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Demystifying the USB Type-C connector: A talk from EMF 2022 by Tyler Ward

How to install an M.2 SSD in a PC: A SATA SSD drive is not your only option

Open source CockroachDB tempts legacy databases to crawl into the cloud age

There is a real need for encrypted e-mails but instead we have lots of encrypted PDF attachments

LibrePhotos – a self-hosted open-source photo management service

How to set up a VPN on your home router

Beware selling your unused ‘free’ Rain 5G router in South Africa

Mobile phone USSD shortcodes to know for South Africa’s mobile networks

Apple iOS 17.3: You need to Turn on iPhone’s New Stolen Device Protection

Withings BeamO is an all-in-one thermometer, ECG and stethoscope costing US$250

South Africans were the most addicted to screen time per person than any other country in 2023

Like Chrome’s ‘Incognito’ mode iCloud Private Relay doesn’t work the way you think it does

Tired of Gillette Razor blades costing US$3.58 each then try Safety Razor Blades costing only US$0.08 Each

This ‘digital twin’ of the planet could rival Google Earth — here’s how you can try it: Google needs Competition

80 years later, GCHQ releases new images of Nazi code-breaking computer Colossus

No Surprise: Each Facebook User is Monitored by Thousands of Companies

Google Maps can now navigate inside tunnels, like Waze does, using Bluetooth beacons

PicPlanner: Open-Source Linux app for Calculating the position of the Sun, Moon, and Milky Way to plan the perfect time to take a Picture

Guide to lossless audio: Everything you need to know from a smartphone user perspective

Casey Newton’s Platformer is leaving Substack for Non-Profit Open-Source Ghost Publishing Platform

US FTC bans data broker from selling Americans’ location data – Only Americans?

Atuin is an open-source shell command history app for Linux with syncing, unlimited history, and with contextual search

Mbin is a fork of kbin: a decentralized content aggregator running on the Fediverse network

Dutch startup Nuwa claims to have invented the world’s most advanced smart pen that writes on plain paper

Open source’s new mission: To boldly go where no software has gone before and expose where the data goes

7 Tips and Tools to Improve Your Gaming Experience on Linux

What’s the Value of 3 Million LPs in a Digital World? Easy! They can be Played still in 50+ Years’ Time!

The Mystery of the Apple Zero-Day Vulnerability CVE-2023-38606

Hacking BLE to Liberate your Exercise Equipment eg for the Domyos EL500 elliptical trainer

ExifTool by Phil Harvey is an open source cross-platform tool for reading, writing and editing image metadata

Tetris Has Finally Been Beaten After 34 Years

Open-Source Desktop Publishing App Scribus Gets Huge Update