@Techmeme@techhub.socialReplit launches Mobile Apps on Replit, which enables vibe-coding of iOS apps with integrated Stripe monetization (CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/15/ai-startup-replit-launches-feature-to-vibe-code-mobile-apps.html
@fanf@mendeddrum.orgfrom my link log —
How London finally cracked mobile phone coverage on the Underground.
https://www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/how-london-finally-cracked-mobile-phone-coverage-on-the-underground-86784/
saved…
@heiseonline@social.heise.deMillionenstrafe nach Datenpanne: CNIL sanktioniert französischen Provider Free
Nach einem großen Datenabfluss bei Free und Free Mobile zieht die französische Aufsicht Konsequenzen: Die Unternehmen müssen 42 Millionen Euro Bußgeld zahlen.
@rene_mobile@infosec.exchange
@catsalad@infosec.exchangeNice! A clean getaway >:3
Anyway, enjoy the $20 gift cards!
Verizon blames nationwide outage on a "software issue"
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/mobile/verizon-blames-nationwide-outage-on-a…
@scott@carfree.cityI'd been meaning to switch off T-Mobile for years because of their dead zone in the Mission but never got around to it. This boycott that begins this weekend is pushing me to finally do it
https://tmobileboycott.org/
@Techmeme@techhub.socialPolitical fixer Bradley Tusk's nonprofit releases VoteSecure, an open-source cryptographic protocol for mobile voting, amid skepticism from cryptographers (Steven Levy/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/bradley-tusk-mobile-voting-protocol/
@metacurity@infosec.exchangeWith so much going on in the world, check out today's Metacurity for a one-stop run-down of the critical infosec developments you should know, including
--Microsoft took down massive cybercrime platform RedVDS,
--Google's Fast Pair protocol enables hackers to connect with audio accessories,
--Shipping-related firm Bluspark Global patched a raft of flaws,
--Kimwolf botnet may have hit its maximum potential,
--CNIL fined French mobile companies for data bre…
@rachel@norfolk.socialA very dear friend of mine, Fern, who taught me pretty much all I know about overland bike travel, is in need of a new wheelchair. One that will get her out and about again on new adventures on five wheels rather than the two she is more used to.
Please do give what you can - it all helps.
https://www.justgivin…
@azonenberg@ioc.exchangeGrumbling yet again at t-mobile 5G having a weird nonstandard MTU that breaks things unpredictably
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialCloudX, which uses Anthropic's Claude to automate mobile ad pricing and inventory optimization for publishers, raised a $30M Series A led by Addition (Trishla Ostwal/Adweek)
https://www.adweek.com/media/adtech-founders-raise-30-million…
@offenenetze@chaos.socialMillionenstrafe nach Datenpanne: CNIL sanktioniert französischen Provider Free | heise online
https://heise.de/-11142177
@maxheadroom@hub.uckermark.socialSomebody using #Jellyfin Mobile on iOS on an iPhone ? Does yours play in the background? On mine the music stops as soon as I switch to another app. Background refresh is enabled for the app.
@macandi@social.heise.de
@lilmikesf@c.im
@poppastring@dotnet.socialI Bringing Fluent Design to Mobile: My Reimagining of Windows Phone UI and Live Tiles (Windows Astra Concept)
[I cannot get enough of these Windows Phone concepts that would never have helped 🤷🏾♀️]
https://www.reddit.com/r/windowsphone/comm
@theprivacydad@social.linux.pizzaDroidian is potentially the best Linux mobile operating system for on-boarding newcomers into the field.
https://theprivacydad.com/using-droidian-on-a-google-pixel-3axl-phone/
@…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialAT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon's rivalry is moving beyond ads with explicit customer poaching efforts and lawsuits; AT&T twice blocked T-Mobile's Easy Switch tool (Patience Haggin/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/busi…
@jake4480@c.imCapcom gave us Puzzle Fighter for mobile in 2017 and then ended it in 2018. I've never forgotten or forgiven them, and probably never will
@csessh@social.linux.pizzaVibe coded a functional Go/chess clock at https://clock.covay.vn
It supports byoyomi, Canadian byoyomi and Fischer time. PWA. Installable on mobile devices. Best used on mobiles.
@rene_mobile@infosec.exchangeI finally deleted my Twitter account. Created in 2010, got a lot of security news value out of it until around 2022. Then something happened and I created an account on Mastodon and stopped posting at Twitter. Now the value became clearly negative, even for holding an old, inactive account.
