The first developer preview of Android P was released yesterday, but it’s only available for Google Pixel phones and Google describes it as an early, buggy build that you probably don’t want to use on your primary smartphone. But if you want to get a taste of some upcoming Android P features without actually installing […]
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Nintendo Switch can run Linux (thanks to a boot ROM exploit)
There’s good news for folks who’ve looked at the Nintendo Switch game console and thought “that’s a neat tablet, but I wish it could run Linux… or Android… or anything other than the software it comes with.” A group of hackers called fail0verflow have found a boot ROM bug that allows them to load custom firmware on […]
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Windows 10 on ARM ported to run on Lumia smartphone
The first Windows 10 laptops and tablets with ARM-based processors are set to hit the market this spring, but at least one person has already figured out how to load Windows 10 onto an old phone that had originally shipped with Window Phone software. Gustave M. from InsideWindows has posted a picture of a Lumia 830 […]
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Hackers gives the Google Home Mini a line-out jack (that kind of works)
The Google Home Mini is to the Google Home smart speaker what the Amazon Echo Dot is to the original Echo: a smaller, cheaper model for folks that want an always-listening voice assistant that can play music and respond to questions… but who don’t want to spend a lot of money. But there are two […]
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Windows Phone Internals 2.2 can unlock all Lumia phones (root, custom ROMs, and more)
Comments Off on Windows Phone Internals 2.2 can unlock all Lumia phones (root, custom ROMs, and more)Microsoft may have pretty much given up on Windows Phone, but if you’ve got a Lumia smartphone running Windows Phone software there’s a new tool that you can use to unlock the bootloader and flash custom firmware. About two years after releasing a version of Windows Phone Internals that could unlock some Lumia devices running […]
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SNES Classic hack allows you to load additional games
Nintendo’s SNES Classic Edition is an $80 game console that looks like a tiny version of the company’s 1990 game console, and which comes with 20 classic games pre-installed. Like last year’s NES Classic, the latest retro game system from Nintendo doesn’t officially support any other games. It doesn’t take cartridges, and you’re not supposed […]
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Hacked power bank includes an OLED display to show current
Most portable power banks that you can use to charge a phone, tablet, or other item on the go have a few LED lights that give you a rough idea of how much juice is left in your battery. But Everett Bradford wanted something a little different: a power bank with a small OLED display […]
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Hacker turns old MacBook into a Samsung DeX Lapdock
Samsung’s latest high-end smartphones have a feature called DeX that lets you connect the phone to a docking station, hook up a keyboard, mouse, and display and use the phone as if it were a desktop PC. But what if you’d rather use it like a laptop? You could try to find an old Motorola […]
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Really retro ThinkPad: X62 and T70 mods put modern specs into old laptop cases
Lenovo may be working on a 25th-anniversary ThinkPad with some retro design elements including a classic keyboard layout. But all signs point to the new ThinkPad 25th anniversary model sporting a widescreen display, which I know some folks have found disappointing. But it turns out there is a way to get a truly classic ThinkPad […]
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Netflix hack day projects: “Audiobook mode” and “continue binge watching”
Netflix held its latest Hack Day recently, giving the company’s employees some space to build new projects that reimagine the way we interact with the streaming video service. The company’s been holding Netflix Hack Days for years, and while teams of engineers have come up with some really cool ideas, the goal is really to […]