Daily Archives: 2026-07-15

Plasma 6.7.3 Complete Changelog

Source: Published articles

Bug 522075 has been causing JUST enough load and thus heat on my i7-1365U to be annoying (warm back, spinning fans). That machine runs Neon so it got 6.7.3 this morning, it looks like the two relevant patches sufficently solved/mitigated it. Many thanks to Xaver and Vlad.

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Google and Epic give up fighting — third-party Android app stores are coming next week

Source: The Verge - All Posts

Article note: Now that they've arranged the "Developer Verification" scheme to give them control of distribution on the platform regardless of where files are distributed through, capitulation on the last fight that no longer matters.
Photo illustration of the Sundar Pichai and Tim Sweeney Epic Games logo and Google logo inside of a Google Play logo.

Epic Games and Google have just jointly withdrawn their attempt to retroactively settle the lawsuit that's changing how Android app stores work in the United States - and that means Google will be forced to carry rival app stores inside of its own. In fact, Google tells the court, it's ready to begin carrying third-party app stores on Wednesday, July 22nd. Does that mean it's time for Microsoft to launch an Xbox game store on Android?

In October 2024, Judge James Donato originally agreed that forcing Google to carry rival Android app stores within its own Google Play store for several years, and forcing it to share its own entire catalog of …

Read the full story at The Verge.

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