The first Android 17 beta is now available on Pixel devices

Google also says Android 17 Beta 1 debuts new performance optimizations with better management of system resources. The OS ...
The Hacker News

PromptSpy Android Malware Abuses Gemini AI to Automate Recent-Apps Persistence

PromptSpy Android malware abuses Google Gemini to analyze screens, automate persistence, block removal, and enable VNC-based ...

Apple begins testing end-to-end encryption for Apple-to-Android RCS

Now, Apple's latest iOS 26.4 Developer Beta 2 finally starts testing end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for Apple-to-Android RCS messaging, leveraging the GSMA’s RCS Universal Profile 3.0, which uses ...
9to5google

Google Phone app rolls out ‘Keep portrait mode’ call setting on Android

After testing in December, Phone by Google has now rolled out a “Keep portrait mode on calls” setting to prevent automatic landscape rotation. The Google Phone app offers a landscape two-column ...
Android

WhatsApp Web Finally Launches Voice & Video Calling Support

WhatsApp Web is finally adding support for voice and video calls, starting with beta users’ individual chats. The update adds end-to-end encryption and the ability to share screens, which are features ...
Android Police

WhatsApp Web finally lets you place audio and video calls

Karandeep Singh Oberoi is a Durham College Journalism and Mass Media graduate who joined the Android Police team in April 2024, after serving as a full-time News Writer at Canadian publication ...
People

Musician Seb McKinnon Calls Out Olympic Gold Medalist Amber Glenn for Allegedly Using His Music Without His Permission

The Texas-born ice skater won gold as a member of Team USA Andy Cheung/Getty American figure skater Amber Glenn used musician Seb McKinnon's song "The Return" during her free skate at the 2026 Winter ...
American Banker

Lawsuit calls out AI hiring practices that many banks use

Erin Kistler has a computer science degree from Ohio State University, was a program manager at Microsoft for nearly six years and has 19 years' experience working in product management, including in ...
CNN

Calls for accountability over feds’ deadly use of force in Minneapolis have not relented. Here’s why that’s complicated

The killings of anti-ICE protesters Renee Good and Alex Pretti prompted outrage in Minneapolis, both for their deaths and the immediate response of federal officials to call both terrorists. The ...
MacRumors

Use Edge Light for Better Video Calls in macOS

Apple in macOS Tahoe 26.2 introduced Edge Light, a clever new feature that turns your Mac's display into a virtual ring light during video calls. Instead of fumbling with external lighting equipment, ...
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Poison control calls are rising as more people use psilocybin, study finds

Unsupervised use of psilocybin, or “magic mushrooms,” has accelerated among all age groups in the United States, but especially among adolescents and people 30 and older, a new study found. “The ...
ZDNet

How to restart your Android phone without using the power button: 2 easy ways

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