Google is warning that the European Union's Digital Markets Act, which would force the company to open its search data and Android operating system to competitors, will lead to increased fraud and sec…
Google's Earthquake Alerts system warned 11.4 million people in Venezuela before two major quakes struck on Wednesday, providing up to two minutes of warning. The system uses accelerometers in Android…
Google's top security staff warned that proposed European Union rules under the Digital Markets Act, requiring Google to open its search data and Android operating system to competitors, could lead to…
A developer built a production-grade cross-platform face recognition pipeline with anti-spoofing, using a lightweight RFB-320 face detector, FaceNet-style embeddings, and HNSW indexing for sub-millise…
Multifolio launches an all-in-one offline app for Android that combines an on-device AI document writer, encrypted journal, and local music player, aiming to eliminate cloud dependencies and protect u…
Amazon is rolling out new AI features for Kindle, including spoiler-free recaps and an Ask this Book chatbot, but they are initially limited to newer Kindle devices (2024 or later) and the iOS app in …
A ZDNET columnist shares 13 Google Photos settings they change on every new device, including choosing the correct backup account, enabling backup with limits, and turning off cellular backup to avoid…
A developer built DuckAssist, a lightweight WebView wrapper for Duck.ai on Android, providing a minimal and storage-friendly way to access the private AI chat service. The tool integrates Duck.ai's cl…
Google shipped Gemini into Chrome for Android this week, adding four AI features: a Gemini side panel for page Q&A and summaries, Nano Banana for on-device image editing, Auto Browse for autonomous mu…
Google's Gemini app on Android now integrates with the Google Play Store, allowing users to conversationally browse and install apps and games, as well as purchase in-app items and gift cards. The fea…
Perplexity, an answer engine that synthesizes web search results into cited answers, offers free and paid tiers with features like Pro Search and Research mode. While useful for research, its citation…
Researchers have repeatedly found Android devices pre-loaded with malware sold on Amazon and other major online retailers, with one campaign affecting 10 million devices. The Electronic Frontier Found…
Google is rolling out the first post-launch firmware update for the Fitbit Air, version 20001.253.2, which includes bug fixes and general improvements. The update follows two Google Health app updates…
A developer building an AI agent that controls a phone is replacing screenshots with direct reading of the Android UI tree. The approach provides exact coordinates in under one second, overcoming the …
A developer is replacing a screenshot-based vision system with UI hierarchy inspection for an Android automation agent. The old approach using OCR and template matching failed across different devices…
Google released its first standalone Finance app for Android, with an iOS version promised later in 2026. The app includes AI-powered features like key moment explanations and a conversational researc…
Google Finance exited beta with a dedicated Android app, portfolio tracking, and AI-powered scheduled briefings, marking the platform's broadest expansion since its AI rebuild began in August 2025. Th…
Google has launched a dedicated Android app for Google Finance, bringing AI-powered features like portfolio management, real-time data, and conversational research tools out of beta. The app, which re…
A user on a privacy forum is seeking free and open-source data poisoning tools for Linux or Android to protect their original photos from being scraped by AI systems. The user wants to disrupt AI trai…
Firebase shut down its Imagen image generation models on June 24, 2026, causing 404 errors for apps still using the old API. Developers must migrate to the Gemini Image model family, which requires ch…