Hacker News with Generative AI: Mobile Devices

Apple debuts iPhone 16e: A powerful new member of the iPhone 16 family (apple.com)
Apple today announced iPhone 16e, a new addition to the iPhone 16 lineup that offers powerful capabilities at a more affordable price.

Apple, Smartphones, Technology, Mobile Devices, Pricing

14 points by subsHack 2 days ago | 1 comments

Huawei launches $3,660 trifold phone (cnbc.com)

Huawei, Smartphones, Technology, Mobile Devices, Consumer Electronics

13 points by belter 3 days ago | 65 comments

Gemini is so good, I let it control/use my phone (reddit.com)
Gemini is so good, I let it control/use my phone (v.redd.it)

Artificial Intelligence, Gemini, Mobile Devices

4 points by mkagenius 4 days ago | 1 comments

Apple Private Relay causing mail delivery issues (vowe.net)
A few months ago, a customer reached out to me and reported that their users running iOS 18 on their iPhones and iPads were seeing an issue where they would not get push notifications for new mails.

Apple, iOS, Privacy, Email, Mobile Devices

7 points by musha68k 5 days ago | 0 comments

Honeyguide/FreeBSD-pinephonepro: Porting FreeBSD to run on the PinePhone Pro (codeberg.org)
Porting FreeBSD to run on the PinePhone Pro. This repo tracks files added to or modified from the FreeBSD source. The intention is to merge these into upstream once ready.

Operating Systems, Mobile Devices, Open Source

6 points by rodrigo975 8 days ago | 0 comments

New iPhone SE Coming Soon (bloomberg.com)
Apple Inc. plans to unveil a long-anticipated overhaul of the iPhone SE in the coming days, a move that will modernize its lower-cost model in a bid to spur growth and entice consumers to switch from other brands.

Apple, Smartphones, Technology, Mobile Devices, Consumer Electronics

21 points by hedora 15 days ago | 35 comments

Debian Powered Phone: FuriPhone (theregister.com)
FuriLabs offers a decent-spec smartphone that is based on Debian and can run GNOME apps in your pocket.

Operating Systems, Mobile Devices, Linux, Open Source

8 points by datelligence 17 days ago | 2 comments

FuriPhone FLX1: A Debian-powered brick that puts GNOME in your back pocket (theregister.com)
FuriLabs offers a decent-spec smartphone that is based on Debian and can run GNOME apps in your pocket.

Mobile Devices, Linux, GNOME, Open Source

17 points by LinuxBender 18 days ago | 2 comments

Light Phone III camera sample photos (thelightphone.com)

Camera, Smartphones, Mobile Devices, Photography

26 points by jalict 22 days ago | 6 comments

"Sneaky" forced update for Google Pixel 4a (treehouse.systems)

Mobile Devices, Google, Software Updates

31 points by Tmpod 23 days ago | 6 comments

JPEG XL: What It Is and Why You Should Care (2024) (petapixel.com)
JPEG XL is a new-generation image file format that recently got a big boost to awareness thanks to native support in the iPhone 16 series smartphones. So what is it, why does it matter, and why should you use it? Who better to ask than one of the people who helped make it a reality?

Image Formats, Technology, Mobile Devices, Photography

42 points by ksec 23 days ago | 8 comments

Signal: A Synchronized Start for Linked Devices (signal.org)
With Signal on Desktop and iPad, you can link your primary Android or iOS account with another device, letting you check and respond to messages in both places or conduct video meetings and calls from the comfort of a bigger screen.

Messaging Apps, Cross-Platform, Mobile Devices, Security

11 points by EvanHahn 25 days ago | 1 comments

DeepSeek temporarily limits registration to Chinese mobile numbers (deepseek.com)
Due to large-scale malicious attacks on DeepSeek's services, we are temporarily limiting registrations to ensure continued service. Existing users can log in as usual. Thanks for your understanding and support.

Security, China, Mobile Devices, Social Media

13 points by sabas_ge 25 days ago | 11 comments

"The Linux Phone You've Been Waiting For" (liberux.net)
WordPress

Linux, Mobile Devices, Operating Systems

18 points by 2-3-7-43-1807 28 days ago | 2 comments

NSA Warns iPhone and Android Users–Disable Location Tracking (forbes.com)
Our phones know where we are and they know where we have been—the problem is they have a nasty habit of sharing that information with others. And the latest location tracking nightmare to hit phone users shows the threat remains, despite new protections built into our iPhone and Android devices. NSA has warned users how to stop this secretive tracking—and you need to make this change now.

Privacy, Cybersecurity, Mobile Devices, Android, iPhone

8 points by taimurkazmi 37 days ago | 2 comments

How to turn off Apple Intelligence on your iPhone (theverge.com)
It’s getting increasingly difficult to avoid AI when you open up your phone or laptop — as soon as I started this article in Google Docs, I was immediately offered some AI assistance to write it (which I didn’t take). And with the rollout of Apple Intelligence, that now applies to iPhones, iPads, and Macs, too.

