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Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 30/09/2026

Honor’s Magic 9 Pro Max Has a Shotgun Mic and a 500mm Lens Mount “The Honor Magic 9 Pro Max launches in China on September 28 with a directional “shotgun” microphone, ARRI cinem... See gadgeteer.co.za/honors-magic-9-pro-… #photography #technology

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Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 29/09/2026

Veilamp is an open source music player that also streams your music to friends You really have to see this cross-platform player to believe everyth... See gadgeteer.co.za/veilamp-is-an-open-… #music #opensource #privacy #technology

Veilamp music player showing Bon Jovi’s “(You Want to) Make a Memory,” Grammy nominees artwork, VU meters, equalizer, and playback controls.

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Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 28/09/2026

First for South Africa as robotic exoskeleton aids Table Mountain rescue I can really sympathise with this situation as it happened to me as well a few years... See gadgeteer.co.za/first-for-south-afr… #capetown #southafrica #technology

Rescue team members use headlamps while navigating a rocky, wooded mountain trail at night.

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Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 26/09/2026

Microsoft going back to its roots and breaking spreadsheet compatibility “Microsoft has ended 40 years of single-occupancy for Excel cells and is now allow... See gadgeteer.co.za/microsoft-going-bac… #microsoft #openstandards #technology

Illustration of Microsoft Excel displaying unreadable characters, with errors in Google Sheets, LibreOffice Calc, Apple Numbers, and CSV import.

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Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 25/09/2026

F-Droid’s Android open-source app store has been rebuilt from the ground up “Virtually every Android device comes with the Play Store preloaded, but t... See gadgeteer.co.za/f-droids-android-op… #android #fdroid #opensource #technology

Smartphone displaying the F-Droid app store on a green cutting mat, with various app icons visible.

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Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 22/09/2026

OSS Document Scanner is an open source mobile app to scan documents to PDF This mobile app does largely what Adobe PDF Scan or similar apps do, but... See gadgeteer.co.za/oss-document-scanne… #documents #opensource #privacy #technology

Promotional graphic showing the OSS Document Scanner app on two smartphones, with scanned documents displayed against a turquoise background.

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Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 20/09/2026

Grist is an open source self-hosted spreadsheet with a database hiding underneath “Grist is a relational spreadsheet-databas... See gadgeteer.co.za/grist-is-an-open-so… #opensource #privacy #selfhosting #spreadsheets #technology

Laptop displaying a spreadsheet on a wooden table, flanked by two large pine cones, with home decor in the background.

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Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 16/09/2026

OpenCode is an open source alternative to Claude Code OpenCode is an open source agent that helps you write and run code with any AI model, including free (for now althoug... See gadgeteer.co.za/opencode-is-an-open… #ai #opensource #programming #technology

Computer monitor displaying OpenCode interface, with Star Wars lunchbox, mechanical keyboard, and copper desk lamp on a desk.

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Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 15/09/2026

AI Efficiency Could Cost Us the Next Generation of Experts This is a very though-provoking that applies much wider than just AI. In fact, its origins go back to long before AI was eve... See gadgeteer.co.za/ai-efficiency-could… #ai #skills #technology

Illustration of a human hand and a robotic hand measuring with a caliper against a blueprint background.

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Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 12/09/2026

Immurok Fingerprint Key Unlocks Linux, Approves SSH and AI Agents “It is a tiny wireless box that can unlock your desktop session, approve a sudo command, authenticate via... See gadgeteer.co.za/immurok-fingerprint… #linux #security #technology

Finger about to press a small device next to buttons labeled Unlock Screen, Authorize sudo, Confirm System Prompts, Autofill TOTP, Approve AI Agents, and Sign SSH & Git.

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Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 09/09/2026

Australians Could Soon Opt Out of Social Media Algorithms Altogether “The Australian government is proposing to give social media users the option to switch... See gadgeteer.co.za/australians-could-s… #doomscrolling #socialmedia #technology

Smartphone screen displaying a folder labeled "Social networks" with popular social media app icons, against a background of green binary code.

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Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 08/09/2026

I discovered KDE’s hidden superpowers after installing these 3 open-source utilities “If you've been in the Linux space for a while, you know jus... See gadgeteer.co.za/i-discovered-kdes-h… #kde #opensource #plasma #technology

Screenshot of the "Panel colorizer Settings" window showing various preset options for panel appearance and customization on a desktop PC.

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Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 06/09/2026

Kept is an open-source self-hosted alternative to Google Keep notes It looks and feels like Google Keep notes, but is private and tracker-free. It has som... See gadgeteer.co.za/kept-is-an-open-sou… #notes #opensource #selfhosting #technology

Person writing on colorful sticky notes on a wall, with text about Kept, an open-source private alternative to Google Keep.

