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Radxa has launched a new mini ITX motherboard with a high-performance ARMv9 processor featuring a 30 TOPS NPU and support for discrete graphics, the LineageOS team has released the first version of their custom Android distribution that's based on Android 15, and more Intel N150 benchmarks have arrived, showing that it's a little faster than the Intel N100… at least under the right circumstances.

Here's a roundup of recent tech news from around the web.

Radxa Orion O6 AI Board with Up to 64GB RAM, Dual 5GbE Ports and PCIe Gen4 Expansion [LinuxGizmos]

The Radxa Orion O6 is a mini ITX motherboard features a Cix CD8180 processor with eight ARM Cortex-A720 cores, four Cortex-A520 cores, Immortalis-G720 graphics, a 30 TOPS NPU, up to 64GB of LPDDR5 memory, dual 5 Gb Ethernet ports, support for PCIe 4.0 xx4 storage, a PCIe x16 slot for graphics cards, AI accelerators, or other hardware, and many other features. It sells for around $212 and up.

LineageOS 22: Flourishing Fifteen, Simply Streamlined, Vibrant Vibes [LineageOS] The new LineageOS default music player is called Twelve. Somewhat confusingly, it debuts with LineageOS 22.1 which is based on… Android 15.

LineageOS 22.1 is now available. The Android 15-based operating system is now available for dozens of devices including Pixel 9 series phones. It also introduces two new apps: a new music player and a PDF viewer.

Intel N150 Review & Benchmark comparisons [AndroidPC.es]

The Intel N150 "Twin Lake" processor is basically an Intel N100 support for higher CPU and graphics frequencies. Theoretically that should be enough to bring a modest performance boost, but real-world performance will most likely vary from PC to PC depending on a number of factors. So when Robtech reviewed the Beelink EQ14 mini PC recently and found virtually no improvement in multi-core benchmarks, I suggested it might be too soon to draw conclusions about ALL devices with N150 chips. 

Now AndroidPC.es has run tests on a NiPoGi E1 mini PC with the same processor and found that it does show small improvements in single-core, multi-core, and graphics performance. But the improvements are small enough that it's probably not worth upgrading if you already have an Intel N100 computer. But since systems with N150 chips are priced comparably to those with Intel N100, it might be worth keeping an eye out for the newer chip if you're in the market for a new mini PC. 

Luckfox Pico WebBee – A Rockchip RV1103 USB & Ethernet development board for web servers, scripting, and Smart Home applications [CNX Software]

This little device looks like a USB flash drive, but it has a USB connector on one end, an Ethernet port on the other, and a chip that combines a 1.2 GHz ARM Cortex-A7 CPU, a RISC-V processor core, a 0.5 TOPS NPU, and 64MB of on-chip memory. It's available now for about $22.

Sifu: Free today only [Epic Games Store]

The Epic Games Store has been giving away a different free game every day for almost two weeks. The final title is now available through 11:00AM Eastern on New Year's Day.

Vambrace: Cold Soul for free [GOG]

GOG also has a freebie, although this one runs through 9:00AM Eastern on January 3rd.

Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 FE for $330 [Amazon]

Samsung's 10.9 inch tablet has a 2304 x 1440 pixel display, an Exynos 1380 processor, 6GB of memory, and comes with a Samsung S-Pen. A model with 128GB of storage normally sells for $450 and up, but Amazon is selling it for $330 today. The 256GB model is also on sale for $400.

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