Why would you give your new software the same name as an established and widely used software?

I saw it posted recently but the install looked non-trivial, so it’s now sitting in my “to play when I can be bothered to do some tinkering” pile. What did you do to get it running on Deck?

Do you have very small hands? The 3DSXL aches my hands if I play for too long but I’ve never had any problems with the Switch, or even a GBA.

Misleading headline, this seems to be specifically for changing media output destination. I’m assuming it could already do other controls because even my Pebble can do that!

I always hated the noise you got from wired headphones every time you moved, so I was very happy as soon as wireless headphones stopped being terrible. Now I only use wireless so I really don’t need a 3.5mm slot, and I can use an adapter on the off chance I do. Also I use GrapheneOS so it’s not like I really have a choice!

True, but I assume most of these people aren’t reading tech news!

True, if you don’t already know the answer to that is “no I don’t” then the answer probably is “yes you do”

Researchers at fraud risk company ThreatFabric found Brokewell after investigating a fake Chrome update page that dropped a payload, a common method for tricking unsuspecting users into installing malware.

So just a classic fake update button

To protect yourself from Android malware infections, avoid downloading apps or app updates from outside Google Play and ensure that Play Protect is active on your device at all times.

Fine advice for someone who has no idea how their phone works, I suppose

Interesting little article

In other words, it is activist hedge funds and modern executive compensation practices — not corporate law — that drive so many of today’s public companies to myopically focus on short-term earnings; cut back on investment and innovation; mistreat their employees, customers and communities; and indulge in reckless, irresponsible and environmentally destructive behaviors.

So I guess the publicly-owned model allows the bad shit to happen when the majority of shareholders are get-rich-quick hedge fund types then?

Makes sense, though I don’t know if choosing a phone with all the tracking enabled is the best choice for a drug dealer

Any idea if they still sell well compared to the ad-free ones? Presumably if they were that successful we’d have seen other manufactures copying the idea before now, right?

So it’s ads on the lock screen? Didn’t Amazon try that a decade ago with the subsidised Kindle Fire tablets?

So how do they react when you say “that app doesn’t work on my phone”, or if you’re feeling mischievous, “I don’t have a smartphone”?

If an employer requires you to have a specific app then they should be providing you a device on which to use it!

Unfortunately, I’m not sure whether it’ll be possible to still enable a legitimate, sideloaded app’s Accessibility or Notification Listener service if it’s hit with ECM restrictions. It’s possible to disable Restricted Settings for an app, so it should also be possible with ECM restrictions, but I can’t say for sure since I haven’t been able to get the feature to work yet in Android 15.

So we don’t even know if this is going to be a restriction for people who know what they’re doing. Pitchforks on standby, but I’d assume there must be a workaround for actual developers etc.

This is a really tiny QoL feature, slow news day? That said I think it’s a good idea and I probably wouldn’t have known about it otherwise!

You can lead a dodgy developer to a proper API spec but you can’t make them use it. I think the only control we have in that situation is the Uninstall button!

Look up “primehack”, it’s a modded version of Dolphin emulator which is specifically for playing the Metroid Prime trilogy. Modernised controls and lots of little QoL improvements, it’s my first experience of Metroid and I loved it!

The one it came with, though I don’t generally use it out and about

Wow, never heard of that before. Actually a really interesting article, cheers!