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How to Tell If an App Is Over-Collecting Your Data

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Know the signs of over-collection in apps to protect your privacy—discover how to spot and stop excessive data gathering today.

The Idea Magazine Team
4. April 2026

GentleOS – Classic operating system with a lovely retro GUI

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GentleOS – Classic operating system with a lovely retro GUI

GentleOS is a new hobby OS for 32-bit PCs featuring a classic GUI, requiring minimal…

The Idea Magazine Team
10. June 2026

RIP software hackathons. Long live the hardware hackathon

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RIP software hackathons. Long live the hardware hackathon

Hardware hackathons are gaining prominence as software hackathons become more routine,…

The Idea Magazine Team
10. June 2026

Cleaning up after AI rockstar developers

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Cleaning up after AI rockstar developers

Teams face challenges managing messy, AI-produced codebases resembling rockstar…

The Idea Magazine Team
10. June 2026

Test-case reducers are underappreciated debugging tools

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Test-case reducers are underappreciated debugging tools

Exploring how test-case reducers simplify debugging by minimizing inputs that trigger…

The Idea Magazine Team
10. June 2026