Meet The Android Automotive OS
Considering how difficult it is to pick up a new car at the moment, Ars Technica's look at the Android Automotive OS might be your first chance to take a look at…
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Huawei’s HarmonyOS; I Can’t Believe It’s Not Android
It's been a rough year for Huawei, with the two pronged American sanctions blocking both access to American made parts the company relied on as well as the ability to sell products…
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Qualcomm and Google’s Three Years Of Android Updates
Qualcomm and Google hit the headlines with an announcement that they will now "support 4 Android OS versions and 4 years of security updates." This is certainly not a bad...
Read MorePC Perspective Podcast #605 – RX6800 & 6800XT Review, Intel / AMD History, Microsoft Security Chip + More!
AMD is now totally killing it with their GPUs! We take a deep dive on the testing we did on the game-changing RX6800 & RX6800xt models. TL;DR: They're totally worth…
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The Hidden Cost Of Android? 350MB Of Phoning Home Every Month
Keep your eyes open for what might be a new class action suit against Alphabet, as a lawsuit has been filed by four parties in several states in the US claiming that…
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Maybe Don’t Update Firefox for Android
Firefox 79 for Android devices is being rolled out across the planet, arriving in the US on August 27th and much to the dismay of users that have been upgraded already, the…
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Seismology On Your Android Phone While You Sleep
There is a large ongoing conversation about COVID-19 contract tracing apps and if they should be remain voluntary or if the app should be pushed to all compatible phones; leaving it to…
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Coronavirus Contact Tracing Plans For Androids and iPhones
Google and Apple are working on a tool which will allow them to trace your phones travels and alert you if you may have come in contact with someone who has tested…
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Your Ancient Android Security Is As Firm As A Marshmallow
The results of recent research are not reassuring for the security conscious techie as it revealed that 42.1% of active Android users are on version 6.0 or earlier, the number...
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This Andriod Vulnerability Demonstrates The Importance Of a Good CV(E)
There is a security vulnerability affecting Pixel 1 and 2 devices, Galaxy S7 through S9, the Huawei P20 and various models of Xiaomi, Oppo and Motorola devices as well ... which has…
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Cortana Gets Some Fancy New Duds
Microsoft's Surface Event is in full swing and there are some interesting stars in the lineup which are rather different from past Surface devices. For instance, you can feast your eyes on…
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Switch Your Nintendo To Android
You may have heard of a project that takes advantage of a small hole in the Nintendo Switch which allows you to install the Lineage 15.1 Android OS. The project was released…
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Android Q Offers You The Power Of The Continuum
Ars Technica sat down with two Android engineers, Dave Burke, VP of engineering and Anwar Ghuloum, senior director of engineering and the lead of Project Mainline which is what the discussion focused…
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May You And Huawei Live In Interesting Times
It has been a rough week for Huawei, who seem rather confused that companies are reacting negatively to their business practices and involvement with their government. With the possibility of increased trade…
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Goggle At Google’s Vulnerable TFA Keys
It would seem that certain Bluetooth Low-Energy versions of Google's Titan Security Keys are not the best choice when implementing TFA into your life. Those with a T1 or T2 on the…
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Mozilla Firefox for Android Mothballing Until Fenix
Mozilla has just published a Google Doc that outlines their plans for Fennec (Firefox for Android). It looks like this document was supposed to coordinate Mozilla employees and volunteers, so the specifics...
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Sorry about that, you are going to have to post your smartphone usage stats to Facebook manually now
You may remember news back in the summer of 2018 about Facebook's Onavo Protect VPN, when it was pulled from the Apple store due to the fact it collected an...
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A real PNG in the arse for Android users
Careful what pictures you open up on your Android device as you may find yourself regretting looking at that meme. Among the 42 new vulnerabilities listed in Android's newest Security...
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