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If you have been driving blind to your phone’s cellular connectivity, relief is finally rolling out. Google appears to be widening the rollout of a fix that restores the missing network signal icon in Android Auto, addressing a frustrating bug that left drivers guessing whether their phone actually had reception.

Apple is trying to tighten its control of the iOS App Store, especially as it regards AI deepfake nude photos.

The new feature includes location data for a dozen surveillance companies.Credit: St. Louis Post-Dispatch / Contributor / Lee Newspapers

Does nothing sound worse than the idea of paying for YouTube Premium? Well, imagine having to pay the government just for getting access to regular YouTube with none of the Premium perks attached. Sounds ridiculous, right? Unfortunately, that’s a possibility under consideration in the UK.

StepFun, a Chinese AI startup backed by Tencent, launched the STEPX Neo, a phone whose AI agent is built into the operating system itself instead of sitting in an app.

Garmin has returned to its last-generation flagship smartwatches with a new update. For context, the company began rolling out System Software 23.39 to the Fenix 8 on September 25.

After an initially delayed start to the Android 17 rollout, Samsung has significantly accelerated its software update schedule. The new operating system is now reaching the oldest eligible flagship models, while simultaneously expanding to a growing number of mid-range and budget-friendly devices.

Mobile game developers in 2026 are navigating the messiest distribution map the industry has seen since the App Store opened in 2008. The Epic Games Store now runs as a standalone install on Android worldwide and on iPhone and iPad inside the European Union, Apple is fighting a Supreme Court case over a 27% fee…

DroneShield has released a new software update designed to help counter-drone operators identify emerging threats earlier, reduce false alarms, and coordinate responses more precisely, without replacing equipment already in the field.

Apple unveiled three new Home products this week: HomeView, HomePod mini 2, and a new Apple TV 4K. While there’s no new full-size HomePod launching, Apple did announce three features coming to the existing HomePod 2