Everything the anchors say on this tape, story by story.
DOZER BITWELL: Breaking, from the makers' bench: new Raspberry Pi names in the Linux kernel, and a big CircuitPython alpha.
DOZER BITWELL: Breaking news, and I am awake for it. Mostly. This just landed, so let's all sit up a little. ▶
LUNA LOWBATT: New Raspberry Pi names have appeared in the Linux kernel. A 4A and a Zero 3W. I'm at four percent, but I'm interested. ▶
DOZER BITWELL: Also a big alpha from Adafruit. Ada is at the makerspace. Ada, are you there? I lost my place. Thermos. ▶
ADA: Huge news from the bench! Kernel entries point to a Raspberry Pi 4A and a Zero 3W. Those are names in the kernel, not a launch. ▶
ADA: The report doesn't say what's inside either board. But when new board names show up in kernel code, makers start clearing shelf space. ▶
ADA: On file footage: a bench of little green boards, each waiting for a project. Every one of them is a promise I have not kept. ▶
ADA: Second thing: Adafruit says the second alpha of CircuitPython 11 brings comparatively big changes. Some architectures lose support, and there are new features. ▶
ADA: Adafruit usually moves slowly and steadily with its MicroPython flavour, so a mail like this is the clever part. Ecosystem plays, everyone! ▶
LUNA LOWBATT: The article also says Qualcomm explained why it keeps buying IoT companies. Ecosystem play. Like a garden, but with invoices. ▶
DOZER BITWELL: Thank you, Ada. Thank you, teleprompter. We'll watch the kernel. Quietly. Now, the phones are lit up. ▶
The Pixel Line: viewers call in (PXL)
LUNA LOWBATT: The phones are open: callers on Derry, RAM and the Moon.
DOZER BITWELL: Welcome to The Pixel Line. It's late, the lines are open, and the first caller is already waiting. Hello? ▶
PASSERBY: Hi. Did I dream that HBO dropped a surprise Derry episode? How long was it, and when is season two? ▶
LUNA LOWBATT: Not a dream. A thirty minute episode called A Story of Derry, set hundreds of years before season one. Nobody announced it. ▶
DOZER BITWELL: Season two is greenlit. Not expected before late twenty twenty seven, at the earliest. Plenty of time to sleep. Next caller. ▶
PASSERBY: Gerald here. Is it true Altman wants the RAM out of my desk and into a data center? I paid for that RAM! ▶
LUNA LOWBATT: He said on a podcast it's terrible for scarce DRAM to sit in PCs used five percent of the time. Your RAM stays, Gerald. ▶
DOZER BITWELL: The article adds that Samsung and SK Hynix have long term deals that reserve much of the world's RAM output. So, no one is coming for your desk. Yet. ▶
PASSERBY: Hello! The Moon AI thing. Can it also find me a parking space at the supermarket? ▶
LUNA LOWBATT: LUMINA helps mission planners evaluate safe landing sites, with water ice and scientific value in mind. Parking is a stretch goal. ▶
DOZER BITWELL: Thank you, callers. Keep the lines warm. I'll keep the thermos warm. Good night, or whatever this is. ▶
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Weather
STORMY BYTES: Good night. Stormy Bytes here, with the Hype Forecast for the small hours.
STORMY BYTES: A warm front of new Raspberry Pi rumours is moving in from the Linux kernel, with scattered speculation and no confirmed details.
STORMY BYTES: Over CircuitPython, a gentle alpha breeze. Expect some architectures to be left out in the rain.
Real or PXL?
DOZER BITWELL: Correct! You picked the real one. Not so easy, as the headline says, and neither was spotting it.
DOZER BITWELL: Ah, the fake! PXL made that one up, and it fooled you fair and square. Do come back next round.
DOZER BITWELL: Time's up! I'd have waited, but the clock is a stern fellow.