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Android 16 QPR2: Zweite Beta bringt anpassbare App-Symbole für Pixel 6 und neuer
Google hat die zweite Beta des nächsten größeren Android-16-Updates veröffentlicht. Die QPR2-Beta hat unter anderem anpassbare App-Symbole und mehr an Bord.

Apple says it will roll out more App Store ads in 2026 "to increase opportunity in search results"; Apple's website says 800M users visit the App Store weekly (Chance Miller/9to5Mac)
https://9to5mac.com/2025/12/17/apple-announces…

Apple announces more ads are coming to App Store search results - 9to5Mac
Apple is expanding the number of ads that appear in App Store search results. In an update on its Apple...

Jetzt endlich für Android verfügbar: die neue #Bibel App der Deutschen Bibelgesellschaft mit allen Qualitätsbibeln einschließlich Hebräisch und Griechisch, Bibelleserplänen uvm.
Weitere Infos unter
https://www.die-bibel.de/app

Die Bibel als App
Die Bibel in einer modernen, intuitiven App, mit den beiden offiziellen kirchlichen Übersetzungen (Lutherbibel 2017 und Einheitsübersetzung) sowie vielen ...

»Mit Android 17 — Google ermöglicht einfache Installation alternativer App-Stores:
Google will mit Android 17 alternative App-Stores neben dem Play Store zulassen. Ein Mockup zeigt, wie einfach die Installation sein soll«
Da bin ich mal gespannt wie Datensammlung arm diese umgesetz werden oder ob die Dritte um so mehr die User*innen beschnüffelt.
P.S. Kommerziell macht Traking "Sinn" doch wird sehr wohl pol. ausgenutzt.
📱

Mit Android 17: Google ermöglicht einfache Installation alternativer App-Stores
Google will mit Android 17 alternative App-Stores neben dem Play Store zulassen. Ein Mockup zeigt, wie einfach die Installation sein soll.

App Store: Mehrere US-Bundesstaaten verlangen Altersnachweis
Texas und demnächst auch Kalifornien beginnen, den Kinder- und Jugendschutz bei Apps stärker zu regulieren. Das "Age-Gating" betrifft auch Google.

The joy of commercial big data. Thomson Reuters helps ICE to see in realtime which drivers are Democrats.
https://www.404media.co/this-app-lets-ice-track-vehicles-and-owners-across-the-country/

This App Lets ICE Track Vehicles and Owners Across the Country
Material viewed by 404 Media shows data giant Thomson Reuters enriches license plate data with marriage, voter, and ownership records. The tool can predict where a car may be in the future.

Apple unveils iOS changes in Japan to comply with local law, including alternative app stores and payment options, a new fee structure, and new default controls (Juli Clover/MacRumors)
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/12/17/japan-app-store-feature-updates/

Japan App Store Gets Alternative Marketplaces, Third-Party Payments and More
Apple today introduced several changes to the App Store in Japan to meet the requirements of the Mobile Software Competition Act (MSCA) that goes...

https://bsky.app/profile/kenwhite.bsky.social/post/3m5u2pncd622b

DO NOT REPEAT THIS POPEHAT (@kenwhite.bsky.social)
Looking to finish what they started. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

Trump has no idea what reality is
https://bsky.app/profile/amberspeaks.bsky.social/post/3m3fifsmlbc2u

Amber Speaks Up (@amberspeaks.bsky.social)
“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” -Orwell [contains quote post or other embedded content]

Exclusive Drops are back in the Raiders App! https://www.raiders.com/news/exclusive-drops-are-back-in-the-raiders-app

Savvy people are readying themselves for BlueSky's demise
https://bsky.app/profile/dmandl.bsky.social/post/3m6va6ntuws2g

Dave Mandl (@dmandl.bsky.social)
I'm on Bluesky but also on Mastodon. I hate to say it, but from past experience I'm not confident that Bluesky will remain the paradise that it is forever. It's not a bad idea to get familiar with Mastodon and least establish a presence there. [contains quote post or other embedded content]

"the founders of antifa have arrived." 😂
https://bsky.app/profile/peoplesfabric.com/post/3m3fqdkzces2z

The People's Fabric (@peoplesfabric.com)
If I’m not mistaken, the founders of antifa have arrived.

