Android updates explained: Betas, Canary builds, and what you should use

Android releases can be confusing. Here’s a clear explanation of Android Betas, Dev Previews, Canary builds, and which one actually matters ...
MarketWatch

Store loyalty programs are taking your personal data and may use it to charge you more. Here’s how to protect yourself.

Store loyalty programs used to be simple: You’d get a punch card at a local sub shop, buy eight sandwiches and get your ninth for free. It felt like a transparent “thank you” for your business. But ...
The Conversation

Can we use bees as a model of intelligent alien life to develop interstellar communication?

Scarlett Howard currently has funding from the Australian Research Council and the Hermon Slade Foundation. Adrian Dyer receives funding from the Australian Research Council, the Alexander von ...
Techno-Science.net

Best Android Shortcut Apps (Tested): Which One Actually Works for Your Use Case

Android shortcut apps vary by use case: MacroDroid is best for simple, everyday automations; Tasker suits power users needing deep system control; Automate balances power and ease with visual flows; ...
Houston Public Media

Families can soon apply for Texas’ $1 billion school voucher program. Here’s how it works

The application window for Texas' new statewide school voucher program will open Feb. 4. New details for the $1 billion initiative, known as Texas Education Freedom Accounts, or TEFA, were released by ...
inforum

Plain Talk: 'We've just got too many programs'

MINOT — North Dakota has made large strides toward using investments of public funds not just as a way to generate revenue for the for the state, but also making those investments in North Dakota ...
Polygon

BG3 studio Larian says it's using genAI for Divinity, but not 'looking at trimming down teams to replace them'

Baldur's Gate 3 and Divinity Original Sin developer Larian Studios generated a ton of hype (and no shortage of revulsion) when it revealed its next big role-playing game, Divinity, at The Game Awards ...
Wired

Google’s Chromebook Successor Is Coming. Here’s Everything We Know So Far

It’s never fun to be in last place. Google has been coasting along with its Android tablets and Chromebooks for years, playing second fiddle to the bigger players in the game. But the company has a ...
Cleveland.com

Can we have a rational discuss about the Browns & Shedeur Sanders? — Terry Pluto

Can we use the P-word … Patience? These are the Browns. They played nine different quarterbacks in 2023 and 2024. NINE in two years! They’ve played an average of three per season in Kevin Stefanski’s ...
SlashGear

5 Hidden Android Features That Can Make Using Your Phone Easier

My journey with Android started off with Android 1.5, which was known as Cupcake (as Google previously named every Android version after desserts). Since then, I've seen Android maturing over the ...
Engadget

Why the Samsung Galaxy XR can support 'almost all' Android apps

The Samsung Galaxy XR is designed to be a showcase for Android XR, Google's new AR / VR operating system, but unlike competing mixed reality headsets, Google says there will be few limits on the apps ...