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The government in Uzbekistan has unveiled its own social network to rival Facebook in the former Russian state. Muloqot, which means ‘dialogue’ locally, is set to launch publicly on the country’s twentieth anniversary of independence on 1 September. The government has big plans for the site whichit believes will, “will create conditions…for the formation of high morals, for creation of spurs to successful development of modern knowledge and achievements of technical progress, with objective of realization of the idea of the comprehensively developed person....

According to a study conducted by the Business Software Alliance (BSA), the commercial value of pirated software increased 14 percent last year to nearly $59 billion and emerging economies accounts for over half the total. AsAFPreports, despite selling $95 billion worth of legal PC software in 2010, $58.8 billion worth of pirated software was installed. The BSA notes that for every dollar spent on legitimate software in 2010, an additional 63 cents worth of unlicensed software also made its way into the market....

It is an unfortunate truth that most modern gadgets — and the companies that make them — are hostile to consumer repairs. Not only are gadgets designed in a way that practically forces people to buy a replacement for even simple repairs, but companies often actively make changes to inhibit repair by consumers and third-party repair services. Valve has taken a refreshingly different approach with its upcoming Steam Deck — before the Nintendo Switch-like console has even launched....

Valve today officially announced the existence and launch window for the long-rumored Steam Deck. Coming this December, the Steam Deck is a portable gaming PC rocking a custom AMD APU (Zen2, RDNA2). Introducing Steam Deck: powerful, portable PC gaming starting at $399. Designed by Valve, powered by Steam. Shipping December 2021. Learn more athttps://t.co/ZOTx3KUCVKand reserve yours tomorrow.#SteamDeckpic.twitter.com/jcgbaKfT9c — Steam (@Steam)July 15, 2021 It looks fantastic – if only because it bears a striking resemblance tothe greatest handheld gaming console ever, the Nintendo Switch....

VanMoof makes some of the most stylish stealth ebikes around — we loved theS3 model in our review. But one of the most common complaints levied at the ebikes is that their battery is not user-removable. This makes for two big particularly big annoyances. For one, you can’t leave the bike in a garage or storage room and charge the battery at home. For another, you can’t quickly swap the battery with an extra one for longer rides, should you decide to get out of town for a while or simply take an extra-long route....