@jom@social.kontrollapparat.de @fanf@mendeddrum.orgfrom my link log —
Software architecture is overrated, clear and simple design is underrated.
https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/software-architecture-is-overrated/
saved 2019-09-19
@newsie@darktundra.xyzNew Legislation Would Rein In ICE’s Facial Recognition App https://www.404media.co/new-legislation-would-rein-in-ices-facial-recognition-app/
@arXiv_csCG_bot@mastoxiv.pageInstant Skinned Gaussian Avatars for Web, Mobile and VR Applications
Naruya Kondo, Yuto Asano, Yoichi Ochiai
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.13978 https://arxiv…
@midtsveen@social.linux.pizzaRE: #Firefox posts on the Mastodon mobile app and got completely confuse…
@dichotomiker@dresden.networkThis is hands down the most wholesome "Stranger Things" fact ever https://piefed.social/c/television/p/1661852/this-is-hands-down-the-most-wholesome-stranger-things-fact-ever
@Jackobli@mastodon.socialHmm, WebGUI von mastodon.social kaputt?
Sowohl Safari als auch Chrome auf dem Mac wollen nicht?
@Techmeme@techhub.socialCloudX, which uses Anthropic's Claude to automate mobile ad pricing and inventory optimization for publishers, raised a $30M Series A led by Addition (Trishla Ostwal/Adweek)
https://www.adweek.com/media/adtech-founders-raise-30-million…
@scott@carfree.city"Permitting Parking in Driveways" is at Monday's SFBOS land use committee.
I plan to comment against this. It seems to allow driveways to be unlimited width and to remain even after garages are converted to ADUs. This is nakedly an inducement to more driving at the expense of green space, stormwater drainage, active transportation, and public transit.
![[Planning Code - Permitting Parking in Driveways]
Sponsors: Mayor; Chen and Melgar
Ordinance amending the Planning Code to permit parking of up to two operable vehicles,
not including boats, trailers, recreational vehicles, mobile homes, or buses, in driveways
located in required front setbacks, side yards, or rear yards; affirming the Planning
Department’s determination under the California Environmental Quality Act; making
findings of consistency with the General Plan, and the eight…](https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/carfreecitymain/media_attachments/files/115/720/537/456/713/276/original/3587a1e38eb0a821.png)
@mgorny@social.treehouse.systemsSo far:
Average person my age: using a mobile train ticket.
Me: using a paper ticket (pass) bought at a ticket office.
Now:
Average person my age: using a mobile train ticket.
Me: using a plastic card (pass).
@floheinstein@chaos.socialAfter being delayed for 16 years due to the conflict, a shipment of Nokia mobile phones ordered in 2010 has finally reached a Libyan trader in Tripoli.
[Insert joke about charge remaining here]
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTallPtANoh/
@poppastring@dotnet.socialI Bringing Fluent Design to Mobile: My Reimagining of Windows Phone UI and Live Tiles (Windows Astra Concept)
[I cannot get enough of these Windows Phone concepts that would never have helped 🤷🏾♀️]
https://www.reddit.com/r/windowsphone/comm
@sauer_lauwarm@mastodon.socialSince these remarks address a number of mobile and evolving scholarly fields,
it is difficult to assess their pertinence.
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk
@lukem@hachyderm.io(Był Plus, jest nju mobile, gdyby były pytania. Tylko ciekawe jak będzie na nowym kwadracie)
@ingo@social.stuetzle.ccDie Handreichung des Bundesverbands Mobile Beratung ordnet rechtsextreme Anfeindungen gegen die Wissenschaft demokratietheoretisch ein und präsentiert Handlungsperspektiven https://bundesverband-mobile-beratung.de/publikationen/umgang-…
@brichapman@mastodon.socialBLUETTI just dropped something big at CES 2026: a road trip charger that runs on your alternator and solar, plus power stations made from bio-circular plastics that slash CO2 emissions.
The Charger 2 solves slow-charging headaches with universal compatibility and bi-directional power. Meanwhile, their new Elite series brings sustainable materials to high-density energy storage.
