4 security upgrades in Android 17 you didn't know about, but will be glad to have

Some of Android 17's best new features aren't user-facing, but quietly enhance your smartphone's performance and malware resilience.
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I turned my Android phone into a Linux desktop with a tool buried in Android 16

Google buried one of Android's coolest features.
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The LLVM Compiler Infrastructure

LLVM powers the core development tools, operating systems, and most applications at Apple Computer, where it long ago ...
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The Steam client was hurting PC gaming on Android — Valve's VR headset accidentally solved it

GameNative pushed a big update, and it uses a Valve ...
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How Cyrano Video Cut Debugging Time by 80%

See how Cyrano Video used PlayerZero to reduce engineering support by 80%, resolve 40% of issues without escalation, and ...

Google updates Android Bench with new LLMs, but Gemini still lags behind

Google created a benchmark earlier this year to evaluate how LLMs perform in Android app development, and Android Bench is ...

How I run Linux GUI apps on my Android phone - and what to consider before you do it, too

How I run Linux GUI apps on my Android phone - and what to consider before you do it, too ...
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Google Changes the Rules for Ranking Android Coding AI—and Gemini Is Still Lagging Behind

Google upgraded its Android Bench coding developer leaderboard by adopting the Harbor sandbox framework and adding eight new AI models to the testing ecosystem. Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5 secured ...
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Java 25: Oracle’s Big-Tent Release—and a Clearer Roadmap for What’s Next

Oracle’s Java team sat down with me last week for a fast-moving briefing on Java 25 and the broader direction of the platform. The headline: JDK 25 is an LTS release, the second on Oracle’s new ...