Schon mal eure Stadt gecheckt?
https://parkfuchs.app

I'm trying out a new health app to try to replace Fitbit. The Fitbit app doesn't really do anything for me and costs $100 per year. I can get my smart scale and my blood pressure cuff to pipe data into the new app. I also bought a smart ring to pump data into it. I like this, so far.
#Health #Metrics #Fitness

This App Lets ICE Track Vehicles and Owners Across the Country (Joseph Cox/404 Media)
https://www.404media.co/this-app-lets-ice-track-vehicles-and-owners-across-the-country/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251117/p101#a251117p101

Uh, that's new?! Apps installed from #AuroraStore can't be updated in #GooglePlayStore anymore?
I just updated to Aurora 4.7.5.
#Android15

This App Lets ICE Track Vehicles and Owners Across the Country https://www.404media.co/this-app-lets-ice-track-vehicles-and-owners-across-the-country/

Barmer und AOK bieten Beipackzettel digital in App für E-Patientenakte an
Den Beipackzettel von Medikamenten muss es bald digital geben. Erste Krankenkassen beteiligen sich daran. Bis 2028 soll eine Datenbank aufgebaut sein.

GuardianPWA: Enhancing Security Throughout the Progressive Web App Installation Lifecycle
Mengxiao Wang, Guofei Gu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.13561 https://

GuardianPWA: Enhancing Security Throughout the Progressive Web App Installation Lifecycle
Progressive Web App (PWA) installation is critical for integrat- ing web and mobile app functionalities, offering a seamless user experience. However, ensuring the security of the PWA installa- tion lifecycle is essential for maintaining user trust and privacy. This paper introduces the GUARDIANPWA framework, a compre- hensive approach to analyzing the PWA installation mechanism based on the CIA security principles (Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability) and identifying areas where brows…

I’ve been looking for this as a feature - offline feed reading in @himmel.app (haven’t tried the app myself yet)
[contains quote post or other embedded content] https://bsky.app/profile/bmann.ca/post/3m6wr2o3pbs2b

Boris (@bmann.ca)
I’ve been looking for this as a feature - offline feed reading in @himmel.app (haven’t tried the app myself yet) [contains quote post or other embedded content]

Det tragiska i det här är hur båda sidor behandlar Sveriges muslimer som en homogen massa med ett intresse. Som om det inte fanns spännvidd, mångfald och ideologiska skillnader (både politiska och religiösa) bland dem. Vilket påminner om hur en annan minoritet behandlas https://bsky.app/profile/did:…

Niklas Orrenius (@niklasorrenius.bsky.social)
Det Guillou är tydlig med är att han sätter likhetstecken mellan dem som Inas granskar - antidemokratiska islamister - och muslimer generellt. Det är att göra muslimer generellt en otjänst. Jag anser att Inas har en god poäng här.

So one of the authors of the Le Monde story about the secretive US unit called Group 78 contacted me to tell me I had misinterpreted the story published by his outlet and Die Zeit.
I explain everything in this thread on BlueSky (it's hard to thread things here).
Take a look:
https://bsky.app/pro…

Cynthia Brumfield (@metacurity.com)
OK, I misinterpreted the LeMonde/DieZeit story on the secret US cybercrime fighting unit called Group 78. Martin Untersinger, https://bsky.app/profile/untersin.gr, one of the Le Monde story authors, got in touch with me to explain. Here goes 1/8 https://www.lemonde.fr/pixels/article/2025/10/16/revelations-sur-le-group-78-une-unite-secrete-americaine-chargee-de-la-lutte-contre-les-cybercriminels_6647096_4408996.html https://www.zeit.de/digital/2025-10/ransomware-blackbasta-fbi-bka/komplettans…

