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Proton Mail: If you want private mail away from Big Tech you’re either going to have to pay or have some limitations such 500MB in Proton’s case

2020-09-13 Danie

We should all know by now that the free blogging, e-mail, calendaring etc from the Big Tech companies does come at the cost of our privacy and browsing habits being mined for profit through advertising. […]

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Pedal-Assisted Hybrid Bicycles for Urban Use – They Can Carry Some Cargo, Use Bicycle Lanes, And Make ‘Riders’ A Bit Fitter Than Driving

2020-09-13 Danie

These vehicles are not intended for freeway or intercity travel at all. But they are highly mobile for urban areas and ideal for many where the use-case scenario fits what they do. Watch at Erstaunliche […]

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Simple but Innovative 3D Mask Bracket for making wearing of masks more comfortable for entire day

2020-09-13 Danie

A simple solution that never existed before, borne out of sudden necessity. Of course its already available on Amazon but one hopes it will soon be manufactured everywhere. It will keep the mask away from […]

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Induction Stoves — Say Bye Bye To Gas In The Kitchen – Less In-House Toxins, More Efficient, Safer

2020-09-13 Danie

Induction stoves are an important technology that allow consumers to happily leave behind fossil fuels in the kitchen. They cook food faster than other types of stoves, turn heat up and down instantaneously, offer precise […]

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GeeWiz – The South African tech and gadget store with 1-day delivery to major centres which is a lot quicker than a major well-known rival

2020-09-12 Danie

So GeeWiz is not the cheapest from what I can see, but they claim to know more about what they sell, and a test showed that they did deliver within their stated timelines. That in […]

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7 things you may not know you could do on GIPHY (a GIF search engine)

2020-09-12 Danie

GIFs are a major form of communication online, used for reactions, punchlines to jokes, simple greetings, and just about anything else. If you’ve spent any time messing around with GIFs, you’ve probably spent some time […]

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‘The Social Dilemma’ Documentary: Like a Magician, YouTube/Facebook/Twitter/Google Controls Your Newsfeed – Advertisers are the Customer and You are the Product

2020-09-12 Danie

Awareness is probably your best weapon – How do you wake up from the Matrix if you don’t know you’re in the Matrix? The documentary (with some dramatised footage) is a series of interviews with […]

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If you’ve been shaving with the Merkur 34C razors, these are some alternative Merkur razors maybe worth trying

2020-09-12 Danie

The Merkur 34C is one of the most popular safety razors out there and many stick with it for years (like I have) but it some alternative relatives with a longer handle, a slant bar, […]

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SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet only has 20-millisecond lag and over 100 Mbps download rates

2020-09-12 Danie

SpaceX included the data in a presentation it sent to the FCC last Friday, which was spotted by Reddit users. The two benchmark tests, conducted using Ookla’s Speedtest service, show Starlink achieving a 102 to […]

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Facebook Fights Irish Privacy Watchdog’s Data-Transfer Curbs… Seriously Facebook? Whose data is it and why do you want to move it to the USA?

2020-09-11 Danie

The social network giant said it sought a judicial review of the Irish Data Protection Commission’s preliminary decision that the company may have to halt trans-Atlantic data transfers using the most commonly used EU tool […]

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