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GCam is a modded version of the Pixel Camera app that you can install on your Android phone
This app unlocks the hidden potential of numerous Android smartphones. While hardware limitations exist, GCam bridges the gap by leveraging Google’s advanced image processing algorithms. This app finds particular favour among users of devices from brands like Xiaomi, OnePlus, and Realme, where the stock camera software often leaves room for improvement.
The secret lies in Google’s masterful software engineering. GCam brings a slice of Pixel magic to non-Pixel devices, replicating features and functionalities that significantly enhance photos. Additionally, for seasoned mobile photographers, GCam offers a treasure trove of customizable options, allowing them to fine-tune settings and unlock their creative vision. The ability to import and export settings further empowers users to personalize their GCam experience and optimize it for their specific device.
The true strength of GCam extends beyond its built-in features. A vibrant online community thrives around GCam, fostering collaboration and knowledge sharing. Developers tinker with the app, creating customized versions optimized for specific smartphone models. This collaborative spirit allows users to access features and functionalities tailored to their unique device. Often exceeding the capabilities of the stock camera app.
On the plus side this does not replace your stock camera app so you can still use that, but on the minus side this can be unstable for some, and it is a sideloaded app so not via the Play Store. But if you’re an Android user, you probably have a bit of an adventurous side to you and do like to try out new things and just have other options.
I’d suggest though that you do read through the linked article more thoroughly as they go into more details.
See gizchina.com/2024/05/09/how-to…
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South African mobile network operators must zero-rate content from approved public benefit organisations
PBOs include non-profit organisations, trusts, and government departments with .gov.za domain names.
These PBOs will be required to apply to Icasa to assess whether they meet the requirements for having their content zero-rated. Once approved, the PBO’s content must be zero-rated within 14 business days.
The successful bidders will have 36 months to fulfil the zero-rating obligation, starting 15 January 2024.
Well, this is good news for citizens needing to access essential services. Quite interesting too that the PBOs will need to host their site inside of the country to be zero-rated (problem being it can often be cheaper to host your site outside the country).
This will primarily benefit (although everyone should get this zero rating) less affluent customers, meaning these users won’t find their data usage being consumed by using these services.
The mobile providers need to monitor and manage these zero ratings. What I’m really confused about is, what will our mobile data counters on our phones know about this usage? If a user sets a limit of say 2 GB data for the month so that the phone warns when the usage is going high, that won’t be excluding zero-rated sites and data. End users will also have no way at all to know whether their access in real-time is zero-rated or being counted (there is a 300 MB limit per day per user for zero-rated data).
So, all great, but the management of this by all parties is going to be quite hazy.
See mybroadband.co.za/news/telecom…
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You can automate much of your home and devices with a Raspberry Pi and open-source Home Assistant
This article is a worthy reminder that are already many things in your home which you can automate from garage door openers, to your home router, to a solar system, to lights, to speakers, and so much more.
Home Assistant has hundreds of ready to use integrations that just hook up with these devices, either directly or via their cloud services. This can provide a nice dashboard of what is on or off, what has warnings, to keep an eye on your Ring video doorbell or Reolink CCTV system, etc.
I’ve even found a way to use this to show some statuses on my Stream Deck and have a quick button to reboot my router.
It gets even more powerful when you set some basic automation rules like for sunsets or sunrises, when it starts to rain, when a battery level drops too low. I have various of these set up to announce over the home speakers.
All it costs you is to use a spare Raspberry Pi or to buy one.
See xda-developers.com/automate-ho…
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Rifle-Armed #Robot Dogs Now Being Tested By Marine Special Operators
source: https://www.twz.com/sea/rifle-armed-robot-dogs-now-being-tested-by-marine-special-operators
As it features man-in-the-loop fire control, it will alert the operator once a target has been identified, letting the human decide whether to engage or not.
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40 years later, Kontrabant 2 for ZX Spectrum is rebroadcast on FM in Slovenia
Software is almost impossibly easy to download, distribute, and access compared to 40 years ago. Everything is bigger, faster, and more flexible, but there’s a certain charm to the ways of diskettes and cassettes that is hard to recapture. That doesn’t mean we can’t try.
By the time you read this, it’s likely that Kontrabant 2 will have already hit the airwaves on Radio Študent in Slovenia. At 9:30 pm Slovenia time (UTC+2 in Daylight Savings Time), if you are tuned to 89.3 FM, hitting record on a cassette tape will capture a buzzing sound that will run until just over 50KB have been transmitted. If all went well, you can load the tape into your working ZX Spectrum or bring it to the Computer History Museum in Slovenia and use theirs to try it out.
The game is in Serbian, as it was originally made for what was then Yugoslavia, for ZX Spectrums mostly smuggled in from Western Europe.
My ZX81 also loaded programs from audio tape cassettes and I remember that some computer shows back then on TV also had a short audio broadcast to allow users to record the audio, and load it into the computers afterwards.
But if you don’t have the computer, missed the broadcast, and can speak Serbian, you can play Kontrabant 2 on the Internet Archive’s emulator.
See arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/05…
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Hackbat: This Raspberry Pi hacking tool is what the Flipper One could have been
The whole thing runs off of a Raspberry Pi RP2040 and open-source code. It has modules for NFC, SD card, and Wi-Fi communication, plus it features a miniature display so you can tell what it’s doing. If you want to make your own, the Hackster page features everything you need to know to get started, from the hardware to the code used for the project.
It is open-source and cheaper than the Flipper Zero, so maybe those who held out on a Flipper Zero will find this more appealing.
See xda-developers.com/raspberry-p…
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