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Example of FALSE advertising to try to sell cartridge razors as being more environmentally friendly than straight razors (it’s the opposite, in fact)

2021-10-11 Danie

A couple of things really totally incorrect about this blatant advertising:* The method continues to "hold nostalgic value in certain cultural pockets" – well it’s (and safety razors) actually been growing due to being environmentally […]

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Microsoft Office 2021 now supports ODF 1.3 – Open Standards ODF should be the default format though

2021-10-11 Danie

OpenDocument formats are (finally) becoming more ubiquitous in everyday life — Microsoft going out of its way to support the latest spec in its latest office suite is evidence of that. Why? Well, it isn’t […]

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Hyundai Looks Like The Most Serious Automaker When It Comes To The African Market – The Kona EV on sale in Ethiopia, Nigeria, Ghana, and Kenya (South Africa?)

2021-10-11 Danie

Hyundai is making moves on the continent and is probably the most serious automaker when it comes to bringing brand new EVs to the continent. It is also clear to see which countries are leading […]

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Covid-19 vaccine certificate for South Africa launched… But many are struggling with it

2021-10-11 Danie

The National Department of Health launched South Africa’s Covid-19 Vaccine Certificate System on Tuesday. Vaccinated people can retrieve their digital vaccine certificate by going to the website and selecting “Get my vaccine certificate”. This is […]

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Is WhatsApp safe for companies? They are not GDPR-compliant, so rather look at Self-Hosting

2021-10-11 Danie

A study conducted by the technology company Guild showed that almost half of UK workers (41%) admitted to using the messaging app for work. And even though WhatsApp has penetrated the corporate space due to […]

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Kobo announces two new e-readers, including $260 note-taking Sage… Because Amazon needs good and open competition

2021-10-11 Danie

Both devices keep the asymmetrical design popularized by Amazon’s Oasis e-reader, offer E Ink Carta 1200 screens with Kobo’s ComfortLight Pro feature (which adapts the screen brightness and color based on the time of day), […]

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Scientists at the ReCell Center have taken another step towards making EV battery recycling more economical

2021-10-11 Danie

Scientists in the Materials Engineering Research Facility at Argonne are scaling up MTU’s innovative separation process, paving the way for the large-scale recycling of EV batteries. In a new paper published in the peer-reviewed scientific […]

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Nethogs – An Open-Source Command-Line Tool To Monitor Linux Network Traffic Usage Per Process

2021-10-10 Danie

NetHogs is a small ‘net top’ tool. Instead of breaking the traffic down per protocol or per subnet, as most tools do, it groups bandwidth by process. NetHogs does not rely on a special kernel […]

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Would The World Be A Better Place If Facebook Disappeared Forever?

2021-10-09 Danie

At one point, someone erroneously tweeted that Facebook was gone for good. This made Hank Green wonder what the world would be like if Facebook had actually permanently disappeared on Monday. See #^https://youtu.be/EJtNmd1kV44 #technology #deletefacebook […]

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Google Chrome’s new RSS reader is here to stay – Coming soon to iOS, desktop (and likely other Chromium browsers)

2021-10-09 Danie

No it’s not Google Reader coming back (we’ve all moved on already from there?). The Web Feed feature that has been hanging behind a flag in the Chrome web browser for several months has officially […]

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