The monthly “Google System Release Notes” primarily detail what’s new in Play services, Play Store, and Play system update across Android phones/tablets, Wear OS, Google/Android TV, Auto, and PC. Some ...

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. As a person who covers consumer tech for a living, I get to use a few dozen smartphones every year. While I almost always advise on which is the ...

Google’s upcoming developer verification system for Android may prevent users from sideloading apps without an internet connection. This change, discovered in a recent beta, raises concerns that a ...

A new Fire OS exploit has been discovered. The exploit allows for enhanced permissions on Fire TV and Fire Tablet devices. Expect Amazon to patch the exploit in the near future. There’s a new way to ...

Quarterly Platform Releases deliver more significant changes compared to monthly bug patches, with Android 16 QPR2 shaping up to be a sizable one. Historically, QPRs are relatively stable and launch ...

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For the past decade, Google has consistently published an Android Security Bulletin every month, even if the company wasn’t ready to roll out a security update to its own Pixel devices. These ...

Recently, Linux has been rising in desktop popularity in no small part to the work on WINE and Proton. But for some, the year of the Linux desktop is not enough, and the goal is now for the year of ...

Google has released the Android 16 QPR2 Beta 2 update for Pixel devices. It introduces new features like custom app icons and enhanced security. The beta also includes a more efficient garbage ...

Before jumping into Chaos Zero Nightmare, it's worth checking whether your device is up to the task. The developers have shared the game's minimum requirements for both PC and mobile, giving players a ...

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In August of 2025, Prof. Rajeev Kumar filed a petition in the Delhi High Court against his Ph.D. student from JNU for misappropriating unpublished research for paper mills with Middle-East links. The ...