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This Unofficial ‘Ubuntu Software’ App, without any name, is Better Than Ubuntu’s Actual One

Be wary of bargain SSD drives: Fake 30TB Hard Drive That’s Actually Two Small SD Cards in a Trench Coat

SmartDry’s useful laundry sensor to be cloud-bricked next month, because cloud services all die sometime

JBL debuts Tour Pro 2 with “world’s first” smart charging case with touch display, and earbuds with 10 hours on a single charge

Where to get RSS feed alerts for Netflix content leaving soon

How to track down your lost Samsung phone using their built-in Find My Mobile service

Screenkey is an overlay on-screen indicator for Linux to show what keys you are typing when making video tutorials

Authy has been hacked, here is how to protect yourself by disabling multi-device setting

Check if your South African bank has various smartphone tap-to-pay options – Spoiler: Capitec does have an option, but only one

US Researchers discover new charging method for EVs — 90% charge in 10 minutes without lithium plating or cathode cracking

Waze Reveals How Many Users Run the App on Android and iPhone, and it’s impressive considering it’s not a pre-installed app

‘Nephrite’ is a Classy New GTK Theme for Linux Desktops

Hackaday Prize 2022: DIY Compact Solar Tracking System Doesn’t Break The Bank

Usage share of operating systems – ‘Most device types that people interact with access the web’ but NO they don’t, actually

How to Display the Weather Forecast on Linux – Notification bar, desktop apps, widgets and even CLI

Best office chairs in South Africa — including one for R28,531

Python tops IEEE’s annual survey of popular programming languages – but if you want a job, learn SQL

Roam Launches First Electric Mass Transit 18 Ton Bus In Kenya With 360 km Range And 2 Hour DC Charging

Aluminium-Sulphur Battery Promises Low Cost Energy Storage, not for EVs, but can make Li-Ion more available for EVs

The O․MG Elite cable is a scarily stealthy hacker tool – Is that phone charger doing more than you think it is?

The hashtag on Twitter is 15 years old this month, and should have been called an octothorpe: 5 Interesting facts about it’s history

Simple and cheap “technology” to improve really weak cellular phone signals in remoter areas

PowerBrick load-shedding backup station — a plug-and-play micro-Powerwall made in South Africa for African conditions, starting at R3,799 or US$223

LastPass password manager hacked, but password data should be safe

How SnapScan and Zapper are surviving South Africa’s tap-to-pay onslaught – For now, they are, for one good reason

Snikket (open standard XMPP instant messaging) has achieved XMPP account portability to move users between XMPP hosts

Kia’s impressive EV6 is coming to South Africa — with load-shedding backup power for your home – But import taxes kill the $43k price tag

GoogleTeller – This Free App Alerts You Whenever Google Collects Your Browsing Data

Look At How Much Second Life Avatars Have Evolved Through Subtle But Once-Impossible Poses and Gestures – Better than Zuckerberg’s!

Hold Your Phone Up to the Night Sky and Sky Guide for iOS (or Star Walk 2 for Android and iOS) Will Identify Stars, Planets, and More

7 open-source malware analysis tools you should try out

This Web-based Tool Checks If In-App Browsers Are Tracking You

How to deploy the open source Bitwarden self-hosted password manager server with Docker

Big news about Amazon’s South African marketplace

Turn an old monitor into a digital dashboard using free DAKboard and a Raspberry Pi

Despite walled garden (and open) social media, e-mail is still King, and growing in use more than any social media platform

When in Rome: The Ancient History of Traditional Shaving

Open Source Self-Hosted Home Assistant home automation with a Modbus TCP interface to a Victron Solar System

Almost EVERYONE is Wasting Money on Dash Cams (video)

Turbo Boost Switcher : This Free Utility Makes Your Ancient MacBook Battery Last Longer