A striking statistic underlines the stakes: users who sideload apps are 80% more likely to have malware on their devices than ...

Acurast is building a secure source of compute on a network of smartphones You can turn your spare or broken phones into compute, and receive rewards Can Acurast attract real developer demand for this ...

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If there's one thing you should know before buying an Android phone, it's that these bad boys are capable of virtually anything. They are more or less Linux devices, after all. Aside from having all ...

If you're ever in a place where you need internet in a pinch, or your home network is down, you can actually rely on your Android phone for a temporary connection. USB tethering allows you to connect ...

T-Mobile is changing its trade-in program to finally accept broken devices like those with cracked screens or liquid damage, though at half value. The policy also introduces new eligibility rules, ...

People love to joke about not even being able to go to the toilet without bringing a phone with you these days, but it turns out your bathroom scrolling habit may be doing more harm than you think. A ...

Give it a go before you give it up. Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac For the first time in 18 years, Apple redesigned the oft-overlooked Phone app. The overhaul coming soon in iOS 26 simplifies the ...

There are inevitably going to be times when you can't hold your phone in two hands: Maybe you're carrying groceries, hanging on tightly to a subway carriage rail, or walking the dog. That means just ...

The iPhone 17 is coming in just a few weeks, and rumors have been circulating all summer. Alongside the usual models like the iPhone 17 and iPhone 17 Pro models, Apple is also potentially bringing a ...

Why it matters: Between 2021 and 2024, Google leveraged the motion sensors on more than two billion Android phones to create a global network capable of detecting earthquakes and sending automated ...