Google first announced the expansion of the Call Recording feature in September. It should be available after you update the Phone by Google app and ensure you have the November Pixel Drop installed, according to Android Authority, which also has access to the feature on a Pixel 10 Pro and 10 Pro Fold after updates….
JOHANNESBURG: Google will pay more than $40 million to support South African news media, many of them floundering in a digital age, the country’s competition authority said Thursday.Tech giants, including TikTok, X and Facebook, have come under fire for anti-trust practices that the watchdog says hurt local media by limiting their ability to distribute and…
The European Union is gearing up for a new probe into Google’s parent company, Alphabet, focusing on how it ranks news publishers on search results. This action comes as Donald Trump considers new tariffs in response to the EU’s digital regulations. Meanwhile, SSE, a prominent UK energy group, has announced a sweeping 33 billion-pound…
Narain also worked as a senior relationship manager at Infosys and completed his masters degree in computer science from Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli. Google has filed a landmark lawsuit to dismantle what it describes as a vast, China-based cybercriminal operation responsible for phishing attacks that have targeted millions of people worldwide. In a complaint filed, the…
You can think of the just-announced Steam Frame as a wireless VR headset for your PC, or a Steam Deck for your face. But another way to think about it is that Valve is finally entering the mobile realm. The Frame doesn’t just run Windows games on its Arm-based Qualcomm Snapdragon chip — Valve will…
Video-game players are returning to an old technology to get their dopamine fix: websites. While much of the US$189 billion video-game industry is stagnant or shrinking, the appetite for web-based games like GeoGuessr and chess is soaring. Sales for such titles – advertising and the sums players spend on in-game items – were expected to…
It can be tough to know when a phone is on its deathbed or when an app is just being an overt battery hog. Google is going to help users get to the bottom of things, according to a recent Android Developers Blog. The company just announced the launch of a new metric for app…
Joe Maring / Android Authority TL;DR Google has issued new app quality guidelines to prevent apps from excessively draining your phone’s battery life. Starting March 1, 2026, if an app is found to be holding wake locks excessively, it will be penalized on the Play Store. Apps responsible for excessive battery drain will display a…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has shown support to Noam Shahzeer, Google employee who recently drew attention for his remarks on gender and identity. According to a report by The Information, Shahzeer was asked about how Google employees could support their transgender and non-binary colleagues in an internal discussion forum. Shahzeer reportedly responded saying “I do…
When Google Labs first unveiled Opal, its no-code AI mini-app builder, we were incredibly excited. It’s one of those projects that truly feels like the future, giving anyone the power to build custom AI tools without writing a single line of code. After a limited initial roll-out in 15 countries, Google saw what we all…