Want to clean up your storage, but have no idea where to even start? It's simple and psychologically effective and assumes you're already in a root shell of your terminal:
cd /data/
du -ma . -d 100 |sort -n

No, -d doesn't stand for deletion of your files, it's depth. You'll get a relatively quickly generated list of largest directories and files sorted by size in less than 20 seconds unless you check on a desktop with HDD.

https://www.reddit.com/r/NothingTech/comments/1peea5e/ive_found_one_source_of_40_battery_drain/

The worst thing about bloatware is system integration that doesn't make it possible to cut it off without consequences.

(It's something I gotta give to the straightforward uninstallation argument – there's a higher chance that the system won't insist to run an app that was intentionally removable)

Oppo Find X7U is now unintentionally bootloader unlockable for free, presumably as long as it's not updated too far.

Congrats 9to5Google for misinformation 🥰

You don't have to ask engineers, you don't have to ask nerds. Ask any global shutter camera owner if they're exempt from motion blur.
Rolling shutter causes a movement distortion and motion blur is ironically capable of hiding it. Global shutter would be the natural next step after solving dynamic range. But will single frame quality be good enough to alleviate the concern of noise increase the global shutter sensors are known from? Time will tell.

List updated.

Imagine trying to figure it out in 2012:
- Damn, this high-end phone actually sucks in use.
- You know what to do.
- No, bank apps won't let me.

To be clear, it's as mechanical as a mousewheel, it doesn't control the optics physically. That's probably for the better in the sense of design fragility, but third party app support can be funky.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/12/i-switched-to-esim-in-2025-and-i-am-full-of-regret/

The correct future would be eSIMs downloaded onto removable eUICCs. Sadly, adoption of removable eUICCs only gives a signal to phone vendors through carriers that "eSIMs are getting more popular", ending up in reduced number of physical slots on devices.

https://nebelwelt.net/blog/2025/1227-fiasco.html
Hi Google, please kindly downgrade probably millions or at least hundreds of thousands of Redmi Note 11S units to MEETS_DEVICE_INTEGRITY, thanks.

iOS preloads the stock camera as soon as your finger is placed on the icon of home screen.

https://blog.jgc.org/2025/12/if-you-care-about-security-you-might.html

Finding that out must've felt similar to discovering that Samsung phones randomly vibrate when auto brightness hits max (except that it sounds like a bug).

BTW, think of it as a litmus test for every "reputable" """keybox extractor""" wannabe (I'm speaking of all keybox sellers who claim to extract them from devices rather than OEM leaks) who won't manage to do anything despite the writeup. Since it couldn't be reliably sold (keyboxes are mostly model/batch-specific, not unit-specific, duh, you're probably lied to by an incentivized person if you're told otherwise), it'd be excellent for promotion of a monetized venture. And yet you likely won't see it for the first time from any such a place. At best, you'll see some AI slop gibberish on why publishing it would be irresponsible, while irl it's just skill issue at dealing with EL3 pwn-ed hw.

BTW, if anyone knows how many keyboxes were ever provisioned in total to RN11S, lemme know, comparing the output from https://github.com/vvb2060/KeyAttestation across different manufacturing date and regions will suffice.

Phrasing it like this makes you quite complicit. It's mandatory age verification for adults through privacy invasive means.

But, does anyone really have to be on THESE social media anymore? Really?

Well, we're going into 2026, and I'm actually not pessimistic, I'm seeing more and more people who notice that governments and corporations worldwide work contrary to individual's interest. The enshittification of everything is an eye opener that does unironically bring people from the opposite political spectrums to actually shared goals. Keep going.

https://youtu.be/u7Uz1YZ5hQA

Since you probably want to hear about it even if you're not the target audience.

Also:
https://clicksphone.com/en/communicator

A standalone phone with 4-inch square-ish screen.



Battery
4,000 mAh silicon-carbon

Display
4.03” AMOLED

Connectivity
Bluetooth, NFC
Wi-Fi: 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax

Cameras
Rear: 50MP OIS
Front: 24MP

Charging
Qi2 wireless charging + USB-C

SIM cards
NanoSIM + eSIM

Wired audio
3.5mm

Storage
256GB on-board + expandable MicroSD card storage up to 2TB

Bands supported
5G, 4G LTE, 3G/2G (unlocked)

Operating system
Android 16

Secure storage
Android Strongbox ready

Size & weight
130.5mm × 78.63mm × 12mm
170g

It's bl unlockable.

Real?!

https://boingboing.net/2026/01/05/everyone-hates-onedrive-microsofts-cloud-app-that-steals-then-deletes-all-your-files.html

Just don't login into OS vendor's online accounts, anywhere.