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OnePlus Nord review: Android’s best bang for your buck with 90Hz, modern design, and a $450 price? Awesome.

2020-07-27 Danie

I’m only seeing good reviews about this phone and it’s great to see something this good coming in at the ‘affordable’ part of the pricing spectrum. It’s not a flagship phone but delivers more than […]

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UrBackup – Open Source client/server backup system that makes file and image backups while the system is running without interrupting current processes (Windows/Linux/FreeBSD)

2020-07-27 Danie

UrBackup also continuously watches folders you want backed up in order to quickly find differences to previous backups. Because of that, incremental file backups are really fast. Your files can be restored through the web […]

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South Africa now has the third-cheapest entry level broadband prices in the world but is 62nd on average pricing

2020-07-27 Danie

While South Africa has affordable entry-level broadband products, this is not the case for all local broadband products. The country’s median and average fixed-broadband prices are far more expensive than most of the other countries […]

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The Vuzix Blade: Probably the best AR glasses in 2020

2020-07-27 Danie

martglasses are considered the next big breakthrough for wearables that will filter into our daily lives. Putting useful connected features in front of our eyes is a challenge that both startups and major tech players […]

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How Fox Sports will use virtual fans created in Unreal Engine to fill empty stadiums in MLB broadcasts – May be great for a certain President’s political rallies!

2020-07-26 Danie

Starting this weekend, the network will not only be piping in fake fan audio, but it’ll also be filling the stands with digitally rendered fans for its MLB broadcasts, starting with this Saturday’s Yankees-Nationals game. […]

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Whoogle – The Anonymous Self-Hosted Google Alternative – Installs Easily With Docker On Any Self-Hosted NAS or VPS

2020-07-26 Danie

While I’ve been busy exploring 80+ easy-to-install services on my OpenMediaVault NAS at home (video coming soon), I just noticed Whoogle is one of the options. Of course, it can also be installed on a […]

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Exercise produces protein known as GPLD1 which benefits the brain… but few doctors prescribe exercise or better low-carb diets to patients?

2020-07-26 Danie

The study found that exercise prompts the liver to pump out a little-known protein, and that chemically upping the levels of that protein in out-of-shape, elderly animals rejuvenates their brains. This was also shown even […]

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The Flydigi Scorpion is a Bluetooth WASD gaming keyboard with mouse functionality for Android gaming

2020-07-26 Danie

When it comes to Bluetooth controllers, Android is able to read inputs from your standard dual joystick configuring. Some games require button mapping apps while others work without additional configuration. For the most part, your […]

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Every self-help book ever since 1859, boiled down to 11 simple rules

2020-07-26 Danie

The first self-described self-help book was published in 1859. The author’s name, improbably, was Samuel Smiles; the title, even more improbably, was Self-Help. A distillation of lessons from the lives of famous people who had […]

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The 6-year-old OnePlus One is getting Android 10, thanks to LineageOS 17.1 – Which is why OEMs CAN do this, and why you want to buy a LineageOS compatible phone

2020-07-26 Danie

Custom ROMs are no longer as popular as they once were, but they still have their place in the Android world. Here’s an example: the OnePlus One, a phone that came out in 2014, will […]

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