Android x86 Virtual Machine images for VMware and VirtualBox
here's a system that lets you try out Lineage android (cyanegenmod) in a virtualbox
Wacom Pens And Tablets For Linux - Wacom
aww, this is a bit heartwarming... realising that Wacom has been playing a role in the linux driver situation for some time now
How to Spot AI Hallucinations Like a Reference Librarian
important piece about AI hallucinations
5 Reasons You Should Use iWork Instead of Microsoft Office
worth considering... i've just looked at iWork in the iCloud web app, and it's Really Good btw
Murena Find - Search powered by Qwant
apparently this is a privacy-enhanced search engine from somewhere in europe (unsure of its quality yet)
Checkology® Virtual Classroom - The News Literacy Project
this looks intriguing, could be what i need for teaching digital literacy (is it really free?)
Scams, security and fraud information | Bank Australia
collection of resources around financial safety
‘Digital colonialism’: how AI companies are following the playbook of empire
interesting comparison of the current "tech-bro empire building" to colonialism
Ravenous big tech is here to feast on our resources — and its lobbying playbook is only just getting started
information about the AI data centres and their impact on climate
I quit paying for Adobe Acrobat after trying out this free PDF editor
plenty of hype in this article... i mean with Xournal++ and pdfArranger, i probs don't need any of the functionality this Bento app has, but seems worth investigating
How the internet became enshittified – and how we might be able to deshittify it
good explanation for Doctorow's concept
MW75 Neuro LT
ngl this seems kinda fascinating
How to Install and Log In to Windows 11 Without a Microsoft Account
important information to protect yourself from corporation surveillance (this might be blocked already, microsoft are on the case to prevent privacy and genuine ownership of software)
OpenAndroidInstaller
here's a graphical set of tools for when you want to install an alternative OS / rom on your android device
7 open-source Android apps I’d use even if they weren’t free
not a bad set of apps tbh
Google Issues VPN Warning For All Smartphone Users—Check This List
Check this list if you're using o VPN
Complete Beginner's Guide to Linux Ricing
great intro to the whole "ricing" phenomenon in linux worlds
VeraCrypt - Free Open source disk encryption with strong security for the Paranoid
this could be worth investigating, as a way to protect files in places like google drive for example
Caddy - The Ultimate Server with Automatic HTTPS
another web server app, open source and apparently popular. Would like to trial this on home systems
Meet the AI workers who tell their friends and family to stay away from AI | Artificial intelligence (AI) | The Guardian
A bit scary tbh
Free Unlimited Text to Speech with Humanlike AI Voices | SoundWise ai
here's a tts app from soundwise / open.ai
It’s Time to Audit Your Flash Drives
this is kind of important... for someone who uses a lot of USB flash drives (and who might have experienced data loss in a big way already)
FreeOffice service: Portable installation
this FreeOffice app is not bad tbh, altho i'm not sure about the "free" aspect... seems like there might be some premium aspects. Anyway, they have a portable app, which is great.
How Did Elon Musk Turn Grok Into MechaHitler? - The American Prospect
an explainer for how musk turned grok into a far-right monster
Shangrao, China – Earth View from Google
earthview seems to be back online after a long disruption
Deskreen — Screen sharing and present screen: Turn any device into a secondary screen for your computer
this looks promising as an app for connecting laptop and tablet (for example)
OpenMANET
not sure i could ever build this, but good to see people are making open source mesh wifi happen in real world
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Deep Dream: An In-Depth Exploration - GeeksforGeeks
is this how you can run Deep Dream now...?
From Terminal to GUI: The Best Local LLM Tools Compared
good piece comparing the various Local LLM tools - ollama vs vLLM vs Transformers vs LM Studio
Running Kali Linux in a Docker Container – IT4HOME – IT and security
apparently this is how you install kali linux in docker... it's not making much sense to me i must admit, but making progress