@heiseonline@social.heise.deMicrosoft Teams: Mobilversion erfragt im Februar neue Standardprogramme
Teams Mobile soll im Februar nachfragen, welche Programme Nicht-Office- und PDF-Links standardmäßig öffnen sollen.
https://www.<…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialKayak launches a ChatGPT-powered chatbot on its desktop and mobile website that lets users ask travel questions and compare flights, hotels, and car rentals (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/16/kayak-launches-an-ai-m…
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialFor some live events, NBC Sports plans to use tech from Japan's Nippon Television Network that uses AI to track individual players and reframe them vertically (Pranob Mehrotra/Digital Trends)
https://www.digitaltrends.com/movies/nb…
@lschiff@mastodon.sdf.orgWondering how many folks here are also on #Bluesky but experiencing the birthdate bug so can't use the app: https://github.com/bluesky-social/social-app/issues/7077
@bogo@hapyyr.com
@rperezrosario@mastodon.social
@burger_jaap@mastodon.socialNow, 10,000 EV drivers in Finland are contributing to grid stability. The smart charging service Synergi, which already optimises EV charging according to dynamic power prices, now provides FCR support to the national grid using this aggregated fleet.
https://tech.eu/2025/11/12/finlands-fi
@NFL@darktundra.xyz2026 Senior Bowl roster reveal: Three things you need to know https://www.nfl.com/news/2026-senior-bowl-roster-reveal-things-you-need-to-know
@cdarwin@c.imDirect File is a service from the United States Government that provides taxpayers the option to electronically file their federal tax return for free, directly with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
Direct File is an interview-based service that is intended to work as well on a mobile phone as it does on a laptop, tablet, or desktop computer.
It is available in English and Spanish and is designed to be accessible to taxpayers who have a variety of attitudes, aptitudes, abili…
@ToneMilazzo@mastodon.cloudI've been using
@… to track my listening habits. At least while I'm out of the car, there's no tracking on VLC Mobile that I can tell.
I'm normally protective of my data, but this is fun and with my listening tastes I need ways to find new music.
Mostly underground hip hop but I went on a Sting bender when I had to use up some Amazon c…
@metacurity@infosec.exchangeThat is a lot of mobile malware.
The nTrust anti-fraud system recorded 62,952 new types of mobile malware discovered in Vietnam in 2025
https://vietnamnet.vn/en/mobile-users-in-vietnam-face-surge-in-new-malware-attacks-2479643.html…
@andycarolan@social.lolJust treated myself to an iPad Magic Keyboard.
I thought it was worth it to try to be more mobile, and break away from my WFH lifestyle. At least now I will be able to go out and work from coffee shops and shared spaces.
I wasn’t really interested in these until iPadOS26 was released, but now I think this, along with my Apple Pencil, makes my iPad as usable for most things I need.
#Apple #iPad #MagicKeyboard #Wellbeing
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioI wonder if Apple shoehorning Liquid Glass in macOS didn't remember the last time a major computer OS tried to copy features from their mobile OS at any cost: Windows 8.
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MechanicalBreakdown
Post Analog Disorder:
🎵 I Need Time
#PostAnalogDisorder
https://postanalogdisorder.bandcamp.com/track/i-need-time-the-mobile-homes-cover
https://open.spotify.com/track/3YGWJ9LA9Q4UZCLv3kx7HC
@benb@osintua.euUkraine enters EU's single mobile roaming zone: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/01/ukraine-enters-eus-single-mobile.html
@x_cli@infosec.exchangeCareless Whisper: Exploiting Silent Delivery Receipts to Monitor Users on Mobile Instant Messengers
https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.11194
Super interesting work 😍
> "an attacker could extract private information such as the online and activity status of a victim, e.g., screen on/off. More…
@servelan@newsie.socialTrump Mobile is offering phones for $500 —they are just refurbished, and three years old | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-mobile-trump-phone-refurbished-prices-b2879224.html
@newsie@darktundra.xyzRussia imposes 24-hour mobile internet blackout for travelers returning home https://therecord.media/russia-24-hour-traveler-mobile-internet-blackouts-ukraine-drones
@lukem@hachyderm.ioFirst time with a new mobile carrier and I was so unaware how much the previous one sucked at coverage. I could barely catch anything remotely better than 3G and now I have 5G/LTE even in the elevator 😮
@macandi@social.heise.de
@grumpybozo@toad.socialOr just use a solid rectangle selection tool and DELETE whatever you want to redact.
I’ve never understood how people can be so terrible at redacting pixel-based images. PDFs can be a special case (hint: redact, then Print as PDF)
https://todon.eu/@cf/115521875990737714
@adamhotep@infosec.exchangeThe Iranian rial is tanking, currently worth less than a millionth of a US dollar. It was already very weak, but it lost 25x on Jan 9 for obvious reasons.
https://www.xe.com/currencycharts/?from=USD&to=IRR&view=1W
@rene_mobile@infosec.exchangeTim Cook and Sundar Pichai are cowards | The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/policy/859902/apple-google-run-by-cowards
> Once you’ve traded your principles for proximity to power, do you even run your own company?
@cjust@infosec.exchangeYeah, um - that's a swing and a miss there. Gemini.
