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How to Back Up Your Android Phone (2025)

wired.com Simon Hill 2025-10-24 18:30:00

Your phone is the guardian of your digital life. It has that video of your child’s first words, the heart-warming message from your significant other that never fails to cheer you up, and the latest save from your favorite mobile game. You have invested time in getting it just the way you want, and there are irreplaceable memories onboard. Spending a couple of minutes backing up is a small price to pay to ensure you don’t lose it all. Here, I'll show you how to back up your Android phone in a f

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Falcon 9 Milestones Vindicate SpaceX’s ‘Dumb’ Approach to Reuse

wired.com Eric Berger 2025-10-24 20:00:00

As SpaceX's Starship vehicle gathered all of the attention this week, the company's workhorse Falcon 9 rocket continued to hit some impressive milestones. Both occurred during relatively anonymous launches of the company's Starlink satellites but are nonetheless notable because they underscore the value of first-stage reuse, which SpaceX has pioneered over the past decade. The first milestone occurred on Wednesday morning with the launch of the Starlink 10-56 mission from Cape Canaveral, Flori

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That upcoming dual-screen Android gaming handheld now somehow sounds even more appealing

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-25 12:13:48

AYANEO TL;DR AYANEO recently started crowdfunding its dual-screen Pocket DS handheld console. We already knew it would run Android, and today the company reveals support for the ROCKNIX Linux distro, as well. ROCKNIX offers a convenient way to access popular emulators, perfect for retro gamers. Android phones are well and good for getting your gaming fix, but even when we’ve got access to some of the best new handsets around, sometimes you just can’t beat the feel of a dedicated piece of gam

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Lego Will No Longer Ship Individual Pieces Thanks to Trump Tariffs

gizmodo.com Sabina Graves 2025-10-25 12:30:00

The aftershocks of President Trump’s tariffs are hitting major retailers around the world. As global shipping is set to get more expensive, most industries, including the toy industry, are already feeling the financial impact. Unfortunately for the toy consumer, particularly the Lego fanatic, things are about to get more complicated. According to 404 Media, Lego will now stop shipping individual pieces. What used to be an easy way to replace random lost or missing bricks is now going to be a wo

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Data engineering and software engineering are converging

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-25 15:43:42

TL;DR: · If you’re an engineer building realtime analytics or AI-powered features, you need the right data infrastructure coupled with the right developer experience (DX). · A great DX for data infrastructure should empower both software devs and data engineers, while taking inspiration from the best of modern web development (git-native, local-first, everything as code, CI/CD friendly, etc). · MooseStack by 514 offers a fully open source implementation of a DX layer for ClickHouse. Da

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Black Ops 6 Quad Feed Double XP Weekend Is Live Now

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-25 15:54:52

Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 developer Treyarch is showing some love to loyal players with another double XP weekend, hot on the heels of the one that ran during Battlefield 6's record-breaking open beta. The third double XP weekend of the multiplayer shooter's season 5 is live now, with all four boosts active for players to take advantage of. You'll be able to speed through account levels, weapon attachment unlocks and battle pass tiers to chug through the latest seasonal content ahead of the laun

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The 91 best Labor Day deals we’ve found so far

theverge.com Brandt Ranj 2025-10-25 20:22:15

If you have a smaller space, a singlemay be sufficient, and you can pick one up for $74.99 ($15 off) — which is lower than its Prime Day price — at Amazon B&H Photo , and Best Buy . The router can create a network covering up to 1,500 square feet, connect to 75 devices at once, and deliver speeds of up to 900Mbps. If you move to a larger place, you can pick up an additional router (or two) to expand your network. A bundle that includes one router and two extenders is currently going for $159.99

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Google just can’t stop reimagining how it wants Quick Share to work (APK teardown)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-26 00:41:19

Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL;DR Android Quick Share is currently in the process of rolling out a new UI, but even more changes could be in the works. Developers appear to be working on an interface that’s much more minimal, without explicit send and receive screens. It’s possible some of this work could be focused on Quick Share for larger-screen devices. When it comes to app development, does progress ever really rest? No matter how many times you retool your app with a fresh new l

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All the Subtle Changes iOS 26 Brings to Your Lock Screen

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-25 23:00:39

Apple released the fifth public beta of iOS 26 on Aug. 25. The beta brought a handful of new features to the iPhones of developers and testers, including a new Liquid Glass design and the ability to screen incoming calls. The update also brings more customization options to your lock screen. With the release of iOS 18, you could remove and change the controls on your lock screen, a welcome upgrade if you ever found yourself accidentally pressing your flashlight control when putting your phone b