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Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 02/09/2026

“I’m Not Dead Yet!” Reverse Polish Notation Calculators You Can Still Buy “RPN isn’t exactly the way people calculate with pencil and paper, and it certainly wasn’t d... See gadgeteer.co.za/im-not-dead-yet-rev… #calculators #rpn #technology

Vintage Hewlett-Packard calculator with red LED display and black, blue, and beige buttons on a dark background.

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Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 31/08/2026

Tether Brings the Apple Continuity Experience to Linux “Continuity. That is Apple's catch-all term for how iPhone, iPad, and Mac talk to each other. It covers a wide range of small c... See gadgeteer.co.za/tether-brings-the-a… #ios #opensource #technology

Diagram showing Tether software linking iPhone to Linux via WiFi for file transfer and Bluetooth LE for messages, contacts, and notifications sync.

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Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 31/08/2026

Could flipping Raise wrist to wake and Always On Display (AOD) improve battery life? This is an interesting option to try (I have a Pebble watch, so battery li... See gadgeteer.co.za/could-flipping-rais… #batterylife #technology

Close-up of a wristwatch with a black dial and rubber strap worn on a person's arm, with a blurred background.

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Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 31/08/2026

BRICS countries resolved to have own distros from late 2000s. South Africa actually had Impi Linux, but "lost" it. SA is probably only BRICS country now without its own Linux as it is invested in Microsoft's cloud.

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Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 29/08/2026

Scientist learns in front of peers why we cannot trust AI Blindly “Sutter’s cringe-inducing tale perfectly illustrates how many users of AI tools are putting themselves at risk without... See gadgeteer.co.za/scientist-learns-in… #ai #technology

Man in suit speaking into a microphone at a conference with a blurred audience in the background.

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Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 28/08/2026

Image Toolbox is an open source Android app for social media creators “For you, as a content creator, the tools that matter the most are batch... See gadgeteer.co.za/image-toolbox-is-an… #contentcreation #opensource #socialmedia #technology

Screenshot of an Image Toolbox app with options for Single Edit, Resize and Convert, Format Conversion, and Crop functions.

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Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 28/08/2026

HAMgpt Launches as a Personal AI Copilot Built Specifically for Amateur Radio “Unlike a general-purpose chatbot, HAMgpt is built around the real ope... See gadgeteer.co.za/hamgpt-launches-as-… #ai #amateurradio #hamradio #technology

A friendly robot with headphones promotes HAMGPT, an AI copilot for amateur radio, alongside radio gear, notebook, laptop, and coffee mug.

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Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 26/08/2026

The Days Of Broadcast Digital TV Could Be Numbered “When the analogue TV signals were turned off in most places around fifteen years ago, their replacement took the form of a set of dig... See gadgeteer.co.za/the-days-of-broadca… #disasters #radio #technology

Old television partially submerged in muddy floodwater with a faint reflection of a person and electrical wires.

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Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 26/08/2026

Quest VR Headset Becomes Unlocked Hardware “The Quest virtual reality headset gets a fully unlocked bootloader thanks to the QuestStack tool, which automates a complex process of privilege escalation to prov... See gadgeteer.co.za/quest-vr-headset-be… #technology #vr

Digital art of a person in a green futuristic suit wearing a high-tech VR headset with a surprised expression on a blue hexagonal background.

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Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 25/08/2026

I tested out the new Elecrow ThinkNode M9 with MeshCore Decentralised Radio Network For those who don't know, MeshCore (similar to Mesh... See gadgeteer.co.za/i-tested-out-the-ne… #meshcore #opensource #technology #thinknodem9

Elecrow ThinkNode M9 MeshCore radio that looks just like an old Blackberry phone

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Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 22/08/2026

Jellyfin Playlist Membership — Easily browse Jellyfin Music song titles to add or remove from playlists I wanted to quickly... See gadgeteer.co.za/jellyfin-playlist-m… #jellyfin #music #opensource #technology

Screenshot of Jellyfin Playlist Membership interface showing a list of songs, artists, albums, and playlist tags in a dark-themed UI.

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Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 19/08/2026

Moving your Linux home folder to a dedicated drive is the distro-hopping secret I wish I knew earlier “Home is where the heart is. On Linux, home... See gadgeteer.co.za/moving-your-linux-h… #linux #technology

Laptop screen shows a disk partition editor with a pop-up to edit an ext4 partition mounted at /home during OS installation.

