7 Lesser-Known Google Account Settings You Should Change

Adjust your options for things like account recovery, ad personalization, and which parts of your Google profile are shared publicly.
The New York Times

How to Remove Apps You Never Use (or at Least Hide Them)

If you need space back on your phone or tablet, removing built-in and unused apps can help free up storage and reduce screen clutter. By J. D. Biersdorfer J.D. Biersdorfer writes about how to get more ...
Digital Trends

Google wants your app code so badly, it’s willing to pay for it

Google has been quietly reaching out to Android developers with an offer to buy access to their code. As reported by 404 Media, the company sent emails to a select group of Google Play developers, ...
CNN

Federal prosecutors charge Google engineer for allegedly using insider info to make $1.2 million on Polymarket

Federal prosecutors in New York charged a Google software engineer with making roughly $1.2 million in profits from bets on the prediction market platform Polymarket by using confidential insider ...
techtimes

Apps Tracking Your Activity: How Everyday Apps Collect, Store, and Use Your Personal Data

Find out how apps tracking your activity collect personal information through mobile app tracking, location access, and data tracking systems used by popular everyday apps. Brian Ramirez/Pexels From ...
Droid Life

Google Play has 60% Off Google TV Streamer Codes for You

Every few months Google likes to reward the people who spend a bit of money on Google Play. As a part of their Google Play Points program, they’ll push out free points that can be claimed, as well as ...
Ars Technica

Google publishes exploit code threatening millions of Chromium users

Google on Wednesday published exploit code for an unfixed vulnerability in its Chromium browser codebase that threatens millions of people using Chrome, Microsoft Edge, and virtually all other ...
The Verge

Google can now vibe-code you an Android app

But Google is carefully suggesting that the apps might be best as more limited experiences. But Google is carefully suggesting that the apps might be best as more limited experiences. is a senior ...
TechCrunch

Google’s AI Studio now lets anyone build Android apps in minutes

The AI coding boom is now coming directly for Android app development. On Tuesday at Google IO 2026, the company announced new native Android app creation capabilities in its web-based Google AI ...
Digital Trends

Google AI Studio can now build Android apps without you writing a single line of code

Google AI Studio had already become one of the best tools for developers to turn ideas into working apps. At Google I/O 2026, the company announced a wave of updates that make it even more powerful, ...
Tom's Guide

I vibe coded 3 real apps using Claude Code and OpenAI Codex. Here is the winner

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