Does somebody know this overlay thingy which annoys me since a couple of months and I don't know where to disable it.
It's not app-specific, it sometimes appears when I want to interact with something at the top of any app. It vanishes after touching somewhere else and is reduced to a white bar at the top.
I could not find out about its purpose or functionality. The middle part icons do nothing.
My environment is

Google makes Gemini 3 Flash the default model in Gemini app and Search's AI mode; it scored 33.7% without tool use on Humanity's Last Exam vs. GPT-5.2's 34.5% (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/17/goog

Google launches Gemini 3 Flash, makes it the default model in the Gemini app | TechCrunch
Google is making Gemini 3 Flash the default model in the Gemini app and oAI model for Search

Bei @… las ich kürzlich von https://beta.balkonsonne.app/ und habe herumprobiert.
Der Balkon ist nach Süden ausgerichtet und hat ca. von 9 bis 15 Uhr Blick auf die Sonn…

Deze uitspraak illustreert goed hoe extreemrechts de VVD is geworden, historisch is genoemde coalitie een volstrekt normale, maar niet voor de niet-liberale partij die de VVD nu is.

VVD-minister Brekelmans sluit coalitie met GroenLinks-PvdA, CDA en D66 uit
Politiek: De VVD wil niet in „een links kabinet” stappen met GroenLinks-PvdA, CDA en D66, zei minister Ruben Brekelmans van Defensie vrijdagavond bij Café Kockelmann.

When you are a MacOS developer or a Frank Krueger fan, every day is Xmas!
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cleanroom/id6753881178?mt=12

‎CleanRoom
‎Spin up real macOS virtual machines on your Apple silicon Mac in minutes. CleanRoom makes creating a clean, disposable Mac as easy as picking a version, clicking Create, and pressing Run. No complex setup, no command line, and no risky hacks. Just fast, reliable virtualization built on Apple’s Virtu…

How I Bypassed Amazon's #Kindle Web #DRM Because Their App Sucked
https://blog.pixelmelt.dev/kindle-web-drm/…

Möchte ich wissen, auf welchem Niveau sich da die vorherigen Partnerschaften bewegten, dass die »Beziehung« zu einer AI befriedigend zu sein scheint?
https://bsky.app/profile/shahanmemon.bsky.social/post/3m5pxpwtdu22f
Klar, LLMs sind für bestimmte Aufgabe…

Instagram unveils its first TV app, initially available on Amazon's Fire TV as a test with plans to expand to other TV platforms (Kurt Wagner/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-16/instagram-debuts-ded…

Truth.
Original post: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:zxzdh6rfywlc6rhh2atpxglf/post/3m3cybypytc2c

I picked up Spirit City Lofi Sessions today. Really chill and awesome to play in the background while working #SpiritCity #Steam #MooncubeGames

The whole app is a blob
... character driven UI as a path to language learning, a different kind of "gamification"
#software

The Whole App is a Blob
I tried to prepare for life in French-speaking Canada by turning language drills into a Tamagotchi. It worked, as long as you don't ask me whether my coffee is for here or to go.

...ok, we're back: https://bsky.app/profile/egall.bsky.social/post/3m5twgyrs5222

But he's wrong: it WAS funny. Sure, a lot of people didn't get it, and that made minor news. And it has become the root of a rich tree of memes
I find the indignant, entitled voice of those quotes to be funny from a distance but also kinda creepy. https://fed.brid…

Joshua J. Friedman (@joshuajfriedman.com)

More of this energy from our representatives‼️ please‼️
https://bsky.app/profile/chariselee.bsky.social/post/3m5rko4alnc2u

