Next year, Google will prohibit sideloading on Android—one of the few prominent things differentiating the Android operating system from Apple's iOS. Per the forthcoming policy, Google will ask all ...

The app can now translate your conversations in real time, too. The app can now translate your conversations in real time, too. is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, ...

To combat malware and financial scams, Google announced today that only apps from developers that have undergone verification can be installed on certified Android devices starting in 2026. This ...

Android's open nature set it apart from the iPhone as the era of touchscreen smartphones began nearly two decades ago. Little by little, Google has traded some of that openness for security, and its ...

There's a new vibe coding startup in town. Vibecode, which lets people make apps using AI directly in an iOS mobile app, launched this year. The startup exclusively told BI that it raised $9.4 million ...

Google is developing another Linux terminal app. The app runs a full Debian environment. Developers will be able to build Android apps on device. For some time, Android has had access to a terminal ...

Google’s Opal Embraces the Vibe Coding Trend: Build AI Apps with Just Prompts Your email has been sent Google’s Opal lets users build AI mini apps using plain English, part of a growing trend in ...

Software development company GitHub's AI-powered app-building platform Spark is now available for public preview to Copilot+ Pro subscribers, the company said Wednesday. First unveiled at GitHub's ...

Android’s Linux Terminal app can now run graphical Linux apps in the latest Canary build, a major step forward for the feature. A new “Display” button launches a graphical environment, letting users ...

Now in public beta, developers can use Opal to build and remix AI mini apps using conversational natural language commands, a visual editor, or both. Google Labs has announced the public beta of Opal, ...