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Google’s Expressive Clock redesign is already ticking people off (Update: Google response)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-26 04:40:50

Stephen Schenck / Android Authority TL;DR The new Google Clock Material 3 Expressive redesign glitches, with jittering digits as the time moves. Some layouts are messy under specific settings, forcing scrolling or text wrapping. The official PixelCommunity Reddit account advises that a solution is in the works. Update, August 29, 2025 (12:40 PM ET): Following the various complaints outlined in our original article below, the official PixelCommunity account posted the following response on on

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Seedbox Lite: A lightweight torrent streaming app with instant playback

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-26 03:18:40

🎬 SeedBox Lite Stream Torrents Instantly 🚀 Overview SeedBox Lite is a cutting-edge torrent streaming platform that allows you to watch movies and TV shows instantly without waiting for complete downloads. Built with modern web technologies, it provides a Netflix-like experience with powerful torrent capabilities. ✨ Key Highlights 🎯 Instant Streaming - Start watching immediately as the torrent downloads - Start watching immediately as the torrent downloads 🔐 Password Protection - Secure acc

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Elon Musk Hopes to Wriggle His Way Out of Allegations He Duped Twitter Investors

gizmodo.com Bruce Gil 2025-10-26 03:50:48

Elon Musk’s lawyers are seeking to get a lawsuit from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) against the Tesla CEO and X owner tossed out. The case, filed right before President Donald Trump took office this year, centers on Musk’s purchases of Twitter stock before his eventual takeover of the social network in 2022. The SEC alleges that Musk cheated investors by quietly amassing more than a 5% stake in Twitter without disclosing it within the regulated time frame. By law, once someo

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I took this MagSafe battery pack on vacation, but now it's an everyday carry

zdnet.com Kayla Solino 2025-10-26 08:05:00

Benks ArmorGo 10K Qi2 Battery Pack ZDNET's key takeaways The Benks ArmorGo 10k battery pack is a Qi2 MagSafe charging option for $63. It features a 10K capacity battery, an Aramid fiber build, and comes in 2 colors. It's pretty chunky. View now at Benks I've tested dozens of MagSafe battery packs, and my biggest pet peeve is when they're too big. No one wants to be hoisting a brick to the back of their phone all day, but once you begin get to the 10,000 mAh capacity options, you might as well

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This 2nd-gen 4K Google TV streaming stick is now available in more regions

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-26 12:05:38

TL;DR The Xiaomi TV Stick 4K (2nd Gen) is now available in the UK as a cheaper alternative to the Google TV Streamer. It supports high-end features like 4K streaming, HDR10+, Dolby Vision, Dolby Atmos, and Wi-Fi 6. The Xiaomi TV Stick 4K (2nd Gen) is more portable and significantly less expensive than the Google TV Streamer, but it surprisingly still uses a micro-USB port for power. The Google TV Streamer is likely a top choice if you’re in the market for a Google TV-based streaming stick. Ho

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How I saved myself $1200 a year in cloud storage - in 5 sobering steps

zdnet.com David Gewirtz 2025-10-26 12:48:00

jokerpro/iStock/Getty Images Plus Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways My cloud storage costs exploded after unlimited plans vanished. Backing up everything was expensive and unnecessary. Five strategic changes saved me over $1,200 per year. 60 terabytes. I'll never see that much cloud storage again. I'm relieved - and a little sad. This story began many chapters ago. It culminated with some serious self and infrastructure examination, hard conversat

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Roborock’s Anniversary Blowout Sale Includes $1,000 Off the Incredible Saros Z70 Robot Vacuum

gizmodo.com Unknown 2025-10-26 12:55:56

Roborock’s throwing a huge party for its 11th anniversary, and there’s just one catch. At this bash, you’re the one getting the gifts, and they’re pretty incredible. Roborock is celebrating its 11-year journey from humble startup to the world’s top-selling robot vacuum brand, with units placed in over 19 million homes in over 230 countries. Along the way, Roborock’s technological advances have come in quantum leaps from LDS laser navigation to 3D ToF sensing with a sampling frequency 21 times hi

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AirTag deal: Get a four-pack of Apple's Bluetooth trackers for $70 for Labor Day