Meidas Charise Lee 💙🌊🌴🥥🫘 (@chariselee.bsky.social)
More of this energy from our representatives‼️ please‼️

Just read this long post on "the current state of Cara" https://cara.app/post/2e0d29d3-a57a-4b70-b0d0-9cefc15176ca
🤔 "Not having an algorithmically recommended feed is the biggest reason why people dropped off from Cara after we went viral. In a chronolog…

Jingna Zhang (@zemotion) | Cara - Artist Social & Portfolio Platform
About the current state of Cara— Hi all, I’d like to address some users' concerns about Cara’s stability, algorithms and reach, and why we don’t actively promote Cara and recruit new users. I have touched on most of these before through other posts, but I’ll like to go over the main points and put them in one place since they often come up as recurring questions: — Cara’s longevity/stability > "A few weeks ago, after learning how much Jingna was struggling with her personal l…

I guess we can look forward to physical fitness tests for marriage in the US.
https://bsky.app/profile/jaywillis.net/post/3ma7hbtosu22x
I expect the straight, white, and employed checks will come in other channels.

Jay Willis (@jaywillis.net)
Here's Trump judicial nominee Justin Olson today, admitting than in 2015, he gave a sermon in which he said that “marriage was not intended for all people,” including “our handicapped friends or our persons with physical disabilities that might prevent the robust marriage that we’re called to.”

ok @… i have found the part where the toot! app lets you PLAY POOL WITH PEOPLE YOU FOLLOW??? what is this app even lmao

Exclusive Drops are back in the Raiders App! https://www.raiders.com/news/exclusive-drops-are-back-in-the-raiders-app

Apple TV-App für Android bekommt Cast-Unterstützung
Apple liefert die Cast-Unterstützung für seine TV-App auf Android-Geräten nach. Eine Funktion, die Netflix erst kürzlich gestrichen hatte.
https://www.

Marie made biscuits with egg and bacon, tea and coffee. More movies tonight for our Christmas challenge. #TogetherBreakfast https://photos.app.goo.gl/B1j7DuUDfU6vRBYKA

@… gerade habe ich ein Update eurer #Banking #APP installiert. Leider kommt immer noch die Aufforderung man solle

Literally every app has different rounded corners and UI elements in completely different positions
A Mac from idk 1992 has a 10 times better and 100 times more consistent UI then whatever this is

I just realized I could be paying for The Onion, but I am not. I need to correct this oversight. https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:x4qyokjtdzgl7gmqhsw4ajqj/post/3lz364qs7hc2q

Tim Onion (@bencollins.bsky.social)
By the way, you can in fact run a media business where people give you money for goods and services. 56k+ people give The Onion ~$100 and we give them a year of newspapers. This business didn’t exist last year in this way. People will pay for good shit. Now’s the time to break glass and go for it.

Apparemment qu’un réseau de bots Russe a utilisé plusieurs serveurs mastodon incluant qlub.social pour diffuser de la propagande. C’est sorti y’a 1 mois, j’ai totalement manqué ça.
https://bsky.app/profile/antibot4navalny.bsky.social/post/3m2225xo3zs25

Wann überbringt ihr Putin diese Nachricht persönlich, in Moskau?
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:v35n6kafnti65tv44uuwtbmn/post/3ma3ly55quk2k

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#cloudflare

I updated the initial Kitten course based on our first lesson with @… and your feedback here. So now we start with no tooling except for your default terminal app and Kitten and it serves as a gentle introduction to the command line and gets to you seeing your first web page in your web browser far more quickly.

