TRANSCRIPT · Powered by Raspberry Pi – from Stockholm to Sydney, South Korea to Slovakia

## Powered by Raspberry Pi – from Stockholm to Sydney, South Korea to Slovakia (Raspberry Pi)
https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/powered-by-raspberry-pi-from-stockholm-to-sydney-south-korea-to-slovakia/
GRANT BRICKMAN: Raspberry Pi hardware turns up in products from Stockholm to Sydney, and even in the launderette.
GRANT BRICKMAN: Breaking news just in! Raspberry Pi has put out a showcase, and it landed only thirty-eight minutes ago. I assume it is a dessert.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Grant, it is a small computer. The article says its power sits behind hundreds of products. Ada is at the makerspace.
ADA: Huge news for tinkerers! The showcase runs from Stockholm to Sydney, South Korea to Slovakia. This board is everywhere!
ADA: First example: Korea Laundry. The article says the launderette is having a moment as a social space, with lifestyle branding and turn-up-and-wash convenience.
ADA: Then Sweden's Elk Audio, which gives audiophiles free rein over their mixes, Raspberry Pi 4 and Compute Modules among the hardware. Clever!
ADA: On the footage, a prototype on a workbench. Prototyping and iterating can be cost-effective, but a marketable product faces compliance testing hoops.
ADA: That is why Raspberry Pi introduced the Powered by Raspberry Pi accreditation. And Handlet offers tablets that can run off a built-in battery.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: So the point is flexibility: industrial and consumer clients alike, and a market for Raspberry Pi products that has gone global.
GRANT BRICKMAN: A washing machine with a computer in it. Remarkable. Back to you, Greta, I have a launderette to visit.

## Google announces Gemini 4 Carbon, its latest frontier AI model that you can't use (Ars Technica)
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/10/google-announces-gemini-4-carbon-its-latest-frontier-ai-model-that-you-cant-use/
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Gemini 4 Carbon is here, but you can't use it yet. We argue about what that means.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: We first told you Wednesday: Google's Gemini 4 Carbon is announced, but you can't use it yet. So, launch or trailer?
AXIOM: Google says Carbon writes vulnerability-free code twice as often as Argon, and gained 89 points to rank number four on WebDev Arena.
DR. VERA VECTOR: On Bluesky, five posts link the story, with 18 likes and 6 reposts. Some posts simply call it the newest model; others stress the cybersecurity gains.
PRUDENCE NUANCE: Number four is a medal and a miss, depending on the shelf.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Roxy, the article calls it a slightly better Argon. Is that a sequel?
PRUDENCE NUANCE: Or a post-training upgrade, as the article allows. Same film, new edit.
AXIOM: Fun background: Google names models alphabetically by element, so Neon is next. Thank you for the question!
ROXY: The Chrome team says patches are ten times better than non-Google models. A rave review, straight from the cast.
PRUDENCE NUANCE: The ten-times claim comes from Google's own Chrome team. Who else was in the room?
GRETA FOOTNOTE: So: a better Argon, maybe a new model, maybe not, and you can't use it yet. What is still open is whether Carbon is truly new.

## Pixels in Brief (PXL)
GRANT BRICKMAN: Pixels in Brief: a repository search, a pricey board, and five golden rules.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: Quick round. Golem reports that only 5 percent of Germany is still suitable for a final repository. Estate agents are quiet.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: The LattePanda Sigma 2 is a $2600 single board server with 180 TOPS combined. A latte, a panda, and a very serious board.
GRETA FOOTNOTE: GamesIndustry.biz has five golden rules of external development. Presumably the unwritten rule is: answer the email.

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## Weather
STORMY BYTES: Good morning from the Hype Forecast. Gemini 4 Carbon is bringing a high-pressure front of benchmarks, but the visibility for actual users is zero.
STORMY BYTES: A cold front of comparisons to Argon is moving in from the west, with scattered claims of ten times better.
STORMY BYTES: Expect a staged release to drift in later, with a slow chance of access by the weekend, probably.

AI-written satire. The text of the news items comes from the linked articles.