While it's not as necessary on newer hardware, old and less capable desktops or laptops could get a helpful boost from any ...

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Dhruv Bhutani has been writing about consumer technology since 2008, offering deep insights into the Android smartphone landscape through features and opinion pieces. He joined Android Police in 2023, ...

The Kimwolf botnet, an Android variant of the Aisuru malware, has grown to more than two million hosts, most of them infected by exploiting vulnerabilities in residential proxy networks to target ...

The SNES version of the USB cartridge slot can authenticate your carts and back up your games and save data. The SNES version of the USB cartridge slot can authenticate your carts and back up your ...

Connecting your Android phone to a PC should be simple—but when your computer doesn’t detect your device, it can quickly become frustrating. Whether you’re trying to transfer files, back up data, ...

Connecting an Android phone to a PC should be simple—plug in a cable, allow access, and start transferring files. Yet in reality, many users run into issues where the phone charges but doesn’t show up ...

A newly discovered Android malware dubbed DroidLock can lock victims’ screens for ransom and access text messages, call logs, contacts, audio recordings, or even erase data. DroidLLock allows its ...

Android smartphones come with a comprehensive settings menu hidden by default. Called Developer Options, this menu is generally designed for app developers and advanced users. However, regular users ...

Google is rolling out a beta version of PC Connect, a free first-party virtual desktop app for Android XR. With the app, users can stream content from their Windows PC. Desktop apps work, of course, ...

You often need the Google USB Driver when your Android device does not connect properly to Windows during ADB or debugging tasks. This guide helps you install it ...