Here’s a roundup of recent tech news from around the web.
The MINISFORUM S5 is a fanless PC or NAS with 16GB LPDDR5 RAM, an Intel Core 3 304 chip, 5 M.2 slots for PCIe 4.0 x1 NVMe storage, 10 GbE and 2.5 GbE LAN, WiFi 7, 40 Gbps USB4, plus a compact aluminum chassis with heatsink fins. store.minisforum.com/products/min…
TICKEY is a color ePaper smart badge with an ESP32-S3 chip, WiFi, Bluetooth and NFC, and a 3.7 inch, 720 x 480px, 48-color display with 3-13 second refresh rates and support for 3rd-party firmware and apps. It’s going for $50 on Kickstarter, with an expected ship date in November. cnx-software.com/2026/09/17/en… #ePaperSmartBadge
Minimalist phone company Mudita is working on MuditaOS K 2.0, an updated OS with a choice of a “Standard” launcher or a “Kalm” launcher with a simple text-based UI, plus a set of InkApps that are designed to work well on phones with E Ink displays. mudita.com/community/bl…
The Onyx BOOX Picco isn’t available yet, but based on an early look at pre-release for the firmware for the tiny $100 eReader, it looks like it’ll run a custom fork of the open source CrossPoint Reader that’s popular with Xteink X3 and X4 users. readme.club/news/readme-…
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