** Fall foliage, music, games, and text editors **
Turning to fall. While playing a little squash this morning one of the pros that hangs out at the courts asked if he could give me and one of my kids some tips. He then proceeded to spend 40 mins or so with us. It was honestly rad. Totally changed how I approach playing squash in that little time. I’m excited to play more this winter.
I’m also excited for the new The Last Dinner Party album to come out in a f … ⌘ Read more
@bender@twtxt.net I thought the same. Or just don’t clean it at all to add to the patina. :-)
@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org easy to solve. All he has to do is apply a thick lacquer layer. Lovely table!
@xuu@txt.sour.is Haha 🤣 I’m already have “conversations” with my junior engineers on “how to best use” and “how to avoid” 😂
@movq@www.uninformativ.de @prologic@twtxt.net Unfortunately, I had to review a coworker’s code that was also spewed out the same way. It was abso-fucking-lutely horrible. I didn’t know upfront, but then asked afterwards and got the proud (!) answer that it indeed was “assisted”. I bet this piece of garbage result was never checked or questioned the tiniest bit before submitting for review. >:-( It didn’t even do the right thing as a bonus.
What a giant shitshow. Things just have to burn to the ground several times.
@alexonit@twtxt.alessandrocutolo.it Hell yeah, that looks great! :-) What a pity you’re not having any photos, though. I love that you went to a craftsmanship school and learned some amazing skills. The older I get, the more I admire all sorts of crafts. That’s also why I started building physical stuff myself in my spare time.
This sketch is well done, so you countersunk the holes to make room for the heads. Makes absolutely sense. Mille grazie! <3
Everything went fine, contrary to what my brain has been warning me to expect for ages. #PhD
Can some explain this to me? ⌘ Read more
I noticed Google put out this article: https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2025/09/lets-talk-security-answering-your-top.html it’s very current day Google, but the comments under the YouTube video are pretty on point and I saw a few familiar faces there. There is also, unexpectedly, ways to contact Google.
First a form for “teachers, students, and hobbyists”, that I filled politely, as someone who falls under their hobbyist category. It can be filled both anonymously, or with an e-mail attached, to be contacted by them (I chose the second option).
Also a general feedback and questions form, that I was not as polite in and used to send them the following message:
I have already provided some feedback, in the teacher, student and hobbyists form/questionaire, as well as an open letter I’ve recently sent to the European Commission digital markets act team, as I do believe your proposal might not even be legal, given the fact it puts privacy-focused alternative app stores at risk (https://f-droid.org/cs/2025/09/29/google-developer-registration-decree.html) and it was proposed this early, after Google lost in court to Epic Games, over similar monopoly concerns. Why should we trust Google to be the only authority for all developer signatures, right after the European courts labeled it a gatekeeper?
Assuming this gets passed, despite justified developer backlash and at best questionable legality, can you give us any guarantees, this will not be used to target legal malware-free mods, or user privacy enhancing patchers, like the ones used for applying the ReVanced patches? I have made a few mods myself, but I am in no way associated with the ReVanced team. I just share many peoples concerns, Google Chrome has been conveniently stripped of its manifest v2 support, that made many privacy protecting extensions possible and now you’re conveniently asking for the government IDs, of all the developers, who maintain these kinds of privacy protections (be it patches, or alternative open-source apps) on Android.
[$] Enhancing FineIBT
At the Linux\
Security Summit Europe (LSS EU), Scott Constable and Sebastian
Österlund gave a talk on an enhancement to a control-flow integrity (CFI)
protection that was added to the kernel several years ago. The “ FineIBT: Fine-grain Control-flow\
Enforcement with Indirect Branch Tracking” mechanism was merged for
Linux 6.2 in early 2023 to harden the kernel against CFI attacks of various
sorts, but needed [ … ⌘ Read more
Intranets have been around since Jesus times (well, not quite 😂, but you get the idea). They are fun to play with, but that’s about it. I mean, the “fun” of the Internet comes from its variety.
@prologic@twtxt.net I’m pretty sure that’s going to happen at some point or has already happened. 😃 Is this “the dark web”? 😅
@movq@www.uninformativ.de Oh dear 😅 We’re starting to see this “garbage software” too over here 👈
It happened.
