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TiviMate Has Vanished From the Play Store Again - Here's How to Get 5.3.3

28 Jul 2026 2.089 views

TiviMate has disappeared from the Google Play Store once more - here is what caused it and how to install the latest version yourself.

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Varta Is Insolvent: What Happens to Your Batteries Now

27 Jul 2026 1.108 views

Varta filed four insolvency applications in Stuttgart - here is why the household AA and AAA batteries were deliberately kept out of it.

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Age Verification Is Moving Into Your Phone

12 Jul 2026 1.645 views

A plain-English look at how age verification is moving from websites into your phone itself - why privacy systems like GrapheneOS fail these checks by design, and the free tools that help you push back.

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Why H.264 Plays on Everything: The Codec That Won

21 Jun 2026 1.743 views

Why the oldest modern video codec, H.264, still plays on practically every device - while smarter codecs like AV1 struggle to catch up.

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Is Brave Browser Still Worth It? The Tech, the Drama, and the Man Behind It

13 Jun 2026 3.968 views

An even-handed look at Brave Browser's privacy strengths, founder Brendan Eich's polarizing political views, and the company's real controversies.

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The Open-Source Browser That Wants Your Attention, Not Your Data

10 Jun 2026 2.491 views

Zen Browser joins our downloads: a free Firefox fork that trades Chrome's clutter and tracking for Workspaces, Split View and real privacy.

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Meet Qwant: The Private, EU-Built Alternative to Google

4 Jun 2026 4.014 views

The European Parliament just made French privacy engine Qwant its default search over Google - here is what Qwant is and how to switch your own browser to it.

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Browser Privacy in 2026: Who's Spying and Who's Protecting You

30 May 2026 2.412 views

Your browser knows more about you than your best friend does. The question is who it tells - and most of the popular ones are chatty.

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The Real Story of MP3: How a German Lab Built Audio's Universal Standard

20 May 2026 2.266 views

The 30-year story of how a German research project, a Suzanne Vega song, and a free Windows player turned MP3 into the audio format running 95% of the world's podcasts.

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Dolby vs Snapchat Just Validated MX Player's Weirdest Tech Bet

29 Apr 2026 3.119 views

Why Dolby's March 2026 patent lawsuit against Snapchat - combined with analysts pronouncing VVC dead just months earlier - turned MX Player's 2021 H.266 bet into one of the cleverest strategic moves in streaming.

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x265 4.2 Lands With Threaded Motion Estimation and 8K-Ready Levels

23 Apr 2026 4.226 views

x265 4.2 is the April 2026 update to the leading open-source H.265/HEVC video encoder - the engine behind most free HEVC tools on Windows - bringing a new parallel encoding mode and support for the HEVC spec's highest tiers.

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After 20 Years of Nothing, PNG Now Updates Every Year

10 Apr 2026 4.657 views

The PNG format is moving faster than ever - here's what the 4th and 5th Edition specifications are adding, and why compression is finally on the table.

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X Codec Pack 3 Is Coming - Two New Audio Tools Already Live

6 Apr 2026 5.010 views

X Audio Codec Pack 1.1 and X Audio Converter 1.0 just dropped. X Codec Pack 3 is next.

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Dolby Sues Snapchat Over AV1 and HEVC Patents

3 Apr 2026 5.681 views

Dolby sued Snap on March 23, 2026, alleging Snapchat uses AV1 and HEVC codecs without proper patent licenses - the first such action against a streaming platform by an Access Advance licensor.

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Sora Is Gone - OpenAI Spent $15M a Day on an App That Made $2.1M Total

29 Mar 2026 5.948 views

OpenAI's viral AI video app lasted just 6 months as a standalone product. Here's the full story - brutal economics, a dead $1B Disney deal, and a big strategic pivot.

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