Olha, houve outro tornado em Ferragudo.
A 2 km daqui, em linha reta. Heh.
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:7q7yrzelfy3hef67kdigilvw/post/3m5opt54lxc2t

Shyznogud (@shyznogd.bsky.social)
Okha, @thisissusana.bsky.social há bocado falavas de fenómenos extremos. Viste este? https://www.facebook.com/share/v/17BTY8ra9J/

I thought matrix chat was slow, but it's the element client that's slow, laggy, bad cache prone.
Thankfully there are alternatives not built by element, client and server
#matrix

Crosslisted article(s) found for physics.app-ph. https://arxiv.org/list/physics.app-ph/new
[1/1]:
- Unified Spatiotemopral Physics-Informed Learning (USPIL): A Framework for Modeling Complex Predat...
Julian Evan Chrisnanto, Yulison Herry Chrisnanto, Ferry Faizal

I see I’m not the only one who had that reaction.
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:di7epi7naqi3rharpcogc5sf/post/3ma5q6okjnc27

We've seen some big news in outbreaks over the weekend with Marburg in Ethiopia and H5N5 in Washington, US.
See more on both below👇.
https://bsky.app/profile/altcdc.altgov.info/post/3m5rjz67als2a

Alt CDC (they/them) (@altcdc.altgov.info)
🦠Marburg in Ethiopia Ethiopia confirmed its first-ever outbreak, with 9 cases in Southern Ethiopia. Marburg virus causes severe hemorrhagic fever; it's in the same family as Ebola. It primarily spreads through contact with body fluids. There are no vaccines. https://africacdc.org/news-item/africa-cdc-statement-on-confirmed-marburg-virus-disease-in-jinka-southern-region-ethiopia/

heise | tvOS 26: Viele Tipps zu Apples neuem Apple-TV-Betriebssystem
Live-Untertitel in FaceTime, Karaoke-App und bessere Nutzerverwaltung auf dem Apple TV: Es gibt einige Neuerungen in tvOS 26. Hier unsere Tipps.

Inside the discussions between OpenAI and talent agencies about the video app Sora; some agents say studios have been too reluctant to challenge tech giants (Winston Cho/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business

How Sam Altman Played Hollywood
OpenAI’s CEO brazenly regurgitated major studios’ characters to allow video app Sora 2 to spit out clips tailor-made for users. Insiders at the major agencies are alarmed — and some wonder whether the studios are doing enough.

We're about 6 months away from fist fights in congress. https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5o6k7jvowuyaquloafzn3cfw/post/3ma7ckxvdrc2g

The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social)
JUST NOW…

"I'm so surprised" said no Democrat ever.
Original post: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ln72v57ivz2g46uqf4xxqiuh/post/3m5ssdfy5xp2r

»diVine — Twitter-Gründer bringt Kurzvideo-App Vine zurück und verbietet KI-Videos:
Das 2016 eingestellte Videoportal Vine etablierte lange vor Tiktok das Kurzvideo-Format. Mit diVine soll es eine Rückkehr erleben, und zwar ohne KI-Videos.«
Im umfangreichen Fediverse gibt es ja @… dafür, wenn es wirklich eine offene so wie KI freie Alternative zu TikTok geb…

diVine: Twitter-Gründer bringt Kurzvideo-App Vine zurück und verbietet KI-Videos
Das 2016 eingestellte Videoportal Vine etablierte lange vor Tiktok das Kurzvideo-Format. Mit diVine soll es eine Rückkehr erleben, und zwar ohne KI-Videos.

Remind me, who was president in 2020?
Oh, the *same* Donald J. Trump who is president during this *other* worst year for job growth, you say?
-- Mrs Betty Bowers
https://bsky.app/profile/mrsbettybowers.bsky.social/post/3ma5p47h6k22g

Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social)
Remind me, who was president in 2020? Oh, the *same* Donald J. Trump who is president during this *other* worst year for job growth, you say?

Apple will now require app developers to disclose and obtain users' permission before sharing personal data with third-party AI providers and companies (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/13/appl

Apple's new App Review Guidelines clamp down on apps sharing personal data with 'third-party AI' | TechCrunch
Apple updates its App Store rules to restrict apps from sharing personal data with third-party AI without disclosure and explicit permission.

