You Don't Need to Pay for Distraction-Blocking Software
https://www.wired.com/story/you-dont-need-to-pay-for-distraction-blocking-software/
#Tech #Productivity #Apps
#apps
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The @gcompris@mastodon.social team has released version 26.2.
KDE's suite of #educational activities for #children is now available in 28 languages, and partially translated to 19 more. GCompris comes with more than 100 activities and games that cover a wide range of subjects. GCompris works on Linux, Windows, macOS and Android.
https://gcompris.net/news/2026-09-23-en.html
#education #fun #apps #games #FreeSoftware #OpenSource
heise+ | Pilze sammeln mit KI: Experten warnen vor tödlichen Fehlern
Die Pilzsaison läuft. Fragt man Apps und KI, ob man ein leckeres Stockschwämmchen oder einen Gifthäubling gesammelt hat, folgen mitunter tödliche Ratschläge.
https://www.heise.de/hintergrund/Pilze-sammeln-mit-KI-Experten-warnen-vor-toedlichen-Fehlern-11461413.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon
#Apps #ChatGPT #Gesundheit #KünstlicheIntelligenz #Wissenschaft #news
Discord rolls out its revised age verification policy
https://www.engadget.com/2265924/discord-rolls-out-its-revised-age-verification-policy/
#Tech #Apps #Privacy
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@apalrd@hachyderm.io I really like the integrated Apps (Matter / Thread for example) which you only get with HA OS. That alone stopped me from considering anything else. But I also have enough RAM so i am lucky to not have to consider it. https://www.home-assistant.io/getting-started/concepts-terminology/#apps
Nice quality of life improvement for all the Calendar users — starting from GNOME 51 you will be able to open event's location directly inside Maps app, thanks to a dedicated button 🗺️
#GNOMECalendar #OpenSouce #Apps #Events
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While we're talking about event's location bar, it will autodetect there's a link to Microsoft Teams's meeting and will give you a dedicated button to join the meeting.
#GNOMECalendar #OpenSouce #Apps #Events
Former TikTok execs built an app that uses AI to teach you how to pose for a photo
https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/15/former-tiktok-execs-built-an-app-that-uses-ai-to-teach-you-how-to-pose-for-a-photo/
#AI #Photography #Apps
Boosted by @z_everson@journa.host
“Modern food delivery promises to make any food into something you can eat at home. But not every dish, and not every restaurant, is built for this.”
An excerpt from Gabe Bullard’s new book, AGAINST CONVENIENCE, out now from Hanover Square Press: https://longreads.com/2026/09/15/convenience-friction-eating-alone/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
#Longreads #Reading #Books #Technology #Apps #Convenience #Food
A Vinyl Bar in Shibuya is a startup offering fun music apps without any AI prompting
https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/14/a-vinyl-bar-in-shibuya-is-a-startup-offering-fun-music-apps-without-any-ai-prompting/
#Music #Startups #Apps
A PC is never truly a gamer PC unless it has some fancy RGB lighting right? Now easier to control than ever with OpenRGB 1.0 released.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/openrgb-1-0-released-to-help-you-control-all-your-fancy-gamer-lights/
#OpenSource #Apps #NewRelease #Misc
Boosted by @trending@homestead.social
“#Flathub is now accepting AI slop”
the Flathub reviewers have blocked over 1,000 slop apps in 2026 alone. that’s half of the verified app count.
close to a quarter of the store could have been ensloppified by now!
if you want to know what a slopnami looks like, just have a look at this link:
https://github.com/flathub/flathub/pulls?q=is%3Apr+state%3Aclosed+label%3A%22AI+Slop%22
#linux #apps #flatpak #gnome #kde #ai
#Android #apps #soft #NeuralNetwork #opensource
Anti-Vocale — оффлайновый распознаватель речи, работает через «поделиться». Поддерживает:
Parakeet TDT (recommended): fast, 25 European languages. Two variants: high-quality (862MB) or compact (464MB)Whisper Turbo: 99 languages, balanced speed and qualityWhisper Distil Italian: best Italian quality, tuned for voice messagesWhisper Medium / Small: more accuracy or smaller downloadNemotron 3.5 streaming: text appears in real time while it decodes, 45 languagesQwen3-ASR: compact, 59 languagesGigaAM v3: Russian, very small and fastGemma 4 / 3n (LiteRT): multimodal AI with customizable prompts
Скачал GigaAM (326 Мб) — результат очень и очень неплохой, я бы даже сказал. что прям хороший. Только на диалоги не раскладывает, было бы удобно для записи разговоров.
Boosted by @fedicat@pc.cafe
📑 Bookmarks are now available on Surf on the desktop, Android and in TestFlight, so you can save posts, videos, podcasts and anything else that catches your eye on Surf. Connected your Bluesky or @Mastodon@mastodon.social accounts? Bookmarks from there also show up in Surf.
#SurfSocial #Apps #Tech
Dyson CameraJet: Zahnbürste mit Kamera und KI für 479 Euro
Dyson steigt mit der CameraJet in die Mundpflege ein: Eine Kamera im Bürstenkopf erkennt Zahnlücken, ein gezielter Wasserstrahl soll Plaque entfernen.
https://www.telepolis.de/article/Dyson-CameraJet-Zahnbuerste-mit-Kamera-und-KI-fuer-479-Euro-11438300.html?wt_mc=sm.red.tp.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon
#Apps #Bilderkennung #KünstlicheIntelligenz #SmartHome #Wearables #WLAN #news
PayPal-App streikt auf GrapheneOS: Ursache und Lösung
Auf Smartphones mit GrapheneOS startet die PayPal-App derzeit nicht. Der Grund ist ein fehlerhafter Manipulationsschutz, der sich jedoch umgehen lässt.
https://www.heise.de/news/PayPal-App-streikt-auf-GrapheneOS-Ursache-und-Loesung-11435464.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon
#Android #Apps #Datenschutz #GrapheneOS #IT #Paypal #Security #news
Stacks
Stacks runs classic HyperCard stacks directly on modern macOS, with period-accurate typography, sound, MacinTalk speech synthesis, cross-stack navigation and limited HyperTalk supp(...)
#apps #hypercard #macos #preservation #retrocomputing
https://taoofmac.com/space/apps/stacks?utm_content=atom&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
Verbraucherschützer monieren Tricks bei Trinkgeld per Karte
Beim Bezahlen mit Karte in der Gastronomie werden Gäste oft mit Trinkgeld-Vorauswahlen konfrontiert. Verbraucherschützer kritisieren manipulative Designtricks.
https://www.heise.de/news/Verbraucherschuetzer-monieren-Tricks-bei-Trinkgeld-per-Karte-11423285.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon
#Apps #Bitkom #Design #Digitalisierung #Recht #Verbraucherschutz #Wirtschaft #news
Bumble now lets either person send the first message after matching
https://www.engadget.com/2232004/bumble-lets-either-person-send-first-message/
#Dating #Apps #Social
