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The first Astra tablet from RedMagic packed some of the best mobile hardware you could find at the time. With the top-of-the-line Snapdragon 8 Elite Plus processor, fast memory and storage and a gorgeous 9-inch 165Hz OLED display, it truly established itself as the gaming tablet to beat last year. We even awarded it an…

Android offers tons of options to keep your device secure and private; it’s well worth exploring them all.

I quite like how Chrome for Android’s main interface has essentially remained the same since 2012. The consistency is refreshing as everything else on my phone changes. While I’m open to modernization, the latest attempt at a redesign suffers from too much chrome.

Last year, I gave you 224 apps to delete. This year’s list is shorter but nastier. Twenty-eight of these apps sold the same scam under one name. Five hid a bank-login thief inside a PDF reader. Fifty planted a rootkit that survives a factory reset.

Alongside the ongoing Amazon 2026 Labor Day sale, today’s all-time low pricing on the fantastic new Nothing Ear (3a) noise cancelling buds, and the return low on the new CMF Clip Pro, we have a fresh batch of discounted Android game and app deals. Highlights include Cubasis 3 – DAW & Music Studio, Seoul Exorcist…

Agentic workflows are the next big thing in AI, letting users hand off elaborate tasks to assistants like Gemini, ChatGPT, and Claude to handle with minimal intervention at every step. For months now, Google has been talking about automation for a variety of workflows — from something as simple as ordering food online to booking,…

AI data centers have been consuming memory chips faster than the semiconductor industry can redirect production — and the pressure has now reached Android. Google announced this week that it is mandating new memory reduction requirements for all apps on Google Play, citing “significant hardware supply constraints that are altering device memory availability” across the…

The smarter cars are getting, the more exposed they are to cyberattacks that previously targeted PCs and phones.   

Google is tightening its rules for Android apps, with developers facing new memory and performance requirements from February 2027 as the company moves to stop apps from consuming excessive amounts of a phone’s RAM, which is basically your phone’s or computer’s short-term working memory.