New York City to ban deceptive subscription practices and force companies to offer easy cancellation

by nouman | Jul 13, 2026 | Uncategorized

Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) announced that the city’s final Click-to-Cancel Rule will take effect on October 1. New York will become the first US city to impose this type of requirement at the municipal level....

Raspberry Pi 5 IOMMU Driver Being Worked On For The Mainline Linux Kernel

by nouman | Jul 13, 2026 | Uncategorized

While the Raspberry Pi 5 is already over two and a half years old, one of the missing elements of its support from the mainline Linux kernel has been the IOMMU driver. We are now seeing Raspberry Pi’s downstream IOMMU driver being adapted for mainline with hopes...

What’s the point of foldable Pixel phones anymore?

by nouman | Jul 13, 2026 | Features, Foldable Phones, Google, Google Pixel, Google Pixel 11

I distinctly remember being ecstatic when the original Pixel Fold launched. After years of living with a category dominated by Samsung, a company whose products I don’t particularly enjoy, it felt like Google was finally taking the foldable category seriously. As a...

Cloud Hypervisor 53 Released With Offloaded Snapshot/Restore Daemon

by nouman | Jul 13, 2026 | Uncategorized

Cloud Hypervisor 53.0 is now available for this open-source, Rust-based VMM focused on cloud workloads and modern security needs. Originally started at Intel, Cloud Hypervisor continues seeing new development these days by Microsoft, Meta, Arm, and other...

Insta360’s next 360° camera leaked with a smaller body, smoother 8K video

by nouman | Jul 13, 2026 | Insta360, News

Credit: WinFuture TL;DR The design of the Insta360’s next flagship 360° camera has leaked. It suggests a shorter, more compact build with fewer buttons. The leak also highlights a new 8K50p recording mode for 360° video. Insta360 X5, the brand’s flagship 360° camera,...