In brief: IoT startup Particle looks geared to shake up the single-board computer market with their latest creation – the Tachyon. This credit card-sized Linux computer packs the kind of serious hardware normally found in mid-range smartphones. You get an 8-core Qualcomm chip, 5G cellular connectivity, Wi-Fi 6E, and dedicated AI acceleration.
FurMark's latest release supports Raspberry Pi hardware as well as new GPU fan monitoring capabilities. In addition to bug fixes, it also incorporates the latest versions of GPU Shark2, GPU-Z and GeeXLab.
The biggest Linux distro release of the year, Ubuntu 24.04 brings a new app center and firmware updater based on Flutter, an updated toolchain, and experimental support for TPM-backed full disk encryption.
Raspberry Pi OS "Bookworm" now includes the Firefox browser, a new network manager, and improved audio support. This is also the first release to officially support the latest Raspberry Pi 5 board.
Linux 6.1 LTS is now the default kernel on Raspberry Pi OS 2023-05-03, while also featuring updated components including a new 64-bit Mathematica build, Chromium 113, RealVNC and VLC.