Google Ads API to require multi-factor authentication

Google’s new MFA requirement for the Ads API strengthens security but may require advertisers to adjust authentication ...

Claude Opus wrote a Chrome exploit for $2,283

In a blog post on Wednesday, Mohan Pedhapati (s1r1us), CTO of Hacktron, described how he used Opus 4.6 to create a full ...
Microsoft

Dissecting Sapphire Sleet’s macOS intrusion from lure to compromise

The Microsoft Defender Security Research Team uncovered a sophisticated macOS intrusion campaign attributed to the North ...

Headless 360: Salesforce's latest pitch to let AI do the dev work

The goal of Headless 360 is that everything on the Salesforce platform is now an API (application programming interface), MCP ...
TechRepublic

Google Messages Surpasses 10 Billion Downloads, Fueled by Samsung Shift

Google Messages Surpasses 10 Billion Downloads, Fueled by Samsung Shift Your email has been sent Google Messages surpasses 10 billion downloads while Phone by Google ...
Engadget

Google ends its 30 percent app store fee and welcomes third-party app stores

Google is officially doing away with its 30 percent cut of Play Store transactions, and rolling out changes to how third-party app stores and alternate billing systems will be handled by Android. Some ...
The Verge

Google isn’t waiting for a settlement — the 30 percent Android app store fee is dead

Everything we know about the huge Google app store changes. Everything we know about the huge Google app store changes. is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, ...
Ars Technica

Google and Epic announce settlement to end app store antitrust case

Google is in the midst of rewriting the rules for mobile applications, spurred by ongoing legal cases and an apparent desire to clamp down on perceived security weaknesses. Late last year, Google and ...
InfoWorld

‘Silent’ Google API key change exposed Gemini AI data

Google Cloud API keys, normally used as simple billing identifiers for APIs such as Maps or YouTube, could be scraped from websites to give access to private Gemini AI project data, researchers from ...
9to5google

Google details MCP-like ‘AppFunctions’ that let Gemini use Android apps

Following the Gemini automation announcement today, Google is detailing how all this works under the hood on Android. Google is “introducing early stage developer capabilities that bridge the gap ...
Android Police

I replaced Google's core apps with open source alternatives, and I'm never going back

Jon Gilbert is a Features Writer for Android Police. I've covered Android since 2021, focusing on writing features and guides about Android apps and features that directly affect users. I've attended ...
CNBC

Apple, Google host dozens of AI ‘nudify’ apps like Grok, report finds

Apple and Google's app stores are hosting dozens of "nudify" apps that can take people's photos and use AI to generate nude images of them, according to watchdog group Tech Transparency Project. After ...