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All but one of South Africa’s major mobile operators offer RCS messaging

Scrolla is making news more accessible to South Africans by being extra light on data use, especially for pre-paid data customers

Why I think my posts on Mastodon consistently get more favourites and reshares than on Twitter

The power of crowdsourcing data for good: Android phones got a notification that a temblor was about to rock Silicon Valley

HAMNET Western Cape conducted a successful emergency radio communications exercise via the QO-100 satellite today to Europe and Middle Eastern countries

RIP: Kathleen Booth, the inventor of assembly language – Builder and programmer of the ARC and SEC turned 100 this year

Pebble smartwatches will now work with the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro – Yes, a smartwatch ‘can’ work for 10+ years if not designed to be obsolete

Just tested migrating my profile with all my followers from one peer to another on Secure Scuttlebutt social network

The Fastest Ways to Compress Video on iPhone and Android up to 70% Smaller while still outputting a video in full HD

Slow Roads offers a chill, endless driving experience in your browser – No ads, no installations, no registration, no login

Create Persistent Live USB On Ubuntu Using Mkusb

How to Upgrade Python Packages with Pip – I had a page full, so may be worth checking

Stop charging your iPhone every night: You can now believe it, as TikTok shows it to be ‘true’

Flipper Zero: Hottest Hacking Device of 2022? Either ways, it does show why you don’t want to lock an RFID safe with your credit card

Loop is a Cape Town-based tech start-up that enables commuters to book a minibus taxi for once-off trips