Pixel 8 receives Pixel 9’s Panorama mode — try the upgraded camera
TL;DR Google has pushed a rebuilt Panorama mode to Pixel 8 devices via a Pixel Camera app update discovered by…
Tell HN: Merry Christmas — a reminder to rest, connect, and show compassion
TL;DR A Hacker News user posted a seasonal greeting acknowledging global time zones and varied observance dates, wishing rest and…
Samsung’s 90Hz Galaxy Tab A9+ now available for $140 on Amazon
TL;DR Samsung's 2023 Galaxy Tab A9+ — an 11-inch midrange tablet with a 90Hz display and quad-speaker Dolby Atmos setup…
Nabokov’s blunt guide for foreigners attempting to learn Russian
TL;DR A widely shared tweet highlights excerpts attributed to Vladimir Nabokov from a 1945 student linguistics text on Slavic languages.…
Minimalist browser-based text editor that compresses your document into the URL
TL;DR A tiny text editor runs entirely in the browser and encodes documents into the page URL hash using deflate…
Apple and Google begrudgingly allow alternative app stores in Japan
TL;DR In response to Japan’s Mobile Software Competition Act, Apple and Google have adjusted their mobile platform policies to permit…
Young Brits’ Confidence in the Internet Drops Sharply, Ofcom Finds 2025
TL;DR Ofcom's Annual Online Nation research, based on a YouGov poll of 7,340 adults in June 2025, shows people aged…
Windows trials a wider Run dialog in Insider builds — how to enable it
TL;DR Microsoft is testing a longer Run dialog in Windows 11 Insider Beta and Dev channels. Insiders on build 26220.7523…
Android 16 QPR3 Beta 1.1 arrives to fix app-launch crash problems
TL;DR Google released Android 16 QPR3 Beta 1.1 less than a week after Beta 1 to address an issue that…