Following the announcement at the start of this month, Real-time Location Sharing in Google Messages for Android is more widely rolling out. Once available, you’ll notice that the ‘plus’ menu in ...

The FBI has resumed purchasing reams of Americans’ data and location histories to aid federal investigations, the agency’s director, Kash Patel, testified to lawmakers on Wednesday. This is the first ...

Here's a quick guide to the 2026 Division I outdoor track and field championships, including the schedule of events, first rounds, TV information and how teams and individuals are selected. When is ...

Airlines used to control baggage tracking. Now passengers do. SITA is wiring that shift directly into the industry’s recovery system. Airlines are getting a new tool to track lost luggage: Google’s ...

Google Messages now lets you share your location in real time. You can choose how long you want to share where you are. The old location-sharing option was only for a static point. Finding someone in ...

Google is facing renewed security scrutiny after researchers revealed that publicly exposed API keys can be abused to access Gemini AI services. The issue centers on Google API keys embedded in client ...

Google API keys for services like Maps embedded in accessible client-side code could be used to authenticate to the Gemini AI assistant and access private data. Researchers found nearly 3,000 such ...

Living apart from an aging parent brings worries: How do you know if Mom or Dad has fallen? Did they get to their destination safely? What if they wandered off? The recent disappearance of Nancy ...

We all need change. The trick is to calibrate the appropriate amount of it. By Ronnie Scott Changing my number had always been a street-level fantasy, the kind of thing I’d dream in my idle hours of ...

Privacy-first: no tracking or data collection. Offline maps and turn-by-turn directions save battery. Free, open-source app for Android and iOS. Every month, Google ...

I cover Android with a focus on productivity, automation, and Google’s ecosystem, including Gemini and everyday apps. With a background in engineering and software development, I tend to go beyond ...