MLive

Google settlement with Android users worth up to $100 per person: Here’s how to file your claim

Android users who accessed the internet from their device may soon be eligible for up to $100 as part of a $135 million settlement. While a court must still approve the settlement, lawyers behind a ...
Android Authority

Spotify on Android Auto missing some of your favorite tracks? It's not just you

Some users report Spotify local files no longer appearing in Android Auto playlists. Tracks still play from the phone, but aren’t appearing in the car interface. None of the users affected have yet ...
Bleeping Computer

Google adds ‘Advanced Flow’ for safe APK sideloading on Android

Google has announced a new mechanism in Android called Advanced Flow, which will allow sideloading APKs from unverified developers for power users in a more secure manner. The new system, scheduled to ...
TechSpot

Android isn't killing sideloading, but it's making it a lot harder

A hot potato: A year after announcing the most significant change to Android in a long time, Google is now introducing a new process aimed at making the mobile platform "open" again. Mountain View ...
BGR

You're Going To Hate Google's New Rules For Sideloading Android Apps

It has been known that Google was planning to make big changes to how sideloading on Android works, and it seems it has finally settled on a way to secure Android while still keeping the platform ...
Engadget

Android will hide some app sideloading behind a new one-time security process

Google has detailed how users will be able to sideload apps from unverified developers once it implements its more restrictive policy towards downloading software on Android. The company originally ...
InfoWorld

Why local-first matters for JavaScript

The JavaScript innovation train is really picking up momentum lately, driven—as always—by the creativity of the JavaScript developer community. The emerging local-first SQL datastores crystalize ideas ...
TechRepublic

Perplexity AI Browser Flaw Could Let Calendar Invites Access Local Files

Perplexity AI Browser Flaw Could Let Calendar Invites Access Local Files Your email has been sent A security flaw in Perplexity’s AI-powered Comet browser could ...
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 ...
9to5google

Android getting new ‘local file backup’ feature via Google Drive

According to the latest release notes for Google Play services, Android phones will be getting a “new local file backup feature” powered by Google Drive. “Local file backup” sounds like a ...
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 ...