Google has a knack for rolling out Android updates with subtle tweaks—then slipping in a feature that quietly changes the ...

Take a photo on any digital camera or smartphone and it's not just the pixels that are saved. The image also gets a bunch of metadata appended to it, also known as EXIF (Exchangeable Image File Format ...

Your Android phone constantly collects data, much of which is linked directly to your Google account. While this tracking helps improve services like navigation, search, and personalization, it also ...

Android 17 Beta 3 introduces a new “location button.” The button is designed to provide simplified access to precise location for one-time use. Consent allows the app to access your location data for ...

If you choose the option, you’ll be able to share your precise location until you close an app, which might be a good choice if you just need to give your location to an app to quickly check one thing ...

ChatGPT still wins on personality. When I need a catchy title or a brand story that doesn’t sound like a corporate manual, ...

Nevada quietly signed an agreement earlier this year with a company that collects location data from cellphones, allowing ...

Waymo and Waze announced a data-sharing pilot program that will funnel pothole data collected by robotaxis to a free Waze ...

For years, location permissions have been a bit of a mess on Android. You open an app, it asks for your location, and you’re suddenly making a decision: While using the app? Always? Precise?

Google’s announcement as owner of the controversial Hermantown data center project didn’t change a thing. The location of the project is still deeply problematic. Situated next to the Canadian ...

Many months ago, we reported that Gemini was coming to Android Auto. And while we expected it to get a wide rollout, things have been moving at a snail's pace. So, if you've yet to experience the ...