💰Would you spend $5,000 on an app? Google just made that a real possibility

At I/O, Google announced that certain developers can now request to charge up to $5,000 for Play Store content.

The previous maximum was $1,000.

🔗https://www.androidauthority.com/play-store-5000-3560577/

Gamers Nexus to open an investigation into Nvidia's shady business tactics
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Here is a test CoMaps 2025.05.23-6-test build for Android! 🎉
Please report any issues to https://codeberg.org/comaps/comaps/issues 🙏

The CoMaps name is final, the colors and logo are provisional.

There are some more changes besides rebranding:
- removed semi-transparent background in Subway layer
- improved auto night mode switch when there is no location fix
- replaced proprietary Google Fused Location API library with a FOSS microG implementation
- disabled Google Fused Location Service by default (enable in settings)
- removed Google Firebase dependencies from test (beta) builds
- replaced metaserver with a static servers list
- translations updates

The map data is from May 11 (same as OM). CoMaps own data will be ready in a few days.

Easy map navigation with privacy - Discover more of your journey - Powered by the community ❤️

GNU Taler enters the Swiss market! 🇨🇭

https://news.itsfoss.com/gnu-taler-swiss-operations/

Xiaomi Unveils $7 Billion Plan to Develop Its Own Chips
https://www.gizchina.com/2025/05/23/xiaomi-unveils-7-billion-plan-to-develop-its-own-chips/

Brisk

Brisk is a high-performance download manager, built from scratch without external tools like aria2. It maximizes download speeds by dynamically managing multiple connections and offers seamless browser integration via an extension for direct download capture and management.

🔗 Links:
- Download
- Extension
- SS and screen records
- Features
- Source code
Developer: Briskly Dev

❤️ Support the Project

If this project makes your life easier, here are a few quick ways to show some love:

⭐ Star the repo/app
☕ Buy a coffee for the developer
🛠 Contribute code, issues, or pull-requests

🏷 Tags: #Linux #Windows #MacOS #Downloader

Google AI Edge Gallery

The Google AI Edge Gallery is an experimental app that puts the power of cutting-edge Generative AI models directly into your hands, running entirely on your Android (available now) and iOS (coming soon) devices. Dive into a world of creative and practical AI use cases, all running locally, without needing an internet connection once the model is loaded. Experiment with different models, chat, ask questions with images, explore prompts, and more.

🔗 Links:
- Download
- Screenshots
- Features
- Source code
Developer: google-ai-edge

🫂 Special thanks to @im_loopy for recommending!

❤️ Support the Project

If this project makes your life easier, here are a few quick ways to show some love:

⭐ Star the repo/app
☕ Buy a coffee for the developer
🛠 Contribute code, issues, or pull-requests

🏷 Tags: #Android #Local #AI

PSA: Chinese version only

Can't even use a simple calculator app now without giving away your data 🥀

This app needs to read your media data, including photos, videos, and audio files. This will enable us to better understand your questions.

BBK has added their AI crap in the ColorOS calculator app even 🥀

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BREAKING: US President Donald Trump threatens Apple to sell only manufactured and built in US iPhones in America and not made in India or anyplace else. Otherwise, Apple will be subjected to fresh 25% tariffs.

Imagine iPhone prices in the US if Apple starts manufacturing there 💀💀💀

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💥 Hidden code. Stolen secrets. Weaponized AI.

GitLab’s AI assistant Duo was vulnerable to indirect prompt injection—letting attackers quietly steal source code, embed malicious links, and exfiltrate zero-days.

Learn more: https://thehackernews.com/2025/05/gitlab-duo-vulnerability-enabled.html

🚨 New CISA Alert: Hackers exploited CVE-2025-3928 in Commvault’s Metallic SaaS, compromising M365 credentials.

This isn’t an isolated case—it’s part of a broader campaign targeting SaaS apps with default configs and excessive permissions.

🔍 Details: https://thehackernews.com/2025/05/cisa-warns-of-suspected-broader-saas.html

🔥 The DoJ has dismantled DanaBot—a Russian-controlled malware that infected 300K+ devices and caused $50M+ in global losses.

16 charged. Servers seized.

Some hackers unmasked after accidentally infecting themselves.

Read more: https://thehackernews.com/2025/05/us-dismantles-danabot-malware-network.html

🔥 Europol just dropped the hammer: 300 servers taken down, €3.5M in crypto seized, and 20 international arrest warrants issued—key QakBot and TrickBot operatives named.

At the same time, Operation RapTor arrested 270 dark web vendors across 10 countries, seizing €184M in cash and crypto, 2 tons of drugs, and 180 firearms.

🔗 Learn more → https://thehackernews.com/2025/05/300-servers-and-35m-seized-as-europol.html

🛡️ 99.45% detection. 0.07% false positives.

SafeLine is now the top open-source WAF on GitHub (16.4K+ ⭐) — built for teams needing full control, zero-day defense, and advanced bot protection.

👉 See why it’s outpacing cloud WAFs → https://thehackernews.com/2025/05/safeline-waf-open-source-web.html

🚨 5,300 routers hijacked—not to attack, but to spy.

A shadowy group dubbed ViciousTrap is turning Cisco routers across 84 countries into a massive honeypot-style network—not to attack, but to silently watch.

🔍 Exploiting CVE-2023-20118
👻 Dropping a script called NetGhost

Read: https://thehackernews.com/2025/05/vicioustrap-uses-cisco-flaw-to-build.html

The Copilot Delusion
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The Future of Flatpak
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Airport for DuckDB
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