New Play Store warning NurPhoto via Getty Images Google’s new updates have made Android safer and more secure than ever before. This week’s identity check update, protecting your data even if someone has your PIN, is just the latest advance. And Android 15 — now finally making its way onto Samsungs — does finally narrow […]
Like, download Watch Duty and get results there. Otherwise, have at it, man. Have at it on the internet and hope it makes you feel better. I feel bad for them, honestly, you know? I’ve been through this before. But the way that I coped is by building Watch Duty, not by yelling into the […]
Some of the world’s most popular apps are likely being co-opted by rogue members of the advertising industry to harvest sensitive location data on a massive scale, with that data ending up with a location data company whose subsidiary has previously sold global location data to US law enforcement. The thousands of apps, included in […]
I spent an entire day of CES wearing a little yellow bracelet. To the unsuspecting nearby humans, it probably looked like a fitness tracker. But the whole time, this yellow Pioneer wearable from Bee AI recorded everything around me. It wasn’t storing audio like a typical recorder app, but it processed my conversations, then gave […]
Fable, a popular social media app that describes itself as a haven for “bookworms and bingewatchers,” created an AI-powered end-of-year summary feature recapping what books users read in 2024. It was meant to be playful and fun, but some of the recaps took on an oddly combative tone. Writer Danny Groves’ summary for example, asked […]
At the start of the pandemic—and I realize I may be alone in this—it did not seem possible that I could run out of new online workouts. Gyms began closing, as did the rest of the world, but that didn’t stop every fitness company and celebrity from debuting an intriguing new tool designed to get […]
Loading up HDR photos and videos can be a great way of showcasing the fancy display on your new phone and testing just how bright it can get. But sometimes, especially at night, you might not want your screen to crank into overdrive with blinding highlights just because someone posted a random video to Instagram […]
To fix that, several startups launched niche dating apps—some puzzling, others entirely predictable—designed to satisfy unique needs, with many of them built around the promise of AI. Volar, created by a former product director at Snap, uses a chatbot to message back and forth with potential daters on your behalf. There’s also Rizz, Irisand Elateall […]
Artificial intelligence is everywhere you look right now, making its way into music streaming, social media, video games, web search, and just about every other technological field. Every time a new phone or laptop is launched these days, what’s invariably mentioned first is just how much AI it has on board. AI’s reach also extends […]
The Department of Justice’s list of solutions for fixing Google’s illegal antitrust behavior and restoring competition in the search engine market started with forcing the company to sell Chrome, and late Friday night, Google responded with a list of its own (included below). Instead of breaking off Chrome, Android, or Google Play as the DOJ’s […]
