📰 Fix HEIC images not loading in Ubuntu 26.04 LTS

If your HEIC photos show a “Could not load image” error in Ubuntu 26.04’s Image Viewer, you’re not alone – it’s an intentional breakage, albeit one that’s easy to fix. HEIC files are a variant of HEIF which use H.265/HEVC compression. If you own an iPhone or a newer Android device, the stock camera app uses this format by default. But Ubuntu 26.

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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/fix-heic-images-not-loading-ubuntu-26-04

📰 Lilbits: Another Raspberry Pi handheld PC, encrypted RCS messaging between iOS and Android, and a foldable Logitech mouse

If I had a nickel for every time I saw a new handheld computer powered by a Raspberry Pi, I’d have… at least a few nickels. It’s an interesting idea: take a credit card-sized computer and stuff it into a compact device with a battery, touchscreen, and maybe a keyboard and you’ve got a portable .

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https://liliputing.com/lilbits-another-raspberry-pi-handheld-pc-encrypted-rcs-messaging-between-ios-and-android-and-a-foldable-logitech-mouse/

📰 Google Introduces Googlebook, a Gemini-First Laptop Platform

Googlebook brings Gemini Intelligence, Magic Pointer, Android app support, phone integration, and premium hardware to Google’s new laptop platform...

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📰 LocalSend puts your sneakernet out of business

FOSS It happens all the time. You have a file on one of your devices and you need to have it on another one. You could put the file on a USB flash drive and walk it over (the so-called sneakernet), you could email it to yourself, or you could try to set up some kind of network resource. LocalSend, a free open source tool, makes the process of sharing files on a LAN easier than anything else and it works on Windows, Linux, macOS, Android, and...

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https://www.theregister.com/personal-tech/2026/05/15/localsend-puts-your-sneakernet-out-of-business/5241407

📰 I tried a phone that runs actual Linux, and Android app support made it almost usable

The Jolla C2 Community Phone runs Linux, but it's much better than you might expect. Plus, you can use Android apps.

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https://www.xda-developers.com/phone-runs-true-linux-supports-android-apps/

📰 Turning an $80 Android tablet into a Debian Linux PC

Smartphones and tablets are basically little computers with touchscreen displays. But since most ship with mobile operating systems like Android or iPadOS, they’re often tightly tied to Google or Apple for support, services, and app stores, among other things. So developer tech4bot decided to set a cheap Android tablet free by turning porting Linux to .

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https://liliputing.com/turning-an-80-android-tablet-into-a-debian-linux-pc/

📰 Alibaba gets Android 16 running on RISC-V

Alibaba’s research and development operation, DAMO Academy, has adapted Android 16 to run on its homebrew RISC-V silicon.

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https://www.theregister.com/systems/2026/05/27/alibaba-gets-android-16-running-on-risc-v/5246710

📰 This Android compression tool for emulator frees up space for more ROMs

Fit more ISOs on your Android device with CHDroid.

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https://www.xda-developers.com/this-android-compression-tool-for-emulators-frees-up-space-for-more-roms/

📰 Servo 0.2 Released With Revamped Android Browser UI

For ending out the month of May is a new monthly release of Servo, the open-source, Rust-based browser engine being developed by Linux Foundation Europe stakeholders and the open-source community. There are many nice enhancements on the desktop side with Servo 0.2 while also improving the Android browser UI experience with Servo too...

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https://www.phoronix.com/news/Servo-0.2-Released

📰 OpenAI Codex Authentication Tokens Stolen in codexui-android npm Supply Chain Attack

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new malicious supply chain campaign that's targeting developers using OpenAI Codex through a legitimate-looking remote web UI.The tool, named codexui-android, is advertised on GitHub and npm as a remote web UI for OpenAI Codex, attracting over 29,000 weekly downloads. The package is still available for download from the repository.What.

🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/06/openai-codex-authentication-tokens.html

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