Google tries to justify Android's upcoming sideloading restrictions

First and foremost, Google clarifies that it is not killing or doing away with sideloading on Android with this move. Instead ...

This fundamental Android feature is 'absolutely not' going away, says Google - but it is changing

About a month ago, Google announced that the rules around sideloading apps -- the ability to install apps from unverified developers, bypassing Google's Play Store -- onto Android devices were set to ...

Open-Source Android Apps at Risk Under Google’s New Decree

F-Droid says Google's developer registration rule could end its open-source app store and strand users. Google defends ...

F-Droid warns crackdown on Android app sideloading could kill open app stores

F-Droid is raising alarms over Google's recent decision to strictly limit app sideloading on Android. After 15 years on the market, the alternative app store now ...

Google wants to 'break free app distribution,' says top open source library

Essentially the anti-Play Store, F-Droid is a volunteer-run catalog of free and open-source apps that are built from source, ...
CNET

You Got Your Phone OS in My Laptop! Here's How Android and ChromeOS Will Merge

CNET spoke with Google's Sameer Samat and Qualcomm's Alex Katouzian about why they're combining a phone and laptop OS and how they'll do it.
The Verge

You can now play Silksong on flagship Android phones — and pick up where you left off on PC

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Hollow Knight sequel is a Windows emulation darling. Hollow Knight sequel is a Windows emulation darling. is a ...
Bleeping Computer

Pixel 10 fights AI fakes with new Android photo verification tech

Google is integrating C2PA Content Credentials into the Pixel 10 camera and Google Photos, to help users distinguish between authentic, unaltered images and those generated or edited with artificial ...
Android Authority

Android 16 QPR1’s source code is nowhere to be found, but Google swears it’s coming

Google has delayed releasing the source code for Android 16 QPR1, worrying custom ROM developers who rely on timely AOSP (Android Open Source Project) updates. While Google typically publishes source ...
Searchenginejournal.com

GEO: How To Position Your Agency As An AI Search Authority

This is the reality: Google’s AI Overviews are reducing organic traffic by 30-70% for many businesses. In fact, we’re seeing that SEO agencies that incorporate GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) ...
PC Gamer

Keanu Reeves would 'love to play Johnny Silverhand again' in Cyberpunk 2⁠—but that'd be a tough needle to thread with how the first game ends

In a recent interview with IGN, Keanu Reeves offered a spark of hope that he may return as foul-mouthed rockerboy Johnny Silverhand in Cyberpunk 2, the currently in preproduction follow-up to ...
Yahoo! Sports

Sunday Night Football: How to watch the Baltimore Ravens vs. Buffalo Bills game tonight

2024 NFL MVP Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills will kick off their season playing Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens this Sunday night. The season opener will take place at Buffalo's Highmark ...