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How to Install the iOS 15 Public Beta - You Need To Manually Switch From The iOS 14 Public Beta

You Can Now Test T-Mobile's Network (USA and iOS) Using an App and eSIM but shows what's possible with an eSIM

If you're an IT manager who hasn't touched anything other than packages of Microsoft stuff in years, then one of the simplest ways to de-risk the process is to outsource it

Kobo Elipsa 10.3" e-Reader with Stylus is now available for US$400

Setting up listmonk - an open-source self-hosted newsletter and mailing list manager

Mobilizon is a free and open source online tool, that can federate, to help manage your events and communities as an alternative to Facebook Events or Meetup

Allmaps is a set of open source tools that make it easier and more fun to search, explore, georeference and work with collections of digitised maps

My Video Overview of the IRC Real-Time Chat Network

Chatwoot is an open source alternative to Intercom, Zendesk, Salesforce Service Cloud, and other proprietary customer relations communications platforms

How to edit the Ubuntu (Linux) bootloader with a GRUB graphical editor

Steam Games Summer Sale is on until July 8th with up to 88% discounts

Welcome to the world of self-hosted photo management services

McMaster University Research: No lab required - New technology can diagnose infections in minutes using a handheld device similar to a blood-glucose monitor

Don't let these 'easy to get back on Instagram' emails freak you out — your account hasn't been hacked — Except I deleted my account back in 2020

Microsoft admits to signing rootkit malware in supply-chain fiasco - it communicated with Chinese command-and-control (C2) IPs

GNU Health - a free and open source digital health ecosystem with Hospital Management, Lab Analysis, Personal Health Records, Federation, and Social Medicine

Windows 11 will let you run Android apps directly on the desktop without the need to install an emulator

TCL’s wearable display glasses (not VR or AR) will go on sale in July starting in Australia

You can actually enable a non-Chinese iPhone to accept dual SIMs but better to use eSIM if you can

Video review of the new Brave browser search engine which will work with other browsers too

13 Important Privacy and Security Settings in Ubuntu and other Linux distros

OpenDocument Format (ODF) 1.3 Approved - brings support for digital signatures for documents and OpenPGP-based encryption of XML documents as the main features

A Google Drive update is going to break a bunch of your links as well as a change unlisted YouTube videos to private videos

R54-billion crypto ‘hack’ shocker hits South African investors - If it's too good to be true it probably is a scam

A very brief history of every Google messaging app - What a decade and a half of confusing services can tell us about the future

What is a Linux config file? There are several popular formats for configuration files, each with its own strengths, and they're useful to tweak hidden settings

How to Make LibreOffice Look Like Microsoft Office

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Google Earth Pro

You're Doing it Wrong: Interesting tips, especially for shorter motorcycle riders, to break bad habits you did not know you had

How to Browse with The Onion Router (Tor) browser to Protect Your Privacy Online

Best Straight Razor for Beginners and Pros

Mechanical keyboard modifications: Everything you need to know because these keyboards cost more and should last you a long time

Open standard but not open access: Schematron (a popular XML standard) author complains about ISO paywall

LibrePhotos - a self-hosted open source alternative to Google Photos

Ex-Brave Browser staffer (not relevant to story) taking aim at the Real-Time Bidding practices of IAB (Interactive Advertising Bureau) TechLab which governs global online advertising industry

In Argentina, cheap government-issued Linux netbooks sparked a musical renaissance and helped close the digital divide - Working-class teens turned junked machines into musical instruments

Openserve Connect fibre provider self-service app for South Africans to check and report Internet status issues and receive service notification alerts

U.S. Energy Department Releases Request for Information on Electric Vehicle Grid Integration

End-to-end encrypted RCS Chat messaging is now available for more users in Google Messages

Telegram Beta 7.8 adds video and screen sharing in groups (that's with up to 200,000 people)

Cube.js is an open source analytical platform that acts as a layer between data sources and applications

IRL (In Real Life) is a new social network taking on Facebook groups - The SoftBank-backed social network already has 12 million users

With Deskreen, You Can Mirror or Stream Your Linux, Windows of MacOS Computer Screen to Any Device