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Google clarifies what’s happening with Android’s auto-reboot feature

Earlier this week, many media outlets reported that Google is rolling out an auto-reboot feature to Android that automatically restarts devices that have been locked for 3 consecutive days.This auto-reboot feature was mentioned on the Google System Release Notes page, where Google routinely shares information on new and upcoming Android and Google Play features.Recently, Google quietly updated the wording on this page to say that the auto-reboot feature is optional and coming in the future.Earli

Attention K-Mart Shoppers

Article URL: <a href="https://archive.org/details/attentionkmartshoppers">https://archive.org/details/attentionkmartshoppers</a>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43706706">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43706706</a>Points: 75# Comments: 23

Rust-IoT-Platform

Article URL: <a href="https://github.com/iot-ecology/rust-iot-platform">https://github.com/iot-ecology/rust-iot-platform</a>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43706586">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43706586</a>Points: 8# Comments: 3

T-Mobile may finally be removing this frustrating SIM swap limitation

Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android AuthorityT-Mobile disabled self-service SIM card changes in 2022 to implement new security measures against SIM swap attacks.Although the carrier initially said this was a temporary change, T-Mobile subscribers are still required to contact support to change SIM cards.A new report suggests that T-Mobile may finally enable self-service SIM swaps via the T-Life app later this month.T-Mobile currently requires subscribers to contact support or visit a nearby retail

Google Assistant will disappear from Fitbit smartwatches in the coming weeks

Credit: C. Scott Brown / Android AuthorityGoogle is shutting down Assistant on Fitbit smartwatches “over the next few weeks.”Users will no longer be able to use Assistant for voice control.Amazon Alexa will still be available in certain languages and countries.Google has made it clear that the Assistant era is over. The company has been hard a work replacing Assistant with Gemini on phones, but the change is also expected to come to headphones, smartwatches, tablets, and cars. We found evidence

How to Optimize Rust for Slowness: Inspired by New Turing Machine Results

Article URL: <a href="https://medium.com/@carlmkadie/how-to-optimize-your-rust-program-for-slowness-eb2c1a64d184">https://medium.com/@carlmkadie/how-to-optimize-your-rust-program-for-slowness-eb2c1a64d184</a>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43706210">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43706210</a>Points: 17# Comments: 0

Future Chips Will Be Hotter Than Ever

Article URL: <a href="https://spectrum.ieee.org/hot-chips">https://spectrum.ieee.org/hot-chips</a>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43706118">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43706118</a>Points: 10# Comments: 6

Darwin's Children Drew All over the "On the Origin of Species" Manuscript (2014)

Article URL: <a href="https://theappendix.net/posts/2014/02/darwins-children-drew-vegetable-battles-on-the-origin-of-species">https://theappendix.net/posts/2014/02/darwins-children-drew-vegetable-battles-on-the-origin-of-species</a>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43706037">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43706037</a>Points: 41# Comments: 10

Spotify is down — it’s not just you having streaming problems

Spotify is currently down for many users.Issues started earlier this morning, and the company has since acknowledged them.Spotify appears to have server problems, and even its status page is returning errors.Having trouble concentrating this morning but can’t quite put your finger on what’s wrong? Does the world just seem a little quieter than it used to? You’re not imagining things, as a widespread Spotify outage appears to be seriously impacting availability of the music streaming service.You

Bauplan – Git-for-data pipelines on object storage

Article URL: <a href="https://docs.bauplanlabs.com/en/latest/">https://docs.bauplanlabs.com/en/latest/</a>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43705991">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43705991</a>Points: 25# Comments: 8

ChatGPT 4.1 Jailbreak Prompt

Article URL: <a href="https://github.com/elder-plinius/L1B3RT4S/blob/main/OPENAI.mkd">https://github.com/elder-plinius/L1B3RT4S/blob/main/OPENAI.mkd</a>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43705954">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43705954</a>Points: 40# Comments: 7

A high-throughput parser for the Zig programming language

Article URL: <a href="https://github.com/Validark/Accelerated-Zig-Parser">https://github.com/Validark/Accelerated-Zig-Parser</a>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43705824">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43705824</a>Points: 15# Comments: 0

Science, the Endless Frontier (1945) [pdf]

Article URL: <a href="https://nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/2023-04/EndlessFrontier75th_w.pdf">https://nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/2023-04/EndlessFrontier75th_w.pdf</a>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43705796">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43705796</a>Points: 36# Comments: 1

Does Mint Mobile work in Canada or are you out of luck?

Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android AuthorityHistorically, prepaid carriers haven’t offered many of the extra benefits found on postpaid plans from major carriers — especially international roaming. Thankfully, that’s started to change in recent years. More prepaid options now include international service, either as an add-on or as a built-in perk.Mint Mobile is one of the prepaid carriers that offers basic international support, but does Mint Mobile work in Canada? The short answer: yes. The lon

Dirty tricks 6502 programmers use (2019)

Article URL: <a href="https://nurpax.github.io/posts/2019-08-18-dirty-tricks-6502-programmers-use.html">https://nurpax.github.io/posts/2019-08-18-dirty-tricks-6502-programmers-use.html</a>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43705649">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43705649</a>Points: 53# Comments: 13

WhatsApp could take a page from Instagram with music cards for status updates (APK teardown)

Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android AuthorityWhatsapp is working on new music layouts for status updates.These layouts aim to make music sharing more visually appealing.The upcoming layouts would be similar to music options already available on Instagram stories.WhatsApp‘s status feature is a very popular way to share updates with friends, family, and your entire contact list. While certainly useful, it does lag behind in functionality compared to the status/stories feature from Meta’s other offer

Google may introduce an expressive new Material Design theme at I/O this May

Google is preparing to announce an update to Material Design 3 that makes it more expressive.A code change suggests that Google will hold a talk about the new expressive Material Design theme at I/O 2025 next month.We don’t know much about the new version of Material Design, but we’ve already seen it in action in the Android Settings app.Google overhauls the design of the Android operating system every few years, usually coinciding with a new version of its Material Design language. The last maj

This Galaxy AI tool isn’t available in most countries, and maybe that’s for the best

Reddit users recently discovered that some Galaxy AI features are only available in China.This includes Social Composer, Ask AI, Touch Assistant, and Samsung Assistant.Of these four features, Social Composer is the only one I’d rather not see in more regions, as it would worsen the quality of social media platforms.Generative AI features are generating a lot of excitement right now, and Samsung has perhaps the best selection of AI-powered features on mobile devices. The availability of Galaxy AI

Google could give the Home app a spring clean with these changes (APK teardown)

Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android AuthorityA teardown of the Google Home app has revealed that Google is bringing several major UI tweaks to the app.Google could make it much easier to set up Matter gadgets thanks to a floating action button.The company could also ditch the settings tab and move the settings menu into the Google account menu.The Google Home app is your phone’s hub for all smart home activity, allowing you to access and control a variety of gadgets. Now, it looks like Google is t

Samsung’s One UI 8 hands-on shows a disguised One UI 7.1 update

Credit: Joe Maring / Android AuthorityA leaked build of One UI 8 has been spotted for the Galaxy Z Flip 6, following up on the same for the Galaxy Z Fold 6 a few days ago.This One UI 8 build brings small updates, such as Now Brief, log video recording support for more devices, and some more minor UI changes.These smaller additions indicate Samsung is merely rebranding a smaller One UI 7.1 and parading it as One UI 8.One UI 7 has barely reached Samsung’s older flagships, and we already have One U