Android

Crypto catastrophe strikes some Atomic Wallet users, over $35M thought stolen

Victims nursing huge losses haven't the foggiest how heist happened, yet

Security05 Jun 2023 | 22

The FBI as advanced persistent threat – and what to do about it

Opinion Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you

Personal Tech30 May 2023 | 93

Amazon to shutter its Chinese Appstore – the one used by hardly anyone, anywhere

Middle Kingdom users told to acquaint themselves with the Windows Subsystem for Android

Software25 May 2023 | 7

This legit Android app turned into mic-snooping malware – and Google missed it

File-stealing nasty in my Play store? Preposterous!!1

Cyber-crime24 May 2023 | 19

What you need to know from today's Google IO: PaLM 2, Pixel Fold, AI everywhere

We sat through the Chocolate Factory's PR blitz so you don't have to

Personal Tech10 May 2023 | 8

Pixies keep switching off my morning alarm, says Google Pixel owner

That's certainly one of the stranger headlines we've written

Offbeat04 May 2023 | 66

iPhones hook up with Windows as Microsoft’s Phone Link dials up Apple's iOS

Windows Phone did this ages ago but flopped

OSes28 Apr 2023 | 39

UK Android app devs to get choice of billing system on Google Play

Updated Coalition for App Fairness calls tech giant's proposal 'a bad deal'

Applications19 Apr 2023 | 3

Huawei masters the great vanishing act as UK sales evaporate

Revenues one third of 2018 peak as US and UK sanctions weigh heavy on Chinese biz

Networks19 Apr 2023 | 28

Google: If your Android app can create accounts, it better be easy to delete them, too

Awoogah, awooooogah, new policy coming for developers

Personal Tech07 Apr 2023 | 14

Google again accused of willfully destroying evidence in Android antitrust battle

Updated Starting to see a pattern here? Judge seems to think so

Security28 Mar 2023 | 35

Privacy fail: Pictures cropped, redacted by Google Pixel phones can be recovered

Updated aCropalypse Now, starring any 2018-or-later device

Security20 Mar 2023 | 36

Can we interest you in a $10 pocket calculator powered by Android 9?

Beware, it only has 3GB free and may go up to – yikes! – $23

Offbeat03 Mar 2023 | 89

Google's big security cert log overhaul broke Android apps. Now it's hit undo

Devs missed warnings plus tons of code relies again on lone open source maintainer

Security16 Feb 2023 | 13

Microsoft delivers 75-count box of patches for Valentine's Day

Patch Tuesday Adobe, SAP, Intel, AMD, Android also show up with bouquet of fixes

Security14 Feb 2023 | 8

Japan joins ranks of nations plotting smackdown for Apple, Google

Regulator wants to bust the oligopoly in mobile OS and app markets

Software10 Feb 2023 |

Apple complains UK watchdog wants to make iOS a 'clone' of Android

Move means possibility of new WebKit-free iPhone browsers is even more likely

Applications09 Feb 2023 | 69

Surprise! China's top Android phones collect way more info

Best to revisit that plan to bring home a cheap OnePlus, Xiaomi, Oppo, or Realme handset from your holiday

Software07 Feb 2023 | 76

US government calls foul on Apple and Google over walled gardens for apps

As for actually doing anything about it - that'll have to wait

Software03 Feb 2023 | 11

Well that escalated quickly: India demos homebrew mobile OS

BharOS is based on the Linux kernel and is apparently incapable of running malware

OSes25 Jan 2023 | 39

India's Supreme Court finds Google's appeal against monopoly fines unappealing

Vast and unpleasant – for Google – changes to the Android ecosystem remain a possibility

OSes23 Jan 2023 | 5

Indian official reveals 'plan' to build a national mobile OS

Analysis History tells us it will flop. But success might not be the real goal, so much as poking Big Tech

OSes19 Jan 2023 | 31

What's called Grogu but isn't that cute? Google's leaked answer to Apple AirTags

Rumored product looks like part of a larger effort to compete with Cupertino's Find My network

Personal Tech17 Jan 2023 | 14

Lenovo adds rugged ThinkPhone to appeal to ThinkPad users

CES Gorilla Glass-plated Android gadget for the biz crowd but it won't be cheap...

