About a month ago, Google announced that the rules around sideloading apps -- the ability to install apps from unverified developers, bypassing Google's Play Store -- onto Android devices were set to ...

To use ADB with your Android device, you must enable a feature called "USB Debugging." Open your phone's app drawer, tap the Settings icon, and select "About Phone." Scroll all the way down and tap ...

Self-hosting is having a moment, but as interesting as it sounds, figuring out what you want to self-host is just as important as the process of setting it up. You can spin up containers all day long, ...

First and foremost, Google clarifies that it is not killing or doing away with sideloading on Android with this move. Instead, it says, "our new developer identity requirements are designed to protect ...

Lilbits: F-Droid warns that Google's plans for Android could doom FOSS app stores, there's a new Kindle jailbreak, and Microsoft is bringing "vibe working" to MS Office ...

Local LLMs are finally catching up in quality, and with NVIDIA’s optimizations on RTX PCs, tools like Ollama, LM Studio, AnythingLLM, and Project G-Assist are making private, fast, and flexible AI a ...