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Amazon gets approval for Internet-beaming satellites – I’d prefer a Swiss network rather than China or a US owned network though

2020-07-31 Danie

Dubbed Project Kuiper, the initiative aims to build and launch a constellation of 3,236 of low-earth orbit (LEO) satellites to provide reliable, affordable broadband service to unserved and underserved communities around the world. The problem […]

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Like SMS and e-mail are universal open standards, consumers should demand the same open basic messaging across platforms

2020-07-31 Danie

Like SMS and e-mail are universal open standards, consumers should demand the same open basic messaging across #whatsapp #telegram #messenger #imessage and others to allow choice and freedom of communication from walled gardens controlled by […]

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Tap, Tap app brings iOS 14/Android 11’s Back Tap gesture to any Android device (Android 7.0 Nougat and higher)

2020-07-31 Danie

Tap, Tap brings the double back tap gesture to any ARMv8 device running Android 7.0 Nougat and higher. In the demo video that I embedded above, I double tapped the back of my Pixel 4 […]

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Telegram messenger tests floating chat head bubbles for messages – How to enable it from the debug menu

2020-07-31 Danie

Telegram for Android appears to be testing chat head bubbles for messages. The feature, which is buried in beta version 6.3.0 of the app, allows users to keep conversations at the forefront of their device […]

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Huawei overtakes Samsung as world’s biggest smartphone vendor, says report – US Ban is only hurting End Consumers

2020-07-30 Danie

For the first time ever, Huawei has shipped more smartphones worldwide over a quarter than any other company, according to a new report from analyst firm Canalys. Huawei has long harbored ambitions to overtake Samsung […]

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Netgear has quietly decided not to patch more than 40 home routers to plug a remote code execution vulnerability – despite security researchers having published proof-of-concept exploit code

2020-07-30 Danie

The vulnerability was revealed publicly in June by Trend Micro’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) following six months spent chivvying Netgear behind the scenes to take it seriously.Keen-eyed Reg readers, however, noticed that Netgear quietly declared […]

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Google One will backup iOS or Android devices for ‘free’ – Can users set their own encryption password is my question?

2020-07-30 Danie

Backups are a great idea but hopefully these are not going "in the clear" for Google to harvest the info from all Android and iOS users? I found no mention in their blog post either […]

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Thousands of my tech posts are searchable at https://gadgeteer.co.za/blog

2020-07-30 Danie

I blog daily about tech news, green tech, and open source software that is probably of interest to most people, and it is easy to search on my blog for any topics covered before. I […]

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Duplicati is open source software to store encrypted backups online for Windows, macOS and Linux to popular services like Backblaze B2, Tardigrade, Microsoft OneDrive, Amazon S3, Google Drive

2020-07-30 Danie

This software is designed to backup via the Internet to online cloud backup services and allows you set your own encryption keys (AES-256 encryption – you need not trust the cloud provider). Save space with […]

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Turkey: Social media law’s passage raises censorship worries – Is the solution to go decentralised and federated for social networks so there is no central control?

2020-07-29 Danie

The big central networks are actually easy targets to pass laws on and to censor (block, slow down, etc) and obviously the networks like that model as its great for advertising reach. Even spy agencies […]

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