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Category: Blog

Flipboard Is Now a Mastodon ‘App’ – Will have Mastodon Feeds like it had Twitter feeds before

2023-03-012023-03-01 Danie
iPhone and iPad screens showing news feeds

Flipboard has been a popular newsreader for years, grabbing data from news sites and social media feeds into a single “social magazine.” The service is now going all in with Mastodon, the rapidly-growing open-source social […]

Blog#flipboard, mastodon, news, technology

Stream live video from webcams with a Raspberry Pi and restream videos to social networks

2023-03-012023-03-01 Danie
Desktop background with the moon on it, and a foreground window showing various streaming services icons such as YouTube, Facebook Live, Twitch, etc

There are various reasons to stream live video transmissions from webcams. The Raspberry Pi platform is perfect for such applications. It requires little power for continuous applications such as live-streaming servers. Communication with a Raspicam […]

Blogopensource, raspberrypi, streaming, technology

Google adds client-side encryption to Gmail and Calendar. Should you care? Spoiler: Probably Not

2023-03-012023-03-01 Danie
Shows portion of a Google Drive screen with pop up message saying Encrypted by ink-42.com This file is encrypted by your organisation.

On Tuesday, Google made client-side encryption available to a limited set of Gmail and Calendar users in a move designed to give them more control over who sees sensitive communications and schedules. Client-side encryption is […]

Blogemail, encryption, gmail, privacy, technology

Twitter’s decentralised alternative Bluesky arrives as an invite-only iOS app, but does it connect to other networks?

2023-03-012023-03-01 Danie
Three screenshots of the Bluesky social media app on iOS

Bluesky describes it as a “federated social network” where separate networks exist within a single hub. According to Bluesky, AT Protocol is built based on four main ideals: account portability; algorithmic; performance; and interoperability. This […]

Blogbluesky, decentralisation, socialnetworks, technology

Chrome Beta is showing off new Topics-based privacy settings for Google’s solution to replace cookies

2023-02-272023-02-27 Danie
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After long last, the company is firmly in the testing phase of its Privacy Sandbox suite of tools and that includes its new replacement for cookies. Now, Chrome users on the Canary and Dev channels […]

Blog#chromebrowser, #topics, cookies, privacy, technology

FOSSDA: Preserving the history of open-source and free software

2023-02-262023-02-26 Danie
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FOSSDA is a not-for-profit foundation that aims to engage with the pioneers of open-source software and share their legacies with the world. The FOSSDA Project will create digital recordings and archives of the history of […]

Blog#fossda, FOSS, opensource, technology

Motorola brings $5-a-month satellite two-way text messaging to any phone with new hotspot

2023-02-252023-02-25 Danie
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Bullitt—a British phone manufacturer best known for licensing the heavy machinery “Caterpillar” brand for ruggedized smartphones—is launching what sounds like a full end-to-end solution that will bring satellite messaging to non-iPhone users. It’s launching the […]

Blog#bullitt, #emergencies, satellite, technology

The Verge’s list of the best free (or low-cost) tools for video editors (mostly cross-platform)

2023-02-242023-02-24 Danie
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Some of these are really well-known favourites for many people already, but there were also some I’m looking into a bit further that look really useful, and which I was not aware of. It is […]

Blogcrossplatform, technology, video, videoediting

Red Dead Redemption 2 running well on Manjaro Linux with Steam Games and Proton compatibility layer

2023-02-232023-02-23 Danie
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Had this game for ages but finally got around to installing it today. Just did a default install with the compatibility layer, and it ran out of the box. My NVIDIA RTX2060 is running at […]

Bloggaming, reddeadredemption2, technology

This fungus might be able to replace plastic parts for electronics, vehicles, and sports equipment

2023-02-232023-02-23 Danie
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Here’s one more reason to love a good mushroom: one day, you might be able to make headphones, memory foam for shoes, or even aircraft exoskeletons with it. Researchers just assessed the engineering possibilities with […]

Blog#fungus, #mushroom, #plastic, environment

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