Mobile

You may know some unofficial iOS apps that offer some kind of emulation. These apps run based on hacks and exploits, which reduces performance considerably — but that’s about to change. Apple has silently introduced support for Just-In-Time (JIT) compilation on iOS 14.2, which will allow emulation apps to run at full speed on the iPhone and iPad. Riley Testut, the developer behind AltStore…

The Nokia 8.3 5G is a reasonably solid device that is massively let down by its release timing. Announced in March 2020, had it hit the market then, it would have been a far more enticing smartphone. It’s also not hard to notice that this is the smartphone that 007 will be using in the upcoming No Time to Die movie, which has coincidentally suffered a delayed release to the silver screen.

Earlier this year, Google quietly published a “Device Lock Controller” app to the Play Store. It’s a way for credit providers to curtail the functionality of a phone that’s being financed if payments are missed. Device Lock Controller (via APK Mirror, XDA) was released on June 15 and last updated in October. According to the Play Store description:   Device Lock Controller enables…