Nova Launcher could soon add a proactive AI assistant that sucks up all your data
Nova Launcher v8.6.8 includes strings related to "Nova AI" tied to "Nova Plus" subscription. It features a chatbot and requires signing in with your Google account. It will learn about you and provide insights using your App Usage, Calendar, Call History, Contacts, Installed Apps, Location, Recent Apps and SMS Contacts.
It could be accessed by swiping left from the home screen or using the search bar. The Nova Plus tier will have higher daily limits compared to free users, as well as faster and more capable responses.
🔗 AndroidAuthority
🧑💻 @agamtechtricks
Nova Launcher v8.6.8 includes strings related to "Nova AI" tied to "Nova Plus" subscription. It features a chatbot and requires signing in with your Google account. It will learn about you and provide insights using your App Usage, Calendar, Call History, Contacts, Installed Apps, Location, Recent Apps and SMS Contacts.
It could be accessed by swiping left from the home screen or using the search bar. The Nova Plus tier will have higher daily limits compared to free users, as well as faster and more capable responses.
🔗 AndroidAuthority
🧑💻 @agamtechtricks
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Edge is being redesigned to look more like Copilot and Bing
Edge is getting an updated Look and Feel for a similar experience across all of Microsoft AI surfaces including Copilot and Bing.
The UI elements, such as the spacing, corners, fonts, colors, etc., will start to look like the ones in the Copilot app for Windows. Everything is now more round.
This is now currently available in Edge Canary, and will start rollout to regular users from June 2026.
🔗 WindowsLatest
🧑💻 @agamtechtricks
Edge is getting an updated Look and Feel for a similar experience across all of Microsoft AI surfaces including Copilot and Bing.
The UI elements, such as the spacing, corners, fonts, colors, etc., will start to look like the ones in the Copilot app for Windows. Everything is now more round.
This is now currently available in Edge Canary, and will start rollout to regular users from June 2026.
🔗 WindowsLatest
🧑💻 @agamtechtricks
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Apple fixes iPhone bug that let FBI access deleted Signal messages
Apple released iOS and iPadOS 26.4.2 to fix a Notification Services bug (CVE-2026-28950) that could allow notifications marked for deletion to remain stored on the device.
This bug was recently exploited by the FBI to access Signal message notification content, even when Signal app was deleted. Signal thanked Apple for this.
🔗 BleepingComputer
🧑💻 @agamtechtricks
Apple released iOS and iPadOS 26.4.2 to fix a Notification Services bug (CVE-2026-28950) that could allow notifications marked for deletion to remain stored on the device.
This bug was recently exploited by the FBI to access Signal message notification content, even when Signal app was deleted. Signal thanked Apple for this.
🔗 BleepingComputer
🧑💻 @agamtechtricks
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Man who allegedly leaked new Avatar: The Last Airbender film arrested for illegal server access
A 26 year-old from Singapore, who allegedly leaked the unreleased film The Legend Of Aang: The Last Airbender, has been arrested. Various electronic devices were seized, and a copy of the film was recovered from his devices.
According to Singapore Police Force, the man had gained remote access to the media-content server and downloaded the film. He is currently being investigated for unauthorised access to computer material, which carries a maximum jail term of seven years, a fine not exceeding $50,000, or both.
🔗 The Straits Times
🧑💻 @agamtechtricks
A 26 year-old from Singapore, who allegedly leaked the unreleased film The Legend Of Aang: The Last Airbender, has been arrested. Various electronic devices were seized, and a copy of the film was recovered from his devices.
According to Singapore Police Force, the man had gained remote access to the media-content server and downloaded the film. He is currently being investigated for unauthorised access to computer material, which carries a maximum jail term of seven years, a fine not exceeding $50,000, or both.
🔗 The Straits Times
🧑💻 @agamtechtricks
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Firefox Has Quietly Integrated Brave's Adblock Engine
Firefox 149 has quietly implemented adblock-rust, Brave's open source Rust-based ad and tracker blocking engine. This is disabled by default and no user interface and filters are included.
To enable it:
🔗 It's FOSS
🧑💻 @agamtechtricks
Firefox 149 has quietly implemented adblock-rust, Brave's open source Rust-based ad and tracker blocking engine. This is disabled by default and no user interface and filters are included.
