The latest Google Messages beta (v20260306) contains code for a dedicated “SMS blaster protection” toggle. SMS blasters are portable devices that bypass carrier filters by forcing phones to switch to ...

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Google rolled out Gemini 3.1 Pro yesterday, touting a 77.1% score on novel logic puzzles that models can't just memorize—mor ...

Bookseller Barnes & Noble stopped developing Android tablets in-house many years ago, but the company has continued to sell rebranded versions of existing tablet for folks looking to read NOOK eBooks, ...

According to the latest release notes for Google Play services, Android phones will be getting a “new local file backup feature” powered by Google Drive. “Local file backup” sounds like a ...

Want Google out of your life? It's pretty easy to find alternative search, email, and photo storage providers, but it's much harder to come up with a mobile operating system that's free of Google. The ...

You might have noticed some reporting a few days ago that Android 17 was rolling out in beta form, but that didn’t happen. For reasons Google still has not explained, the release was canceled. Two ...

There is very little functional difference between iOS and Android these days. The systems could integrate quite well if it weren’t for the way companies prioritize lock-in over compatibility. At ...

If you're currently using an AI app on your Google Pixel, Samsung, or any Android phone, you might want to reconsider your app usage. Recently, a security investigation has uncovered alarming ...

Google may have accidentally shown what Android could look like on a full-size PC. A newly surfaced bug report, briefly available on Google Issue Tracker, appeared to include screen recordings of an ...

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