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Google Bans 80,000 Developer Accounts, Blocks 1.75M Harmful Apps in 2025
21 Feb 2026 03:09 GMT
… strengthening security across the Android ecosystem, focusing on AI … bombing.
Google Play Protect continues to operate as Android’s … to identify repeat offenders. Android 16 also introduces tapjacking … strengthen trust across the Android ecosystem.
For more …
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Google needs to take notes from Samsung and fix this Android setting
21 Feb 2026 02:25 GMT
… was it. But with Android 16, Google finally added the ability to … see Google finally expand the feature on Pixel phones with Android 16 … plea to Google is a simple one: with Android 17 later this … my plea to Google is a simple one: with Android 17 later …
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Your Android Phone’s AI Apps May Be Quietly Leaking Your Most Sensitive Data
21 Feb 2026 03:14 GMT
… sweeping new investigation into Android applications powered by … AI-powered Android applications available on the Google Play Store. … cannot do on Android devices. Google has invested heavily … The immediate takeaway for Android users is straightforward …
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PromptSpy: How a New Android Malware Hijacks Google’s Gemini AI to Steal Your Most Private Queries
20 Feb 2026 23:51 GMT
… reported by Android Authority, PromptSpy specifically targets interactions with Google’s Gemini … abused attack surfaces on the Android platform.
Google has taken steps over … Store through sideloading. According to Android Authority, PromptSpy follows this …
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Android Malware Hijacks Google Gemini to Stay Hidden
21 Feb 2026 01:33 GMT
… malicious payload that leverages Google’s Gemini to analyze … domain was also offline, Google’s cached version revealed … 19.
Additionally, the malicious Android app distributing PromptSpy is …
The researchers explained that Android malware usually depends on …
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Google Highlights Huge AI‑Driven Crackdown On Android Malware And Fraud Apps
21 Feb 2026 00:23 GMT
… an effort to make its Android ecosystem safer and more … , including leveraging AI themselves. Google says it was able to … of contention amongst developers and Android users who have become … how Google is able to balance the freedom found in Android along …
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The Google Weather Android ‘app’ is going away
21 Feb 2026 00:02 GMT
Google is getting rid of Android’s de facto Weather app … instead been taken to a Google Search results page for “weather … screen shortcut now leads to Google Search
This page was recently … not fully rolled out yet.
Google presumably no longer wants to …
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AI apps on the Google Play store are leaking customer data and photos
21 Feb 2026 00:51 GMT
… apps on the Google Play store for Android, including those marketed … by Cybernews found that one Android-available app in particular, … a misconfiguration in a Google Cloud Storage bucket that … of the hundreds of Google Play apps researchers analyzed …
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Inside F-Droid’s Quiet War for Open-Source Android: A Weekly Intelligence Report Reveals the State of Free Software on Mobile
20 Feb 2026 23:25 GMT
… primary distribution channel for Android apps that respect … reproducible builds to the Android platform. The project … our pockets. Google’s dominance of the Android app distribution … Google has tightened restrictions on sideloaded apps in recent Android …
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Why Google's Stock Hit Record Highs Despite Losing Two Antitrust Trials
20 Feb 2026 23:15 GMT
… and the divestiture of Android. In court, Google lost. The judges said … ’ attention—that forcing Google to sell Chrome or Android would be a … (DMA) are forcing Google to open up its Android AI features and …