“Can you help me debug this program? I vibe coded it and I have no idea what’s going on. I had no choice – learning this new language and frameworks would have taken ages, and I have severe time constraints.”
Did I say “no”? Of course not, I’m a “nice guy”. So I’m at fault as well, because I endorsed this whole thing. The other guy is also guilty, because he didn’t communicate clearly to his boss what can be done and how much time it takes. And the boss and his bosses are guilty a lot, because they’re all pushing for “AI”.
The end result is garbage software.
This particular project is still relatively small, so it might be okay at the moment. But normalizing this will yield nothing but garbage. And actually, especially if this small project works out fine, this contributes to the shittiness because management will interpret this as “hey, AI works”, so they will keep asking for it in future projects.
How utterly frustrating. This is not what I want to do every day from now on.
Apple’s Health and Fitness Teams Report to Eddy Cue in Reshuffle
Apple is set to reorganize its health and fitness divisions under its Services group, according to a new report from Bloomberg ’s Mark Gurman. The move comes as longtime chief … ⌘ Read more
DL40N Fanless 1.3L Mini PC with Intel Twin Lake Processors
The DL40N is a fanless 1.3-liter mini PC powered by Intel Twin Lake processors and up to 16GB DDR5 memory. It supports triple 4K display output, dual 2.5G Ethernet, and multiple USB and COM ports for reliable 24/7 operation in applications such as factory automation, digital signage, kiosks, and more. Built on Intel’s Twin Lake […] ⌘ Read more
@thecanine@twtxt.net I am not arguing you didn’t do the right thing™, and even if the impact is minimal, or nothing, you did what you thought was right (and I agree). I don’t agree with certain rules the EU wants to impose, not in this particular case. There are rotten potatoes everywhere, and I don’t get fooled by the EU often sacrosanct behaviour.
But who am I to say anything, right? Look at the grotesque clown utterly shit show we live with on this side!
@bender@twtxt.net To add some context, I’m not one to write open letters often, nor do I expect to become some kind of martyr, the European Union will unite over, to fight Google.
However Google did loose to Epic Games in European courts, that determined Google maintains a monopoly over its Play Store, restricting competition and developers choices. And pretty much right after courts determined this, Google gives them the middle finger and proposes changes, that would destroy F-droid - the biggest and really the only competing app store, that’s actually competing and not just taking the apps from Googles Play Store and passing them on.
There are many more qualified and likable parties, who already reached out to them, with these concerns, I just think it’s important everyone impacted by this, politely contacts them too, to convey this is not just some niche non-issue, a few IT nerds made up.
@thecanine@twtxt.net alright, a canned reply. Better than nothing! (or equal to nothing, LOL).
@movq@www.uninformativ.de I submitted it via the form on their website (https://digital-markets-act.ec.europa.eu/contact-dma-team_en) and got the following response:
Dear citizen,
Thank you for contacting us and sharing your concerns regarding the impact of Google’s plans to introduce a developer verification process on Android. We appreciate that you have chosen to contact us, as we welcome feedback from interested parties.
As you may be aware, the Digital Markets Act (‘DMA’) obliges gatekeepers like Google to effectively allow the distribution of apps on their operating system through third party app stores or the web. At the same time, the DMA also permits Google to introduce strictly necessary and proportionate measures to ensure that third-party software apps or app stores do not endanger the integrity of the hardware or operating system or to enable end users to effectively protect security.
We have taken note of your concerns and, while we cannot comment on ongoing dialogue with gatekeepers, these considerations will form part of our assessment of the justifications for the verification process provided by Google.
