Daily Tech News 5 January 2025

• SpaceX is planning another test flight of Starship this month with a payload of dummy Starlink V3 satellites on board. (Tech Crunch)
  
  The operational plan is to launch sixty of these V3 satellites, each one ten times as powerful as the current V2 Mini, with each Starship launch.
  
  This flight will also shake out new Starship hardware and test the booster chopstick catch mechanism a second time.

• Speaking of Starlink, the new Starlink Mini dish is available. (CNet)
  
  It's only 13"x17" and weighs a svelte 2.4lbs. The regular Starlink is 15"x23" and weighs 6.4lbs. Which is not much at all if it's sitting on your roof, but the Mini is designed to go where you do.
  
  
  
• The Raspberry Pi 5 is getting a 16GB model. (Notebook Check)
  
  Possibly as soon as this week.
  
  This isn't officially official just yet, but Raspberry Pi have said that they intend to offer a 16GB version of the Pi 5 Compute Module (CM5) this year.
  
  
  
• With 16GB of RAM and an optional M.2 hat, the Pi 5 starts to get expensive, matching the price but not the performance of low-end mini-PCs. But you probably don't want to get a Beelink GTi12 in its place. (Serve the Home)
  
  It does have a PCIe slot - sort of - and you can use it with Beelink's new graphics card dock. And the Core i9 12900H CPU is no slouch even if it's a couple of generations old, and it comes with dual 2.5Gb Ethernet ports.
  
  The problem is getting access to the insides. On my AMD-based Beelink systems, you remove the bottom cover and the memory slots and M.2 slot are right there. It takes less than a minute to upgrade the hardware; a lot longer to reinstall the operating system if you replace the M.2 drive.
  
  On the GTi12 though, there are more than 20 screws and brackets to remove before you get down to the memory. Unless you buy it in the exact configuration you want, that's not going to be fun.
  
  
  
• Feel-good story of the day: The Climate Justice Alliance has yet to receive any of the promised funds from the EPA. (The Verge)

  "At our core CJA has always been anti war and pro communities," Chavez says. "We are just collateral damage in a war against regulations," they add.

  Roadkill. What you are is roadkill.
  
  
  
• Markus Persson, a.k.a Notch, has asked if people want him to make a successor to Minecraft. (WCCFTech)
  
  People said yes.
  
  Notch sold Minecraft to Microsoft ten years ago for $2.5 billion, and since then Microsoft has been slowly stifling the game for fear of killing the chicken that lays the golden eggs.
  
  
  

• Mano Aloe is Delutaya.
• Kiryu Coco is Kson.
• Tsukumo Sana is semi-retired from streaming but can be found if you look.
  
• Uruha Rushia is Mikeneko.
  
• Yozora Mel is Hanamiya Rica.
• Amelia Watson is Dooby3d.
  
• Minato Aqua is Sakuna Yuki.
• Ceres Fauna is Nimi Nightmare.

• Selen Tatsuki is Dokibird.
  
• Pomu Rainpuff is Maid Mint a.k.a Mint Fantome a.k.a Minto a.k.a Minki.
  
• Zaion Lanza is Sayu Sincronisity.
• Nina Kosaka is Matara Kan.
• Mika Melatika is Michi Mochievee.
  
• Victoria Brightshield is MoguGhost.
• Kunai Nakasoto is SunnySplosion.

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