#AI #SwingAndAMiss #Gemini
@ubuntourist@mastodon.socialThe Trump Mobile phone is nowhere to be found after months of delay;
Trump Mobile has posted conflicting photos of the phone and scrubbed mention of its “Made in the USA” promise.
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/trump-mobile…
@heiseonline@social.heise.de
@toooobeeee@social.linux.pizzaAm 9.12. 2005 war es richtig kalt in Kopenhagen; ich glaube, es waren -5° am späten Nachmittag. Ich bin mit dem Fahrrad nach Islands Brygge gefahren, zur Vernissage eines befreundeten Lichtkünstlers. Die Veranstaltung fand im Freien statt, es gab Glühwein und eine mobile Feuerstelle zum Aufwärmen.
Hans, dessen Lichtinstallation an diesem Nachmittag der Öffentlichkeit präsentiert wurde, stellte mich einer dort ebenfalls anwesenden Deutschen vor. Daraus entwickelte sich zuerst ein anregen…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialAppfigures: global consumer spending in mobile apps on the App Store and Google Play rose 21.6% YoY to $155.8B in 2025, but app downloads dropped 2.7% to 106.9B (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/14/app-…
@cdarwin@c.im @Mediagazer@mstdn.socialAdobe partners with YouTube to launch a dedicated content creation space for YouTube Shorts creators within its Premiere mobile app for iOS (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/08/adobe-launches-content-…
@metacurity@infosec.exchangeCheck out my latest CSO piece, which provides the key takeaways from the 2026 NDAA compromise bill released earlier this week, chief among which are provisions that protect the mobile communications of top brass and requirements to safeguard AI systems from digital threats.
https://www.
@Techmeme@techhub.socialLiftoff, which helps companies place ads in mobile apps, files for a US IPO, reporting a $25.6M net loss on $491.6M in revenue in the nine months up to Sept. 30 (Natalia Kniazhevich/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
@newsie@darktundra.xyzUgandan officials turn off internet on eve of national elections https://therecord.media/uganda-internet-shutdown-elections
@rene_mobile@infosec.exchangeRE: https://mastodon.xyz/@nextcloud/115864346659649751
"Austria's Federal Ministry for Economy, Energy and Tourism is a case in point. The ministry recently completed a migration of 1,200 employees to the European open-source collaboration platform…
@csessh@social.linux.pizzaI am quite happy with how the mobile layout turns out for https://kifuoku.com
I've collected quite a bit of feedback from users at my local clubs and other fellow Redditors. Super helpful.
I've added a one colour Go mode.
I've added "replay as" feature.
I've reorganised com…
@maxheadroom@hub.uckermark.socialHat noch jemand in Berlin Probleme mit seinem T-Mobile Mobilfunk? Meine SIM Registriert sich zwar und ich glaube Anrufe funktionieren. Aber es kommt nur eine EDGE Datenverbindung zu stände. Und die auch ohne wirklich Datendurchsatz. Kollege im gleichen Rufnummernblock in Potsdam hat das gleiche Problem.
#T-Mobile
@cdarwin@c.imIran’s internet shutdown,
now in place for 36 hours
as the authorities seek to quell escalating anti-government protests,
represents a “new high-water mark” in terms of its sophistication and severity, say experts
– and could last a long time.
As the blackout kicked in, 90% of internet traffic to Iran evaporated.
International calls to the country appeared blocked and domestic mobile phones had no service,
said Amir Rashidi, an Iranian digital right…
@rene_mobile@infosec.exchangeThe list of members for the newly starting "Expert Group for a Technology Roadmap on Encryption (E04005)" is now online: https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupI…
@macandi@social.heise.deApple-Brief: EU-Gesetze widersprechen sich und machen Plattformen unsicher
Apple wirft der Europäischen Union vor, dass sich ihre Digitalgesetze gegenseitig in die Quere kommen und mobile Plattformen für Verbraucher unsicherer machen.
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialSources: WaPo's top standards editor decried "frustrating" errors in its new AI-generated personalized podcasts, announced this week for users of its mobile app (Max Tani/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/12/11/2025
@heiseonline@social.heise.deTrump Mobile: T1-Smartphone verpasst Startdatum
Ursprünglich sollte es im Sommer kommen, dann bis Ende 2025: Die Trump Organisation hat den Release-Termin des goldfarbenen T1-Smartphones gerissen.
https://www.
