Lifehacker

These 224 Malicious Apps Managed to Bypass the Play Store's Anti-Malware Checks

Google and Apple’s app stores both have a reputation for being pretty trustworthy these days. It’s easy to assume that if an app is in either the iPhone App Store or the Google Play Store, it’s safe ...
Ars Technica

Google’s experimental Windows app is better than Microsoft’s built-in search

Google has so many products that it can be near-impossible to keep track. And yet, the company has rarely created desktop apps to go with those services. There are a handful, like Drive and Quick ...
Kiplinger

$425 Million Google Class Action Lawsuit: Do You Qualify for a Payout?

This week, a federal jury in California found Google liable on two counts of privacy violations for continuing to collect the data of millions of users who had turned off a data tracking setting in ...
Seeking Alpha

Jury rules Google must pay $425M in privacy class action lawsuit: report

A federal jury ruled on Wednesday that Alphabet's Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) must pay $425M for breaching users' privacy by continuing to collect data for millions of users who had switched ...
PC Gamer

007 First Light's opening mission was enough to convince me that I have to play this game, if only for IO's newer, younger Bond

Action After seeing 30 minutes of the new Bond game, I'm more excited for the shooting than the stealth Action 007 First Light is the first time IO Interactive has taken on an outside project, but CEO ...
Forbes

Judge Allows Google To Keep Chrome But Orders It To Share Search Data With Competitors

Google will not have to sell its Chrome browser to remedy its search market monopoly, a federal judge ruled Tuesday, but the tech giant will have to share some of its data with competitors among other ...
Android Authority

Google wants to make sideloading Android apps safer by verifying developers’ identities

Google will soon verify the identities of developers who distribute Android apps outside the Play Store. Developers must submit their information to a new Android Developer Console, increasing their ...
PC Magazine

Made By Google Pixel 10 Event: What We Expect and How to Watch

Google already gave us a Pixel 10 sneak peek, but we're also expecting next-gen accessories at its Aug. 20 event. Here's how to tune in. I’m one of PCMag’s mobile analysts. That means I check out ...
GamesRadar+

Asus has unveiled more Hatsune Miku PC tech at Gamescom, and my bank account is about to have an existential crisis

You can grab the ASUS TUF Gaming X Hatsune Miku PC accessories starting from $24.99 at Best Buy, which includes a mini wireless mouse, gaming keyboard, wired headset, and matching mouse pad. Asus ROG ...
Forbes

Chrome Worth $1 Trillion For Google Stock?

How much is Chrome worth to Google? Perplexity AI says it’s worth $34.5 billion. We think that’s perplexing. Maybe it was a product of its own AI engine’s hallucination. Consider 3 facts to start: 60% ...
Android

Google Photos Starts Rolling "Remix" AI Editing—Here’s How to Use It

Google has started rolling out the new Remix feature in the Google Photos app for Android and iOS users more widely. The tool is available under the “Create” button at the top of the photo feed in the ...