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Who's responsible for data protection compliance in the cloudy era? If you said 'dunno', you're not alone - Survey is thinly veiled marketing from Microsoft, but the issue is real

Paris Museums Put 60,000+ Historic Photos Online, Copyright-Free

Want to keep your landline number after your copper line is cancelled in South Africa? Port it before cancelling your line

Why your free software is never free - If you’re not paying for the product, you are the product

Google's Area 120 team has created a Pinterest clone called Tangi - All commenters saying they won't try a Google product that will shut down in a year or two

Sonoff Smart Switch - WiFi control for any USB power charging

LibreOffice 6.4 for Windows, macOS and Linux Released - Almost perfect support for DOCX, XLSX and PPTX files

The Indian journalists fighting fake news - Familiar to many countries, but just not the "fighting against" it part

Kickstarter Project 1000% Funded Already: Glamos is a motion sensor that creates a virtual touchscreen anywhere

Android Central Has Ranked The Best Cheap (Under $300) Android Phones in 2020

Scotland Is on Track to Hit 100 Percent Renewable Energy This Year, Slàinte Mhath!

Distrowatch is NOT a Measure for Distributions Popularity - It is merely a Page Hit Ranking for their Site

EU Survey - Sustainable OSS communities in the public sector

EFF Finds Ring Doorbell App Packed with Third-Party Trackers To Facebook And Others

Android Central's Best Android Apps in 2020 - Over 35 Categories With Interesting Options

Avast anti-virus spies on every click and sells your data – Reports Vice and PCMag - See nothing is truly free

Run your own federated social node within your Nextcloud hosting and connect to the Fediverse via the open ActivityPub protocol

New Study In Canada Says 96% Of EV Owners Will Not Buy ICE Again - Of 1,090 EV Owners Surveyed

Wireless charging explained: What is it and how does it work?

Track the Coronavirus Outbreak With This Dashboard Using WHO Data

India is now the second largest smartphone market in the world, surpassing the U.S. - Brands will take notice of its 1,3 billion citizens

Linux 5.6 Is Looking Like It Will Be Spectacular With A Long List Of Features

How to get low-skilled South Africans into jobs by getting them onto digital platforms to connect to customers

You APPsolutely need these apps in Cape Town - Hiking, MyCiTi bus, Animal ID, Audio City Tour, Eating Out, Parking, Cleaners and More

Disroot is shutting down their Diaspora pod possibly in favour of Hubzilla - But they're doing it right

Your Slack DMs aren’t as private as you think - It's much the same situation as corporate e-mail

The Open Book Project - An Open Source E-Reader That's Free Of Corporate Restrictions

Android Central: Best Smart Doorbells in 2020 Compared

What's your favorite Linux distribution? Vote in this survey for your favourite Linux distro

Need to geotag photos from a DSLR and only have a GPS - use digiKam

Still Struggling to Solve a Rubik’s Cube? There’s an App for That

What Are Common Wet Shaving Mistakes?

Webmin v1.941 web-based interface for server administration now showing nice stats history performance charts

TOZO T6 true wireless earbuds review - Good bang for $50 inc touch volume control, good bass and IPX8 waterproofing

Librem 5 phone hands on - a Totally open source phone shows the cost of being different - It's not finished, but many of the basics for an open source smartphone are here

Intel and Softbank Beware. Open Source Is Coming to the Chip Business - Although Its still Early Days

Sometimes an expensive electric toothbrush just needs a AA rechargeable battery replaced

How Smartphone Cameras Changed the Way We Document Our Lives - Carrying a smartphone allows us to photograph all parts of our lives, not just the happy, beautiful ones

Telegram 5.14 messenger adds multiple-answer and quiz polls - Handy for your 200,000 followers group (APK Download)

Does the Truth Matter Anymore in a Post-Truth (Fake News) world?

How to send files over a P2P connection from a browser using ToffeeShare and WebRTC

University of Minnesota: Make a difference in your students' lives with free, openly-licensed textbooks