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https://9to5google.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2026/07/Pixel-11-Glow-teaser.mp4 Here's your notification LED, on the back, likely unable to function as one on stock, but certainly pulsating in a cool way to the voice of Gemini.
It's not a notification LED. It's a Gemini LED. If you want anything else, you gotta break Android's security model. Sorry about it.
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https://www.frandroid.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/xiaomi-eclipse.jpg
Looks like it's legit, odd to see, perhaps it's a part of a larger generative model, which are already known to distort reality to a large degree, such as...
Looks like it's legit, odd to see, perhaps it's a part of a larger generative model, which are already known to distort reality to a large degree, such as...
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... deer-dog hybrids from Motorola Signature
https://preview.redd.it/zoom-pictures-are-rubbish-v0-4z67zhgwkbgh1.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=1a6e3bc0e4b875b1cfb8de569371782943c215fc
https://preview.redd.it/zoom-pictures-are-rubbish-v0-4z67zhgwkbgh1.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=1a6e3bc0e4b875b1cfb8de569371782943c215fc
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A small tidbit: Google will have a lot of low delay information on the chip production volume at SoC vendors, as they'll be required (or already are?) to upload the collected public keys out of every chip unit expected to end up in GMS certified device.
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/hardware/interfaces/+/main/security/rkp/#phases
https://android.googlesource.com/platform/hardware/interfaces/+/main/security/rkp/#phases
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https://fixupx.com/aaronp613/status/2089522745184760112
We got "pervert glasses" as a thing, now what would these be?
We got "pervert glasses" as a thing, now what would these be?
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Here is your first look at AirPods with Cameras in action using Visual Intelligence.
This video file came from macOS 26.7 RC
This video file came from macOS 26.7 RC
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https://github.com/IsHacker003/microg_no_sigspoof
Didn't test nor read the code, but the premise is pretty nice. Tldr Android doesn't verify (in complete meaning of this word) the signature of system apps, as the security model relies on verifying the whole partition instead. So to save resources, it trusts the signature part of the apk without trying to match the binary against it. An apk crafted this way won't be user-installable, but no one stops you from forcing your way with it into the system.
Didn't test nor read the code, but the premise is pretty nice. Tldr Android doesn't verify (in complete meaning of this word) the signature of system apps, as the security model relies on verifying the whole partition instead. So to save resources, it trusts the signature part of the apk without trying to match the binary against it. An apk crafted this way won't be user-installable, but no one stops you from forcing your way with it into the system.
GitHub
GitHub - IsHacker003/microG_no_sigspoof: Install microG without signature spoofing support!
Install microG without signature spoofing support! - IsHacker003/microG_no_sigspoof
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https://preview.redd.it/were-rolling-out-the-advanced-flow-for-installing-apps-from-v0-9j7amnssc6kh1.png?width=2048&format=png&auto=webp&s=b5a1480ba9d7918522d53faf6d2e82825b358c23
Looks like even if you disable Play Protect, GMS Android gonna be snitching what you attempt to install whenever you're not doing it from ADB.
There are other ways they can know, but looks like we're going to have a visual (user-facing) proof of that this time. Funny to think how it used to be a frustrating practice on Chinese stock ROMs, now for the rest of the world xD
Looks like even if you disable Play Protect, GMS Android gonna be snitching what you attempt to install whenever you're not doing it from ADB.
There are other ways they can know, but looks like we're going to have a visual (user-facing) proof of that this time. Funny to think how it used to be a frustrating practice on Chinese stock ROMs, now for the rest of the world xD
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https://preview.redd.it/were-rolling-out-the-advanced-flow-for-installing-apps-from-v0-9j7amnssc6kh1.png?width=2048&format=png&auto=webp&s=b5a1480ba9d7918522d53faf6d2e82825b358c23 Looks like even if you disable Play Protect, GMS Android gonna be snitchingβ¦
And yes, "looks like" actually isn't very speculative in this regard: you'll always be notified
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I don't remember if I commented about RAW14 image format here, but looks like Google isn't utilizing it for photos on latest gen after all. What's exposed on Pixel 11 Pro is RAW12 and RAW_SENSOR with white level 4095.
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State of wireless file transfer in Android malware is already better than state of wireless file transfer in AOSP (there's still only Bluetooth)
https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/manic-android-malware-exfiltrates-data.html
https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/manic-android-malware-exfiltrates-data.html
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Since Snapdragon 8 Elite (gen 4), a change in Chromatix caused seemingly most devices to render shadows with much lower precision than predecessors, at least when NOISE_REDUCTION_MODE and EDGE_MODE are set to off. In the past, you could usually count for these two CaptureRequest keys to allow you to get a photo mostly resembling a RAW. Now, the difference between jpegs and raws is impossible to not notice.
There are workarounds (RAW-based JPEGs, possibly a vendor key), but this is going to be your experience with Lineage's camera app (Aperture) and on many others for the foreseeable future on the chips in question.
There are workarounds (RAW-based JPEGs, possibly a vendor key), but this is going to be your experience with Lineage's camera app (Aperture) and on many others for the foreseeable future on the chips in question.
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