Few things can cause panic like not being able to access your smartphone because you no longer remember the unlock ...

Android ships with a locked, invisible app drawer you never set up — here's what it does and why you probably want it.

Your iPhone can feel nearly useless to a thief once you mark it as lost. Apple's Activation Lock can help turn a stolen device into a locked brick. That should make phone theft less profitable. Yet ...

Learn how to protect yourself from SIM swap scams and phone number hacking after repeated account takeovers, including steps ...

Thousands of smartphones are stolen each year, but a few precautionary steps can make your device virtually useless to any ...

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The FBI and Google disrupted Outsider Enterprise, a China-based phishing-as-a-service operation tied to 3.87 million stolen ...

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With coding having emerged as one of the best use cases for LLMs, Google is reportedly looking to train its AI models with code from actual Android app developers, but is at least paying them to do so ...

Tom has been covering technology since 2019, having worked as part of the phones team at TechRadar and then as an editor at What to Watch. Since 2025 he’s been a freelance contributor for many more ...

I’ve been covering Android since 2023, when I joined Android Police, mostly focusing on AI and everything around Pixel and Galaxy phones. I’ve got a bachelor’s in IT with a major in AI, so I naturally ...