Android 17 is shaping up to be a big win for Pixel users - but I still want these features

Android 17 is on the horizon, and there's already a lot of speculation about what it includes. Here's what I want with the next OS.

I changed 12 settings on my Android phone to significantly improve its battery life

Battery dropping too fast? Consider these 12 expert-approved tips to make your device last up to hours longer.
9to5Mac

EU says easier iPhone-Android switching is proof the DMA is working

Yesterday, Apple and Google announced that they have teamed up to make it easier to switch between Android and iPhone devices. The companies say they have developed new features that make it easier ...
MacRumors

Developers Can Now Make Android Apps With Apple's Swift

The first preview release of the Swift SDK for Android was published this week, allowing developers to build Android apps in Swift with official tooling and making it easier to share code across iOS ...
TheServerSide

Create your first Java AWS Lambda function in minutes

If you’re a Java developer and you haven’t built an AWS Lambda function before, you’ll be amazed by how easy it is to get your first serverless application up and running. To build your first Java AWS ...
Bleeping Computer

FBI: BADBOX 2.0 Android malware infects millions of consumer devices

The FBI is warning that the BADBOX 2.0 malware campaign has infected over 1 million home Internet-connected devices, converting consumer electronics into residential proxies that are used for ...
Wired

Use Android’s Built-In Settings to Cut Your Phone Usage Time in Half

I was talking to a friend about how the battery life on a Google Pixel 9 Pro was degrading slowly over time. Normally, my phone lasts all day, but by mid-evening, I was having to recharge. That’s when ...
InfoWorld

How to use generics in your Java programs

Generics make your code more flexible and easier to read, and they help you avoid ClassCastExceptions at runtime. Get started with this introduction to using generics with the Java Collections ...
Android Police

Beats is the perfect example of how products can play nice with both iOS and Android

Brady Snyder is a technology journalist that has written about mobile devices and computers for multiple publications for over two years. He graduated from St. John's University with a B.S. in ...
STAT

It shouldn’t be easy to buy synthetic DNA fragments to recreate the 1918 flu virus

It should be hard — exceedingly hard — to obtain the synthetic DNA needed to recreate the virus that caused the deadly 1918 influenza pandemic without authorization. But my lab found that it’s ...
SecurityWeek

Android’s March 2024 Update Patches Critical Vulnerabilities

Android’s March 2024 security update resolves 38 vulnerabilities, including two critical flaws in the System component. Impacting Android 12, 12L, 13, and 14, and tracked as CVE-2024-0039 and CVE-2024 ...