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Synology launches 12-bay PAS3600 active-active storage for mid-sized organisations
Synology’s PAS3600 is a 2U, 12-bay active-active SATA storage system that scales to 24 drives and is shipping…
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ESPHome 2026.11 beta adds an ESP32 OpenThread border router and 30-plus components
ESPHome 2026.11.0b2 is now available as a pre-release, adding an experimental ESP32 OpenThread border router, sleepy Zigbee devices…
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Home Assistant 2026.11 stable adds local-drive backups, LoRaWAN and Zigbee Green Power
Home Assistant 2026.11 is now stable, adding USB and internal-drive storage on Home Assistant OS, LoRaWAN integrations, Zigbee…
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Raspberry Pi 5 16GB price rises by $80 to $385
Raspberry Pi has raised the 16GB Pi 5 list price by $80 to $385 and added $40 to…
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Home Assistant 2026.11 will change entity names and add ESPHome child devices
Home Assistant’s 2026.11 release will migrate displayed entity names, add child-device support for ESPHome, MQTT and Z-Wave, and…
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BrainChip launches US$1,295 AKD1500 Raspberry Pi 5 edge-AI kit
BrainChip’s AKD1500 Raspberry Pi 5 kit combines an 8GB Pi 5, neuromorphic M.2 accelerator and preloaded MetaTF software…
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