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The average Google product has a life of only 4 years
Google are known for suddenly discontinuing products, leaving users stranded.
Telegram is growing 50% year over year in daily active users
Several factors could be behind the rapid growth.
The Donald’s moderators launch new forum after mounting Reddit censorship
The new forum already has thousands of users.
Chroma Stories is an Instagram competitor by Instagram employees
Chroma Stories is an Instagram competitor built by insiders, meaning lead developers behind Instagram Stories and Boomerang.
GitHub Sponsors is now available in 30 countries and developers hope it could help grow open-source projects
Open-source projects often fail to flourish as they’re not properly funded. GitHub thinks this will change that.
Gab Trends says it’s already sending over 200,000 clicks per week to publishers
The crowdsourced news aggregation site has become popular with former Drudge Report users who are frustrated by Drudge’s increasingly anti-Trump perspective.
Firefox for MacOS fixes problematic performance and power issues
If you are running Firefox on a macOS device and are affected by high power consumption, you’re now in luck.
Drudge Report alternative aims to democratize news aggregation in an age of increasing news monopolies
Gab Trends gives visitors a broad spectrum of news sources from across both legacy mainstream media and upcoming alternative media sources.
Privacy-focused email service Tutanota censored in Egypt, working on solutions
Users are urged to use a VPN to get around the ban.
How to turn on DNS over HTTPS on Firefox
Here’s how to make sure it’s turned on in your version of Firefox.
Social network Gab outlines GabPro tiers with extra benefits for supporters
The funding of alternative platforms is more relevant given that the social networking scene is dominated by giants and the policies behind them that are unsympathetic towards Gab’s brand of free speech.
pCloud Crypto review: A solid encrypted cloud storage solution that lacks advanced features
pCloud Crypto is a solid performer when performing basic file operations on desktop. However, it lacks many of the advanced file management features that competing end-to-end encrypted cloud storage services and has relatively limited mobile and web apps.