In line with my “nothing wasted” values, biscuit sandwiches with yesterday’s leftover biscuits. Egg, bacon, cheddar. Tea and coffee. Garbage concert tonight! #TogetherBreakfast https://photos.app.goo.gl/wp6cgDS4RpwZ7MjC8

Meta stellt den Facebook Messenger für Windows und Mac ein
Die eigenständige App des Facebook Messengers für Windows und Mac wird noch in diesem Jahr eingestellt. Das hat Meta bestätigt.
https://www.

More local cops arresting federal agents please? https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5o6k7jvowuyaquloafzn3cfw/post/3m3ftrslvk22k
(PS still true that ACAB)

The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social)
FLORIDA — “Are you Haitian?” A self-identified off-duty ICE agent snuck in some racism as he was busted for driving drunk with his kids in the car (and resisted arrest) Full: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZtVUG6l780

A lot of the (often quite powerful!) guys emailing Epstein were asking him for dating advice,
which seems to suggest that they saw his own sex life as aspirational.
https://bsky.app/profile/econmarshall.bsky.social/post/3m5p6dgmagb2a

Marshall Steinbaum (@econmarshall.bsky.social)
The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.

heise | Fotos-App am Mac: So sortieren Sie Ihre Sammlung komfortabler
Unser Tool "Stapelbenennung für Fotos" erweitert die Fähigkeiten der macOS-Fotos-App: Es fügt Metadaten und fortlaufende Nummern in Titel und Bildtitel ein.

BVG startet größtes Pilotprojekt für autonome Kleinbusse
Fünf E-Kleinbusse starten im Berliner Nordwesten – noch ohne Fahrgäste. Was die BVG beim autonomen Fahren mit Testgruppen und App-Buchung vorhat.
https://…

We're not looking for a show vote from Republicans.
We're looking for meaningful help so that people can afford medical care.
-- Senator Elizabeth Warren
https://bsky.app/profile/warren.senate.gov/post/3m3fmmifads2u

Elizabeth Warren (@warren.senate.gov)
We're not looking for a show vote from Republicans. We're looking for meaningful help so that people can afford medical care.

OpenAI opens app submissions for review and publication in ChatGPT, where users can discover or search for apps in a new app directory (OpenAI)
https://openai.com/index/developers-can-now-submit-apps-to-chatgpt

Marie made cheddar garlic muffins, egg and bacon, tea and coffee. Weekend was soccer watch (we lost), hike, drag show with friends. Tonight will be Arkham Horror game! #TogetherBreakfast
https://photos.app.goo.gl/RaE7gz5LCVzMKSw19

Why don’t they capture these vessels and display what they were carrying?
Wouldn’t that be better PR?
Unless maybe it’s all a big scam.
-- @ambientheat.bsky.social
https://bsky.app/profile/ambientheat.bsky.social/post/3lyvo6edkrk27

MJ (@ambientheat.bsky.social)
Why don’t they capture these vessels and display what they were carrying? Wouldn’t that be better PR? Unless maybe it’s all a big scam. 🧐

Instagram unveils its first TV app, initially available on Amazon's Fire TV as a test with plans to expand to other TV platforms (Kurt Wagner/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-16/instagram-debuts-ded…

Donald Trump Thursday refiled his $15B defamation suit against @nytimes.com, three of its staff members and @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social.
A spokesperson for the newspaper dismissed the suit as a meritless PR stunt.
https://bsky.app/profile/pressfreedomtracker.us/p…

U.S. Press Freedom Tracker (@pressfreedomtracker.us)
Donald Trump Thursday refiled his $15B defamation suit against @nytimes.com, three of its staff members and @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social. A spokesperson for the newspaper dismissed the suit as a meritless PR stunt. https://pressfreedomtracker.us/blog/media-in-the-courthouse/#Oct-16-2025-NYT

