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Codec2: A Whole Podcast on a Floppy Disk
The automatic audio post production webservice.
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Don't use text pixelation to redact sensitive information
See why you should never use pixelation for redacting text and why it is a surefire way to get your data leaked. Learn from security researcher Dan Petro.
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Introducing Stack Overflow Documentation Beta
Today - thanks to our amazing community beta testers - we're shipping our biggest expansion to Stack Overflow since it first launched: Documentation .
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Unix Commands I Wish I’d Discovered Years Earlier
I've been using *nix systems for quite a while. But there are a few commands that I somehow overlooked and wish I'd discovered years earlier.
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The protester's guide to smartphone security
Your phone is an essential tool, but it also represents a huge risk to your privacy and security. Understanding these best practices when it comes to securing your smartphone will help keep you and your data safe.
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Apple TV, now with more Tailscale
Learn how Apple TV now supports Tailscale with tvOS 17, enabling secure remote networking, media streaming, and exit node functionality. Transform your Apple TV into a powerful networking tool today!
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Microsoft increases Office 365 and Microsoft 365 license prices
Customers will see their bills increase from July 1, 2026 when Microsoft 365 pricing increases go into effect, adding up to $3/month for licenses.
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How to find a lost phone in a no-cell-coverage camping site?
Or <em>"How to find a lost phone in a no-cell-coverage camping site?"</em>
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Open-sourcing Facebook Infer: Identify bugs before you ship
Today, we’re open-sourcing Facebook Infer, a static program analyzer that Facebook uses to identify bugs before mobile code is shipped. Static analyzers are automated tools that spot bugs in …
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Hacker's Guide to Setting Up Your Mac
Co-managed IT supplements an overextended internal team with specialized expertise, enterprise-grade tools, and overflow capacity without the massive overhead of hiring additional full-time personnel. Mid-market
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Indexing a year of video locally on a 2021 MacBook with Gemma4-31B (50GB swap)
How I built a queryable video archive locally on a 2021 MacBook Pro M1 Max using Gemma 4 31B in LM Studio. The build journey, the absurdity of 50GB of swap, and four bugs that taught real lessons.
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How to Take Smart Notes
I long ago stopped reading books on note-taking. They were always too vague and boring, full of platitudes that had little to do with the world outside
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Apps SDK
Learn to build plugins for ChatGPT and Codex with skills, MCP servers, and optional UI. Explore developer guides for authentication, testing, and publishing.
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Google Authenticator now supports Google Account synchronization
Christiaan Brand, Group Product Manager We are excited to announce an update to Google Authenticator , across both iOS and Android, which a...
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Thunderbird for iOS
The team has been working hard behind the scenes laying a strong foundation for the Thunderbird iOS app, building natively from scratch.
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Signal Introduces Stories
If your favorite way to update your friends about life disappears in 24 hours, we’ve got some happy news for you. Stories are now available on Signal for Android and iOS, with Desktop coming soon!
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Transitioning from Docker to Podman
Learn how to install Podman, practice its basic commands, transition away from Docker, and set up Apache HTTP Server 2.4 in a CentOS container with Podman.
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A Server Naming Scheme
Here at MNX, we’ve been busy setting up a brand new data center for our cloud hosted services. We started off as a consulting company providing managed Linux services, which means we have been exposed to a ton of different customer environments and an equal number of schemes for naming equipment…not all of them good…
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Is Grammarly a keylogger? What can you do about it?
Is Grammarly a keylogger? Here's what to consider so employees can reap the benefit of this valuable tool without compromising data security.
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Cloudflare Email Service
Agents are becoming multi-channel. That means making them available wherever your users already are — including the inbox. Today, Cloudflare Email Service enters public beta with the infrastructure layer to make that easy: send, receive, and process email natively from your agents.
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Zq: An easier and faster alternative to jq
Take an in-depth look at the different computational models of zq and jq.
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Tmux and Vim – better together
There are numerous benefits of using tmux. The benefits I discussed there are independent of one’s choice of text editor. But if you’re a vim user, the benefits of tmux reach even further. One of the best aspects of tmux is that it unlocks the potential for a more powerful vim-based development environment, allowing…
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Microsoft's new foldable keyboard
The latest news and stories about how technology is helping people around the world solve problems, innovate and do more each day.
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What is Nix and why you should try it
Normally our Unix systems organise the file system in a structure called the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS). Installing into an FHS has limitations, what would happen if we want to install, for example, two different versions of ruby at the same time? Typically this isn't possible without explicitly specifying a…
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Memory and new controls for ChatGPT
We’re testing the ability for ChatGPT to remember things you discuss to make future chats more helpful. You’re in control of ChatGPT’s memory.
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SEO case study: 8k to 200k monthly organic traffic
An SEO case study: the 7 steps we used to grow a SaaS site from 0 to 197,514 monthly organic visitors in under two years, with what actually moved it.
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An ex-Googler’s guide to dev tools
After leaving Google, many engineers miss the developer tools. Here's one ex-Googler's guide to navigating the dev tools landscape outside of Google, finding the ones that fill the gaps you're feeling, and introducing these to your new team.