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Sacha Obado @sachaobado.link · May 15
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Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold review: The ultimate Google phone
Google delivers another phone that is slightly better than its predecessor—is that enough?
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October 8, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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“Unexpectedly, a deer briefly entered the family room”: Living with Gemini Home
Gemini for Home unleashes gen AI on your Nest camera footage, but it gets a lot wrong.
arstechnica.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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The NPU in your phone keeps improving—why isn’t that making AI better?
Shrinking AI for your phone is no simple matter.
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December 4, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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rwhitwam.bsky.social
The Zen of Switch Modding. 🧵

One: Disassemble.
December 1, 2024 at 9:14 PM
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xdasocial.bsky.social
Portals does most of what Fences does, without the subscription price.

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December 19, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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xdasocial.bsky.social
Not all HDMI ports want you to have nice things, apparently.

www.xda-developers.com/not-all-tv-h...
December 24, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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xdasocial.bsky.social
Linux package managers did in five seconds what Windows makes a whole ceremony out of.

www.xda-developers.com/this-is-the-...
December 24, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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We may earn compensation from reviewed products. Learn about our editorial policies. I’m back with another giveaway and this time it’s a big one. To celebrate what has been a great year at Mark Ellis ...
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December 3, 2025 at 9:59 PM
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Dozens arrested at pro-Palestine protests across England
Dozens arrested at pro-Palestine protests across England
Demonstrations were co-ordinated in cities including Bristol, Manchester and Birmingham.
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November 29, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Google Weather app for Android might be replaced by redesign in Search
Google Weather app for Android might be replaced by redesign in Search
Over the years, the Google Weather Android “app” has seen infrequent updates, and the company looks to now be getting rid of it entirely for a Google Search experience that has just been redesigned. more…
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November 29, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Code strings in the latest iOS 26.2 beta suggest Apple is preparing a new first-party smart-home accessory to expand the Apple Home ecosystem beyond the Apple TV and HomePod.
Apple's next smart-home gadget is already hiding in iOS 26.2
Code strings in the latest iOS 26.2 beta suggest Apple is preparing a new first-party smart-home accessory to expand the Apple Home ecosystem beyond the Apple TV and HomePod.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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How to declutter, quiet down, and take the AI out of Windows 11 25H2
A new major Windows 11 release means a new guide for cleaning up the OS.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Your Chelsea side to take on Qarabag! 👊

#CFC | #UCL
November 5, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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We're live again today, and Mamdani is at the Uniphere about to speak.
N.Y.C. Mayor Live Updates: Mamdani Gives First News Conference as Mayor-Elect
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November 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Högakustenbron in the pink and the clouds – Download this photo by Anders Jildén on Unsplash
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October 21, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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October 18, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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Signal News & Tips (@[email protected])
Attached: 1 image Meta AI, the honest spokesperson for #WhatsApp 🤣
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August 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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signal.org
Secure backups will let you save an archive of your Signal messages remotely in privacy-preserving form, refreshed every day.

Now available in the latest Android beta release, rolling out to iOS and Desktop in the near future.
September 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Until now, if you lost or broke your phone, your Signal message history was *gone,* a real challenge for everyone whose most important conversations happen in Signal. So, with careful design and development, we’re rolling out opt-in secure backups.

signal.org/blog/introducing-secure-backups
Introducing Signal Secure Backups
In the past, if you broke or lost your phone, your Signal message history was gone. This has been a challenge for people whose most important conversations happen on Signal. Think family photos, sweet...
signal.org
September 8, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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meredithmeredith.bsky.social
📣 NEW -- In The Economist, discussing the privacy perils of AI agents and what AI companies and operating systems need to do--NOW--to protect Signal and much else!

www.economist.com/by-invitatio...
An illustration of me, and the headline: "AI agents are coming for your privacy, warns Meredith Whittaker The Signal Foundation’s president worries they will also blunt competition and undermine cyber-security" To put it bluntly, the path currently being taken towards agentic AI leads to an elimination of privacy and security at the application layer. It will not be possible for apps like Signal—the messaging app whose foundation I run—to continue to provide strong privacy guarantees, built on robust and openly validated encryption, if device-makers and OS developers insist on puncturing the metaphoric blood-brain barrier between apps and the OS. Feeding your sensitive Signal messages into an undifferentiated data slurry connected to cloud servers in service of their AI-agent aspirations is a dangerous abdication of responsibility. Happily, it’s not too late. There is much that can still be done, particularly when it comes to protecting the sanctity of private data. What’s needed is a fundamental shift in how we approach the development and deployment of AI agents. First, privacy must be the default, and control must remain in the hands of application developers exercising agency on behalf of their users. Developers need the ability to designate applications as “sensitive” and mark them as off-limits to agents, at the OS level and otherwise. This cannot be a convoluted workaround buried in settings; it must be a straightforward, well-documented mechanism (similar to Global Privacy Control) that blocks an agent from accessing our data or taking actions within an app. Second, radical transparency must be the norm. Vague assurances and marketing-speak are no longer acceptable. OS vendors have an obligation to be clear and precise about their architecture and what data their AI agents are accessing, how it is being used and the measures in place to protect it.
September 9, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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signal.org
A reminder that Signal will never reach out to you proactively, never send you a Signal message, and never ask for your verification code. The only way to correspond with Signal is via email ([email protected]) or the Signal Support Center (support.signal.org).
September 17, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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signal.org
In 2023, Signal was the first mainstream messenger to enable post-quantum cryptography. We’re still ahead of the (elliptical) curve, implementing a new hybrid PQ ratchet ensuring Forward Secrecy & Post-Compromise Security even in a post-quantum world. signal.org/blog/spqr/
Signal Protocol and Post-Quantum Ratchets
We are excited to announce a significant advancement in the security of the Signal Protocol: the introduction of the Sparse Post Quantum Ratchet (SPQR). This new ratchet enhances the Signal Protocol’s...
signal.org
October 2, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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We are alarmed by reports that Germany is on the verge of a catastrophic about-face, reversing its longstanding and principled opposition to the EU’s Chat Control proposal which, if passed, could spell the end of the right to privacy in Europe. signal.org/blog/pdfs/ge...
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October 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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leastactionhero.bsky.social
Marked Safe From Doing any self-reflection during the Bluesky outage Today
October 15, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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louisbarclay.bsky.social
My new Mozilla column has a simple, urgent call-to-action tucked inside:

👉 Get your grandma on Signal

CC @signal.org @meredithmeredith.bsky.social

www.mozillafoundation.org/en/nothing-p...
Superficial Intelligence - A Humor Column from Mozilla Foundation
Read the advice column from Nothing Personal and The Onion, where we find 100% tech-driven solutions to all of humanity's problems.
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October 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM