📣 Kagi Translate is now available as an app for Android and iOS!
Explore the key features and grab the apps here:
Testing out Margins, a book tracking app. If you use it, let's follow each other.
https://margins.app/u/6ab16c5711154255ae19eacbb5f9dd27
New small open-source project of mine: a web-based, offline-first speed reading tool.
Source code: https://github.com/ronilaukkarinen/speed-reader
Demo: https://speed-reader.rolle.wtf
#OpenSource #BuildInPublic #Reading #SpeedReading #RSVPReading #Books #Apps
Viele Institutionen haben sich der #Nachhaltigkeit verschrieben.
Schon deshalb sollte #digitaleSouveränität für sie wichtig sein.
Denn vor 2 Jahren haben Wissenschaftler:innen vom @jlb und dessen Umfeld eine Studie zu „Nachhaltige Nutzung eines #Smartphones“ veröffentlicht.
👉 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/sd.2995
Darin wurde gezeigt, dass die typischen #socialmedia Apps wie #Instagram, #TikTok, #YouTube etc. auf dem #Handy mit einer Reihe von Nachhaltigkeitszielen kollidieren.
U.a. verursachen sie einen hohen #Energieverbrauch, wobei der nicht direkt auf dem Smartphone, sondern in den #Rechenzentren und #Übertragungsnetzen anfällt. Ein großer Anteil des #Stromverbrauchs geht darauf zurück, dass diese #Apps die Privatsphäre und den #Datenschutz nicht achten, sondern die Nutzer:innen ausspionieren.
Die Nutzung von #Mastodon und anderen #Fediverse-Diensten ist nachhaltiger, weil viel weniger Daten zwischen den Smartphones der Nutzer:innen und den Instanzen der Dienste ausgetauscht werden.
Police have arrested a 27-year-old male host on suspicion of violating the amusement business law by using a dating app to solicit female customers to a host club in Tokyo. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/30/japan/crime-legal/kabukicho-host-arrest-dating-app/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #dating #apps #hostbars #shinjuku #kabukicho
calvin 🛋️
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"When applications can generate capabilities on demand, the definition of "what this product does" becomes more fluid. Features aren't just what shipped in the last release, they're also what users will ask for in the next session."
https://www.lukew.com/ff/entry.asp?2139
#ux #ui #webdev #ai #llm #apps
TikTok is moving to settle a lawsuit with a woman who alleged that the company and other social media giants designed their platforms to addict young users, the first such case to go to trial. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/28/tiktok-snap-youth-addiction-suit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tiktok #snap #socialmedia #apps #children #addiction #mentalhealth
Scientists launch AI DinoTracker app that identifies dinosaur footprints.
Researchers say artificial intelligence system matches human expert classification about 90% of the time.
“When we find a dinosaur footprint, we try to do the Cinderella thing and find the foot that matches the slipper"
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jan/26/scientists-launch-ai-dinotracker-app-that-identifies-dinosaur-footprints #globalmuseum #dinosaurs #apps #AI
Chewie
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Fediverse has been snubbed again? What about Loops or Pixelfed?
Australian app UpScrolled reports influx of downloads after after Oracle took over TikTok’s US operations last week, sparking concerns about censorship.
#Apps #SocialMedia #Algorithm #BigTech #Censorship #Tech #DataPrivacy #CyberSecurity
https://www.theverge.com/news/867958/tiktok-upscrolled-app-us-takeover
The Fulcrum
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Quiet is an alternative to team chat apps like Slack, Discord, and Element that does not require trusting a central server or running one's own. In Quiet, all data syncs directly between a team's devices over Tor with no server required.
https://tryquiet.org
Fediverse has been snubbed again? What about Loops or Pixelfed?
Australian app UpScrolled reports influx of downloads after after Oracle took over TikTok’s US operations last week, sparking concerns about censorship.
#Apps #SocialMedia #Algorithm #BigTech #Censorship #Tech #DataPrivacy #CyberSecurity
https://www.theverge.com/news/867958/tiktok-upscrolled-app-us-takeover
My favourite app on macOS:
Dayflow is a native macOS app (SwiftUI) that records your screen at 1 FPS, analyzes it every 15 minutes with AI, and generates a timeline of your activities with summaries. It's lightweight (25MB app size) and uses ~100MB of RAM and <1% cpu.
If you use local ollama, it's 100% private, local. Open source.
Quiet is an alternative to team chat apps like Slack, Discord, and Element that does not require trusting a central server or running one's own. In Quiet, all data syncs directly between a team's devices over Tor with no server required.
https://tryquiet.org
TikTok has finally established a majority American-owned joint venture to operate its U.S. business, deflecting the threat of a ban over its Chinese ownership. Here is a look at the potential consequences of the deal. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/24/tech/tiktok-us-focus/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #us #china #uschinarelations #donaldtrump #tiktok #socialmedia #apps #internet #bytedance #tech
Stefano Marinelli
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For those of you that still follow me for the Nova related stuff, I have put together some notes from my meeting yesterday with Instabridge, the company that has just acquired Nova Launcher.
You can view that Google Doc here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/196X8pkXSs37YUBwTm6-uVbnFrALSWl3faEQnJUlRQek/edit?usp=sharing
#Nova #NovaLauncher #Acquisition #Instabridge #Meeting #Android #Apps
For those of you that still follow me for the Nova related stuff, I have put together some notes from my meeting yesterday with Instabridge, the company that has just acquired Nova Launcher.
You can view that Google Doc here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/196X8pkXSs37YUBwTm6-uVbnFrALSWl3faEQnJUlRQek/edit?usp=sharing
#Nova #NovaLauncher #Acquisition #Instabridge #Meeting #Android #Apps
Using the Kagi Search Android app? How would you improve it?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kagi.search
