Sunday 12th May - With a Hint of Mint

Gareth and Ted play with Linux Mint, the Arc Browser and chat about AI in Ukraine, AI in Jet fighters, weak passwords, a smart rings from Amazfit, Nintendo Switch 2, the Asus ROG Ally 2 and HTC's new phone.


 


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Feedback, Fallout and Contributions



 




Banters: Knocking out a Quick Bant





Linux Mint (https://linuxmint.com/)  experience



 




News, Mews and Views





A Woman Is Photographed In An Intimate Moment By Her Robot Vacuum, The Images End Up On Facebook (https://www.wecb.fm/a-woman-is-photog...)





No more 12345: devices with weak passwords to be banned in UK (https://www.theguardian.com/technolog...)





NASA achieves 25Mbps over a 140 million-mile gap (https://www.xda-developers.com/nasa-a...)





The latest 400 hp water engine: better than all hydrogen and the end of electricity (https://www.ecoticias.com/en/400-hp-h...)





Ukraine unveils AI-generated foreign ministry spokesperson (https://www.theguardian.com/technolog...)





An AI-controlled test jet fighter has taken to the skies (https://www.euronews.com/next/2024/05...)



 




Hardline on the hardware





FiiO has squeezed in 20 balanced armature speakers inside its new custom in-ear monitors for 3D printed hi-res audio bliss (https://www.techradar.com/audio/headp...)





Astell & Kern takes on the Sony Walkman with all-new Activo brand and P1 player (https://www.whathifi.com/news/astell-...)





Matter 1.3 adds support for more appliances and EV chargers (https://9to5google.com/2024/05/08/mat...)



 




The Wearables Watch





Amazfit Helio Ring pricing and US release date officially announced (https://www.gsmarena.com/amazfit_heli...)





Razer to pay out over $1 million in refunds over its misleading (and hideous) Zephyr face mask (https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/raze...)





Black Shark GS3: Smartwatch from the Xiaomi ecosystem launches at a low price with GPS, navigation and 5 ATM water resistance (https://www.notebookcheck.net/Black-S...)





Samsung Galaxy Watches (and the Galaxy Ring) could get an AI-powered heart health upgrade (https://www.techradar.com/health-fitn...)



 




Phone Zone





The ghost of HTC might just have another phone in the works (https://www.androidpolice.com/new-htc...)



 




The Name of the Game





Asus ROG Ally 2 confirmed (https://www.notebookcheck.net/Asus-RO...)





Nintendo Switch 2 leak seemingly confirms magnetic Joy-Con and display upgrade (https://www.notebookcheck.net/Astound...)





Breaking Bad The Last Batch trailer (The Last Batch - Breaking Bad Game Tr...)



 




Flap your trap about an App





The long-awaited Arc browser finally launches on Windows, and it's well worth a try (https://www.xda-developers.com/arc-br...)  - Hands-On (https://www....