Google is turning Android into a walled garden. Mandatory ID, registration fees, and a 9-step 'advanced flow' for sideloading? That's not security, it's a monopoly move. https://t.co/xxCG7YQt9n @AlteredDeal#KeepAndroidOpen
Germany's parliament speaker had her Signal account fully compromised by Russian SVR hackers. J. Klöckner, holder of the country's second-highest office was a member of a German ruling party CDU executive board Signal group that also included Chancellor Friedrich Merz. It is unclear if Russia read those chats and for how long. Merz's phone was inspected by counterintelligence and came back clean. Klöckner's did not.
The attack is insultingly simple. Fake "Signal Support" just ask to hand over the PIN securing the account. Many European policymakers fell for it. That's it. https://t.co/YsFnQ8Uq9E
Even in darkness, we glow.
In this image of Earth taken by the Artemis II crew, we can see the electric lights of human activity. In the lower right, sunlight illuminates the limb of the planet.
2004 was a good year, but your Gmail address doesn't need to be stuck in it.
To say goodbye to [email protected] or [email protected] (or whatever you were into at the time), go to your Google Account settings and choose any name available. You'll keep your old username and you can sign in with both.
New study: you get 10 yrs of healthy life from:
Sleep: 7.2 -8 hrs
Exercise: >42 min moderate/vigorous
Diet: >52.5 points (0–100 scale) (a C grade)
Small wins matter:
+ 5 min of sleep, 1.9 min exercise, and vegetable added one year of lifespan.
Life is simple.
Go to the gym. Get yourself in shape.
Find a mate you love being around. Marry that person.
Do something you believe in. Make a living off it by helping others.
Show up. Do the work. Run your own race.
And remember the person who’s having the most fun, wins.
I'm about to turn 46.
Here are 33 micro-habits that have quietly changed my life:
1. Drinking water before coffee. When we wake up, we naturally produce cortisol. We are also dehydrated. We don't need to mainline caffeine. We need water.
TV in the 90s: you turn it on, you watch.
TV 2025:
- turn on, wait for it to load
- popup: TV wants to update, 1.5GB. No.
- scroll sideways, find prime video app or etc
- popup: now app wants to update, 500MB. No!!
- App launching... App loading…
- select account screen
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