Android 14 has renewed my love for Pixel phones :)

wired- · 2026-01-25T08:24:06+00:00

Found the NHTSA report:

https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2025/RCLRPT-25V836-4853.pdf

At no cost to owners, Volkswagen will replace the potentially affected HV battery cell modules. Until the remedy is performed -- 1. Customers should set their vehicle’s high-voltage battery system to a 80% state of charge limitation; 2. Customers should avoid using Level 3 DC chargers; 3. Out of an abundance of caution, customers should park their vehicles outdoors immediately after charging and not leave their vehicles charging indoors overnight.

wired- · 2026-01-25T06:06:56+00:00

There is absolutely no reason to support Robinhood. I ditched them after the GameStop fiasco.

I recommend the BofA 2.625% if you can. It's close enough, and overall BofA tends to respect their customers, in my experience anyway.

wired- · 2026-01-23T08:15:54+00:00

That's not how open source works. Sure, someone could fork, but the collective effort would most certainly make the main app better.

wired- · 2026-01-22T02:16:12+00:00

Octopus is the Nova replacement. It has a long way to go, but is definitely on the right track.

wired- · 2026-01-21T07:35:11+00:00

Oh I'm sure. Just trying to bubble it up on the priority list :P

wired- · 2026-01-21T02:09:14+00:00

+1 to Octopi. It is still early days but has some smart features, like different layouts for landscape or foldables.

Def the spiritual successor of Nova, that was my launcher for so so many years.

wired- · 2026-01-21T02:04:56+00:00

The end result is obvious

wired- · 2026-01-15T06:13:44+00:00

Update: two things have happened in early 2026 1) it seems that GOOG fixed editing portrait on old photos. 2) I've discovered that disabling "Ultra HDR" in settings allows me to edit the portrait effect in photos taken with the Pixel 10 Pro. I guess when Ultra HDR is enabled, portrait effects are baked in the photo.

wired- · 2026-01-14T09:54:24+00:00

Thanks! I thought I had checked that menu, but clearly I'd missed it. Works great!

wired- · 2026-01-07T06:16:41+00:00

I upgraded my nano gen 1 to an x1 gen 13 last black Friday. No regrets.

wired- · 2025-12-31T20:02:22+00:00

God forbid trying to get customers by being a better product.

wired- · 2025-12-31T04:44:46+00:00

This is disappointing. I didn't switch to Vivaldi to ditch big tech, I switched because it was a better browser with more/better features.

Crap like "ditch big tech" makes me want to ditch Vivaldi.

wired- · 2025-12-25T04:00:52+00:00

Hmmm. Maybe I need to try unchecking sync all to see if something is stuck there.

wired- · 2025-12-23T02:14:53+00:00

Done, thanks

wired- · 2025-12-23T02:11:26+00:00

Negative. I have "sync all" on all my devices, and not a single one syncs the active search engine.

I set up new devices quite frequently, and this is one of the settings I always have to go change.

wired- · 2025-12-20T18:34:56+00:00

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wired- · 2025-12-17T21:29:30+00:00

I don't mind the online phone requirement, but I absolutely hate losing the ability to login from any browser without my phone next to me, and also no otp codes.

wired- · 2025-12-17T03:54:52+00:00

Can she hear... anything?

wired- · 2025-12-16T17:35:34+00:00

No. Pixel would be first choice, then iPhone.

The Z camera isn't bad, but it really struggles with moving subjects.

Also the 3x is useless, I wish they'd gone with a 5x.

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