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AddToAny offers privacy-by-default content-sharing and is well-suited as a light-weight falback to the native Web Share API.

A decade ago, the Opera web browser shipped a virtual fridge and a built-in web server right inside its web browser. Why did it fail to decentralize the web?

I had a fun time playing World of Warcraft Classic (WoWC) until other players showed up at the virtual party.

I wasn’t happy with MailChimp, and phpList didn’t do a good-enough job. So I developed my own automated RSS-to-email newsletter system instead.

My new 4 K monitor, the 27″ Philips 276E8VJSB, has image retention (“burn-in”/“ghosting”) issues that can last for weeks and months.

YouTube should focus on its primary asset: its creators. Give them the money and viewers an ad-free experience. Unbundle YouTube Premium.

A comparison of features, security, performance, and limitations of Firefox browser running in isolated sandboxes provided by Flatpak vs. Snap.

You can’t fit 80 cpl. of preformatted code onto a narrow mobile screen. Here are three tips on how to make your code fit without horizontal scrolling.

Secure Wi-Fi is a VPN service from Samsung and McAfee. Here is what it does and how to stop its adverts and remove it from your phone.

Set your web browser to search with RandSearch. It uses a random search engine to fulfill your searches. Get different perspectives, ideas, and results.

Reduce Google AdSense’s impact on page-load time using <link rel="preconnect">. Optimization only used on 350 out of 12M AdSense partner websites.

Traditional and established top-level domain resolves faster than the newfangled .blog top-level domain. Unsurprising, but worrisome.