Is that text message spam or legit? This Android tool can tell you real quick

Are your chats and DMs flooded with scams? If you have a Pixel or Galaxy phone, Circle to Search can come to the rescue. Here's how.

Google Chrome Overhauls Reading Mode on Android for a Cleaner Experience

Chrome for Android gets an always-available Reading mode redesign with version 145. This button consistently appears in the three-dot menu.
Bleeping Computer

Multi-threat Android malware Sturnus steals Signal, WhatsApp messages

A new Android banking trojan named Sturnus can capture communication from end-to-end encrypted messaging platforms like Signal, WhatsApp, and Telegram, as well as take complete control of the device.
InfoWorld

Swift SDK arrives for Android development

The Swift Android workgroup has announced nightly preview releases of the Swift SDK for Android, a tool kit for developing Android mobile applications with Apple’s Swift language. Instructions for ...
BGR

You Can Text On An Android Even Without Cell Service - Here's How

Inarguably, one of the worst things that can happen mid-conversation while texting is that your signal drops or you run into a problem sending outgoing messages. There are a wide variety of reasons ...
BGR

Android Is Finally Going To Let Users Edit Text Messages Sent To iPhones

With the arrival of Rich Communication Services (RCS) on iPhone last year, the experience of texting from iOS to Android improved dramatically. As Apple says on its website, RCS supports delivery ...
Android Authority

Android users can finally edit messages sent to iPhones, but there's a catch

Google is finally starting to roll out the ability for Android users to edit RCS messages sent to iPhones, a feature previously unavailable cross-platform. Made possible by the new Universal Profile 3 ...
Hackaday

Minecraft Clone Manages With Nothing But HTML + CSS

Can a 3D Minecraft implementation be done entirely in CSS and HTML, without a single line of JavaScript in sight? The answer is yes! True, this small clone is limited to playing with blocks in a world ...
The Verge

Chrome’s Android app will now let you zoom in on text without affecting the webpage

Google’s TalkBack screenreader will now let you ask follow-up questions about an image, too. Google’s TalkBack screenreader will now let you ask follow-up questions about an image, too. is a news ...
CNBC

Why the toll road text scam is out of control across the U.S., and Apple, Android can't do anything to stop it

Researchers have identified 60,000 domains associated with toll road text scams that go under the name of "FastTrak" as well as using the names of multiple state road systems, and that have targeted ...
People

What Is ‘Smishing’ and Why Is the FBI Recommending You Delete iPhone and Android Text Messages That Say This

Here's how to avoid the increased road toll collection services scam Getty The FBI is issuing a public warning about what to do amid widespread reports of “smishing” texts that seek to scam cell phone ...
Forbes

Toxic Password Stealer Uses A Single SMS To Hack Your Android

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. An analysis published Feb. 24 by researchers from the Intel471 ...