QR codes are everywhere—from restaurant menus and payment links to Wi-Fi credentials and app downloads. If you’re using an Android device, scanning a QR code is quick and easy, and in most cases, you ...

OpenAI appears to be testing a feature that would make repeat conversations easier to reach: ChatGPT for Android home screen shortcuts that open a specific thread directly from your launcher. Android ...

This guide will help you build a fully functional Android app using Java only, without Android Studio. It covers setting up the environment, creating a minimal project, building debug APKs, and ...

Messaging app Freedom Chat has fixed a pair of security flaws: one that allowed a security researcher to guess registered users’ phone numbers, and another that exposed user-set PINs to others on the ...

Google may be working on a native App Lock feature for Android 17 that lets users secure specific apps without the restrictions of Private Space. This new API allows the default launcher to lock apps, ...

William Hendrix wanted a life in politics. He found it, with the Young Republicans. By Sabrina Tavernise and Georgia Gee Sabrina Tavernise reported from Topeka, Kan. In 2023, the Kansas Republican ...

Google has started uploading the source code for Android 16 QPR2 to AOSP following its release for Pixel devices today. This marks a return to form for Google after the company surprisingly withheld ...

WhatsApp is rolling out passkey-encrypted backups for iOS and Android devices, enabling users to encrypt their chat history using their fingerprint, face, or a screen lock code. Passkeys are a ...

Google has updated AI Studio with “Vibe Coding,” a workflow that allows users to build and deploy AI applications using natural language prompts. This new system, powered by Gemini, simplifies the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. A stealthy new Android attack has been confirmed that can ...

A new side-channel attack called Pixnapping enables a malicious Android app with no permissions to extract sensitive data by stealing pixels displayed by applications or websites, and reconstructing ...

Android devices from Google and Samsung have been found vulnerable to a side-channel attack that could be exploited to covertly steal two-factor authentication (2FA) codes, Google Maps timelines, and ...