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Tech Culture Mobile

This Carrier Pidge app delivers texts at 110 mph, unless your virtual pigeon gets lost, distracted, or dies

Finally, a messaging app with built-in bird-related failure
WTF?! Have you ever marveled at the lightning speeds of modern communications and thought, "I wish this wasn't so fast"? Probably not, but for anyone who doesn't want to resort to posting letters, there's a new app that replicates the message-carrying speed of a carrier pigeon. Adding further realism to the whole thing, there's a small chance that your virtual bird will get lost or die while traveling to its destination, so don't send anything too important.
Full story By Rob Thubron, 13 comments
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Mobile Google

Google unveils Pixel 11 series featuring Tensor G6 SoC, Titan M3 security chip, and Android 17, starting at $899

Pixel 11 Pro's new glowing ring shows you when Gemini is active
First look: Google's Pixel 11 series marks the company's most aggressive AI play yet, pairing a new 2nm Tensor G6 chip with deeper on-device Gemini integration across all four models – Pixel 11, Pixel 11 Pro, Pixel 11 Pro XL, and Pixel 11 Pro Fold. It's also the first Pixel generation to drop Samsung's Exynos modem in favor of MediaTek, a move aimed squarely at years of connectivity and heat complaints. Pricing starts at $899 for the base Pixel 11, climbing to $1,099 for the Pro and $1,299 for the Pro XL.
Full story By Kishalaya Kundu, 10 comments
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Hardware Apple

Apple's A20 Pro production is going smoothly, except DRAM supply is bottlenecking iPhone assembly

TSMC is sitting on $1 billion worth of finished iPhone chips with nowhere to go
Ripple effect: In the run-up to the launch of the foldable iPhone Ultra, iPhone 18, and iPhone 18 Pro, Apple and its assemblers are working to secure enough mobile DRAM. Apple leans heavily on Micron for these chips and also buys from SK Hynix and Samsung. People involved say they still expect to meet initial demand, but they worry online wait times could stretch and store inventory could run out quickly if the shortage continues.
Full story By Skye Jacobs, 7 comments
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Security Mobile

GrapheneOS says its data-wiping "duress" password is perfectly legal, after user faces federal charges

Get Off My Phone: The recently unveiled case brought by the US Department of Justice against a GrapheneOS user is rekindling debate around privacy and effective operational security on mobile devices. The GrapheneOS Foundation has joined that debate, reaffirming some key points about the operating system's security features and whether previously deleted data can ever be recovered.
Full story By Alfonso Maruccia, 93 comments
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Download of the Week Mobile

GrapheneOS brings enhanced security and privacy to Google Pixel phones

GrapheneOS is a security focused mobile OS for Google Pixel phones (soon Motorola). Based on Android's open source roots, it adds extensive hardening features, stronger app sandboxing, and granular permissions while allowing users to install Google Play services as regular apps. The project has grown past 400,000 active users. Its tools recently made the headlines after prosecutors treated the OS's remote wipe feature as evidence.
By Ivan Franco,
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Security Mobile

US prosecutors charge Atlanta man after GrapheneOS phone wipes itself during airport search

Prosecutors say the OS erased evidence, but advocates warn the case could criminalize security tools
A hot potato: A federal case in Atlanta is raising questions about a privacy-focused mobile operating system, with prosecutors arguing that its features were used to erase evidence. The US Department of Justice is attempting to prosecute Atlanta resident Sam Tunick under a federal statute that makes it a crime to destroy property in an effort to prevent it from being seized.
Full story By Skye Jacobs, 164 comments
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