Summary of the week of January 26, 2026

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Free TV with ads has benefits

Telly is a company that gives away TVs worth €1000 in exchange for users watching ads. The company has announced that the business model is profitable.

Who really makes the power supplies

In the world of power supplies, it is rare for the brand that sells the power supply to be the same one that designs and manufactures it. There are OEMs, who design and manufacture a product to then sell the design to a brand, and ODMs, who make a design based on the brand's specifications and then manufacture it.

First impressions of the Panther Lake

In the last few hours, analyses of Intel's new architecture, Panther Lake, have been published. Opinions are generally enthusiastic, with many saying that Intel is back. Whether it's reality or fiction fueled by the company's marketing machine, there are some results that bring the new micro closer to Apple's M series in terms of multi-threaded efficiency.

New file system for Linux

DAXFS is a new file system for Linux where several mechanisms specific to mass storage units have been omitted to adapt it to RAM storage. It is proposed as a substitute for RAMFS and TMPFS.

Micron's new memory factory

Micron is going to spend $24 billion on a new NAND memory factory. Production will begin in 2028. At the same time, they have announced that they have another factory, this time for RAM, which will go into production next year.

Transmission 4.1 available

After 3 years of no news, a new version of Transmission has been released. Version 4.1 of the BitTorrent client comes with performance and compatibility improvements.

Tomb Raider Babylon is Fallen

Hello everyone. Today I wanted to share with you a level from a Tomb Raider author that I finished a couple of days ago and that left me with a very good taste in my mouth: "Babylon is Fallen", created by eRIC (Eric Claire). As an additional fact, eRIC was a highly respected French author in the level designer community who unfortunately passed away last year. This level is one of his most remembered works.