Kind regards,
The DMA Team
[$] Last-minute /boot boost for Fedora 43
Sudden increases in the size of Fedora’s initramfs
files have prompted the project to fast-track a proposal to increase
the default size of the /boot
partition for new installs of
Fedora 43 and later. The project has also walked back a few
changes that have contributed to larger initramfs files, but the
ever-increasing size of firmware means that the need for more room is
unavoidable. The Fedora En … ⌘ Read more
Ubuntu 25.10 released
Ubuntu\
25.10, “Questing Quokka”, has been released. This release includes
Linux 6.17, GNOME 49, GCC 15, Python 3.13.7,
Rust 1.85, and more. This release also features Rust-based
implementations of sudo and coreutils; LWN covered the switch to the
Rust-based tools in March. The 25.10 version of Ubuntu flavors
Edubuntu, Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Ubuntu Budgie, Ubuntu Cinnamon, Ubuntu
Kylin, Ubuntu MATE, Ubun … ⌘ Read more
@movq@www.uninformativ.de I am betting he will not. The letter was not focused, nor used, politician’s “lingo”. If it was sent via email then it will be even easier to dismiss. I wish I was not such a cynic! 😩
@thecanine@twtxt.net Got any responses from any politicians? 🤔 (Assuming you send this letter directly to them, of course.)
I keep getting this email occadionally:
Your iCloud storage is almost full
Now for various reasons, I don’t want my children to be using iCloud to store data, files, photos or any of the sort. They’re free to use iMessages, and other Apple services like the App Store, etc, but not storage.
So I’ve set about blocking iCloud Storage API(s) via AdGuard Home tonight as well as ensuring that my local network (client users) cannot bypass DNS policies and get out other sneaky ways, because some applications will just use other DNS servers, or DOH or DOT.
Apple Hosts Unusual Colorado Event to Showcase Latest Hardware
Apple has invited a group of social media influencers to Colorado this week for an unusual event involving group hiking, trail running, and other outdoor activities designed to showcase the company’s recently launched iPhone 17 Pro Max, AirPods Pro 3, and Apple Watch Ultra 3.
An invitation was [shared on X (Twitter)](https://x.com/JHawkShoots/statu … ⌘ Read more
@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org In my case it was a silver necklace, a hummingbird with a wing connected with the cold welding I mentioned using thin brass wires.
It made it in a goldsmithing class (I went to a private craftmanship high-school) so no phones allowed (no photos of it) and no “take home” of the works.
Here’s a rough sketch of it drawn by memory, the dots in the wing is where it connects to the body.
The technique is basically the same as i described, but the scale is much smaller, the whole piece was about 5-6 cm on the largest side.
The rivet was made by drilling a hole through the parts, than with a short and thicker drill you widen the hole on the surface to let the rivet settle flatter on the piece, then with a rubber hammer you hit it to flatten the head until it’s snug on the hole, lock them together by doing the same on the other side.
Note that widening the hole with a thicker drill head won’t make a difference with bigger holes, mine had holes of about 1-2 mm of diameter maximum.
Here’s a sketch of what is going on for clarity.
@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org I actually decided to clean it after my mouse clicks became weirdly unresponsive.
As I began to pull dust out of the gap in the scroll wheel, a mysteryous red fluffy hair ball came out for some reason, so I decided to open it to clean the rest.
After I was done, I went and cleaned the keyboard too.
The mouse was but a teaser of the gore scenes I was about to see… 😱
AI Browser Dia Launches Publicly on Mac
The Browser Company’s Dia app is now open to anyone on Mac. It’s the first time the AI-powered browser has been widely available since its beta launch in June.
Following on from Opera’s Neon, which arrived last month, Dia is another AI-first browsing experience that’s centere … ⌘ Read more
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Better profile management coming to Firefox
Firefox has long had support for multiple profiles
to store personal information such as bookmarks, passwords, and user
preferences. However, Firefox did not make profiles particularly
discoverable or easy to manage. That is about to change; Mozilla has
announced
that it is launching a profile management feature that will make it
easier to … ⌘ Read more
When Will Apple’s Macs Get M5 Chips? 2025-2026 Launch Timeline
We’re just about due for the next-generation Apple silicon chip, which will kick off a new wave of Mac refreshes. The M5 chip is expected to make an appearance in some new products before the end of the year, but most Mac refreshes will happen in 2026.
We’ve rounded up current rumors on when we might see updates for Apple’s notebook and desktop machines.
