"Free Software" Blogs & Blog Posts

In this video, an AI (prompted by Riley Goodside, an engineer at Scale AI) offers a sad, piano-backed performance of the MIT license, a permissive software agreement that allows for free reuse of the material thereby licensed. AI-generated sad gi...

Sync for Reddit fans, rejoice: Sync is back from the dead! However, it isn’t back to connect you to Reddit. To use it, you’ll need to commit to a different social networking platform entirely. Let’s dive into it.Read more...

uBlock Origin is among the best browser extensions for protecting your privacy on the internet. Its default settings are great for most people, but with some adjustments, it can be even more effective. Before you make these changes, though, remember...

Last week, Mastodon finally launched its free, official Android app, making it easier than ever to use the open-source Twitter alternative on Android devices. Mastodon’s timing couldn’t be better, as Twitter’s board just approved Elon Musk’s...

We generally try to cast a wide net at Lifehacker.com, covering topics that will improve the lives of millions, maybe billions, of people. But that puts us at risk of missing the niche-dwellers and oddballs who would benefit from specific, targeted t...

The case for pay transparency is gaining traction. Next month, the New York City Pay Transparency Law, which mandates that companies disclose salary ranges for all job postings, is set to take effect. Although pay transparency is enforced in some pla...