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Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 18/08/2026

The Powerful Chinese AI Model Experts Warned About Is Here The “best” model is not always the “best” model for you. Why I say this, is because Z.ai's model is still outperformed in... See gadgeteer.co.za/the-powerful-chines… #ai #archiving #technology

Chat interface showing a conversation with the GLM-5.2 language model from Z.ai on a dark-themed screen.

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Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 18/08/2026

Open Source Caving: 20 Years of Making Cave Mapping Tools “In his talk Open Source Caving: 20 Years of Making Cave Mapping Tools at Hackaday Europe 2026, Phil takes us through a... See gadgeteer.co.za/open-source-caving-… #caving #opensource #technology

Inside a large rocky cave, miners with helmets explore uneven terrain, overlaid with blue grid lines and a red connecting line.

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Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 18/08/2026

N64 classic GoldenEye 007 has been 100% decompiled, paving the way for mods and ports “Rare's GoldenEye 007, which dropped back in 1997, is one of the most... See gadgeteer.co.za/n64-classic-goldene… #gaming #retro #technology

First-person view of a video game character holding a rifle on a concrete bridge with guard towers and mountains in the background at night.

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Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 17/08/2026

Cheap USB-C chargers are actually fine—these 4 specs are all that matter “These days, buying a charger requires you to be familiar with USB PD, PPS, GaN, and a handful of othe... See gadgeteer.co.za/cheap-usb-c-charger… #technology #usbc

Three smartphone chargers with different plugs and a red USB cable on a black surface.

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Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 16/08/2026

nfSensei is an open source fork of pfSense, by the original creator, for Linux “nfSensei is a modern network operating system built fro... See gadgeteer.co.za/nfsensei-is-an-open… #firewalls #nfsensei #opensource #pfsense #technology

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Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 15/08/2026

FairEmail is an open source privacy orientated email app “Setup was IMAP credentials for each of my personal accounts. There's no account to create with th... See gadgeteer.co.za/fairemail-is-an-ope… #email #opensource #privacy #technology #vendorlockin

Hand holding a phone displaying the FairEmail app page on the Google Play Store with an install button visible.

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Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 15/08/2026

I Remember These Modular Electronics Kits It's a real pity these kits are no longer around as they really “spark” an interest in building practical things, and in electronics. Mine was a 50-in-1 kit... See gadgeteer.co.za/i-remember-these-mo… #electronics #technology

Two people working on a wired electronic circuit board with various components on a black table.

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Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 14/08/2026

Homelabbers and Desktop Tweakers may want to move beyond just plain AI chat The days of asking AI a question, or pasting a config file in, and then past... See gadgeteer.co.za/homelabbers-and-des… #ai #homelab #selfhosting #technology

Man at computer screen with AI workflow automation connecting Docker, logs, configs, filesystem, reverse proxy for tasks like diagnosis and optimization.

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Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 11/08/2026

SoloMD is a simpler markdown open-source app that opens your whole Obsidian vault “Obsidian is probably one of the best note-taking apps out there... See gadgeteer.co.za/solomd-is-a-simpler… #ai #markdown #opensource #technology

Screenshot of a markdown cheat sheet in a text editor, showing markdown syntax examples and a sidebar with file explorer and outline panels.

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Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 09/08/2026

Track Bird Visitors With A Raspberry Pi And A USB Mic “Avian Visitors is a lovely project by Teddy Warner that uses a Raspberry Pi and microphone to keep track of which birds have b... See gadgeteer.co.za/track-bird-visitors… #birds #opensource #technology

Framed wall art with illustrations of various birds and the text "Heard Today" in a wooden frame.

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Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 09/08/2026

I turned my security cameras into AI assistants with open-source LLM Vision “LLM Vision is a free, open-source Home Assistant integration that lets an... See gadgeteer.co.za/i-turned-my-securit… #cctv #opensource #privacy #technology

Smartphone screen showing a Home Assistant notification about black trash cans visible by the front door.

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Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 08/08/2026

Netflix accounts taken over in South Africa through session cookie hijacking “These cookies allow users to stay logged in to websites or to save items in... See gadgeteer.co.za/netflix-accounts-ta… #security #southafrica #technology

Modern office building with large red "NETFLIX" sign on the rooftop under a clear blue sky.

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Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 07/08/2026

Google Search is likely Yahooed now This is a lesson that you are never too big to disappear. I remember the arrival of Google Search (when that was all they did) and how it collapsed Yahoo search from the... See gadgeteer.co.za/google-search-is-li… #ai #search #technology

Cartoon man in suit and sunglasses holding a vintage CRT monitor showing a boy giving a thumbs-up with a neon digital background.

