techwire (@techwire@social.gamefan.net)
Apple to seek tariff refunds, plans to reinvest money in U.S. manufacturing
Apple CEO Tim Cook said today that the company is seeking refunds for duties it paid under tariffs Donald Trump announced last year, which the Supreme Court recently ruled unconstitutional. Here are the details. more…
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pkirn (@pkirn@mastodon.social)
Link Audio, now in Max, Pd, VCV Rack, TouchDesigner, oF, and plug-ins, free:
https://cdm.link/void-link-audio/
Peer-to-peer sync and audio routing over any local machine or local network, now in an experimental #opensource build from @julienbayle
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techwire (@techwire@social.gamefan.net)
9to5Mac Daily: April 30, 2026 – OpenAI smartphone, more
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from 9to5Mac. 9to5Mac Daily is available on iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Play, or through our dedicated RSS feed for Overcast and other podcas…
https://9to5mac.com/2026/04/30/9to5mac-daily-april-30-2026/
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Pulrepo (@Pulrepo@mastodon.social)
🚀 This Week in Image & Video Generation: Fastest-Growing Projects — May 02, 2026
The Image & Video Generation space has seen tremendous growth this week, with several tools gaining significant traction on GitHub. The trend is clear: developers are eager to tap into the potential o...
Read full report → https://pullrepo.com/report/this-week-in-image-video-generation-fastest-growing-projects-may-02-2026-2
#AI #OpenSource #GitHub #Tech #ImageVideoGeneration
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techwire (@techwire@social.gamefan.net)
Apple shares June quarter guidance with 14% to 17% revenue growth outlook
Apple today provided its guidance for the June quarter of fiscal 2026, outlining expectations for revenue growth, margins, and key business trends amid the ongoing memory shortage. Here are the details. more…
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xabd (@xabd@mastodon.social)
BleachBit is a free, open-source system cleaner that helps you remove cache, cookies, logs, and other junk files while protecting your privacy. It securely wipes data and frees up disk space without ads, telemetry, or hidden tracking.
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👉 https://digitalescapetools.com/tools/tool.html?id=bleachbit
#OpenSource #SelfHosting #Privacy #Homelab #DigitalMinimalism
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kiltedtux (@kiltedtux@mastodon.social)
Phoronix: Brush v0.4 Released As "Significant" Release For This Rust-Based Shell
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Brush-0.4-Shell-Released
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2026 (@2026@blog.tammen-it-solutions.de)
After lastpass has been aquired by a big marketing company, I moved to Bitwarden password manager. At that time I chose Bitwarden because it was an open source software and was managed by a small team, that’s at least what I thought at that time.
Another reason was that Bitwarden has a JSON export function. Exactly this function I now used to move to another solution.
But why did I leave Bitwarden?
I read this blog post. The author wrote that Bitwarden got a $100 million venture capital investment (this already happened in 2022, but I didn’t notice it). So Bitwarden goes the same way as lastpass years before.
Another reason is an article I read about a security test, I think but not sure, the German Fraunhofer Institute did. They intensively tested three password managers. One of it was Bitwarden.
All three had security issues.
The third reason is that I always was not happy with the fact that Bitwarden is a US company and hence has to follow the rules of the cloud act.
This got more critical when D.J. Trump became president of the USA.
Where did I go?
After I had a look around on the internet by mainly reading this test report (it’s in German) I decided to move to KeePassXC on my laptop and KeePassDX on my mobile phone (android). At the laptop I use the Firefox browser extension KeePassXC Browser. This fills in username and password at the platforms I want to login with a long, secure password.
With KeePass I have everything in my hands. There is no server involved. KeePass reads a local database file and encrypts securely when writing to it.
How do I sync the database at my laptop, smartphone and …
There was one challenge with KeePass I had to solve. Cause KeePass works with a local database file I would have a local file at my laptop, a local file at my smartphone, a local file at …
How to keep those files in sync?
Fortunately the solutions is quite easy in my case. My E-Mail provider is mailbox.org. Mailbox.org not only provides an E-Mail account but also some other services. In fact it offers a complete portal. Among the services is also a webspace that allows me to save files to it.
One can then access this file service via WebDAV at my laptop and a program thats called OX Drive on my Smartphone.
With this two means I can access the same KeePass password file from the different devices.
If you don’t have an account at mailbox.org you can of cause use any other cloud service (nextcloud, google drive, dropbox, …) to save your password file to. As long as you have access to the files via the your OS which is the case at least for nextcloud you can use it the same way I do it.
There is one unsolved issue
When I make changes to the password file at my smartphone and at my laptop I think the last change wins. So I have to be careful not to do that.
Maybe I’ll find a solution by using several password files in parallel. Not sure if this works. I have to dive into this later.
https://blog.tammen-it-solutions.de/2026/05/03/why-i-left-bitwarden/
#opensource #password #security
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joelindien (@joelindien@mastodon.social)
🐧 Actu logiciel libre du 03/05/2026
• Brush v0.4 Released As "Significant" Release For This Rust-Based Shell
[Phoronix] https://www.phoronix.com/news/Brush-0.4-Shell-Released
#LogicielLibre #OpenSource #Libre
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mfeilner (@mfeilner@mastodon.social)
Somehow this is strange. On this ferry, wifi access should be gone for a long time. Still my hotspot-bridge allows acces for our five devices... and free use does not stop. Even though all 5 devices "inside" are being asked to "please register". Weird. ATM this is saving us 50€, I guess. I think when we leave the boat I will tell the crew "thank you". Unsure if this is a feature or a bug or a security incident oder if I am only doing weird things.... am I?
#opensource #linux #openvpn
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techwire (@techwire@social.gamefan.net)
AirPods Max 2 Drop to New Low Price of $509.99 on Amazon
Apple's new AirPods Max 2 launched last month, and Amazon is still one of the only retailers offering a discount on the headphones. You can get the Midnight, Purple, and Starlight color options for $509.99 on Amazon, do…
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/05/03/airpods-max-2-new-low-509/
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bleachbit (@bleachbit@mastodon.social)
🚀 BleachBit 6.0.0 is a BIG release!
✨ New: Cookie Manager, Vivaldi/Zen support, 100+ improvements
🔒 Safety: Expert Mode, warning icons, path protection
🪟 Windows: Better cookies, localized installer
🐧 Linux: Flatpak Chromium, package signing
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https://www.bleachbit.org/news/bleachbit-600
#BleachBit #Privacy #OpenSource
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