Simplifying Gadgets and Technology, is my passion!
According to a recent study, more than 2 percent of the US population can’t play video games due to poor accessibility options. This same study suggests more than 9 percent are unable to enjoy the […]
KDE Plasma is just packed with features, some of which, even long term plasma users might not know about. I have been using the Plasma desktop for many years now and I am still finding […]
In 1976, AT&T and MIT held a conference on futurism and technology, attended by scientists, theorists, academics and futurists. This interview with Clarke during this conference is remarkably prescient—especially about the evolution of communications systems […]
Must say, I was not aware / did not remember the cal one, which is pretty nice. The two that are possibly missing are man (for manual reference info pages) and rmdir (maybe because it […]
Matrix is an open source project that publishes the Matrix open standard for secure, decentralised, real-time communication. You can self-host and federate, or join existing servers, to enable instant messaging, text chat in chatrooms, voice […]
Add your favorite website RSS feeds to TICKR, and the tool will show the latest headlines scrolling in a thin, semi-transparent window similar to those available on news TV channels. Hovering the mouse over the […]
Microsoft acquired GitHub in 2018. Although GitHub is the largest repository of open source code, version control, and issue tracking, ironically enough, GitHub itself is not open source… There are lots of alternatives to GitHub, […]
In a recent investigation, the New Statesman showed that Facebook, Google and Microsoft paid millions to research institutes linked to reputable universities, ostensibly to help further science. Facebook, on the other hand tried to hide […]
Bundled up inside the latest build are new ‘computer vision and AI’ effects. These include some impressive-sounding motion tracking and object detection capabilities, plus configurable stabilisation effect to (try to) straighten out any shaky footage. […]
The Linux kernel is turning 30 this year. That’s three decades of pioneering open source software, enabling users to run free software, to learn from the applications they’re running, and to share what they’ve learned […]