MacB … ⌘ Read more@movq@www.uninformativ.de Good glad to hear it 😄
@prologic@twtxt.net Where do I stand on “Chat Control”? How long of a response/rant do you want? 😅 It’s a disaster. As I understand it, they want to spy on me directly on my devices before encryption even happens – jfc, no, fuck off. And since there are so many devices, they want to automate the scanning, which is the worst idea you could possibly have.
Three charged with murder and torture of Queensland father
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‘Every night is like a grand final’: Jon Stevens still rocking at 64
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Does washing plastic containers in the dishwasher release microplastics?
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Traffic diverted off Bruce Highway as grass fire burns close to major arterial
Queensland Police have diverted traffic off the Bruce Highway south of Proserpine in North Queensland, as fire crews battle a blaze burning close to the road. ⌘ Read more
Banana industry opposes overseas imports of Australia’s most popular fruit
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Qantas responds to cyber hackers’ threat to release customer data
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Man sentenced, fined over medicinal cannabis company insider trading
A Melbourne man found guilty of insider trading during a $20 million capital raise by a medicinal cannabis company has been ordered to pay more than $225,000. ⌘ Read more
Leading doctor’s 11th-hour bid for $2m rescue of Hobart Clinic
The former clinical director of the Hobart Clinic, psychiatrist Dr Hannah Lake, is part of a last-minute push for the institution to be given a reprieve before it closes its doors at the end of next week. ⌘ Read more
Former childcare director who employed convicted child sex offender husband fined
Amanda Louise Vassel was sacked from her job at the south-east Queensland childcare centre after the matter came to light. ⌘ Read more
Abuse survivor ‘kicked in the guts’ as WA government appeals $2.85m payout
An appeal against a $2.85 million compensation payout to a man who suffered child sexual abuse while in state care should be abandoned, a prominent Perth lawyer and the state opposition says. ⌘ Read more
Optus email mishap left department in dark about triple-0 outage
The telco operator sent two emails about its outage, which understated its extent, to a departmental email address that had been changed a week earlier. ⌘ Read more
Dolly Parton’s sister speaks out over singer’s health concerns
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Mark Latham goes on tirade against ex-partner outside of court
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High Court endorses use of encrypted phone app to monitor crime figures
The High Court has ruled on the use of information gathered through the AN0M app, which was developed by the Australian Federal Police for surveillance. ⌘ Read more
Geelong Cats fined by AFL over third-party disclosures
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More than 500 hikers reportedly rescued from Mount Everest
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iOS 26: See Your Full Call History With Any iPhone Contact
Buried within iOS 26 is a hidden history that lets you see every call you’ve ever exchanged with a specific contact, potentially going back years. You might not know it, but you can access this detailed call history on your iPhone in seconds.
Viewing the new extended history screen can come in handy when you need to recall when you last spoke with someone. … ⌘ Read more
Mining giant gets $600m worth of taxpayer funds to keep refinery open
The last Australian copper smelter processing third-party product will stay open after its owner accepted a support package. ⌘ Read more
Brewer stages beer boycott over Kangaroo Island ferry’s ‘ridiculous’ fares
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@movq@www.uninformativ.de how do you set your clock to use a specific time signal radio station? I have one wall clock in my office, it works great, but no way to set that.
