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A fresh Glyph era Nothing OS 5.0 drops today with a cleaner look and Android 17 goodies, though the flashiest lock screen and home screen updates won't land until October.

The Tap Wall Falls Walmart is finally embracing Apple Pay and Google Pay, with tap-to-pay rolling out August 24 and reaching all U.S. stores by the end of 2026.

Keep your privacy A Meta patent seeks to solve the severe backlash its AI glasses have received over major privacy concerns.

RCS is broken, again Google Messages users are running into RCS issues, and Smart Switch may be to blame.

Gemini can help Gemini is showing up big for U.S. Android users in Chrome today, bringing Nano Banana, summaries, and "auto-browse" for AI subscribers.

AI ate GitHub's lunch GitHub is mostly back, but lingering issues with Copilot and Issues show the platform still has some work to do before this outage is fully over.

Fraud, begone Google's Android 17 QPR2 Beta 3 adds major restrictions to help users avoid fraud and scams when forwarding calls.

Too complicated A U.S. judge states Google must do better with its Play Store when surfacing rival app stores when users search for them.

Quick Share gets quicker Google just made file sharing effortless by letting you swap contacts, photos, and videos simply by tapping two Android phones together.

Gemini enters the blur era Gemini’s new Android overlay adds a slick background blur for a cleaner, more integrated feel.