro im Tarif mitnehmen
Apple-Hardware mit reichlich Datenvolumen und schnellem Internet - das bietet o2 jetzt an. Mit dem iPhone 17 Pro Max und 50 GByte Datenvolumen. ( O2, Apple)

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Anzeige: Outdoor-Bluetooth-Lautsprecher von JBL zum Tiefstpreis bei Amazon
Ein Outdoor-Bluetooth-Lautsprecher von JBL mit kraftvollem Sound, Hintergrundbeleuchtung und starkem Akku ist bei Amazon günstig wie nie. ( Technik/Hardware)

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Commonwealth Fusion Makes the Physics Case For Its 400 MW Reactor
Commonwealth Fusion has published five peer-reviewed papers laying out the physics case for ARC, its planned 400 MW fusion power plant, which would follow the company’s smaller SPARC tokamak now under construction. The papers suggest ARC could produce more energy than it consumes using high-temperature superconducting magnets, molten-salt h … ⌘ Read more

Preiserhöhung: Neukunden müssen Miete für Starlink-Hardware zahlen
SpaceX verlangt für die Starlink-Hardware zur Nutzung des Satelliteninternets neuerdings eine monatliche Miete. ( Starlink, Internet)

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Anzeige: Lenovo Idea Tab samt Stift bei Amazon über 50 Euro günstiger
Wer ein Android-Tablet für Surfen und Büro sucht, findet bei Amazon einen Deal: Das Lenovo Idea Tab ist samt Stift stark reduziert. ( Technik/Hardware, Tablet)

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RADV Driver Now Leveraging RDNA3+ Hardware Feature For Better Instruction Cache Prefetching
Initially introduced in RDNA3 (GFX11) GPUs is INST_PREF_SIZE to specify the number of instruction bytes to prefetch prior to a wavefront beginning execution. The Mesa Radeon Vulkan driver “RADV” is now making use of this feature in RDNA3/RDNA4 GPUs for better instruction cache prefetching… ⌘ Read more

Anzeige: Iniu 100 W GaN-Ladegerät mit 3 Ports jetzt für unter 29 Euro
Das Iniu-GaN-Ladegerät lädt drei Geräte gleichzeitig mit 100 W, ist 30 Prozent kompakter als viele Originalnetzteile und jetzt günstiger. ( Technik/Hardware, Notebook)

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Starlink shifts hardware from one-time purchase to $10/month rental
Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/06/starlink-takes-page-from-cable-firms-with-10-monthly-rental-fee-for-hardware/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48469459

Points: 12

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RIP software hackathons. Long live the hardware hackathon
Article URL: https://blog.oscars.dev/posts/rip-software-hackathons-long-live-the-hardware-hackathon/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48468766

Points: 6

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Anzeige: Kompaktes Fernglas mit BAK4-Prisma für nur 22,11 Euro bei Amazon
Ein kompaktes Fernglas von Aurosports mit zehnfacher Vergrößerung, 25-Millimeter-Objektiv und BAK4-Prisma gibt es bei Amazon zum Sparpreis. ( Technik/Hardware)

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RISC-V CPU Performance Up 8x In Five Years: SiFive HiFive Unmatched To SpacemiT K3
Recently I published some initial SpacemiT K3 benchmarks for that first-to-market RISC-V RVA23 SoC with the K3 Pico-ITX mini computer. In there was a comparison against modern Intel Core Ultra and AMD Ryzen desktop CPUs along with the likes of the Raspberry Pi 5, Loongson 3B6000, and SiFive HiFive Premier. For those curious about the longer-term RISC-V performance, here is a look at how far the RISC-V hardware performance has co … ⌘ Read more

Anzeige: Mähroboter ohne Begrenzungskabel zum Tiefstpreis bei Amazon
Amazon hat einen Mähroboter ohne Begrenzungskabel im Angebot, der eine HDR-Kamera und KI-gestützte Kartierung zur Orientierung nutzt. ( Mähroboter, Technik/Hardware)

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Linux 7.2 Preparing Intel Key Protection Technology “KPT” For Next-Gen QAT
Going back to the launch of 1st Gen Xeon Scalable processors in 2017 was Intel Key Protection Technology (KPT) promoted and there have been Key Protection Technology references in QuickAssist (QAT) documentation since 2016. Surprisingly we are only now seeing Key Protection Technology references for the upstream Linux QAT driver as Intel engineers prepare for their next-gen “Gen6” QuickAssist hardware support… ⌘ Read more

Anzeige: Digitale Zeitschaltuhr als 2er-Set mit knapp 20 Euro Rabatt
Das 2er-Set der digitalen Aulaya Zeitschaltuhr ist aktuell stark reduziert. Die Modelle bieten eine 5-Tasten-Bedienung und ein Touch-Display. ( Technik/Hardware)

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Anzeige: Starke Laptop-Powerbank mit 20.000 mAh wieder zum Amazon-Tiefstpreis für unter 60 Euro
Die Ugreen Nexode Powerbank ist wieder zum Amazon-Tiefstpreis zu haben. Es lädt zwei Geräte gleichzeitig mit 165W. ( Technik/Hardware, Notebook)

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Donut Lab’s ‘Solid-State’ Battery Exposed As Regular Li-Ion
A battery researcher’s investigation, backed by more than 20 independent experts, claims Donut Lab’s much-hyped “solid-state” battery is actually a conventional lithium-ion cell, with voltage curves and expansion data matching high-nickel NCM chemistry rather than the promised sodium-ion solid-state design. Electrek reports the company raised about $25 mil … ⌘ Read more

Fedora 44 RISC-V Images Released, Including New “Omni” Kernel For Broader RISC-V Hardware Support
Following the official Fedora 44 images released one month ago, Fedora 44 RISC-V images were published today for those wanting to run this newest Fedora Linux on RISC-V hardware… ⌘ Read more

Anzeige: Kompakte Powerbank mit 10.000 mAh für 18,31 Euro bei Amazon
Eine kompakte Powerbank mit 10.000 mAh, drei USB-Anschlüssen und bis zu 22,5 W Schnellladefunktion gibt es bei Amazon zum Schnäppchenpreis. ( Technik/Hardware)

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Anzeige: Cooler Master MasterBox zum Tiefstpreis unter 40 Euro
Das PC-Gehäuse von Cooler Master ist aktuell um mehr als die Hälfte reduziert. Der Midi-Tower bietet ab Werk vier ARGB-Lüfter und viel Platz. ( Technik/Hardware, PC-Gehäuse)

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