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Classic Solitaire Klondik‪e‬ by Aliaksandr Tsitkou - The only Solitaire game for iOS without adverts, subscriptions or purchase?

Watchpoints is a simple but powerful tool to help you with monitoring variables while debugging Python

The Louvre Just Launched a New Online Database With Its Entire Collection — More Than 480,000 Artworks

'Improve YouTube' - This Might Be the Only YouTube Browser Extension You'll Ever Need With Over 80 Features

Apple to launch Independent Repair Provider program in more than 200 countries including South Africa

Here are Some Interesting Facts About Website Hacking - 3 Common Vulnerabilities Which Don't Take Rocket Science To Fix

If you want full freedom of speech your only real hope is going decentralised federation or peer-to-peer networks

This new app helps the venerable Pebble watch continue working with new Android phones

Apple Watch Can Accurately Assess Frailty (6MWT test), Finds Stanford University Study

5 Health Benefits Of Eggs Which Make Them A Superfood & Why They Should Be In Your Diet (The Myth Is Finally Busted)

NIO Completes Its 2 Millionth Battery Swap and has Battery-as-a-Service and other charging options

A good video overview of how LiDAR works as well as a demo of the 3D Scanner App for iOS

Feedback on the Reolink NVR and security camera setup I bought

Airbag technology for motorcyclists do exist and this video demonstrates the two main types

Retroshare Peer-To-Peer Social Network has finally updated to v 0.6.6

Fairphone—the sustainable, modular smartphone company—suggests Qualcomm is the biggest barrier to long-term Android support

Five-year-old Fairphone 2 getting updated to almost three-year-old Android 9... But the OS is officially supported by Google still for patches

To kill a Blockchain, add naughty stuff to it?

Here is a full breakdown of WhatsApp's conditions of service changes with comparisons to the old original conditions with explanations

6 open source alternatives for Google Calendar - Calendars are the easiest service to migrate elsewhere

How to protect documents with a digital signature in open source ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors v.6.2

Video Speed Controller browser extension helps cure video buffering issues by slowing down HTML5 video playback slightly

Lemmy - An open source decentralised alternative to Reddit

Firefox 87 rolls out with Smart Block and improved referrer trimming because often browsers break page rendering with script blocking

A more complete list of alternatives to Goodreads

Amazon Echo 1st Gen gets open source brain transplant which makes it privacy respecting and allows custom wake word

Microsoft in talks to buy Discord... Don't forget Micrsoft's LinkedIn is already high up on the list of collecting users' metadata

Are smart cars, smartphones, smart watches, smart network devices going to lose the trust of governments everywhere?

For decades, major oil companies have known about the health risks from fine particulates but worked diligently to keep that knowledge secret

Replace a Fitbit for US$133 vs Replace Battery for US$10

The Hong Guang Mini EV (Wuling) beat Tesla’s Model 3 as the best-selling EV in the world for January and February 2021

How Everyshop achieved thousands of reviews hours after launch... they partnered with global review aggregator TestFreaks to provide product reviews

You can quickly create 3D scans of objects and structures on an iPhone with a LiDAR scanner

How to play Microsoft Fight Simulator on Linux with Steam Games

Facebook is working on a version of Instagram for kids under 13 - OMG this is like marketing proprietary software for free to kids in schools, but worse...

Monopoly: Go Green Edition Lets You Capitalize on Sustainability And It's Crafted From Sustainable Materials Itself

How to use FIND command in Linux - It's a lot faster than graphical user interfaces

Heroic Game Launcher - Gaming on Linux with Epic Games just Leveled Up with this Launcher

Valheim - The exploration and survival game has sold over 5 million copies and can be played single player too on Windows and Linux

A practical and sane beginner's guide to NFTs (non-fungible tokens) and their risks