Send Link mailing list submissions to
[email protected]
To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit
https://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to
[email protected]
You can reach the person managing the list at
[email protected]
When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific
than "Re: Contents of Link digest..."
Today's Topics:
1. interesting stuff (Stephen Loosley)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Message: 1
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2025 23:06:45 +0930
From: Stephen Loosley <[email protected]>
To: "link" <[email protected]>
Subject: [LINK] interesting stuff
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
By Tim Biggs The Age August 29, 2025
Google has announced a major change to how apps work on Android, which will
effectively stop users from ?side-loading? content made by anonymous
developers. The change is set to hit globally in 2027, and will require
developers to register their personal details with Google to avoid having their
apps blocked on all devices. The company says the measure is to stop malware,
but some developers have said it will mark the end of Android as an open
computing system.
Elon Musk?s xAI is suing Apple and OpenAI, alleging anticompetitive schemes to
keep xAI?s Grok chatbot down. Reading through his statements, Musk is mostly
upset that Grok has been unable to outrank ChatGPT on the App Store, and is not
featured in Apple?s ?must-have apps? list. As far as entitlement goes, it?s up
there with previous Musk complaints about people not liking his tweets, or
advertisers not wanting their brands on X. OpenAI and Apple deny Musk?s claim.
Following its launch in China last month, Honor has brought its Magic V5 phone
to Europe, claiming it?s the thinnest foldable phone in the world. Of course,
it only beats Samsung?s offering by a tenth of a millimetre, and you?d have to
ignore that its camera bump is clearly bulkier, but it seems the claim is
technically true. More impressive is that Honor has managed to cram in a
5820mAh battery, which is much bigger than Samsung?s. An Australian release has
not been confirmed.
--
------------------------------
Subject: Digest Footer
_______________________________________________
Link mailing list
[email protected]
https://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
------------------------------
End of Link Digest, Vol 393, Issue 25
*************************************
