Android’s game of catch-up with iPhone continues, with Google confirming the frightening scale of threats it is removing in real time. The company took action against more than 2 million “harmful” apps and 150,000 “bad” developers last year. That’s good — but a change it has just quietly confirmed could be even better.

Google’s backtrack on its promise to kill tracking cookies last year created a huge furor. But all seems to have gone rather quiet since then. In the background, there are all kinds of standoffs as no one can agree on what should happen next. Meanwhile, Google has suddenly brought back digital fingerprinting for some added spice.

AI became a hot topic. Its influence even bled into the Google Play security division, which used AI in 92% of app security reviews.

As of Jan. 28, you can get the Google Pixel 8 Pro at Amazon for $599. That's $400 off its usual price of $999 and a discount of $40. This price currently applies to the Bay and Obsidian colorways.

Hacking units from Iran abused Gemini the most, but North Korean and Chinese groups also tried their luck. None made any 'breakthroughs' and mostly used Gemini for mundane tasks.

The Samsung Galaxy S25 is a lot like the Google Pixel 9. Which one should you buy? That depends on a number of factors, and we've compared them for you.

Oumi co-founders Manos Koukoumidis, left, and Oussama Elachqar. (Oumi Photo) A new startup out of Seattle wants to open up the "black box" of foundational

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt said Tuesday that the rise of DeepSeek, the Chinese startup behind a new artificial intelligence (AI) model taking the internet by storm, marks a “turning point” for the global AI race.

YouTube is a top search alternative and success is shifting from from rankings to appearing in search snippets and answers, a survey finds.

Google is ringing in the Year of the Snake in South Korea and beyond with a Lunar New Year-themed Google Doodle.

Google’s malware scanning Play Protect service will now automatically turn off an Android app’s permissions if it’s potentially harmful. The feature is designed to prevent malicious apps from having access to your phone’s storage, photos, camera, and more.