Tag: Android

Your Android phone could have stalkerware. Here’s how to remove it

Consumer-grade spyware apps that covertly and continually monitor your private messages, photos, phone calls and real-time location are an ongoing problem for Android...

Stalkerware apps Cocospy and Spyic are exposing phone data of millions of people

A security vulnerability in a pair of phone-monitoring apps is exposing the personal data of millions of people who have the apps unwittingly...

Amazon is shutting down its app store on Android

Amazon will discontinue its app store for Android on August 20 this year. The company sent a notice to developers indicating that they...

Why the ‘spirit’ of open source means much more than a license

Arguments about what is and isn’t “open source” are often resolved by deferring to the Open Source Initiative (OSI): If a piece of...

DeepSeek reaches No. 1 on US Play Store

Chinese AI lab DeepSeek‘s Android app has taken the No. 1 spot on the Google Play Store, mere days after the company’s chatbot...

Android 16’s first beta version brings iOS-style live notifications

After releasing two developer beta versions last year, Google introduced the first public beta for Android 16 on Thursday. New features include live...