Googlebook OS on ordinary Intel laptops (6th gen+): CPU-instruction emulation, patched libs, boot-time hardware detection, live/installer USB.

https://github.com/linuxkid473/gbos-x86

Telegram Is Testing a News Feed and Personalized Recommendations Again

A separate “News” tab for viewing channel posts in a unified feed has appeared in Telegram for macOS Beta 13.0 (283318). The @telelakel channel reported the discovery.

How the news feed works

The current implementation of the post feed has several key features:

• Two sections: The “News” tab is divided into two sections — “Added” and “For You”.

• Custom feed: In the “Added” section, users can manually curate their feed by adding and removing selected channels through dedicated interface actions.

• Personalized recommendations: The “For You” section curates posts based on the user’s interests. Categories of interest (each with its own name and emoji) can be selected manually and changed over time. However, it remains unknown what algorithm powers this feed and whether it will include posts from channels the user isn’t subscribed to.

• Navigation and speed: The feed interface includes a search bar, pull-to-refresh, a new posts indicator, and a button to mark posts as read. Directly from the feed, users can open individual posts and channels, jump to chats, and copy links. For faster browsing, media files, profile pictures, and stories are preloaded in the background.

Background and context

The messenger’s team has been approaching the creation of a unified feed for eight years:

• The ability to combine channels into a unified news feed first appeared in the Beta version of Telegram for macOS back in January 2018, but was soon disabled on the server side.

• In April 2022, a commit confirming the development of a news feed was spotted in the official Telegram for iOS repository, though the feature never made it to release.

• Meanwhile, between 2019 and 2021, Telegram held a series of large-scale contests focused on news ranking and data clustering, as well as identifying channel languages and topics.

• Until now, the primary way to read subscriptions sequentially in the messenger has been the gesture for jumping to the next unread channel, while algorithmic recommendations have been limited to the “Similar Channels” list and the “Channels” tab in global search.

@tginfo editors note that introducing an algorithmic feed in the spirit of X (formerly Twitter) could significantly reshape how content is consumed in the messenger. For creators, it is a potential source of free organic traffic without buying ads, and for Telegram itself — a way to boost audience engagement and increase impressions for official ads.

Currently, the news feed is disabled on the server side and remains in development — its mechanics and appearance may change by the time of release.

We share more news about features from test builds in our Beta Info channel.

#beta #macOS #channels

https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/commit/21976e977ef833e9a03538119eac933fe89767a7


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Initial experience of switching from Android to iOS:

After switching to iOS, you will be blessed with 3 tortures which will have direct and heavy impact on your everyday task and experience. These are - keyboard, back gesture absence and notifications spam.

The iOS keyboard is so trash -
• NO number row on top of keyboard
• NO clipboard history
• NO option to adjust the keyboard height
• To input the dot or comma (.), you need to switch number keyboard

Back gesture absence -
• There are technically 2 back options, one to go back in the same app and another “tiny” back button to go back into the previous app.
• When none of the back options are available, you need to then swipe from the bottom or left to go back.

Notifications spam:
Android allows to stop notifs about specific categories and receive only from useful ones.

For eg, in e-commerce apps, you can stop notifs about deals, recommendations, price drop etc while keeping receiving notifs about order updates.
On iOS, you will receive every notifs that the app companies wants to feed you.

There is NO option to open app info, so you need to go back into settings > apps > select the app. Or you can then design a shortcut, pin to to Control Center or Assistive Touch to open it directly

You also cannot clear cache and storage of an app and the only thing you can do is to download & reinstall the entire app

Gboard on iOS design is from the Android 7 era, so don’t even bother and our beloved Telegram app still remains ass, even on iOS.

I was genuinely thinking why I even switched to iOS from Android because the navigation and typing badly affect the experience with a notification spam cherry on top and I feel these 3 issues are the main reasons why some of my friends and relatives went back to Android after using iPhones

I haven’t really tried sideloading experience yet and Siri is just better than whatever bs is Google doing with Gemini on Android.

Apart from these, I haven’t really found anything else annoying on iOS. The privacy of stopping apps from “tracking us” is really useful and using iOS (as expected) is simply a smooth experience.

If Apple fixes these 3 main issues on iOS in the future, then there will be even fewer reasons to use Android devices.

jesus fucking christ oppo 🤡

blocked 893 times in ~8 hours that it was installed for

no wonder my phone was discharging quickly 😆

Ledger unveils Atom powered by Qualcomm Dragonwing processor and comes with two different operating systems - Notebookcheck News

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Ledger-unveils-Atom-with-two-operating-systems-and-a-physical-privacy-switch.1425327.0.html

Unthetered Jailbreak showcased at Hexacon in Paris by Calif security Team

It shows the “APT” (Apple Persistent Threat): an untethered jailbreak on iOS 27.0.1 that survives the iPhone reboot. After restarting, custom icons and messages (C logo and “From Calif with LOVE”) appear on the lock screen and in settings, proving persistent root access.

https://fixvx.com/calif_io/status/2111080250620661760?s=20

🖼 A new Photos app for Windows 11 is now available, starting with Windows Insiders and expanding to all users later this year. The update adds an all new Gallery, a rebuilt Editor, and a redesigned Viewer. The app makes it easier for people to find, organize, edit, and view photos in one place, whether the images are stored on a PC, in OneDrive, or in iCloud.

* Gallery brings photos and videos together from multiple sources and supports natural language search, people filters, albums, and Moments for OneDrive.

* The new Editor launches faster and includes tools for cropping, enhancement, repair, stylizing, HDR editing, and object removal.
* * Relight lets users adjust lighting with presets and customizable light sources.

* Viewer also gets faster startup, cleaner navigation, and broader file support, including SVG.

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And now Android can boot iOS.
https://t.me/oos_chat/1/5040

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Here’s What Telegram Giving Data to the U.S. Government Looks Like

Newly filed court records show exactly what happens when messaging app Telegram provides data to U.S. authorities. The letter written by Telegram provides a specific user’s name, phone number, user ID, and IP address to the government in response to a court order.

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When innovation had its place

In China, Oppo Find X10 Pro Max uses RAM from CXMT and UFS from XBSTOR.

Meanwhile for global version, the device uses SAMSUNG RAM and SK HYNIX UFS storage

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Long password inspiration

https://fixvx.com/stanlee0nX/status/2111790554660917480?s=20