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Category: Blog

You can develop native apps for Android using Python

2024-09-222024-09-22 Danie
Old CRT monitor with a hand extending out of it. Above the hand is hovering a Python logo. On the left and right sides of the monitor are green Android robotos. In the background can be seen some random Python coding statements.

Python’s simplicity and readability make it an attractive choice for developers looking to quickly develop and deploy applications. Although Java and Kotlin are the traditional languages for Android development, Python offers a streamlined alternative that […]

Blogandroid, python, technology

Car guards going cashless in South Africa can often double their income

2024-09-222024-09-22 Danie
A car guard wearing a neon orange jacket with the words on the back: SCUD security services.

Digital payment solution Street Wallet is helping car guards across South Africa to increase and sometimes even double their daily income in an increasingly cashless society, the Sunday Times reports. Street Wallet offers customers multiple […]

Blogcashless, digitaleconomy, southafrica, technology

Redis has reason to be worried as Valkey 8 fork moves beyond its parent program

2024-09-212024-09-21 Danie
Valkey

In March 2024, Redis announced that it was dumping the open source BSD 3-clause license for its Redis in-memory key-value database for a “source-available” Redis Source Available License (RSALv2) and Server Side Public License (SSPLv1). […]

Blogopensource, technology

The mystery of the rogue HP calculator: 12C or not 12C? That is the question

2024-09-212024-09-21 Danie
A retro style HP 12C calculator

For most of us, a calculator might have been superseded by Excel or an app on a phone, yet there remains a die-hard contingent with a passion for the push-button marvels. So, the shocking discovery […]

Blogcalculators, retro, technology

Will your SSD lose data without power? Don’t store it for long periods

2024-09-202024-09-20 Danie
View of one side of a SSD drive showing two black square integrated circuits on top of it

There are some concerns about even the best SSDs losing data if kept without power, and people may question their feasibility for long-term storage. There’s some truth to this, as SSDs use flash storage to […]

BlogSSD, technology

Kelsey Hightower: If governments rely on FOSS, they should fund it

2024-09-192024-09-19 Danie
Man sitting in a chair on a stage, holding a microphone. Behind is a banner saying Welcome to Civo Navigate Europe 2024

Acclaimed engineer Kelsey Hightower, who stopped coding for money in 2023, remains an influential figure in the world of software, and he’s proposing something that might stir up the open source community. Funding open source […]

BlogFOSS, government, opensource, technology

Inside Joburg’s new lithium battery recycling plant which uses food-safe chemicals

2024-09-182024-09-18 Danie
Transparent tubes containing special chemicals that extract valuable metals from lithium-ion batteries, are attached to a wall. In front stands three people being addressed by a 4th person who is explaining the process.

Once collected, the batteries undergo shredding, which exposes the valuable metal-containing black mass at their core. From there, the black mass enters a proprietary hydrometallurgical process, where a blend of food-safe chemicals is used to […]

Blogenvironment, recycling, southafrica, technology

How I turned OBS into a ShadowPlay replacement — works on Windows, macOS, and Linux

2024-09-172024-09-17 Danie
Part of a map in the background, and overlaid in the foreground are three large icons with text labels Instant Replay, Record, and Broadcast LIVE.

If you have an Nvidia graphics card, you’ve probably heard of ShadowPlay. It’s a feature that you can enable so that when you press a key bind, it saves the last X amount of minutes […]

Bloggaming, technology

Apple officially rolls out RCS for iPhone, but many carriers still don’t support it

2024-09-172024-09-17 Danie
An iPhone resting on a wooden surface. On its screen can be seen the keyboard and an image of an aeroplane cockpit window with the word Discovery beneath it.

The linked article also contains a link to the Apple Support site, which shows what sort of services are live across the various networks around the world. As of today, 25 networks in the USA […]

Blogios, RCS, technology

The Danger of Cheap Gadgets: The Rise Of Self-Cleaning, Cat-Killing Litter Boxes

2024-09-172024-09-17 Danie
A white self-cleaning cat litter box which looks like a round basket with a cover and a grey doorway in the front (a bit like a front loading washing machine). A toy ginger cat is shown to be stuck in the door, which has closed on it. The back end of the toy cat is protruding out of the door.

Machines that automate the various tedious tasks that come with being a servant in a cat’s household — like feeding and cleaning Mr. Fluffles’ litter box — are generally a godsend, as they ensure a […]

Bloggadgets, safety, technology

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