As I've grown more comfortable with Linux, I've discovered alternative methods of installing apps. Sometimes, they're better ...

Irene Okpanachi is a Features writer covering Android devices, laptops, portable projectors, VR headsets, software, and AI recorders for Android Police and Talk Android. She has five years' experience ...

Google’s ongoing Android 17 beta is now preparing the subsequent feature and maintenance updates following the main Android 17 ...

Tom Fenton moves from local AI concepts to hands-on tools for matching LLMs to hardware, running local chatbots with Ollama and benchmarking AI performance.

Note: It is expected that you already have a usable desktop experience, i.e., a large enough display (tablet or DEX), a physical keyboard, and optionally a mouse/trackpad. Local Desktop aims to bridge ...

I'd pick a phone over Raspberry Pi any day.

Microsoft announced today at its Build 2026 developer conference the release of Coreutils for Windows, bringing many commonly used Linux command-line utilities to Windows as native applications. The ...

Microsoft is embracing Linux-like command line utilities and integrating its Linux subsystem even further into Windows. Microsoft is embracing Linux-like command line utilities and integrating its ...

Microsoft’s Build developer conference kicked off today, and as with almost everything the company has done in the last few years, Microsoft’s opening keynote focused overwhelmingly on AI and other ...

In some parts of the world it’s common for cell service providers to sell new phones at a price significantly below market value, with the caveat that these phones are locked to that service provider ...

Google LLC’s Android team today announced it’s employing deeper integration of generative artificial intelligence and agentic AI to help mobile developers and publishers connect with customers and ...