A Phone? A Ham Radio? Relax! It’s Both!
A lot of hams like to carry a VHF radio. Of course, nearly everyone wants to carry a phone. Now, thanks to the kv4p HT, you don’t have to carry both. The open-source device connects […]
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How to Install ZRAM to Boost Ubuntu Performance
If you’re using Ubuntu and want to improve your system’s performance, especially on machines with limited RAM, ZRAM is a great solution, as it creates a compressed block device in RAM, which helps to manage […]
DC Releases New Range of Webcomics Formatted for Mobile Devices
DC Comics has announced DC GO!, “a new frontier of webcomics” available exclusively on the DC Universe Infinite app—the company’s official digital subscription service for web, iOS, and Android. Comics have long been able to […]
South African doctor building breakthrough apps – Real Innovation is needed for Change
A South African doctor hopes to transform the medical field by developing products and services that solve problems typically experienced by remote and underfunded state hospitals and clinics, reports Rapport. One of these projects solves […]
The 30-year-old internet backdoor law that came back to bite
News broke this weekend that China-backed hackers have compromised the wiretap systems of several U.S. telecom and internet providers, likely in an effort to gather intelligence on Americans. The wiretap systems, as mandated under a […]
Open Source Android Find My Device app that works without any Google services
You can control FMD (and thus your phone) either via SMS or via FMD Server (server can be self-hosted too). You send a command to the phone (e.g. “fmd ring”) and the phone executes it. […]
Openvibe is a single iOS and Android app for Bluesky, Mastodon, Threads, and Nostr decentralised networks
Often we have different friends on different social networks. This app allows you to have a single timeline to read across all these popular decentralised social networks, and to also cross post to all of […]
Missing Thunderbirds footage found in British garden shed
Previously unseen footage from the classic British TV show Thunderbirds has been found in a garden shed and restored – where possible – for viewing next year. The family of a recently deceased former editor […]
Will IPv6 ever replace IPv4? It’s like moving from Windows to Linux
Yes, well over 10 years that IPv6 has been formally announced and in the process of being rolled out (and out, and out). Reading the linked article though regarding backwards compatibility, it does remind me […]
Thinking of Buying a Cheap Racing Wheel? Don’t Bother
Incredibly true! I wasted money my first time around by “saving” money on a cheaper steering wheel… That 270 deg rotation, no pedals, no gear shifter option, compatibility issues, etc all broke my experience. I […]