Soaring rents pushing people away from jobs, community, review finds
Median rental prices have risen to more than $700 per week for the first time, according to Cotality’s Quarterly Rental Review. ⌘ Read more
Speed dating a solution to the slow dating lives of farmers
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Why outback life is the best thing for these kids with cystic fibrosis
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Iron ore mining shows no signs of slowing despite price drop concerns
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How to Reduce Liquid Glass on macOS Tahoe
The Liquid Glass interface appearance is a fairly significant change in macOS Tahoe, bringing a lot of transparency, translucency, and shininess to the Mac interface appearance. While some users enjoy the new look, other Mac users may find it distracting, cumbersome, or difficult to read and interact with, and perhaps even conducive to causing eye … Read More ⌘ Read more
I’ve read 63 books so far this year. Here’s how I did it
Research shows Australians are reading fewer books than ever before. One writer shares her advice on how to make reading a daily habit. ⌘ Read more
Taylor Swift wears Adelaide label Paolo Sebastian in new music video
Founder and designer Paul Vasileff says he’s grateful to have his Adelaide-made couture dress on the world stage with pop superstar Taylor Swift wearing it in the new The Fate of Ophelia music video. ⌘ Read more
Police investigating after body found on Victorian road
The discovery was made early this morning. Traffic diversions are in place and specialist detectives are set to investigate. ⌘ Read more
‘Do you want a player to die?’ Heat dominates tennis events in China
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Arduino UNO Q Combines Qualcomm Dragonwing QRB2210 and STM32 MCU
Qualcomm Technologies has announced its plan to acquire Arduino, marking a major development in the embedded and maker ecosystems. The acquisition aims to combine Qualcomm’s edge computing and AI expertise with Arduino’s large developer community and open hardware approach. As part of the announcement, both companies introduced the Arduino UNO Q, a new dual-processor development […] ⌘ Read more
Surge in shark-tracking app downloads following fatal Sydney attack
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Live: ASX to open steady as Wall Street slips from record highs
Gold prices surge to a new record, above $US4,000 an ounce, as the US government shutdown drags on past its first week, and the Australian share market is likely to open flat after Wall Street’s AI tech rally takes a breather. ⌘ Read more
Has the WA government made Italian giants AC Milan an offer they can’t refuse?
Italian heavyweights AC Milan look set to play a match, for actual Serie A points, in Perth. What will the state government pay to lure them here, and why are some football supporters unhappy? ⌘ Read more
Widower living in bus as he waits for answers on fire that destroyed home
Residents who lost their homes in a blaze that ripped through WA’s southern wheatbelt in January may have to wait more than two years to seek compensation. ⌘ Read more
Trump’s Pentagon nominee flags possible ‘commonsense’ changes to AUKUS
The AUKUS submarine pact may need “commonsense” action from both Australia and the US to make it more “sustainable”, according to Donald Trump’s nominee to oversee US defence strategy in the Indo-Pacific. ⌘ Read more
Council resorts to security guards, body cameras amid rising violence
A Queensland council is ramping up efforts to protect staff following an alarming rise in verbal and physical abuse. ⌘ Read more
NT government reviewing conflict allegations against gambling regulator
The NT government is standing by its de-facto regulation of Australia’s $50 billion online gambling industry, despite allegations that it is too closely linked to the sector. ⌘ Read more
US to ‘do everything possible’ to prevent war if Hamas agrees to peace deal
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Live: Officials to be grilled over Optus outages in Senate estimates
Officials from two departments will be questioned today about the government’s handling of the Optus triple-0 outages. Follow live. ⌘ Read more
‘Intergenerational benefits’: Tasmanian government responds to planning criticisms
The state government response to last month’s scathing report from the planning commission says that while “change can be challenging”, the “dream of a Tasmanian team representing our state in the AFL and AFLW is now within reach — we cannot turn back”. ⌘ Read more
R360 players to be banned from international rugby union
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Trump believes he ‘deserves’ the Nobel Peace Prize. Experts say it’s unlikely he’ll win
US President Donald Trump has made no secret that he wants to win this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. Here’s why experts say it’s unlikely he’ll win the prestigious award. ⌘ Read more
‘It’s a human rights tragedy’: Aged care facility inappropriately restrained residents
A South Australian government aged care home, which looks after 23 people with dementia or complex disabilities, inappropriately used lap belts and other mechanical restraints to stop falls and control residents’ behaviour, the ABC can reveal. ⌘ Read more
When is the Bathurst 1000, and will it be raining?
The 2025 Bathurst 1000 gets underway this weekend. Here’s all you need to know before the 68th running of the iconic endurance race. ⌘ Read more
Industry warns ‘no gas, no future’ amid high prices and falling demand
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Can private information uploaded to ChatGPT be found by other users?
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New AFP boss warns hate crime laws may need to be strengthened further
In a wide-ranging interview as she begins as AFP commissioner, Krissy Barrett announces a new sub-terror strike force, and flags that newly written hate crime laws may need to be strengthened further. ⌘ Read more
Housing charity linked to 17-storey high rise run by investment firm
A Victorian housing charity awarded more than $200 million in taxpayer funds for a proposed 17-storey tower is controlled by a for-profit investment firm, the ABC can reveal. ⌘ Read more
How a top bug bounty researcher got their start in security
For this year’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month, the GitHub Bug Bounty team is excited to feature another spotlight on a talented security researcher — @xiridium!
