The Verge

YouTube’s cheaper subscription is getting background play and downloads

YouTube Premium Lite will have two new perks at no extra charge. YouTube Premium Lite will have two new perks at no extra charge. is a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined ...
heise online

Play System Update: Android optionally syncs downloads to Google Drive

Every month, Google releases updates via the Play Services and the Play Store. The updates include new features for smartphones and other products in the Google ecosystem such as tablets, watches, ...
Al Jazeera English

Trump’s Greenland ‘framework’ deal: What we know about it, what we don’t

United States President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that he had reached a “framework of a future deal” on Greenland with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte. He also withdrew his threat to ...
Android Authority

Animations in the Play Store looking different? You might be seeing this M3E change

Some new Material 3 Expressive animations in the Google Play Store are rolling out now. The shape of the download progress ring around the app icons is changing, as is the loading icon when switching ...
Windows Central

You can now play GTA Vice City directly in your web browser — no downloads, no installs, just instant nostalgia

A browser based demo lets you play GTA Vice City across multiple devices, highlighting just how far web technology and game preservation have come. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...
VentureBeat

Meta’s SPICE framework lets AI systems teach themselves to reason

Researchers at Meta FAIR and the National University of Singapore have developed a new reinforcement learning framework for self-improving AI systems. Called Self-Play In Corpus Environments (SPICE), ...
Android

Age Check Hits Play Store: You Might Need an ID to Download Some Apps

Google is rolling out an age verification system on the Play Store that requires users to prove they are 18 or older before downloading certain apps. While it’s ...
Digital Trends

Google Play Store wants proof you’re an adult before you hit ‘Install’

What’s happened? Google has started rolling out age verification on the Play Store, and that means your next download might require proof that you are 18 or older. Screenshots of the verification ...
AOL

Play Store downloads could soon get cheaper after the Supreme Court denies Google's bid to delay antitrust changes

The Supreme Court denied Google's bid to temporarily stay parts of a lower court ruling that would overhaul the company's Play Store.Francis Mascarenhas/REUTERS Google's Play Store is in for an ...
Ars Technica

Review: Framework Desktop is a mash-up of a regular desktop PC and the Mac Studio

Framework’s main claim to fame is its commitment to modular, upgradeable, repairable laptops. The jury’s still out on early 2024’s Framework Laptop 16 and mid-2025’s Framework Laptop 12, neither of ...
TheServerSide

Spring, Quarkus or Jakarta EE? How to choose a Java framework

The first decision to kick off a greenfield Java project usually sounds breezy: "Let's start with Spring Boot, it's everywhere." A few days in, someone mutters that Quarkus boots faster and saves ...