To enable it:
privacy.trackingprotection.content.protection.enabled = true
privacy.trackingprotection.content.protection.test_list_urls = https://easylist.to/easylist/easylist.txt|https://easylist.to/easylist/easyprivacy.txt
🔗 It's FOSS
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Your Smart TV is Spying On You
A hidden feature called "Automatic Content Recognition (ACR)" in Smart TVs captures screenshots of whatever is being displayed, at regular intervals. It is also used to identify your entire viewing behaviour. The data even includes TV Model, a unique device ID, IP address and HDMI Input.
Samsung takes a screenshot every minute and LG takes a screenshot every 15 seconds. Vizio has earned $598M (2023) and LG has earned $750M (2024) from Ads and Data.
To disable ACR:
▶ Beebom
🧑💻 @agamtechtricks
A hidden feature called "Automatic Content Recognition (ACR)" in Smart TVs captures screenshots of whatever is being displayed, at regular intervals. It is also used to identify your entire viewing behaviour. The data even includes TV Model, a unique device ID, IP address and HDMI Input.
Samsung takes a screenshot every minute and LG takes a screenshot every 15 seconds. Vizio has earned $598M (2023) and LG has earned $750M (2024) from Ads and Data.
To disable ACR:
Samsung TV: Menu - Settings - General & Privacy - Terms & Privacy - Uncheck "Viewing Information Services"
LG TV: Settings - General- System - Additional Settings - Turn Off "Live Plus"
Sony TV: Settings - All Settings - Disable "Samba Interactive TV"
Roku, TCL, Hisense, Philips, Insignia, Onn, Sharp & more TVs: Settings - Privacy - Smart TV Experience - Uncheck "Use Info from TV Inputs"
Xiaomi TV with FireTV OS: Settings - Preferences - Turn off "Automatic Content Recognition"
▶ Beebom
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Windows Updates can now be paused for up to 35 days (and more)
You can now pause Windows Updates for up to 35 days, which can be extended again and again without any limits. Technically, indefinitely? I guess.
The Power menu will now always show the normal Restart and Shut down, so you can reboot or power off without installing pending updates.
Driver, .NET and firmware updates are now being coordinated with the monthly quality update, reducing update experience to a single monthly restart. Driver updates will now also list the device class (audio, battery, etc.). You can now also skip updates immediately during OOBE.
🔗 Windows
🧑💻 @agamtechtricks
You can now pause Windows Updates for up to 35 days, which can be extended again and again without any limits. Technically, indefinitely? I guess.
The Power menu will now always show the normal Restart and Shut down, so you can reboot or power off without installing pending updates.
Driver, .NET and firmware updates are now being coordinated with the monthly quality update, reducing update experience to a single monthly restart. Driver updates will now also list the device class (audio, battery, etc.). You can now also skip updates immediately during OOBE.
🔗 Windows
🧑💻 @agamtechtricks
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Google Workspace apps are getting new gradient icons
Drive has the classic green, yellow and blue that match the three editor apps. The editor apps have single color gradients. Meet is now yellow, and Chat is green.
Gmail stays similar while Calendar returns to the older icon design. Tasks has the same tick, and Voice remains similar as well.
Forms still has the purple color, while Sites switches from a dark blue to a lighter one.
🔗 9to5Google
🧑💻 @agamtechtricks
Drive has the classic green, yellow and blue that match the three editor apps. The editor apps have single color gradients. Meet is now yellow, and Chat is green.
Gmail stays similar while Calendar returns to the older icon design. Tasks has the same tick, and Voice remains similar as well.
Forms still has the purple color, while Sites switches from a dark blue to a lighter one.
🔗 9to5Google
🧑💻 @agamtechtricks
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OpenAl Is Building an Al-First Smartphone Replacing Apps with AI Agents
OpenAI is co-developing smartphone chips with Qualcomm and MediaTek and has selected Luxshare as the exclusive partner for system co-design and manufacturing.
OpenAI wants control of hardware and the operating system to deliver its agent service. Apps will be replaced with AI Agents.
