Panasonic’s Android Toughbooks can swap batteries on the fly

Panasonic has launched two new handheld Toughbooks for the workplace, and in addition to being rugged, they also have removable batteries. To be precise, the company says their batteries are “warm swappable,” which likely means they be replaced without rebooting the devices. The Toughbook T1 phone has a 5-inch display and runs Android 8.1 Oreo […]

PUBG Mobile servers DOWN: New Tencent update news for iOS and Android

Tencent has confirmed that new downtime has been scheduled for tonight and is now ongoing. This will be to make way for PUBG update 0.7.0. which has been in the beta testing phase for some time. PUBG Mobile servers are down for an extended length of maintenance, meaning that some players may even miss logging […]

Google’s iron grip on Android: Controlling open source by any means necessary

(credit: Aurich Lawson) In light of the $ 5 billion EU antitrust ruling against Google this week, we started noticing a certain classic Ars story circulating around social media. Google’s methods of controlling the open source Android code and discouraging Android forks is exactly the kind of behavior the EU has a problem with, and […]

Android WARNING: Could users have to pay for Google software after huge EU fine?

Yesterday Google was hit with the whopping fine by the European Commission. The Brussels regulator insisted the tech giant had used Android illegally to “cement its dominant position” in user searches. It was argued that Google requiring Android phone manufacturers to pre-install its Chrome browser and Search app had allowed it to gain an unfair […]

Google hit with record $5 billion EU fine in Android antitrust case

European Union regulators today slapped Google with a massive $ 5 billion penalty for abusing the dominant position of its Android mobile operating system. Antitrust regulators ruled that Google had inappropriately used Android to force handset makers to include the search giant’s own apps, giving it an unfair advantage over competitors that w…Read More

Fortnite Android release date: New download news ahead of Mobile launch

The iOS version of Fortnite Mobile has proven that there’s a lot of potential for the game on new platforms. $ 100 million in estimated worldwide player spending on the Apple platform backs that idea up, which was apparently made in its first 90 days on the market. This comes from a free-to-play app which […]

Fortnite Android release date: Latest download news ahead of Mobile launch

Fortnite on Mobile has quickly become an integral part of the Battle Royale mode’s success in the few short months it’s been available on iOS. This is backed up by the latest data that suggests Epic Games saw Fortnite reach $ 100 million in worldwide player spending on Apple’s mobile platform. That’s from the game’s […]

Fortnite android release: When will Fortnite Mobile release on Android – latest date

Fortnite has become so popular that is will soon be available on every single device and console, after Epic Games reveal they are close to announcing the game on Android devices.  The popular shooter has become the most played video game on the market right now, with millions of players every month logging in to play.  Epic […]

Android P Preview 4 tweaks gesture navigation, revamps system icons

Enlarge / Google’s logo for the Android P Developer Preview. (credit: Google) The latest Android P Preview (Preview #4, Beta #3) is out. It’s a few days late given that it was supposed to launch in June, but now the Google Pixel 1 and Pixel 2 are free to update to the latest build. This […]

New RAMpage exploit revives Rowhammer attack to root Android devices

(credit: Ron Amadeo) In late 2016, Google’s security team scrambled to fix a critical vulnerability that allowed attackers to gain unfettered root access to Android devices by using a relatively new class of exploit that manipulates data stored in memory chips. Now, 21 months later, many of the same researchers behind the attack, dubbed Drammer, […]