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Summary LineageOS 24 migrates to Android 17 and ports many security patches, plus backports to legacy builds. New additions: Canvas image editor, faster Twelve music app, Catapult TV shows battery, 24 more devices. Focus remains on de-Googlefying Android: remove services and bloat, but some Google-reliant apps may break. If you’re looking for an open-source alternative…
Gaming hardware brand Abxylute has come up with two products to enhance your mobile gaming sessions wherever you find time to play. Its new M5 and M6 controllers are designed to offer proper-sized buttons and joysticks, while attaching securely to your phone and fitting in your pocket. That’s unlike most mobile controllers today, which either…
Google Photos was a great idea when it first launched as a way to store memories in the cloud. But since then, Google Photos has become another avenue to push storage subscriptionsand add AI features, and it now feels like it no longer respects your privacy. That’s when I started looking for an alternative gallery…
Ever since I got my TCL Mini-LED TV earlier this year, I’ve used it for very little beyond its 4K 120Hz screen for playing my PC and PS5. But it was only a matter of time before I properly started using my Google TV’s own apps to watch my self-hosted media. Now, Google TV is…
Google has steadily refined Android over the years, and along the way, it transformed its core suite of apps into almost indispensable utilities. While these apps serve a purpose, Google’s invasive, persistent data-harvesting practices turn them into resource hogs that slow down your Android device if you run too many at once. After more than…
Damage, loss and corruption are all factors worth considering. Aliaksander Pakhuchy/Shutterstock Perhaps it’s just anecdotal, but USB thumb drives don’t seem as popular as they used to be. That would make sense, since they’ve been rendered unimportant or obsolete for many of the tasks they were built for. Technologies like email, chat and…
The performance gains you get with modern chips aren’t as noteworthy as they used to be. Vladyslav Lehir/Shutterstock If you were a PC enthusiast in the 2000s or even most of the 2010s, you may remember how popular overclocking was at the time. Overclocking involves increasing a CPU’s clock speed past the manufacturer’s…
New Delhi: E-commerce firms are estimated to have sold goods worth around Rs 24,000 crore in the first two days of the festive season sale, driven by growth in order volumes, with mobile phones accounting for the biggest share in value terms, according to consultancy firm Redseer Strategy Consultants. The consultancy firm estimated that shoppers…
Prof. Eldrid Jordaan|Published 1 hour ago As tensions between Pretoria and Washington deepen, South Africa faces urgent questions about its dependence on American technology and its ability to maintain essential public services should access be restricted. On 9 October 2026, US President Donald Trump’s administration imposed sweeping sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC), just…
A few simple tweaks can make a big difference. Xijian/Getty Images While “unlimited” mobile internet plans are common, you might have a limited data plan to save money with an MVNO. And there are other times when you need to watch how much data you use, like during international travel or when using…