Apple verschärft App-Store-Regeln gegen Copycat-Apps
Mit neuen Richtlinien will Apple verhindern, dass Entwickler fremde Marken und Icons für ihre Apps missbrauchen.
https://www.heise.de/…

The funny thing about the NYT is that not only are they genocide and fascist sympathizers, they're also just bad at, like, news. https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:qzuw62ra5pgoy7ohoaj4gd7v/post/3m3dofer6lk2g

darth™️ (@darthbluesky.bsky.social)
man...do your fuckin homework [contains quote post or other embedded content]

Perplexity updates its iPad app to improve multitasking and focus on research tools, part of a push to add business customers, after launching Comet on Android (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

I feel awful for our expert civil servants who faithfully served our country only to be fired by unqualified, uncaring, irresponsible men who couldn't even make it one year doing government work.
Looking at you Elon and retiring FBI director Dan Bongino.
https://bsky.app/profile/amandacar…

Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter.bsky.social)
I feel awful for our expert civil servants who faithfully served our country only to be fired by unqualified, uncaring, irresponsible men who couldn't even make it one year doing government work. Looking at you Elon and Bongino.

An ICE agent, who is being arrested for drunk driving and nearly killing his little kids & others,
tries to stop the arrest by racially profiling the officers arresting him.
Amazing to watch the courtesy given to him as he is belligerent and uncooperative
https://bsky.app/profile/davidj…

David Bier (@davidjbier.bsky.social)
An ICE agent, who is being arrested for drunk driving and nearly killing his little kids & others, tries to stop the arrest by racially profiling the officers arresting him. Amazing to watch the courtesy given to him as he is belligerent and uncooperative

A look at Flighty, a flight-tracking app that often beats airline updates; downloads went up 3x when the FAA cut air traffic during the US government shutdown (Ben Cohen/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/fli

lmao
https://skyview.social/?url=https:%2F/bsky.app/profile/did:plc:nx2hxdrsv3mivqwwvkq7xlqx/post/3ma7gyvkyjk24&viewtype=tree

Rep. Johnny Olszewski D-MD tried but failed to get recognized on the House floor today
to get Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva D-AZ sworn in.
Speaker Johnson has refused to seat Grijalva for more than 3 weeks.
"This is wrong and you know it Mr. Speaker."
https://bsky.app/pro…

Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree.bsky.social)
Rep. Johnny Olszewski D-MD (lower left) tried but failed to get recognized on the House floor today to get Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva D-AZ sworn in. Speaker Johnson has refused to seat Grijalva for more than 3 weeks. "This is wrong and you know it Mr. Speaker."

Clips-App für Video: Apple stellt sie offenbar ein
Schon seit Längerem keine Updates mehr, Abzug aus dem App Store und ein neues Supportdokument mit Export-Angaben: Clips ist wohl tot.
https://www.

Google says India has emerged as the No. 1 country for Nano Banana model usage, making Gemini the top free app on both the App Store and Google Play in India (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/09/17/india-leads-the…

India leads the way on Google's Nano Banana with a local creative twist | TechCrunch
Indian users turning Google’s Nano Banana into a viral trend engine, from retro AI portraits to figurine-style selfies.

diVine: Twitter-Gründer bringt Kurzvideo-App Vine zurück und verbietet KI-Videos
Das 2016 eingestellte Videoportal Vine etablierte lange vor Tiktok das Kurzvideo-Format. Mit diVine soll es eine Rückkehr erleben, und zwar ohne KI-Videos.

Inside the discussions between OpenAI and talent agencies about the video app Sora; some agents say studios have been too reluctant to challenge tech giants (Winston Cho/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business

How Sam Altman Played Hollywood
OpenAI’s CEO brazenly regurgitated major studios’ characters to allow video app Sora 2 to spit out clips tailor-made for users. Insiders at the major agencies are alarmed — and some wonder whether the studios are doing enough.

