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1Password will help you remember which ‘sign in with’ service you used and which account goes with it

A wide range of routers are under attack by new, unusually sophisticated malware called ZuoRAT

This is an amazing stop-motion video of a WW1 battle using just Lego, with over 14 million views

Kuro: An Unofficial Microsoft To-Do Desktop Client for Linux

Want a break from Hardware Hacking? Try Bitburner, an online Hollywood stereotype hacking game

Shaving isn’t mere personal hygiene, it’s an art… or it should be

BirdNET is a free and open source research platform for identifying bird call sounds from iOS, Android, and even the Raspberry Pi

Flameshot Screenshot Tool V12 Just Added Even More Features Such As Basic Layer Movement, Imgur Support, New Magnifier, And More

Chertan is a Cool Circular Conky Theme for Linux Desktops

Privacy-focused Brave Search grew by 5,000% in its first year

Pacman version 6 is shipped with parallel downloads support – Here’s how to enable it in Arch Linux and its variants

Get 100 Intelsat 20 channels on your DStv decoder for free — without a subscription

Nothing phone seems to be doing Something with LED notifications lights

7 book recommendations from open source enthusiasts covering everything from a fun cozy mystery to non-fiction works that explore thought-provoking topics

Why you should use Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) – Good security is easier to have than you might think

How to Install Grub Customizer on Ubuntu

Should You Use Shaving Cream, Gel, or Foam? Many products achieve the same goal, but they’re far from equal

Ventoy Now Supports More Than 900 ISOs, Enables Secure Boot by Default – Don’t format USB sticks, just copy ISO files to them

Exploring the abandoned birthplace of the 6502 and Commodore 64

The SunFounder TS7 PRO Raspberry Pi Screen Case looks like a pretty good package

MeshCentral behind a GUI Nginx Proxy Manager and externally issued SSL certificates

FreeCAD 0.20 release now supports section cutaways

How smartphone cameras can help identify cognitive impairments by pupil responses

Using a Tablet as a Second Monitor in Ubuntu is Actually Pretty Easy with GNOME’s baked-in remote desktop protocol (RDP) and screen sharing

Adobe plans to make Photoshop on the web free to everyone – Does it mean it will finally run on Linux too?

Firefox rolls out Total Cookie Protection by default to all users

MeshCentral is an open source self-hosted remote monitoring and management server to manage Windows, Linux, FreeBSD and macOS machines

How to enable Blood Pressure Sync on the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4, despite region restrictions

Thonny is an Ideal IDE for Teaching Python Programming in Schools – Everything needed for beginners is bundled in, and ready to Fly

Ad-Blocking showdown looming over Manifest V3 extension standard, and Firefox and Safari may score on Privacy

Edit PDFs on Linux (and Windows and macOS) with these open source tools

Scientists Use Multivalent Cation Additives To Rid Rechargeable Batteries Of A Common Pitfall

Orion Browser Can Use Chrome and Firefox Extensions at the Same Time and claims to be Privacy-Focused

Report says Microsoft will require SSDs for new PCs soon – This should drive more hardware sales

Vivaldi launches its own email client with integrated calendar and RSS reader

Continuous Glucose Monitoring on the Apple Watch with a MiaoMiao device and an inexpensive Libre NFC flash glucose monitor – No phone required

Woolworths South Africa To Shift 70% Of Its Delivery Fleet To Electric

Biggest announcements for me at WWDC 2022 were that iPad now has real drag and drop windows, and the medication tracking feature

Solid-state batteries for EVs move a step closer to mass production

HP Dev One is HP’s first developer-focused laptop preloaded with the Ubuntu-based Pop!_OS Linux distribution

Warp: a Fantastically Simple File Transfer App for Linux, using the Magic Wormhole protocol

Google TV launches in South Africa for iOS and Android users