Privacy, Artificial Intelligence, Mobile Devices, Apple

39 points by laktak 39 days ago | 29 comments

Motorola moto g play 2024: Alpine Linux boot times, Termux 0.119.0-beta.1, QEMU (reddit.com)

Android, Linux, Mobile Devices, Software

5 points by sipofwater 41 days ago | 0 comments

Ask HN: How do you backup your Android? (ycombinator.com)
How do you backup your Android?

Android, Backups, Technology, Mobile Devices

139 points by Openai2 43 days ago | 220 comments

Apple's new AI feature rewords scam messages to make them look more legit (crikey.com.au)
Apple’s new artificial intelligence features are rephrasing scam messages and emails to iPhone and Mac users to make them look more legitimate and then flagging them as a priority, raising concerns that it will lead to more people falling for them.

Artificial Intelligence, Security, Apple, Mobile Devices, Scams

93 points by jrflowers 44 days ago | 55 comments

What happens on your device, stays on your device – until it doesn't (obdev.at)
Apple has recently shown a noticeable tendency to collect, gather, transmit, and sometimes even store privacy-sensitive data – despite repeatedly emphasizing the importance of protecting such data and ensuring it remains solely on the user’s device.

Privacy, Apple, Data Security, Technology, Mobile Devices

17 points by bangonkeyboard 44 days ago | 3 comments

Android 15 sideloading restrictions are a raw deal for users (androidpolice.com)

Android, Operating Systems, Privacy, Mobile Devices

14 points by botanical 49 days ago | 3 comments

Ask HN: Google login has circular dependency (ycombinator.com)
I just changed to a new iPhone. After setup, the gmail app requires me to confirm using two factor authentication using one of the following methods: <p>1. Tap Yes on a notification on my iPhone, which I don't receive because I am not logged in into any google accounts <p>2.

Google, Authentication, Mobile Devices, iPhones, User Experience

11 points by darth_avocado 50 days ago | 10 comments

From Pegasus to Predator – The evolution of commercial spyware on iOS [video] (media.ccc.de)
My talk explores the trajectory of iOS spyware from the initial discovery of Pegasus in 2016 to the latest cases in 2024.

Security, Mobile Devices, iOS, Surveillance, Technology

384 points by cookiengineer 54 days ago | 154 comments

PostmarketOS v24.12: The One with Androids and Cameras, but It's Mainline Linux (postmarketos.org)
This release is geared mainly towards Linux enthusiasts. We are working hard on stability improvements and automated testing, but if you expect Android or iOS levels of polish, then this is not for you yet. Systemd is coming in the next one.

Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Mobile Devices

23 points by ollieparanoid 60 days ago | 0 comments

Apple halts effort to build iPhone hardware subscription service (bloomberg.com)
Apple Inc. has halted work on a project to build an iPhone hardware subscription service, according to people familiar with the matter, retreating from an attempt to change the way consumers buy its flagship device.

Apple, Hardware Subscriptions, Mobile Devices, Business Strategy

18 points by mfiguiere 65 days ago | 2 comments

Siri's AI Phantom Table Bookings Are Creating a Mess (winbuzzer.com)
Siri’s proactive AI calendar feature triggers phantom reservations from OpenTable, confusing Apple users with unwanted alerts.

Artificial Intelligence, Software, Apple, User Experience, Mobile Devices

7 points by Babawomba 73 days ago | 0 comments

Analyzing an iOS vulnerability that could expose sensitive data to attackers (jamf.com)
Jamf Threat Labs has discovered a bypass vulnerability in the Transparency, Consent and Control (TCC) subsystem in iOS that fails to notify users when another application tries to access sensitive information such as photos, GPS location, contacts and more. Read on to learn more about our findings.

Security, iOS, Vulnerabilities, Mobile Devices

8 points by edmn 73 days ago | 0 comments

Computer Architecture, Fifth Edition: A Quantitative Approach (2011) (dl.acm.org)
The computing world today is in the middle of a revolution: mobile clients and cloud computing have emerged as the dominant paradigms driving programming and hardware innovation today.

Computer Architecture, Textbooks, Cloud Computing, Mobile Devices

122 points by nioj 75 days ago | 26 comments

HarmonyOS Next gets container tool to run Android applications (osnews.com)
HarmonyOS Next, the new version of Huawei’s mobile operating system, runs on a brand new microkernel, uses a new, homegrown programming language, and most notably in this duopolistic world, does not run Android applications.

Operating Systems, Huawei, Mobile Devices, Software Development

11 points by rguiscard 78 days ago | 3 comments

A New Phone Scanner That Detects Spyware Has Found 7 Pegasus Infections (wired.com)
The mobile device security firm iVerify has been offering a tool since May that makes spyware scanning accessible to anyone—and it’s already turning up victims.

Security, Mobile Devices, Spyware, Pegasus

11 points by lxm 78 days ago | 1 comments