The project is described as early stage and final specifications and supplier decisions expected by late 2026 or early 2027. Mass production is targeted for 2028.
🔗 Ming-Chi Kuo
🧑💻 @agamtechtricks
OpenAI is co-developing smartphone chips with Qualcomm and MediaTek and has selected Luxshare as the exclusive partner for system co-design and manufacturing.
OpenAI wants control of hardware and the operating system to deliver its agent service. Apps will be replaced with AI Agents.
The project is described as early stage and final specifications and supplier decisions expected by late 2026 or early 2027. Mass production is targeted for 2028.
🔗 Ming-Chi Kuo
🧑💻 @agamtechtricks
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Canva apologizes after its AI tool replaces 'Palestine' in designs
@ros_ie9 on X shared an image showing Canva's AI Tool "Magic Layers" changing "Cats for Palestine" to "Cats for Ukraine." Others were able to replicate the issue, where "Palestine" was being replaced with "Ukraine".
Canva's spokesperson said:
🔗 The Verge
🧑💻 @agamtechtricks
@ros_ie9 on X shared an image showing Canva's AI Tool "Magic Layers" changing "Cats for Palestine" to "Cats for Ukraine." Others were able to replicate the issue, where "Palestine" was being replaced with "Ukraine".
Canva's spokesperson said:
We became aware of an issue with our Magic Layers feature and moved quickly to investigate and fix it. We take reports like this very seriously, and we're putting additional checks in place to help prevent this in future. We're sorry for any distress this may have caused.
🔗 The Verge
🧑💻 @agamtechtricks
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Here's our first "agentic homescreen" for iPhone
Skye AI is an "agentic homescreen" using iOS Widgets, aiming to replace how people use applications.
It will offer insights about your local weather, your current context, your health, draft email replies, help you with your meeting prep, send reminders, flag suspicious charges in your bank accounts, and more.
Sounds like AI slop data harvesting bullshit to me, but sure, someone's already ahead of OpenAI.
🔗 Skye
🧑💻 @agamtechtricks
Skye AI is an "agentic homescreen" using iOS Widgets, aiming to replace how people use applications.
It will offer insights about your local weather, your current context, your health, draft email replies, help you with your meeting prep, send reminders, flag suspicious charges in your bank accounts, and more.
Sounds like AI slop data harvesting bullshit to me, but sure, someone's already ahead of OpenAI.
🔗 Skye
🧑💻 @agamtechtricks
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Windows Clock is getting a redesign with AI features
There's an "insights" page and deep AI Integration with an NPU debug page (not available for the general user).
🔗 Gustave Monce
🧑💻 @agamtechtricks
There's an "insights" page and deep AI Integration with an NPU debug page (not available for the general user).
🔗 Gustave Monce
🧑💻 @agamtechtricks
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FRIENDSTER IS BACK, ARE WE FEELING OLD YET?
The legendary social networking platform Friendster, launched back in 2003 has returned from its almost a decade long 'hiatus' after its shutdown in 2018 to bring the service to a brand new and younger audience, as well as those who have spent years of their lives on the platform.
Friendster now flaunts itself as a 'slow moving' social media service focused on creating deep connections over algorithm driven contents on every scroll made. It is currently available only on iOS, with no announcement for Android or anywhere else yet.
With it's biggest change yet, Friendster emphasizes real-world connections, which means that the people on your friend list are people you've actually met in person, and have added by physically touching your phones together.
#AllYouNeedtoKnow
🔗 Friendster, Written by Sunstar
👨💻 @agamtechtricks
The legendary social networking platform Friendster, launched back in 2003 has returned from its almost a decade long 'hiatus' after its shutdown in 2018 to bring the service to a brand new and younger audience, as well as those who have spent years of their lives on the platform.
Friendster now flaunts itself as a 'slow moving' social media service focused on creating deep connections over algorithm driven contents on every scroll made. It is currently available only on iOS, with no announcement for Android or anywhere else yet.
With it's biggest change yet, Friendster emphasizes real-world connections, which means that the people on your friend list are people you've actually met in person, and have added by physically touching your phones together.
#AllYouNeedtoKnow
🔗 Friendster, Written by Sunstar
👨💻 @agamtechtricks
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