Once upon a time, there was going to be a phone called the Saygus V2 that had an unusual design, best-in-class specs, and support for up to 320GB of storage thanks to dual microSD card slots. It was unveiled in early 2015, went up for pre-order a few weeks later for $600, and then it […]
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Trinity Exploit lets you jailbreak a PlayStation Vita
Sony’s PlayStation Vita is a handheld game console with a 5 inch display, a quad-core processor, and support for hundreds of games including titles for older consoles including the PlayStation Portable and some PSOne games. Want to do even more with it? The Trinity exploit makes it possible to jailbreak the PS Vita and run […]
Lilbits 348: More inclusive emoji
Another year, another set of cartoonish characters that we can use in lieu of words to convey meaning while sending text messages. The Unicode Consortium has approved 59 distinct new emoji… or a total of 230 when you account for skin tone and gender variations. Among other things, Emoji 12 lets you show two people […]
Nearly 15 million Nintendo Switches are now hackable (other NVIDIA Tegra X1 devices too)
Earlier this year hackers started to show evidence of an exploit that allowed you to load custom software on a Nintendo Switch game console. Theoretically that opens the door for homebrew applications, modified games, or even running an alternate operating system such as a GNU/Linux distribution on Nintendo’s latest game system. It could also make […]
Nintendo Switch hack lets it run homebrew code
The Nintendo Switch may not be the most powerful game console released this year, but it’s one of the most intriguing, thanks to its modular design that lets you use a single device as a tablet, a game console, and with or without the controllers attached to the device itself. While the system supported a […]
Make your PlayStation Portable look like an Android 5.0 device
Sony’s PlayStation Portable handheld game system might not have the hardware to run Google Android software… but if you’re not a fan of Sony’s user interface you can at least make a PSP look like it’s running Android 5.0. Developer Joel16 has created custom firmware for the PlayStation Portable which borrows heavily from Google’s Material Design language […]
webOS hackers start releasing homebrew packages for the HP TouchPad
The HP TouchPad has only been available for a few days, but hackers are already starting to develop custom themes and other apps to tweak the tablet. HP’s tablet is the first device to ship with webOS 3.0, but it turns out that the latest version of webOS supports homebrew apps just as well as […]