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSpotify launches Listening Activity on iOS and Android, letting users view friends' real-time listening via the sidebar alongside chats, as an opt-in feature (Terrence O'Brien/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/857404/spotify-listening-activity-mobile
@newsie@darktundra.xyzNew 'DroidLock' malware demands a ransom, locks user out of device https://therecord.media/android-droidlock-malware-demands-ransom-locks-mobile-device
@rene_mobile@infosec.exchangeThe #KeepassXC discussion about GenAI coding tool use seems a bit too simplistic at the moment.
There is room for nuance:
1. Yes, LLM based code generators consume insane amounts of electricity and generate collateral environment damage. That's bad, and we should talk much more about energy efficiency and reasonable use of resources.
2. Yes, LLMs generate a lot of bad o…
@heiseonline@social.heise.de @Techmeme@techhub.socialSource: Ant Group's Ant International grew revenue by 20% to 25% in 2025 to an estimated $3.7B, or ~10% of Ant's total 2025 revenue, as it competes with Visa (Jing Yang/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/ant-…
@cdarwin@c.im❌Mobile Fortify,
the new app used by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to use face recognition technology (FRT) to identify people during street encounters,
is an affront to the rights and dignity of migrants and U.S. citizens alike.
That's why a coalition of privacy, civil liberties and civil rights organizations are
🔥demanding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
shut down the use of Mobile Fortify,
release the agency's privacy anal…
@metacurity@infosec.exchangeIn keeping with a brief return to my telecom/cable/satellite/media analysis roots, my latest piece commissioned by TechTarget takes a look at how AI is being integrated into 5G, mostly to push more compute power down to more devices.
Many thanks to Scott Lawrence of Verizon Business, Joe Madden of Mobile Experts, and the utterly delightful Ray Liu of Origin AI for their insights.
@rene_mobile@infosec.exchangeA new Master thesis by Maximilian Arthofer as part of our #Digidow project (https://digidow.eu) focusing on how to get remote integrity attestation of embedded sensing devices is now online:
@heiseonline@social.heise.deEA schaltet "The Sims Mobile" ab
Ein Mobilableger der Spielereihe "Die Sims" ist bald nicht mehr spielbar: "The Sims Mobile" wird komplett abgeschaltet. Gekaufte Inhalte gehen verloren.
https://www.
@rene_mobile@infosec.exchangeToday is one of those days again, isn't it?
@heiseonline@social.heise.de @Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: the European Commission is exploring ways to force EU member states to phase out Chinese telecom equipment makers Huawei and ZTE from their networks (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-11-10/eu-e…
@rene_mobile@infosec.exchangeI admit that, through 2025, I have become an #AI #doomer. Not that I believe the LLM-becoming-sentient-and-killing-humanity self-serving hype bullshit for a second. There are much more concrete impact points that may lead to or greatly accelerate several crises, each of which will actively harm humanity…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSource: ChatGPT has ~900M weekly active users; Sensor Tower: Gemini MAUs grew ~30% to 346M between August and November while ChatGPT's rose ~5% to 810M (Sri Muppidi/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/chatgpt-near…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialNetBlocks says internet connectivity in Iran has fallen on multiple providers as protests hit 100 cities; Cloudflare says IPv6 traffic has dropped sharply (Cody Combs/The National)
https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/mena/2026/01/08/iran-internet-blocked-ip…
@rene_mobile@infosec.exchangeInstead of a Happy one, I want to wish everybody a Stable New Year 2026, because we can all use one of those...
However, strive to find happiness within. Take care of yourselves and those around you! 🥰
@Techmeme@techhub.socialA joint Databroker Files investigation shows commercially traded mobile phone location data allows the tracking of millions of Europeans, including EU officials (netzpolitik.org)
https://netzpolitik.org/2025/databroker-files-targeting-the-eu/
@Techmeme@techhub.socialUbisoft closes its mobile-focused Halifax studio weeks after majority of the workers voted to unionize, as CWA Canada says it is "demanding information" (Chris Kerr/Game Developer)
https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/ubis…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSamsung co-CEO TM Roh says the company has rolled out Gemini-powered AI features to ~400M mobile devices by 2025, and aims to boost the figure to 800M in 2026 (Hyunjoo Jin/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/samsun
@Techmeme@techhub.socialNetflix quietly removes support for casting from its mobile app to most modern TVs and streaming devices, including Chromecast, regardless of subscription plan (Adamya Sharma/Android Authority)
https://www.androidauthority.com/netflix-casting-chromecas…
@Techmeme@techhub.socialAnthropic announces Claude Code on the web and in the Claude iOS app, available in beta as a research preview for Pro and Max users (Frederic Lardinois/The New Stack)
https://thenewstack.io/anthropics-claude-code-comes-to-web-and-mobile/
