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Asheville Charlie<p>Some apps become so useful you forget about them so here's a shout out to <br>CX File Explorer for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a> </p><p>This has been my rock solid file and network share app. Integrated image, video and music player too. </p><p>If you browse files, you can do much worse.</p><p><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cxinventor.file.explorer" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">play.google.com/store/apps/det</span><span class="invisible">ails?id=com.cxinventor.file.explorer</span></a></p>
M.S. Bellows, Jr.<p>Hey, <a href="https://c.im/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/GalaxyTabA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GalaxyTabA</span></a> and similar folks: my old tablet is nearly out of internal storage (15.8 of 16 GB used), but the more detailed breakdown only shows about 2.5 GB actually used (see pics)(because nearly all my apps and data are on the SD card). Any suggestions for finding/clearing out this Black Matter?</p>
R.L. Dane :Debian: :OpenBSD: 🍵<p>Every. Stinking. Time. lol</p><p>Anuto TD <strong>always</strong> wipes the floor with me at level 73.</p><p>Video from the same game on <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/loops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Loops</span></a>:</p><p><a href="https://loops.video/v/74B0hIDoAG" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://loops.video/v/74B0hIDoAG</a></p><p>Direct video link for command-line enjoyment: <a href="https://loopsusercontent.com/videos/80575218996875264/127389436196260138/IhTwtGxH2arxw17jgGa67QV9FU7DZwu9JWfvDB5I.720p.mp4" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://loopsusercontent.com/videos/80575218996875264/127389436196260138/IhTwtGxH2arxw17jgGa67QV9FU7DZwu9JWfvDB5I.720p.mp4</a> ;)</p><p><a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a> <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaming</span></a> <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/fossgaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FOSSGaming</span></a> <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/anutotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AnutoTD</span></a></p>
Alex Kidman<p>Fresh review time, as I test out Samsung’s affordable Galaxy A36 smartphone in my latest written and video review!</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/Samsung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Samsung</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/GalaxyA36" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GalaxyA36</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://alexreviewstech.com/samsung-galaxy-a36-review-a-truly-mid-mid-range-phone/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">alexreviewstech.com/samsung-ga</span><span class="invisible">laxy-a36-review-a-truly-mid-mid-range-phone/</span></a></p>
YurkshireLad<p>Hmmm. Vivaldi on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>android</span></a> is no longer blocking ads on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/YouTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YouTube</span></a>. <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/@Vivaldi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Vivaldi</span></a></span></p>
OSNews<p>Google makes Vulkan the official graphics API for Android</p><p>Google’s biggest announcement today, at least as it pertains to Android, is that the Vulkan graphics API is now the official graphics API for Android. Vulkan is a modern, low-overhead, cross-platform 3D graphics and compute API that provides developers with more direct control over the GPU than older APIs like OpenGL. Thi</p><p><a href="https://www.osnews.com/story/141929/google-makes-vulkan-the-official-graphics-api-for-android/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">osnews.com/story/141929/google</span><span class="invisible">-makes-vulkan-the-official-graphics-api-for-android/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a></p>
Hacker News 50<p>Apple will soon support encrypted RCS messaging with Android users</p><p>Link: <a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/629620/apple-iphone-e2ee-encryption-rcs-messaging-android" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theverge.com/news/629620/apple</span><span class="invisible">-iphone-e2ee-encryption-rcs-messaging-android</span></a><br>Discussion: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43361822" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4</span><span class="invisible">3361822</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.lansky.name/tags/apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>apple</span></a> <a href="https://social.lansky.name/tags/android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>android</span></a></p>
The New Oil<p>End-to-end encrypted <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/RCS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RCS</span></a> messaging on <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/iPhone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iPhone</span></a> coming in future software update</p><p><a href="https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/14/end-to-end-encrypted-rcs-messaging-on-iphone/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">9to5mac.com/2025/03/14/end-to-</span><span class="invisible">end-encrypted-rcs-messaging-on-iphone/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/cybersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cybersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a></p>
Hit new slatest<p>Google's new <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> lets you <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/play" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>play</span></a> all <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>games</span></a> on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PC</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mac</span></a>. Discover system requirements, features, and what this means for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gamers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gamers</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.hitnewslatest.com/2025/03/googles-game-changing-move-run-all.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">hitnewslatest.com/2025/03/goog</span><span class="invisible">les-game-changing-move-run-all.html</span></a></p>
iamdtms<p>You can now replace <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Gemini" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gemini</span></a> with <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChatGPT</span></a> on your <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a> phone <a href="https://www.androidpolice.com/you-can-replace-gemini-with-chatgpt-on-android-phone/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">androidpolice.com/you-can-repl</span><span class="invisible">ace-gemini-with-chatgpt-on-android-phone/</span></a></p>
slamr<p>Can anyone recommend an open source podcast app for Android? </p><p><a href="https://hub.uckermark.social/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://hub.uckermark.social/tags/opensourcesoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensourcesoftware</span></a> <a href="https://hub.uckermark.social/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>podcast</span></a> <a href="https://hub.uckermark.social/tags/android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>android</span></a></p>