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-26 16:16:26

Labor Day sales include a decent number of Apple devices this year, from big to small. AirTags are among the latter; you can pick up a four-pack of the Bluetooth trackers for only $70 right now. That's only about $5 more than the pack's record-low price, and it's one of the best prices we've seen all year. For Apple users, AirTags offer some large advantages over rival trackers. The ultra-wideband functionality offers precise tracking with iPhones less than five years old, so you can narrow you

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The AYN Odin 3 might solve the biggest problem with the Odin 2 Portal and Pocket 5

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-26 17:29:30

TL;DR AYN has revealed design renders for its upcoming Odin 3 gaming handheld. It looks like a mix between the Odin 2 Portal and Retroid Pocket 5, with an ergonomic grip. No specs have been revealed, but we should learn more soon. It’s been a few weeks since AYN first announced the follow-up to its flagship Odin 2, but the company has finally teased design renders in a 30-second YouTube video. It’s one of the year’s most anticipated releases, but the design itself is remarkably familiar. The

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Rocket Report: SpaceX achieved daily launch this week; ULA recovers booster

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-26 20:39:03

Welcome to Edition 8.08 of the Rocket Report! What a week it's been for SpaceX. The company completed its first successful Starship test flight in nearly a year, and while it wasn't perfect, it sets up SpaceX for far more ambitious tests ahead. SpaceX's workhorse rocket, the Falcon 9, launched six times since our last edition of the Rocket Report. Many of these missions were noteworthy in their own right, including the launch of the US military's X-37B spaceplane, an upgraded Dragon capsule to b

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Android’s improved Quick Share interface is now rolling out, here’s what’s new

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-27 04:31:44

Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority TL;DR Google is rolling out a new design for Quick Share. The new UI brings separate “Receive” and “Send” screens. In the “Send” mode, you can now select files directly and preview them before sending. Google’s Quick Share is an effortless way to transfer large files at high speeds from or to Android devices. You can already share files with other Android devices, Windows PCs, or Chromebooks. Google is also working to extend official support to iOS and macO

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Bye, Chrome Incognito Mode! This is my new favorite privacy browser on Android

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-27 05:00:07

Andy Walker / Android Authority There are a handful of specific web browsing tasks that I’d rather my phone forget, especially those that demand heightened privacy and security. This includes mundane searches I’ll never revisit or more personal tasks like purchasing an item online or logging into a streaming service to tweak a setting. For all these instances, I switch from the digital fingerprint that is my primary browser to a secondary, privacy-first browser. I’m always looking to streamlin

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I replaced my deadbolt with this Apple HomeKey smart lock - and it's an iPhone user's dream

zdnet.com Maria Diaz 2025-10-27 03:00:17

Level Lock Pro ZDNET's key takeaways The Level Lock Pro is available for $350. This smart lock looks like a regular deadbolt, but supports Apple HomeKey, Matter-over-Thread, physical key, NFC fobs, and door status detection without extra sensors. You'll have to purchase a keypad separately if you prefer one to unlock, and Android users won't be able to use Apple HomeKey. View now at Level Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. As an iPhone user, Apple HomeKey has become one of

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Changing these 10 settings on my OnePlus phone gave it a big performance boost

zdnet.com Prakhar Khanna 2025-10-27 04:00:19

Kerry Wan/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. It's been agreed upon by the ZDNET team that the OnePlus 13 is this year's sleeper hit. At a starting price of $899, the flagship phone can compete against more expensive phones like the Pixel 10 Pro XL and Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra. And we have OnePlus' clean yet highly customizable software experience to thank for that. Also: You can try Android 16's new lock screen widgets - if you have one of these phones If you switche

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Kick accuses French authorities of politicising streamer's death

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-10-26 20:03:28

Kick accuses French authorities of politicising streamer's death 12 hours ago Share Save Graham Fraser Technology Reporter Share Save @jeanpormanove Raphaël Graven, also known as Jean Pormanove, died during a live stream on the Kick website. The streaming platform Kick has accused French authorities of politicising the death of a content creator who passed away during a livestream. Raphaël Graven, also known as Jean Pormanove, was found dead in a residence near the city of Nice last week. Pro

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You Can Now Sign Up for Ad-Free Peacock Through Prime Video

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-27 07:55:02

Fans of NBC series, Universal Pictures movies and steamy summer dating shows have a new way to access the streaming service that specializes in all of them. Peacock Premium Plus, NBCUniversal's ad-free streaming tier, is now available as a Prime Video add-on subscription as part of a broader set of agreements between Comcast NBCUniversal and Amazon, the online shopping giant revealed Thursday. Peacock Premium Plus costs $17 per month or $170 per year, the standard price after last month's hike

