The web platform, browsers, AI and security, taken apart: news, analysis and research from the FuriaHub team.
Google told 9to5Google that Android Pulse is a system service for anomaly detection and that its Google Play listing was accidental. An update will make the service appear in system settings instead.
After Google app beta 17.52, Gemini on Pixel 11 Pro shows Device help in the plus menu above Personal Intelligence. It can change settings and troubleshoot Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, battery, and apps.
Zimperium said ToxicPanda 2.0 requests VPN permissions to block Google Play before the rest of the malware lands. The family supports 167 remote commands and phishing overlays for 349 banking and crypto apps in 16 countries.
Google is adding a way to describe Discover preferences in plain language from a three-dot menu in the Google app. Publishers also get a Preferred Sources button that already covers more than 600,000 unique sources.
Google says the Gemma open-model family has surpassed one billion downloads, with more than 100,000 variants published in two years. NASA, Satlyt, and Starcloud are running Gemma in orbit.
A Northern District of California filing proposes 15% for standard apps, 10% for partner programs and subscription renewals, and 5% for Small Business Program developers. Epic says that is outside the Ninth Circuit’s “necessary costs” line.
Three weeks after 3.6 Flash, Google called 3.7 its most capable Flash workhorse for coding and agents. Introductory API pricing is $0.75 / $3.75 per million tokens through December 31.
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