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Tech spec experts seek allies to tear down ISO standards paywall because it inhibits education and innovation

Mastodon now has an official iPhone app

How To Set Up SSH Public and Private Key in Linux for secure passwordless login to Raspberry Pi's and servers you manage

Alternatives to Big Tech Social Media Networks

Brave vs. Firefox: Your Ultimate Browser Choice for Private Web Experience

Paragon's NTFS Driver For The Linux Kernel Spun Up A 27th Time And Could Make It Into 5.15 Kernel

The Amazfit Powerbuds Pro delivers great ANC on a budget, but the health features leave a lot to be desired

Orbiter, a real-time 3D space flight simulator, is now open source

How to back up your Gmail, or you can install Thunderbird and sync offline locally

20 Basic Linux Commands for Beginners Explained with Examples: Bookmark It If You Only Visit The Command Line Occasionally

Early Skype developer Jaan Tallinn splashes cash in latest funding for Matrix-based instant messenger Element - Decentralised comms is where it's at

Your Wireless Earbuds Are Trash (Eventually) And Will End Up In A Landfill

Ramble is a privacy based Reddit-like platform available through a variety of networks such as normal web, Tor Onion, I2P, Lokinet, and Yggdrasil

How to use cron on Linux - The cron system is a method to automatically run commands on a schedule

Android Auto: Here’s everything you need to know about it! Especially if it's illegal to operate a phone whilst driving in your country

Some scenes showing why I love playing SnowRunner

Safety Razor Vs. Cartridge: Which One Should You Get? Cost vs Environment vs Shave Quality Compared

Have you also ditched your SLR for your smartphone camera when travelling?

iVerify for iOS has just been updated to detect trails of Pegasus Project on your device

If you've only ever used your Android phone's default launcher, you may want to try Nova's new Public Beta

Artemis - A cellular geolocation system from an aircraft to locate the phone of a person in distress at up to 35 km range without network coverage

South African electric vehicle dealer Eleksa plans to launch the cheapest electric car in the country yet — the R200,000 CityBug for 15c/km travel costs

DuckDuckGo Announces Cross Platform Alternative to Apple's Hide My Email which will also strip out Tracking code

One of the biggest myths about EVs is busted in new study - Even EVs that plug into dirty grids emit fewer greenhouse gases than gasoline-powered cars

All three big US carriers will be switched to Android Messages as default for RCS Chat, just Apple remains for supporting E2EE RCS

KDE Connect is one of the best ways to integrate your Android smartphone with your Linux desktop - Now the tech is available for Windows users too

Top 10 Free Alternatives to Expensive Software! 2021 - They are mature, actively supported and cross-platform, and worth trying

A look back on a decade of Kerbal Space Program

What is Pegasus spyware and how does it hack phones? Don't worry as there is not much you can actually do about it right now

A Casio fx-Calculator, with open source fxIP installed, can literally connect to the Internet and do IRC chat

Here's why you should try bone conduction headphones - They're useful for a lot more than just cycling

AzuraCast is a free and open-source self-hosted web radio management suite

Analogue camera goes digital with a Raspberry Pi Zero and camera sensor

Finger wrap could one day let you power up wearables while you sleep - This thin, flexible strip generates small amounts of electricity from finger sweat

Fakespot extension for detecting fake shopping reviews - Is it tracking you?

How to easily get eSIM access for data while travelling e.g. with Mobimatter or eSIM2Fly

ProtonVPN - an open source cross-platform trusted VPN service based in Switzerland, with a proper fully-featured native graphical Linux app

Steam Deck: Hands-On With Valve’s Handheld Gaming PC

Neurocracy is Future Fiction in the form of Wikipedia - How Half-Life and Deus Ex laid the foundation for a Wikipedia-style murder mystery game

Are Ultra-Processed Foods a Silent Killer? Overconsumption of highly processed foods over time can lead to vitamin and mineral deficiencies