ADB is the last line of defense for a free and open Android

As Android locks down sideloading, ADB may be the last way to stay in control. Here’s why it still defines Android’s open ...
MacRumors

iOS 26.4 Beta Adds End-to-End Encryption for iPhone-to-Android RCS Texts

With the second iOS 26.4 beta, Apple and Google have started testing end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for RCS messages exchanged between iPhone and Android users. Apple started testing E2EE for RCS in the ...
9to5Mac

iOS 26.4 beta 2 adds support for testing encrypted RCS between iPhone and Android

iOS 26.4 beta 2 is now rolling out for developers, and it expands support for testing encrypted RCS messaging on iPhone. When iOS 26.4 beta 1 was released last week, it added early support for testing ...
9to5google

Google, Apple start testing encrypted RCS on Android and iOS 26.4

Google and Apple today announced that testing of encrypted RCS messaging between Android and iPhone is now underway. Part of the RCS Universal Profile from the GSMA, messages between Android and iOS ...
Lifehacker

You Can Finally Back Up Your Android's Local Files

Emily Long is a freelance writer based in Salt Lake City. After graduating from Duke University, she spent several years reporting on the federal workforce for Government Executive, a publication of ...
Droid Life

Android Gets a New “Local File Backup” Feature for Google Drive

Google updated its Google System Services Release Notes page today and it introduces a new feature that adds some sort of local file backup via Google Drive. The specifics around how it works are ...
Newsweek

Android Users Get Long-Awaited Good News on File Sharing Feature—What to Know

Android users frustrated by clunky workarounds when sharing files with iPhone owners are finally seeing progress. File sharing has long been a pain point for users who move between Android and Apple ...
TechRepublic

Google Expands AirDrop-Style File Sharing to More Android Devices

Google Expands AirDrop-Style File Sharing to More Android Devices Your email has been sent Google confirms Quick Share’s AirDrop-style sharing is expanding beyond Pixel to more Android devices in 2026 ...
Search Engine Roundtable

Googlebot File Limit Is 15MB But 64MB For PDF & 2MB For Other File Types

We have known for a long time that Google can crawl web pages up to the first 15MB but now Google updated some of its help documentation to clarify that it will crawl the first 64MB of a PDF file and ...
autoevolution

Android Auto 16.1 Beta Now Available for Testing

Google has just pressed the go-ahead button for Android Auto 16.1. The new update is currently exclusive to beta users (those enrolled in the testing program). However, anyone can give it a try by ...
The New York Times

E.P.A. Promises a Ban on Animal Testing by 2035

Lee Zeldin, the E.P.A. administrator, revived a plan created during the first Trump administration to end the testing of chemicals on mammals. By Lisa Friedman The Environmental Protection Agency will ...