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Magic Earth: A New Google Maps Alternative Launches on Android Auto based on OpenStreetMap

How to get Polar H10 Chest Strap (or other external Bluetooth sensors) data into Samsung Health for Workouts

My workaround for Samsung Watch 5 exercise tracking, using a Polar H10 Chest Strap

Android Developer Options Explained: Everything you can do with these settings to unlock experimental and debugging features

Unrecord is a new tactical shooter FPS game on Unreal Engine 5 which looks just like real life

Red Dead Redemption 2’s ‘beautiful’ expansion introduces almost 50 new characters and more

First two-way cellphone call made via satellite using an unmodified Galaxy S22 phone and a BlueWalker 3 satellite

Want to play games on an older Windows PC, try some mods with AtlasOS

Samsung’s AI-powered Galaxy Enhance-X image editing app now available for Galaxy S23, and soon for S22, S21, and A-series

Automatically Update Docker Container Images With Watchtower

Free Streaming Services Might Be Better Than Netflix

The Sodium-Ion Battery Is Coming To Production EV Cars This Year, Such As The Chery iCAR

Disaster alert accounts are preparing for a world after Twitter, due to the API limitations imposed

Proton launches an end-to-end encrypted password manager, but it’s going to have to handle passkeys

Samsung Finally Enables the Temperature Sensor on the Galaxy Watch 5: Use it to track menstruation and ovulation using the Samsung Health app

Samsung Galaxy Ring could one up Galaxy Watch in health tracking accuracy, and give Oura Ring a run for their money

Classic Solitaire Klondike for Android and iOS is free without adverts

How to Run Linux Commands in Background and Detach in Terminal, so that you can close the Terminal

15 Electric cars that could also give load-shedding backup power: None available in South Africa though

Learn To Use Man Pages Efficiently In Linux: Effort To Change Muscle-Memory Can Be Beneficial

OsmAnd is an open source navigation app based on OpenStreetMaps with speed bump and pedestrian crossing notifications

Volvo Trucks South Africa Takes Its First Extra Heavy Electric Truck On A 600km Road Trip From Durban To Johannesburg

How to fake eye contact on Apple FaceTime: You’re probably using it already, as it should default to On

How to Use ‘fsck’ to Repair Linux File System Errors

‘Wolverine’ experiment: Python developer creates “self-healing” programs that fix themselves thanks to AI

Don’t Buy a Wi-Fi Extender: Buy a Mesh Wi-Fi System Instead (if you can afford it)

Android is getting App Auto-Archiving, a bit like iOS has, but not manually controllable