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  "id": 12214669,
  "title": "I turned my old Android phone into a universal remote, and it replaced five devices in my living room",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/i-turned-my-old-android-phone-into-a-universal-remote-and-it-replaced",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-05T19:00:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "XDA Developers",
    "slug": "xda-developers",
    "url": "https://www.xda-developers.com/i-turned-my-old-android-phone-into-a-universal-remote-and-it-replaced-five-devices-in-my-living-room/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Your old Android phone has an infrared blaster that modern phones ditched, and it's the best universal remote you'll ever use.",
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        "outlet": "XDA Developers",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/i-used-my-old-android-phone-as-a-docker-server-for-a-month-and-it",
        "published": "2026-10-05T13:00:18.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Android Authority",
        "title": "You’ll miss a lot of Googlebook features without an Android 17 phone",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/youll-miss-a-lot-of-googlebook-features-without-an-android-17-phone",
        "published": "2026-10-05T14:27:58.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}