Android flaw cannot yet be fixed. Future Publishing via Getty Images A tricky dilemma for Android users this week, as both Google and Samsung release this month’s Pixel and Galaxy security updates with critical missing fixes. And with a June 24 deadline to secure phones or power them down, something needs to give. There are … Read more
New Play Store warning affects millions. AFP via Getty Images Update: Republished on April 30 with a raft of new Android security warnings for both personal and enterprise users. Google has quietly changed how apps run on your phone. Starting next month, the Android-maker will let apps work differently depending on your phone. The bad … Read more
New Play Store warning affects millions. AFP via Getty Images Update: Republished on April 29 with major Play Store change as apps are removed. Google has quietly changed how apps run on your phone. Starting next month, the Android-maker will let apps work differently depending on your phone. The bad news is this could see … Read more
More bad news for Android users. CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images Update: Republished on April 11 with confirmation that Pixels are now being updated and reports into cyber attacks targeting Android phones with new spyware. We live in interesting times. For the third month running, Google has confirmed the bad news that Android phones are … Read more
More bad news for Android users. CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images Update: Republished on April 10 with confirmation that cyber attacks are now targeting Android phones with sophisticated new spyware. We live in interesting times. For the third month running, Google has confirmed the bad news that Android phones are under attack, as another routine … Read more
More bad news for Android users. CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images We live in interesting times. For the third month running, Google has confirmed the bad news that Android phones are under attack, as another routine monthly security release turns into an emergency update now warning. There is one critical difference this time though, with … Read more
Do not take these risks. getty Google’s mission to secure Android continues, narrowing the gap to iPhone. But that can never fully succeed unless and until user behaviors change. That’s the stark takeaway from Google’s update this week, and it must be taken seriously. Google says that last year its “AI-powered threat detection and other … Read more
Another surprising twist for Galaxy owners Future Publishing via Getty Images Just as it seemed Samsung’s One UI 7 / Android 15 delays had finally come to an end, is there a nasty new surprise for millions of Galaxy S24 users? Perhaps. And if so it comes at an awkward time, given the even more … Read more
Your photos are now being scanned getty Republished on February 26 with Google’s response to this photo scanning furor. You may recall Apple’s un-Apple-like moment a few weeks ago, when users discovered their photos were being scanned by Apple Intelligence to match landmarks. Users had not been told, and it caused a furor with security … Read more
Pixels are locking down dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images Google’s latest Android lockdown continues to narrow the gap to iPhone. But more critically, we are now seeing a significant difference between what comes to its own Pixel devices — and when it comes — versus the rest of the Android ecosystem. The Pixel offering is … Read more