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Three sisters launch low-cost Wi-Fi in townships using South African tech

Computational Storage Devices (CSxes): Forget regular old SSDs, a whole new breed of SSDs is about to break through

10 Destructive Linux Commands You Should Never Run – You Are Often Your Own Worst Enemy

The Rainbuvvy is an oversized ‘smartwatch’ with 2.86″ LCD screen and 2700 mAh battery to watch videos, navigation, etc

What South Africa must do to fight cybercrime – It boils down to better governance and coordination

Bridgestone has put more than $100M into eco-tires made of shrubs – Drought-friendly plant can produce rubber good enough for Indy race tires

11 Innovative Podcasts to Listen to If You’re Bored With Podcasts

The TAK Ecosystem: Military coordination goes open source

Amazon expands end-to-end video encryption to battery-powered Ring devices, but it breaks a mass of functionality

Apple’s iPhone 14 event: The 9 biggest announcements

Huawei Mate 50 launched — with satellite texting and an iPhone-like notch

Open source databases: What are they, and why do they matter, especially in a business context?

If your router no longer gets OEM updates, consider OpenWRT with 180 more devices supported to a total of 1,580 devices

Hosting your own e-mail server is no longer easy (because of automated anti-spam restrictions), but here are some suggestions to try to fix that

Arch2appimage – A Python script to convert any Arch Linux package to an AppImage