Your phone secretly transmits tracking data while you sleep at night. Learn key privacy settings to stop overnight data sharing and protect yourself.

Google’s Pixel theme packs made their debut late last year with a high-profile movie tie-in. The launch featured a “Wicked: ...

At CES 2026, I went hands-on with the Mudita Kompakt, a privacy-first smartphone with an e-paper display. Designed to ...

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You know this. Apple consistently releases firmware updates for its existing products, improving them over time, fixing bugs, and adding new features throughout the product’s lifecycle. Admittedly, ...

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When a respected former prosecutor approached the Justice Department in 2018 with a witness who claimed he had evidence on Hunter Biden's alleged misdeeds, they discounted his offer and later ...

Security patches stand between your Apple devices and danger. Graphic: Google Gemini When Apple needs to install a security patch onto an iPhone, iPad or Mac, it now does so without requiring the user ...

Google is reportedly testing custom contact vibrations for Pixel phones. As the name suggests, this feature would allow users to assign unique vibration patterns to individual contacts, improving call ...

You might close apps to speed up your phone, but Android already limits idle apps to save battery, so you don't need to micromanage them. Apps like Gmail still run background services to deliver ...

Many instant messaging apps, such as WhatsApp and Instagram Messenger, give you the option to change the background of any given conversation. Now, iMessage is catching up. With the latest version of ...