Google’s earthquake alert system shows two notifications to Android users. (Credit: Google Crisis Response) Potentially Life-Saving Alerts Now Reach 2.5 Billion People In 98 Countries Through Their Google-Based Phones In a Nutshell Over 11,000 earthquakes were detected by Android phones from 2021 to 2024, with 85% matching traditional seismic catalogs. The system now delivers early…
xAI’s latest frontier model, Grok 4, has been released without industry-standard safety reports, despite the company’s CEO, Elon Musk, being notably vocal about his concerns regarding AI safety. Leading AI labs typically release safety reports known as “system cards” alongside frontier models. The reports serve as transparency documents and detail performance metrics, limitations, and, crucially,…
A startup created by Google parent company Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG, GOOGL)) is stepping into the broadband spotlight as it goes after a share of the federal government’s $42.5 billion Broadband Equity Access and Deployment program. The company, Taara, says in a blog post that its wireless Lightbridge technology can beam high-speed internet over the air, offering…
Damien Wilde / Android Authority TL;DR Earlier this year, Google started working to implement minimalistic app listings for system services in the Play Store. These listings do not include a review section nor allow users to rate the apps. Users are now starting to see this new format for system services roll out widely. Should…
Hong Kong’s major social media, messaging platform providers and telecoms firms have pledged to strengthen checks on advertisers’ identities and remove fraudulent advertisements embedded with phishing links. Seven social media or messaging platforms and six telecommunications companies have joined the Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s (HKMA) Anti-scam Consumer Protection Charter 3.0. The initiative commits them to…
US users of TikTok will see a new version of the app starting September 5, 2025. Social media giant TikTok will launch a new version of its popular app to Apple’s and Google’s app stores on September 5, as part of an agreement to sell its US business looms. Users of TikTok in the US…
Beijing-based Baidu has now enlarged the mobile app’s search bar and turned it into a “smart box” that supports long text input and handles more tasks than simple text-based queries and information retrieval, according to the company’s statement on Wednesday. This search box is capable of handling prompts that are thousands of words long, rather…
Google just pulled its note-taking app Keep Google just pulled its note-taking app Keep from Apple Watch, extending a long and storied history of Google killing off products. Alphabet Inc.’s Google pulled its Keep note-taking app from Apple Watch with an update on June 30, 2025. The move leaves users without a Google-backed way to…
Proton lawsuit targets Apple Apple is facing fresh legal heat from privacy company Proton, which wants to break open the iPhone’s closed App Store. Swiss privacy technology company Proton has filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against Apple in California, claiming Apple maintains an unlawful monopoly over app distribution and payment processing. It cites harm…
How a tax on companies like Amazon, Google has stalled trade talks with Canada President Trump has decided to stop trade negotiations with Canada, citing a digital service tax affecting American companies as the reason. Updated: 5:28 PM CDT Jun 27, 2025 Editorial Standards ⓘ White House Correspondent President Donald Trump announced the suspension of…