Personal Tech05 Jan 2023 | 9

Legit Android apps poisoned by sticky 'Zombinder' malware

Sure, go ahead and load APKs instead of using an app store. You won't enjoy the results

Research09 Dec 2022 | 25

Google warns stolen Android keys used to sign info-stealing malware

OEMs including Samsung, LG and Mediatek named and shamed

Security05 Dec 2022 | 4

Google says Android runs better when covered in Rust

Banishing memory safety bugs cuts critical vulnerabilities

Software02 Dec 2022 | 94

Almost 300 predatory loan apps found in Google and Apple stores

Note to self: Lenders don’t need the contact list on your mobile device

Security01 Dec 2022 | 34

Evernote's fall from grace is complete, with sale to Italian app maker

Frustrate enough users and your product will stumble. Hint, hint, Elon

Applications17 Nov 2022 | 74

Oh, look: More malware in the Google Play store

in brief Also, US media hit with JavaScript supply chain attack, while half of govt employees use out-of-date mobile OSes

Research07 Nov 2022 | 25

Windows 11 runs on fewer than 1 in 6 PCs

Statcounter says Number 10 is still Number 1 in the Windows world

OSes02 Nov 2022 | 101

Meta met a programming language it likes better than Java

Goggles giant on how it gave its Android apps a Kotlin makeover

Software25 Oct 2022 | 16

Windows Subsystem for Android declared ready for prime time

First Look Works well, but selection of available apps is meagre

Virtualization21 Oct 2022 | 46

India fines Google $162 million for abusing Android monopoly

That's a whole six hours of revenue, but requirements to open the Android ecosystem will hit harder

OSes21 Oct 2022 | 3

Google reveals Pixel 7 phones with 1.7 Stadias of security fixes promised

This and wearables fortified with machine learning to serve you, human

Personal Tech06 Oct 2022 | 17

Check out this Android spyware, says Microsoft, the home of a gazillion Windows flaws

While issuing an emergency patch for Endpoint Configuration Manager

Cyber-crime22 Sep 2022 | 7

Open standards body for digital wallets announced

Open Source Summit No, not the dodgy cryptocurrency kind

Off-Prem16 Sep 2022 | 5

Google fined $4b after Euro court snips 5% off earlier price

Search giant’s appeal lands flat as fine imposed for anticompetitive practice in Android search

Legal14 Sep 2022 | 16

Google Play to ban Android VPN apps from interfering with ads

Developers say this is not the privacy protection it's made out to be

Security30 Aug 2022 | 39

Microsoft looks beyond the US with Windows Subsystem for Android

Realizes there's a big beautiful world out there and sets sail for Japan

Devops19 Aug 2022 | 25

Google fined $42.5m over misleading Android location settings in Australia

Ad behemoth committed to 'providing the most helpful products possible'

Legal12 Aug 2022 | 14

Microsoft thinks there are people on 2G networks who want to use Outlook

Offers 5MB Outlook Lite App that works on phones with only 1GB RAM

Applications03 Aug 2022 | 42

Cell, Wi-Fi can work for Windows 11 on Surface Duo

Windows Phone is dead, long live Windows on a Phone

Personal Tech11 Jul 2022 | 2

Microsoft teases Outlook Lite for Android

What are the 'main benefits' of Outlook? Whatever they are, that's all you'll get

Applications04 Jul 2022 | 33

The App Gap and supply chains: Purism CEO on what's ahead for the Librem 5 USA

Interview Freedoms eroded, iOS-Android duopoly under fire, chip sources questioned – it's all an opportunity for this phone

Personal Tech02 Jul 2022 | 34

Google to pay $90m to settle lawsuit over anti-competitive behavior on the Play Store

US developers that qualify could receive more than $200,000

Legal01 Jul 2022 | 9

End-of-life smartphone? Penguins at postmarketOS aim to revive it

Alpine-based distro runs on old mobiles abandoned by Android and their manufacturers

OSes15 Jun 2022 | 41

Hardware flaws give Bluetooth chipsets unique fingerprints that can be tracked

While this poses a privacy and security threat, an attacker's ability to exploit it may come down to luck

Research10 Jun 2022 | 6

To cut off all nearby phones with these Chinese chips, this is the bug to exploit

Android patches incoming for NAS-ty memory overwrite flaw

Research03 Jun 2022 | 28

Murena and /e/ Foundation launch privacy-centric smartphones

First Look De-Googled Android phone does the job, has a few rough edges

Personal Tech02 Jun 2022 | 35

Predator spyware sold with Chrome, Android zero-day exploits to monitor targets

Or so says Google after tracking 30+ vendors peddling surveillance malware

Research24 May 2022 | 6

Upgrading to Android 12.1 ... in Windows 11: Telemetry disabled by default

Dev Channel Insiders get Windows Subsystem for Android updates

OSes23 May 2022 | 4

Google shows off immersive maps, AR-flavored search, Pixel 7, and more

Google IO Your essential de-hyped guide to what the Chocolate Factory teased at developer shindig

Personal Tech11 May 2022 | 10

Microsoft closes Windows LSA hole under active attack

Plus many more flaws. And Adobe, Android, SAP join the bug-squashing frenzy

Patches11 May 2022 | 8

iOS, Android stores host more than 1.5 million 'abandoned' apps

That's more than the total that are actively maintained, study claims

Applications10 May 2022 | 33

Engineer gets Windows 11 working on a Surface Duo

So those hardware requirements for Microsoft's OS really are arbitrary

Offbeat04 May 2022 | 41