6. Use Vsock with Libzmq (blog.remijouan.net)

Use VSOCK with libzmq AF_VSOCK VSOCK is not new anymore it has been around in Linux kernel since 4.8. For those who do not know what this is, it was previously developed by VMware under the name VMCI. AF_VSOCK is a socket address family like AF_INET or AF_UNIX. It’s an address family designed for communication between a VM (guest) and the underlying hypervisor (host), you can also build communication between multiple guests on the same host. Previously, this kind of communication was done with a serial port, a great example is https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Qemu-guest-agent.

8. Apple Announces Foldable 'iPhone Duo' (www.macrumors.com)

Apple today announced the "iPhone Duo," a new kind of iPhone featuring two screens and a foldable inner display. The two halves of the iPhone Duo connect into a single continuous frame with the same aspect ratio across both displays, and Apple said the transition between open and closed is designed to feel fluid. When fully open, Apple called it the thinnest iPhone ever made, with an architecture that packages its components into the camera plateau.

13. The UK origins of the Slovenian "Partner" 80s microcomputer's case (www.racunalniski-muzej.si)

Initially computers were complete and relatively closed products developed by individual manufacturers, which designed and produced all of their key components while also managing every aspect of their maintenance and use. The first significant departure from this production approach was brought on by minicomputers. Manufacturers no longer required an entirely original hardware or software design.

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