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Google unveils Android security features, including protection from spoofed banking calls, default theft protection, and biometric protection for Mark as lost (Adamya Sharma/Android Authority)
https://www.androidauthority.com/android-security-features-2026-3665372/…

12 new security features coming to Android phones in 2026
Google has detailed several new and previously known Android security features that users can expect to roll out this year.

Apple Wallet: Diese neuen Features kommen in iOS 27 und watchOS 27
Die Gerüchte stimmten: Apple verbessert seine Kartensammelstelle deutlich. Nutzer können Papiertickets digitalisieren. Dabei hilft auch KI.

Apple Wallet: Diese neuen Features kommen in iOS 27 und watchOS 27
Die Gerüchte stimmten: Apple verbessert seine Kartensammelstelle deutlich. Nutzer können Papiertickets digitalisieren. Dabei hilft auch KI.

Google announces Pause Point, an Android 17 feature that forces a mandatory 10-second pause before opening any app a user has labeled as a distraction (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/12/android-adds-a-feature-to-stop-you-from-d…

Android adds a feature to stop you from doomscrolling | TechCrunch
Google’s new Android feature, Pause Point, forces you to wait before opening distracting apps in an effort to curb addictive scrolling habits.

Earlier last week I posted “Focusgroup Tests”:
https://adrianroselli.com/2026/07/focusgroup-tests.html
Mostly my effort to track and understand the feature.
Made some fixes based on feedback and just added a link to Microsoft’s own demos.

Focusgroup Tests
Chrome 150 has landed support for focusgroup, a feature proposed by Open-UI and not yet in WHATWG HTML as anything more than a feature request. Open-UI has outsized representation from Google and Microsoft folks, so it’s no surprise Chrome would implement it first. “FOCUS!” by Metro Centric, CC BY 2.0;…

Seahawks' Super Bowl ring unveiled: Ranking the five wildest features on Seattle's massive rings

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/seahawks-super-bowl-lx-rings-f…

from my link log —
Seamless application failover using libpq features in PostgreSQL.
https://www.percona.com/blog/2019/10/23/seamless-application-failover-using-libpq-features-in-postgresql/
saved 2019-10-30

Seamless Application Failover using libpq Features in PostgreSQL
Percona's Avinash Vallarapu talks about seamless application failover using libpq features in PostgreSQL, and how even with some slowness it still helps.

Linux 7.0 erschienen – mehr als ein Nummernsprung
Der neue Linux-Kernel 7.0 bringt selbstheilende Dateisysteme, sorgt für robusteren Code und heißt Rust als nicht-experimentelles Feature willkommen.
https://www.

Instagram rolls out Instants, which lets users share ephemeral photos, as an in-app feature in Instagram and as a standalone app in select countries (Zac Hall/9to5Mac)
https://9to5mac.com/2026/05/13/meta-launches-instants-a-…

Meta launches Instants, a new iPhone app and Instagram feature for ephemeral sharing - 9to5Mac
Meta just launched a brand new iPhone app called Instants. Built around ephemeral photo sharing, the new social media app...

DuckDuckGo-Browser blockiert jetzt YouTube-Werbung
Nervige Unterbrechungen sind mit der neuen Version des Browsers Geschichte, verspricht DuckDuckGo. Das Feature nutzt bekannte Komponenten.
https://www.

DuckDuckGo-Browser blockiert jetzt YouTube-Werbung
Nervige Unterbrechungen sind mit der neuen Version des Browsers Geschichte, verspricht DuckDuckGo. Das Feature nutzt bekannte Komponenten.

Google announces Gemini Intelligence, a brand that bundles existing and new Gemini features, including task automation and Create My Widget (Allison Johnson/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/928724/gemini-intelligence-android-io-autofill

Gemini’s biggest new features are all about controlling your phone
Google is debuting some new Gemini features, like expanded task automation and the ability to use AI to make your own homescreen widgets.