Marcus "MajorLinux" Summers<p>But will it be as secure as Signal?</p><p>End-to-end encrypted RCS messaging on iPhone coming in future software update - 9to5Mac </p><p><a href="https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/14/end-to-end-encrypted-rcs-messaging-on-iphone/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">9to5mac.com/2025/03/14/end-to-</span><span class="invisible">end-encrypted-rcs-messaging-on-iphone/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/E2EE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>E2EE</span></a> <a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/Encryption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Encryption</span></a> <a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/Security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Security</span></a> <a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/RCS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RCS</span></a> <a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/iPhone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iPhone</span></a> <a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a> <a href="https://toot.majorshouse.com/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tech</span></a></p>
Erik Nygren :verified:<p>This is cool and allows me to run python and curl and such on my <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a> phone in a VM by just enabling the feature and starting the Terminal app. </p><p>Annoyingly the VM only seems to get an <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/IPv6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IPv6</span></a> address on the mobile network and not wifi. I wonder why but haven't debugged yet.</p><p>---</p><p>"Google slips built-in terminal, Debian Linux VM into Android 15 March feature drop • The Register"<br><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/13/android_15_linux_debian_terminal/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theregister.com/2025/03/13/and</span><span class="invisible">roid_15_linux_debian_terminal/</span></a></p>
TOPECAX<p>🔐 Protege tus contraseñas en Android con KeePass y KeePass2Android. Control total y seguridad garantizada. 💪 ¡Descubre cómo usarlo y mejora tu seguridad digital! <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Ciberseguridad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ciberseguridad</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a><br><a href="https://www.todoandroid.es/protege-tus-contrasenas-facilmente-en-android-con-keepass/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">todoandroid.es/protege-tus-con</span><span class="invisible">trasenas-facilmente-en-android-con-keepass/</span></a></p>
PrivacyDigest<p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/RCS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RCS</span></a> Messaging Adds End-to-End <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Encryption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Encryption</span></a> Between <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a> and <a href="https://mas.to/tags/iOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>iOS</span></a> - Slashdot <br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/e2ee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>e2ee</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a></p><p><a href="https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/03/14/130255/rcs-messaging-adds-end-to-end-encryption-between-android-and-ios?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&amp;utm_medium=feed" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">it.slashdot.org/story/25/03/14</span><span class="invisible">/130255/rcs-messaging-adds-end-to-end-encryption-between-android-and-ios?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&amp;utm_medium=feed</span></a></p>
ComputerBase<p>Statt Gemini auf Android: ChatGPT-Beta lässt sich als Standard-Assistent nutzen <a href="https://www.computerbase.de/news/apps/statt-gemini-auf-android-chatgpt-beta-laesst-sich-als-standard-assistent-nutzen.91786/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">computerbase.de/news/apps/stat</span><span class="invisible">t-gemini-auf-android-chatgpt-beta-laesst-sich-als-standard-assistent-nutzen.91786/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chatgpt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chatgpt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openai</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>android</span></a></p>
LumiWorx<p>Is anyone else having persistent issues with the latest version of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MastodonApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastodonApp</span></a> on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a> opening any <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WebLinks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WebLinks</span></a> ?</p><p>I can't get anything to open by toggling either the in-app <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/browser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>browser</span></a> or using the system default. As a matter of fact, the app doesn't seem to know what the default should be.</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Gargron" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Gargron</span></a></span> ... it won't open the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/donation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>donation</span></a> link in-app either, so it's not just the posted <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/links" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>links</span></a> in toots.</p>
Devin Prater :blind:<p>Made this issue for Lemuroid, which is an Android app that contains lots and lots of emulators, like Retroarch but uses a simple, Android-native GUI. Just, the game view can't be focused with TalkBack, so no image descriptions.</p><p><a href="https://github.com/Swordfish90/Lemuroid/issues/1014" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/Swordfish90/Lemuroi</span><span class="invisible">d/issues/1014</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gaming</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>accessibility</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/blind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blind</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/emulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emulation</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/emulator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emulator</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/Lemuroid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lemuroid</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/Android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Android</span></a> <a href="https://tweesecake.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a></p>
Mastoli<p>Par contre, iCard, une alternative à Revolut qui autorise la mobile payment via NFC fonctionne très bien.<br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>GrapheneOS</span></a></span> <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/grapheneos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grapheneos</span></a> <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>android</span></a></p>
Mastoli<p>Troisième semaine de test avec <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>GrapheneOS</span></a></span>. Mis à part le mobile payment que je regrette vraiment (Google wallet ne veut rien savoir, Revolut ne fonctionne pas encore mais je vais les travailler au corps), vraiment rien à redire de mon côté. Je suis même très surpris en bien.<br><a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/grapheneos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grapheneos</span></a> <a href="https://tooting.ch/tags/android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>android</span></a></p>
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