DoorDash launches Zesty, a standalone AI-powered social app for users to find nearby restaurants, in public testing in San Francisco and New York (Natalie Lung/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-…

Studie: DMA bringt Nutzern keine günstigeren App-Preise
Die Vorschriften des Digital Markets Act (DMA) sollten für mehr Wettbewerb in App Stores sorgen, doch eine neue Studie zeigt: Nutzer sehen kaum Preissenkungen.

and then ICE took away the giraffe https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:5o6k7jvowuyaquloafzn3cfw/post/3m3alqe4fes2x

The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social)
PORTLAND — Robby Roadsteamer grabbed by ICE for singing… 🎵

Coinbase is rolling out stock trading, more advanced trading tools, prediction markets via Kalshi, and more, amid a push to be a one-stop financial app (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/17/coinbase-prediction-markets-stock-tradin…

Coinbase adds prediction markets and stock trading in push to be one-stop trading app
Coinbase is expanding into stocks, advanced trading, prediction markets, and new tools for businesses, developers, and automated financial guidance.

Zum Abend noch einige der heute besonders häufig geteilten #News:
BVG startet größtes Pilotprojekt für autonome Kleinbusse

Not being even vaguely sarcastic:
At some point, a journalist needs to ask Johnson
“you regularly claim you have no idea what your own government is doing.
If we take you at your word, how are you so poorly informed,
and do you this level of ignorance should disqualify you as speaker?”
-- John Pfaff
https://

Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com)
Q: What's your message to the 170 US citizens who have been detained by ICE? About 20 of them are children MIKE JOHNSON: I don't know what you're talking about with the children. I haven't seen that so I'm not going to comment on it.

Einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
BVG startet größtes Pilotprojekt für autonome Kleinbusse
ht…

No Kings,
No Kings,
No Kings
https://bsky.app/profile/ezralevin.bsky.social/post/3m3gehoi4322n

The administration is engaging in blatantly lawless shakedowns.
And the DOJ is a massively understaffed wreck.
Not the time to cower and cave.
https://bsky.app/profile/joshuafoust.com/post/3m5oawrca6c2c

"Imagine capitulating to a president so underwater that he doesn't even have 50% approval with white people as a white supremacist"
"crazy that our Elites “confused” the most anti-free-speech extremists as pro-free-speech warriors
https://bsky.app/profile/davmicrot.bsk

LG smart TV owners say a webOS update pinned Microsoft Copilot to TV home screens, with no apparent way to remove the app; LG unveiled an AI TV strategy at CES (Luke James/Tom's Hardware)
https://www.tomshardware.com/service-provi

LG TV users baffled by unremovable Microsoft Copilot installation — surprise forced update shows app pinned to the home screen
Users report Copilot appearing after a recent software update, with no option to uninstall.

Apple unveils Mini Apps Partner Program, offering a reduced 15% commission on IAPs for mini apps, or "self-contained" experiences built with web tech like HTML5 (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/13/apple-halves-commissions-for-m…

Apple halves commissions for mini app makers | TechCrunch
Apple introduces a new program for app developers offering a reduced 15% commission on qualifying mini app transactions.

Donald Trump deeply misjudged his response to the deaths of Rob and Michele Reiner,
and he's incapable of understanding why.
https://bsky.app/profile/mirror.co.uk/post/3ma4h4dojyc26

The Mirror (@mirror.co.uk)
Donald Trump deeply misjudged his response to the deaths of Rob and Michele Reiner, and he's incapable of understanding why. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/9-unhinged-donald-trump-moments-36410478?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1765898033

Apple discontinues Clips, a video editing app it launched in 2017, removing it from the App Store for new users, and says Clips will no longer be updated (Eric Slivka/MacRumors)
https://www.macrumors.com/2025/10/11/apples-clips-app-discontinued/

Apple's Clips App Discontinued
Apple has essentially discontinued Clips, its video-editing app designed to allow users to combine video clips, images, and photos with voice-based...