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Logseq: A Free and Open-Source App to Create Notes, Manage Tasks, Build Knowledge Graph, and More

Turris Omnia is an open source network router that has plugins for NAS, Nextcloud server, SSH honeypot, Tor node, and more

How the Commodore 64 was Made: A restoration of the original video for C64’s 40th Anniversary

FLOSS alternatives to Visual Basic – Notable that many non-Windows specific apps run across Windows, Linux and macOS

The 10 best Android games that support cross-play with platforms such as iOS, Windows, Playstation and others

How (and Why) to Shave with a Safety Razor – It’s easy to save Money and get better Comfort than Cartridge Blades

Weekend Brightener: Hacker Ruining Scam Call Centre With Malware, And Saving The Day

Global Witness Exposes The Lie Behind The Carbon Capture Scam – Shell Claimed 90% Capture But Only 39% Captured In Reality

Life360 Says It Will Stop Selling Precise Location Data: Nice Of Them, But Shows The Value Of Your Location Data

Intellidash Pro is an easy way to get CarPlay and Android Auto in older vehicles

iPhones will soon accept tap payments, but will Apple then allow Mastercard’s Tap on Phone app?

Why universities choose open source collaboration software such as Rocket.Chat (a Slack alternative)

Good news for South Africa’s TV White Spaces project

Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to IBM SPSS Modeler

Disney+ launching in South Africa and 41 other countries

Google has a new plan for replacing browser cookies with ‘Topics API’ – Fact is you have to choose between adverts, donors or subscription payments for anything online

Remembering Flock Social Browser – Why do no browsers today have integrated social media?

Employers in denial over success of digital skills training, say exasperated staffers in 4 First World Countries

Mastercard rolls out ‘Tap on Phone’ that allows a customer contactless card to tap and pay via a phone (no hardware terminal required)

Where to start with: Agatha Christie (The Original Queen of Crime)

The making of the Equinox Grillmeister Barbecue app

Square Kilometre Array vs James Webb Space Telescope: It’s not just about the frequency spectrum differences

Wolfing down ebooks during lockdown? You might want to check out free, open source, and cross-platform Calibre, the Swiss Army ebook tool

How solar power became 63% cheaper than coal based on Levelized Cost of Energy research

Rclone is a cross-platform open source application to backup and restore files to and from local and 40+ cloud storage platforms

The Inside Story Of iBeer, The Underdog iPhone Beer App That Made Millions

My video overview of open source self-hosted Matomo Analytics as a GDPR-compliant alternative to Google Analytics

New DEAFinition App helps you communicate with deaf friends and family

Replika is an AI-powered app that lets users create a virtual friend – But reveals a lot about the shady side of some humans

You can now make a Playdate (video game handheld) game right in your browser

How top esports talents are plucked from obscurity – Shows the levels that esports are already attaining

The Renegade Project aims to simplify booting ARM64 Windows 11/10 on Android devices

The open source CrowdSec bouncer is designed to be included in any PHP application (inc WordPress sites) to help block attackers

Qualcomm, Vodafone, and Thales demonstrate major development in iSIM technology – SIM integrated into main processor

Free and Open Source OnlyOffice 7.0 Released with Form Filling, Windowed Mode + More… LibreOffice is not the only alternative out there

This Reddit Thread Of The Most Useful Websites That Most People Might Not Know About Will Make You Fall Down The Ultimate Internet Rabbit Hole

tl;dr papers: A New Use For AI: Summarising Scientific Research For 7-Year-Olds

Open source, closed wallets, big profits – Paid-for software is not magically sustainable, any more than OSS is uniquely vulnerable

Show, don’t tell, with Asciinema, an open source terminal session recorder – Viewers can copy-and-paste the text

OpenBoard for Windows, Linux and macOS: An Open Source Interactive Whiteboard for Educators or even YouTubers or Virtual Conferences

A very good summary guide to what to eat for a Keto or LCHF lifestyle

Onyx Boox Nova Air review: Android-powered e-ink tablet that takes notes, and can read Kindle books