AI plans

The company behind the Raspberry Pi line of computers has raised fresh investment from Sony's semiconductor unit, in a deal aimed at advancing its efforts in artificial intelligence.

Puts it on his Christmas tree

While Dr Who fans are miffed that the BBC could not be bothered putting out a Christmas episode of Dr Who this year, a Raspberry Pi developer managed to create an overpowered Christmas tree light in the shape of the Tardis.

Blew a raspberry at security and regulations for years  

Raspberry Pi OS (and most operating systems based on it will no longer ship with a default "pi" user account.

First time for everything

For the first time, the price of a Raspberry Pi single-board computer is increasing and it is all the fault of the global supply chain shortages.

Exploited the Bluetooth Low Energy standard

A Belgian student has bypassed the security of a Tesla Model X using a Raspberry Pi and a modified key fob and a wrecked engine control unit.

Heat spreader pretty good

The Raspberry Pi 400 - a keyboard form-factor single board computer - can be safely overclocked to 2.15 GHz.

And a standardised USB-C port

Things are getting worse for the new Raspberry Pi 4 which already has problems with its non-standardised USB-C. Now an  IT expert says the card needs a fan or heatsink.

Blowing a raspberry

You might want to leave off ordering the Raspberry Pi 4 for a while as they appear to have stuffed up the  USB-C.

Partnering with FLIRC

Kodi (formerly called XBMC) is releasing a streaming box of its own although when we say "a box" we mean just a box.

Quite an impressive number for Raspberry