The post How a top bug bounty researcher got their start in security appeared first on The GitHub Blog. ⌘ Read more
[$] Progress on defeating lifetime-end pointer zapping
Paul McKenney gave a remote presentation at
Kangrejos 2025 following up on the
talk he gave last year about the
lifetime-end-pointer-zapping problem: certain common patterns for multithreaded code are
technically undefined behavior, and changes to the C and C++ specifications
will be needed to correct that. Those changes could also impact code that uses
unsafe Rust, such as the kernel’s Rust bindings. Progress on the p … ⌘ Read more
[$] Highlights from systemd v258: part two
Systemd\
v258 was released on September 17 after more than nine months
of development. LWN has already covered some of the
features and changes being readied for v258 before it was final. Now
that the release is out, it is time to look at more of what came in
v258, including a sandbox shell, new boot options, service-level disk
quotas, and enhancements to systemd-resolved
. ⌘ Read more
@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org Cool! 😎 You might be interested in my own learnings and toying around with building my own container engine / tooling (whatever you wanna call it) box. I had to learn a bunch of this stuff too 😅 Control Groups, Namespaces, Process Isolation, etc.
Macron urged by his first PM to resign in escalating French crisis
Emmanuel Macron’s first prime minister urges the cornered French head of state to resign in a shock call that compounded an escalating political crisis. ⌘ Read more
I went on a short stroll in the woods and came across two great spotted woodpeckers. They were busy with their courtship display, I reckon, so it took them a while to notice me and escape into thicker parts out of sight. That was really awesome. There are a lot of apples and sloes now, looking really good. The cam issues still persist, though, I wish the photos were sharper. Also, I got the error that the function wheel was not adjusted correctly and alledgedly pointed between two options numerous times. And no, it was bang on a setting. https://lyse.isobeef.org/waldspaziergang-2025-10-07/
Robin Williams’s daughter begs fans to stop making AI content of her father
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Second inquest into cold case murders of trio in outback begins
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Diamonds looking to change things up against Proteas
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Vics survive hat-trick ball to secure win, Tasmania digs deep for draw
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Surfer bitten twice by shark chasing seal off Kangaroo Island
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WA Government appeals $2.8m compensation for foster care abuse survivor
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Gold Coast mayor says Qld government hoarding cyclone recovery funds
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My open letter, to the European Commission digital markets act team:
Hello,
I am joining other developers, concerned about Googles new plan, to approve every app and effectively destroy most of the competing 3rd party stores this way. The biggest one of these alternative stores, most known for their focus on user and developer privacy, already states, this would make it impossible for them to operate: https://f-droid.org/cs/2025/09/29/google-developer-registration-decree.html
Even communities like the XDA forum, where new developers are often introduced to the world of Android development, would likely be strongly impacted, as making, publishing and installing Android apps is made less accessible.
I am not just writing on their behalf, I run a small website myself (https://thecanine.ueuo.com/), that both provides legal modifications, for some android apps - for example adding an amoled dark theme, to the most popular XMPP chat client for Android, or increasing one of Androids keyboard apps height. This all comes after Googles previous changes to the Android operating system, that prevent users from installing old apps (old to Google, can mean only a couple of months, without an update - https://developer.android.com/google/play/requirements/target-sdk and the target version gets increased every year). I rely on apps developed by a single developer, even for things like making the pixel art presented on my website and sideloading as a way to make these apps work, before developers can catch up to Google’s new requirements - if Google is allowed to slowly kill these options, us digital artists will soon lose the tools we need to create digital art.
Australia able to ‘break records’ with world cup approach
Beth Mooney has predicted Australia’s new approach to ODI cricket will pay off in the Women’s Cricket World Cup, with a greater desire to take the game on. ⌘ Read more
Chainsaw was not used to murder man on NSW far south coast, police say
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Brisbane man pleads not guilty to murdering uncle outside home
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Indigenous-run corporation convicted, fined for failing to lodge reports
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