The messaging mess is worse than ever these days. Everyone is falling for the proprietary messaging app scams that always follow the cycle of enshittification. These messaging apps are designed to collect a large user …
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Huion Kamvas Pro 19 Review
While consumer grade tablets like the iPad are great for larger screen couch pen computing, sometimes you really need the power and robust software capabilities of a real computer, but still with that precise pressure …
Continue readingIs my phone about to explode? Why the EU is right to mandate removable batteries.
For a long time now, smartphones have had glued-in non-removable batteries that you have to recharge, and it kind of sucks. I’m sure a lot of young people have never even had a smartphone with …
Continue readingIf you think Airdrop is cool, wait until you try FTP
Sure, Apple’s AirDrop is great for making adhoc Wi-Fi connections between nearby devices and quickly transferring large files, but Airdrop has one major problem; it only works with Apple devices. That’s a huge disadvantage for …
Continue readingTECNO’s new mobile camera tech is extremely interesting
At TECNO’s “Future Lens” event we got to hear about some very interesting technology that TECNO hopes to someday integrate with their mobile phone cameras. There aren’t any prototypes to review or evaluate yet, and …
Continue readingLenovo Legion Go Review: A PC Gamer’s Dream Portable
High-end Windows PCs have always been the best devices for the best graphics in the latest video games, but what if you want to play some of those PC games while you’re bored sitting on …
Continue readingUnihertz Jelly Star Review: There’s nothing like this gorgeous tiny Android phone
Have you ever missed the old days around the turn of the century when smartphones were designed to fit in your hand and actually be usable with that hand? In 2004, the i-mate JAM was the …
Continue reading8 ways the Fediverse is better than Meta Threads by Instagram
Meta (Facebook) released yet another social media network app called “Threads by Instagram”. It’s basically a clone of the Twitter interface, but automatically lets you follow everyone you follow on Instagram. That’s the thing that …
Continue readingThe most intelligent people on the internet use this instead of Slack, Teams, or Discord
There are hundreds of messaging apps out there these days. Slack is one that has recently become popular for business communications as has Microsoft Teams. Discord is another one that’s become popular with gamers and …
Continue readingThe Fediverse should avoid bundling Private Messages completely and implement this instead.
Many servers in the Fediverse have implemented “private mentions” or “private messages” or “direct messages” in a manner that uses the ActivityPub protocol without encryption. Fediverse server administrators are able to read all of these …
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