Most Laptops Mute Your Camera in Software, This One Cuts the Wire
The privacy conversation around laptops tends to happen entirely in software. Operating systems add permissions dialogs, apps get granted or denied microphone access, and browsers…
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Pocketbyte: The Modular Open Source PDA Nobody Knew They Still Wanted
The PDA had a good run in the late 1990s and early 2000s before smartphones absorbed everything it did, then kept going. What disappeared with…
Flipper One Behind The Scenes: “Sharper, Smarter, More Cunning, Brutal” says Flipper CEO
When you first see the Flipper One, it’s clear something has changed. Its predecessor, the Flipper Zero, had the playful, almost toy-like charm of a…
This Google-Free Phone Is IP68-Rated and Has a Replaceable Battery
Most smartphones ship with an assumption baked in: that you’re fine with your data running through Google’s servers, your habits feeding its algorithms, and its…
Waveshare Built a $149 Handheld That Runs Full Linux Without the Laptop
The handheld computer has always been a compelling idea that rarely lives up to its promise. Smartphones are too locked down for real development work,…
This Finnish Privacy-focused Linux Phone Wants You to Forget Google Exists
Finland gave us Nokia, the company that taught an entire generation what a mobile phone could be before the iPhone rewrote the rules. That legacy…
Forget the Steam Deck, This Custom-Built Handheld Runs a Full Linux Desktop in Your Palms
Before the iPhone arrived in 2007 and quietly buried the category, handheld PCs were shaping up to be something genuinely exciting. Devices like the Sony…
The Brax open_slate is a modular tablet that lets you actually own what you buy
Most tablets arrive as sealed objects with decisions already made for you: storage is fixed, the battery is buried somewhere inaccessible, and the operating system…
This Phone Runs Android, Linux, and Windows to Replace 3 Computers
Carrying more computers than you want is familiar. There is a personal phone, maybe a MacBook, and then a separate Windows laptop “just for work”…
Miyoo Mini Flip Shrinks Retro Gaming into a 2.8-Inch Folding Square
Retro handhelds have exploded in the last few years, from chunky bricks to tiny keychain consoles, and a lot of them still feel like little…
Jolla Phone Returns with a Physical Switch to Cut Off Mics and Tracking
The mobile OS graveyard is crowded. Symbian, MeeGo, Firefox OS, Windows Phone, all killed by iOS and Android’s duopoly. Most people quietly accepted that those…
This Linux phone with Android app support has three kill switches for complete privacy
We live in a smartphone-dominated world clouded with privacy concerns unlike ever before. With every new smartphone, our privacy is compromised for the sake of…