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Android users can't remove nude-scanning app as Google opens the feature to app developers

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Yeah, I can tell that since I do tests for Amazon (Amazon Vine).

There is more and more camera being put to test, ranging for cheap bellow €100 ones to miniaturized keyring sized ones (with tiny screens).
I tested some of them (and have another one coming next week), the quality of the pictures are good, but the build quality of sub-100 ones are kinda bad (cheap plastics, no optic zoom, no hardpoints for better lenses, sd cards smaller than their advertised size)

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What are the worst distro-specific problems you have faced?

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I've tried it for years, because I'd really like to have OpenSUSE.
I followed the wikis, how-tos and all kind of tutorials, none of them managed to make it usable without root password.
Heck, I even had my own custom image for a time, with those custom configuration backed in, but best I was able to do is remove about 50% of root password prompt. Better than nothing, but not enough to do the switch.

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Google: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now'". Android users are screwed - Louis Rossmann

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Removable batteries are coming back, as they become mandatory in the EU in 2027.
Or you can already get one with a Fairphone (which also has SD card slot).
As for the headphone jack, I'm afraid it won't come back. Bluetooth alternatives are far better these days (I got both, so I know from experience), and good adapters (like Apple one) are barely more than $10.

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Framework stops selling separate DDR5 RAM modules to fight scalpers

On the other hand, they already sell it so high I ended up buying mine without RAM. I found 2x16Go for 125€ vs 180€ sold by Framework 😅. Same speed, but I can't compare CAS as Framework do not list them on their page.

Edit : some source claims DDR5 5600 C46 for those sold by Framework, which is the same as the ones I bought. So I consider myself lucky, despite the price hike (the same kit was 65-70€ last summer)

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After Years of Struggling To Be Noticed, My Indie Game Was Covered By VICE

Congratulations, you've earned it.

As always, @[email protected] got the mods express authorization to promote his game as soon as his post are not meme and he does not excessively promote his game (aka spam it). One or two post a month are fine, as long as they are not direct link to his game with the text being copy-pasted from the Steam page.

Anyone wanting to do the same can DM the mods.

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French ambassador is being 'held hostage at the French embassy' in Niger, says Macron

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Any source for said price?

Edit: Better known source says it is a baseless rumor circulating on social medias

Some accounts on social media are now circulating the claim that Niger has lifted prices from €0.80 per kilogram to €200. So far, there is no evidence for this beyond themselves quoting each other. The claim seems to trace back to a small digital outlet in Nigeria. Embarrassingly, the website has been confused as being from Niger itself.

Sources (as shared by @[email protected]) : https://www.forbes.com/sites/eliasferrerbreda/2023/09/12/more-rumours-what-is-really-happening-with-nigers-uranium/