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Scientists Say Black Holes Could Form Inside Planets, Leading to Absolute Catastrophe

futurism.com Unknown 2025-10-27 19:22:37

New fear unlocked: spontaneous black hole implosion. Fresh research predicts that planets may be able to accumulate enough dark matter to suddenly form a black hole at their core. As the intruder grows, catastrophe unfolds: it would then devour the world from the inside out, becoming a black hole with the same mass as its unfortunate meal. The findings, published as a study in the journal Physical Review D, are terrifying to contemplate. The intent, however, wasn't to haunt our dreams but to d

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Kobo ereaders are swapping out Pocket for Instapaper

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-28 00:06:15

Rakuten and Instapaper have announced a new integration that lets you access saved articles on Kobo ereaders. The new feature replaces a similar one Rakuten used to offer for Pocket users, which it was forced to replace after Mozilla decided to shut down the read-it-later service in May 2025. Instapaper on Kobo devices works nearly identically to the way Pocket did previously. With your Instapaper account linked, you can access any article you've saved to your library. Articles can be downloade

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High-severity vulnerability in Passwordstate credential manager. Patch now.

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-28 04:46:43

The maker of Passwordstate, an enterprise-grade password manager for storing companies’ most privileged credentials, is urging them to promptly install an update fixing a high-severity vulnerability that hackers can exploit to gain administrative access to their vaults. The authentication bypass allows hackers to create a URL that accesses an emergency access page for Passwordstate. From there, an attacker could pivot to the administrative section of the password manager. A CVE identifier isn’t

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Passwordstate dev urges users to patch auth bypass vulnerability

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-10-28 12:16:20

Click Studios, the company behind the Passwordstate enterprise-grade password manager, has warned customers to patch a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability as soon as possible. Passwordstate works as a secure password vault that enables organizations to store, organize, and control access to passwords, API keys, certificates, and various other types of credentials via a centralized web interface. Click Studios says its Passwordstate password manager is used by over 370,000 IT prof

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Ask HN: The government of my country blocked VPN access. What should I use?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-28 12:43:05

Indonesia is currently in chaos. Earlier today, the government blocked access to Twitter & Discord knowing news spread mainly through those channels. Usually we can use Cloudflare's WARP to avoid it, but just today they blocked the access as well. What alternative should we use?

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Latest Tech News

How to Back Up Your Android Phone (2025)

Falcon 9 Milestones Vindicate SpaceX’s ‘Dumb’ Approach to Reuse

That upcoming dual-screen Android gaming handheld now somehow sounds even more appealing

Lego Will No Longer Ship Individual Pieces Thanks to Trump Tariffs

Data engineering and software engineering are converging

Black Ops 6 Quad Feed Double XP Weekend Is Live Now

The 91 best Labor Day deals we’ve found so far

Google just can’t stop reimagining how it wants Quick Share to work (APK teardown)

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Seedbox Lite: A lightweight torrent streaming app with instant playback

Elon Musk Hopes to Wriggle His Way Out of Allegations He Duped Twitter Investors

I took this MagSafe battery pack on vacation, but now it's an everyday carry

This 2nd-gen 4K Google TV streaming stick is now available in more regions

How I saved myself $1200 a year in cloud storage - in 5 sobering steps

Roborock’s Anniversary Blowout Sale Includes $1,000 Off the Incredible Saros Z70 Robot Vacuum

AirTag deal: Get a four-pack of Apple's Bluetooth trackers for $70 for Labor Day

The AYN Odin 3 might solve the biggest problem with the Odin 2 Portal and Pocket 5

Rocket Report: SpaceX achieved daily launch this week; ULA recovers booster

Android’s improved Quick Share interface is now rolling out, here’s what’s new

Bye, Chrome Incognito Mode! This is my new favorite privacy browser on Android

I replaced my deadbolt with this Apple HomeKey smart lock - and it's an iPhone user's dream

Changing these 10 settings on my OnePlus phone gave it a big performance boost

Kick accuses French authorities of politicising streamer's death

You Can Now Sign Up for Ad-Free Peacock Through Prime Video

Scientists Say Black Holes Could Form Inside Planets, Leading to Absolute Catastrophe

Kobo ereaders are swapping out Pocket for Instapaper

High-severity vulnerability in Passwordstate credential manager. Patch now.

Passwordstate dev urges users to patch auth bypass vulnerability

Ask HN: The government of my country blocked VPN access. What should I use?

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