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Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 07/08/2026

RSS-Bridge generates web feeds for websites that don’t have one You can either self-host the service, in many different ways, or there is also an official online instance you... See gadgeteer.co.za/rss-bridge-generate… #opensource #rss #technology

Alt text: RSS Bridge web page interface showing a search bar to find feeds and a list of news sources like ABC News and A Bola.

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Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 06/08/2026

OpenAI is giving ChatGPT free users unlimited text chats “OpenAI is making a big change for ChatGPT users on its free and Go tiers: Starting next week, users on those tiers will be able to have... See gadgeteer.co.za/openai-is-giving-ch… #ai #technology

Abstract green geometric design with interlocking shapes forming a floral pattern in the center on a muted green background.

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Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 06/08/2026

Team South Africa wins at NASA space engineering competition “The international finals for the world’s longest-running space engineering competition were held at NASA’s Kennedy Spa... See gadgeteer.co.za/team-south-africa-w… #southafrica #technology

Group of smiling young people proudly holding medals and a South African flag at an award event.

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Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 03/08/2026

Spam callers face penalties of up to R1,000,000 in South Africa So a few amendments made, but what I really am happy to finally see, is the loophole closed around marketers... See gadgeteer.co.za/spam-callers-face-p… #southafrica #spam #technology

Man in suit and glasses speaking at podium with microphones, floral arrangement, and map with South African and Lesotho flags in background.

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Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 30/07/2026

LG Monitors Fill Windows PCs With Adware, and It’s Not Just Recent Displays “If you’re using an LG monitor and you suddenly see blaring ads for McAfee scam prote... See gadgeteer.co.za/lg-monitors-fill-wi… #privacy #technology #tracking

Curved monitor displaying a first-person car racing game, with a steering wheel and dashboard visible, set against a pink LED-lit desk.

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Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 28/07/2026

It Seems a Lot Like Dead Internet Has Actually Come True “The infamous dead internet theory was originally a conspiracy that posited that the vast majority of the internet was run by bots... See gadgeteer.co.za/it-seems-a-lot-like… #ai #bots #technology

Glitch art of a red skull with dark eye sockets on a black background, featuring horizontal distortion lines and pixelated texture.

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Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 25/07/2026

EskomSePush app transitioned to neighbourhood service disruptions otherwise it would have died This is the story of how the app evolved from being... See gadgeteer.co.za/eskomsepush-app-tra… #southafrica #technology

Newspaper headline dated May 21, 2015, reading "Eskom-Sepush outstrips Facebook" on a Cape Times front page.

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Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 25/07/2026

Africa’s most popular phones have a tracking problem and explains where data disappears to "Roughly one in two smartphones sold in Africa... See gadgeteer.co.za/africas-most-popula… #africa #privacy #technology #tracking

Close-up of a concerned young man with blonde hair talking on a phone against a bright orange background.

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Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 24/07/2026

MeshCore Radio for Social Networking and Disasters with zero Internet required The Boland Amateur Radio Club (BARC) invited me to... See gadgeteer.co.za/meshcore-radio-for-… #disasters #meshcore #opensource #southafrica #technology

Flyer for Western Cape Hamnet Meshcore Tech Talk on 23 July 2026 at 19:30 SAST, hosted by Danie ZS1OSS via Zoom.

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Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 23/07/2026

FokOffMense is South Africa’s spam block and POPIA toolkit Block community-flagged spam on Android, send formal POPIA opt-outs, and monitor breaches — one SA account, no ads. iO... See gadgeteer.co.za/fokoffmense-is-sout… #southafrica #spam #technology

Dashboard screen showing exposure score of 0/100, sections for breaches and community shield with 94 alerts, and call & SMS report input.

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Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 22/07/2026

Hugging Face Said Last Week It Was Attacked. An Unreleased OpenAI Model Did It, OpenAI Now Says “OpenAI’s blog post essentially says an evaluation... See gadgeteer.co.za/hugging-face-said-l… #ai #security #technology

Man with curly hair in a blue suit and maroon polka dot tie looking surprised against a blurred indoor background.

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Danie @gadgeteer.co.za · 21/07/2026

Euki Period-Tracking App Actually Keeps Your Data Private "Period tracking is a simple job that plenty of apps can do. But most apps these days—including those that track health d... See gadgeteer.co.za/euki-period-trackin… #health #privacy #technology

Alt text: Screenshots of a menstrual tracking app showing symptom logging, privacy settings for data deletion, and a confirmation prompt for permanent data removal.

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