What "mindless" games do you play?
I’m often in longer telephone conferences and like to play relatively uncomplicated, mindless games like 2048 or threes. Both of these are getting pretty boring these days, so I’m looking for new games.
Why does Android bother with Java?
More concretely, I’m asking this: why aren’t applications compiled fully to native code before distribution rather than bytecode that runs on some virtual machine or runtime environment?...
China-based Supply Chain Cyberattacks Hit Thousands of Android Devices (www.msspalert.com)
The cyber defender, which specializes in disrupting bot attacks, digital fraud and abuse, said it impeded a “key monitization mechanism” of a number of criminal operations involving “backdoored” off-brand mobile and CTV Android devices sold to end users through retailers in China....
Qualcomm kills Snapdragon Satellite for Android phones (9to5google.com)
Chrome on iOS supports moving the address bar to the bottom. Why not Android? (www.theverge.com)
I enjoyed that brief Android Chrome experiment where the browser supported moving the address bar to the bottom. Now that feature has been made available on iOS, but remains AWOL on Android.
Is it just me, or is Play Store making it harder to scroll when ads are on-screen?
I normally use the Aurora frontend, but I used Google’s app to check something. I couldn’t help but notice that when I swiped and then let go, the page would barely move past the point I had let go. It had no momentum whatsoever. As soon as I got past the ads, scrolling was back to normal and the exact same flinging motion...
Asus only cut the PC department in July, and now the commercial department is also going to be cut (Asus Zenfone 10 is their last phone) (finance.technews.tw)
cross-posted from: lemdro.id/post/907800...
The Pixel Tablet is actually just a few spare parts in a half-empty body [article headline] (arstechnica.com)
I am not sure where I land on this issue, I am not entirely sold that it should have been filled to the brim and packed tightly but it does seem like they could have done better either for repairability or at least having things like a headphone jack and maybe better speakers (I have read that speakers can do better with more...
Android 14’s storage disaster gets patched, but your data might be gone (arstechnica.com)
Huawei phones are saying that the Google app is a virus (9to5google.com)
Google to add emoji reactions to its Android Gmail app (and how to enable them) (9to5google.com)
They’re intended to work and look like your usual Discord or similar emoji reactions, as long as it’s between Gmail users:...
Google hides the install button for most Play Store results (www.androidpolice.com)
Google is investigating Android 14’s multiple profile update bug (www.theverge.com)
Google says it will start downranking non-tablet apps in the Play Store (arstechnica.com)
Android 14 to let you block connections to unencrypted cellular networks (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
Xiaomi is retiring MIUI, replacing it with "Xiaomi HyperOS". (www.androidauthority.com)
According to Xiaomi’s CEO, it is a heavily modified Android and Vela (Xiaomi’s IoT OS based on the open source embedded OS Nuttx) to replace MIUI in all Xiaomi mobile, auto, and intelligent home products.
Now even Instagram Lite has this "Meta Services" crap, that's it, i'm uninstalling it.
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Pro Tip: Bypass news paywalls using the new "Reading Mode" app by Google (play.google.com)
I am sure this wasn’t the intended use - but I discovered a useful trick on Android....
EU votes to mandate removable batteries in smartphones in a landslide; no more glued together junk! (www.youtube.com)
Google released this weather feature inside google maps, only on iPhones over 4 years ago. Is it ever coming to Android? (www.talkandroid.com)
I think it’s neat, I just discovered it today when browsing on someone’s iphone. Or is it a step in the wrong direction towards 1-in-all apps like Wechat?
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Let's talk emulators this week.
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Bizarre problem today: I was force subscribed to a Logan Paul podcast and I can't unsubscribe.
I noticed a new background image on the Android podcast app this morning. I thought one of my podcasts changed their icon art. Nope, it’s a Logan Paul podcast. I’ve never listened to any of his stuff. I only heard about him when he challenged someone to an MMA fight I think?...
With all the ad shenanigans going on with Google, would you still buy a Pixel phone?
These days its very hard to buy a phone from a reputable brand.
Why don't I see the newer phones in the Lineage OS list?
I’m starting to see not as many newer mobiles in the Lineage OS list as I used to. The US is a lost cause with companies not allowing their bootloader to be unlocked, but even the Chinese companies like OPPO, Vivo, OnePlus etc don’t seem to have their recent devices on the Lineage OS supported list. Am I imagining this, or...