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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Google Tasks
Google Tasks is a task management application which lets users manage, capture, and edit their tasks. It’s included with Google Workspace.... Read more
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Wall Street doesn’t seem too keen on a potential Salesforce-Informatica pairing
Amid rumors that Salesforce is interested in buying Informatica, investors aren't taking kindly to the potential pairing. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... Read more
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Equities platform Midas raises $45M Series A as fintech retains its sparkle in Turkey
Midas, a fintech startup that allows people in Turkey to invest in U.S. and Turkish equities, says it has raised $45 million in a funding round led by Portage Ventures of Canada. The startup is aimed at Turkey’s retail investor market and claims to have more than 2 million users.... Read more
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Pitch Deck Teardown: Geodesic.Life’s $500K pre-seed deck
While Geodesic.Life’s deck impresses with its aesthetic design, featuring a tasteful color palette, appealing illustrations and a concise text, it does have some crucial shortcomings. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... Read more
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Godot's Vulkan Backend Seeing Better Performance, 10~20% Reduction In Frame Times
The Godot game engine has spent the past number of months collaborating with Google and The Forge to bring performance optimizations to their Vulkan back-end. While the immediate focus was on bettering Godot's Vulkan performance for Android mobile devices, this work will ultimately benefit all Vulkan platforms/users...... Read more
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FIREBAT T8 Plus Mini PC Running Linux: Installing and Configuring EndeavourOS
For this article in the series, we explore installing and configuring EndeavourOS. The post FIREBAT T8 Plus Mini PC Running Linux: Installing and Configuring EndeavourOS appeared first on LinuxLinks.... Read more
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Congressional Testimony On Section 230 Was So Wrong That It Should Be Struck From The Record
A few months ago, we wondered if Wired had fired its entire fact-checking staff because it published what appeared to be a facts-optional article co-authored by professional consistently wrong Jaron Lanier and an academic I’d not come across before, Allison Stanger. The article suggested that getting rid of Section 230... Read more
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EFF, Human Rights Organizations Call for Urgent Action in Case of Alaa Abd El Fattah
Following an urgent appeal filed to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD) on behalf of blogger and activist Alaa Abd El Fattah, EFF has joined 26 free expression and human rights organizations calling for immediate action. The appeal to the UNWGAD was initially filed in November 2023... Read more
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How writing zip support for Windows almost cost its creator his job at Microsoft
These days, we take Windows' built-in zip support for granted, even if we prefer to use an alternative tool like 7-Zip. The story of how Microsoft added zip functionality to its operating system is an interesting one, and the guy responsible for it reveals how its creation nearly got him... Read more
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Miracle-WM 0.2 Released For Mir-Based Wayland Compositor
Announced back in February was Miracle-WM as a Wayland compositor built atop Mir and developed by Canonical engineer Matthew Kosarek. Today he announced version 0.2 as the latest feature update to this Wayland compositor with tiling window management...... Read more