I gave Claude access to my Home Assistant. It helped me audit, debug, and improve my smart home better than I ever could have.

For the longest time, Android phones were the wild west when it came to software updates. Unless you bought a Google Pixel (or Nexus back in the day), there was little clarity on when you’d get the ...

Millions of Android users in the U.S. may qualify for a payment from Google’s $135 million class-action settlement over allegations the company used customers’ cellular data without consent. The ...

If you own an Android device, set your alarm for May 19, 2026 at 6pm GMT. This is the start of Google I/O, the US company’s annual event where it unveils all of the new features coming to your devices ...

A newly identified Android banking trojan, known as Mirax, is spreading across Europe and combines remote access features with residential proxy capabilities to broaden its impact. According to an ...

Free apps are supposed to cost you nothing but storage space. But in this case, they may have cost millions of people control over their own internet connections. Google says it has disrupted what it ...

Android 17 has arrived, along with a release calendar that will help users time when they can expect new builds from Google. The first build to release, which is in beta, is available now for download ...

PCWorld reports that Google disrupted IPIDEA, the world’s largest residential proxy network that secretly hijacked 9 million Android devices through hidden SDKs in free apps. The network turned ...

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