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.
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 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.
After first surfacing last September, Google Photos is now sharing word of its horizontal flip tool to fix mirror-image pictures.
Google said it would follow the Trump administration in renaming the Gulf of Mexico once the new name is updated in government sources.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum rebuked Google’s decision to rename the Gulf of Mexico on Google Maps in a Wednesday press conference. After President Donald Trump issued an executive order changing the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America in all government references,
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.
Google’s Pixel 9a could launch as soon as Mar.
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.
Google will rename the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska's Denali on its maps for users in the U.S. following President Trump's controversial executive order.
Social media users have noted satellite imagery showing the words "HELP" and "TRAFICO" etched into the ground at a rail yard in Los Angeles.