From TechCrunch: Android users are poised to receive nearly a dozen new features in the latest release of the mobile operating system, including updates designed for smartphones, tablets, Wear OS smartwatches and even Google TV devices. Alongside the launch, Google is celebrating a new RCS milestone...

From ExtremeTech: A wise gambler once said, "You've gotta know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em." It's good advice for life in general, and Apple is now rumored to be following this strategy with its ill-fated 5G modem project. The company has reportedly cancelled it after years of being...

From ExtremeTech: Using artificial intelligence to create new things is all the rage right now. Whether you want text, computer code, or images, there are uncountable generative AI models that can oblige. Google DeepMind announces that it has developed an AI model to generate something else: crystal...

From TechCrunch: Witness lists and testimony, mental health evaluations, detailed allegations of abuse, and corporate trade secrets. These are some of the sensitive legal court filings that security researcher Jason Parker said they found exposed to the open internet for anyone to access, and from...

From PCWorld: Evernote is tightening the strings attached to the free version of its service.

As of today, those users who have signed up for the free version of Evernote will be restricted to a single notebook and just fifty notes at a time, Evernote said in a blog post. The idea, of course, is...

From PC Mag: Google regularly rolls out Android and Pixel updates that add new features to your phone. The latest is a new option to type responses during a phone call, but to start, it's coming to only a small selection of Pixel phones.

The typed response option builds on Live Captions, which saw...

From PC Mag: A cyberattack has hit office supplier Staples, temporarily disrupting the company’s customer support channels and delivery systems.

Staples announced the incident on its website today. “Staples recently identified a cybersecurity risk [and] took proactive steps in an effort to...

From The Verge: November has been a big month for RCS — the mobile messaging protocol championed by Google — and now, the company is capping it off with the announcement of a milestone and some festive new features. First, the number: according to Google, over 1 billion monthly active users are...

From The Verge: Valve’s Steam Link app, which lets you stream games from your Steam library to another device, is out now for the Meta Quest 2, 3, and Pro headsets, according to a news post from Valve. Having Steam Link available on Quest devices means that you can more easily play your VR games...

From PC Mag: Elon Musk had a hostile message for companies pulling their advertising from Twitter/X because of his controversial views.

“If somebody’s gonna try to blackmail me with advertising, blackmail with money, go fuck yourself,” he said while being interviewed today at the New York Times'...