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Authorities in Tennessee have arrested a man who threatened to kill public officials and had explosive devices in his Polk County home. Polk County Sheriff’s deputies on Friday executed an arrest warrant for 54-year-old Kevin Wade O’Neal at his house in Old Fort, an unincorporated community about an hour east of Chattanooga, for allegedly threatening to kill public officials and …

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung managed to release its Android 16-based One UI 8 update so quickly by adopting Google’s new “Trunk Stable” development model. Instead of using separate branches for new versions, all development now happens on a single, stable codebase with features hidden behind flags until ready. This trunk-based approach avoids the time-consuming “merge conflicts” …

Discconnect now, FBI warns 10 million Android users. NurPhoto via Getty Images Update, July 27, 2025: This story, originally published on July 25, has been updated with a statement from the researchers who disclosed and disrupted the BadBox2 operation that the FBI and Google are tackling head-on, along with news of another, as yet unnamed, global botnet-related threat. In March, …

“This Is Digital Stalking”: New Wi-Fi System Tracks People Without Devices and Sparks Outrage Over Invisible Surveillance Power  Rude Baguette Your body can be fingerprinted and tracked using Wi-Fi signals  PCWorld I’m Sensing a Disturbance in the Wi-Fi  Hackster.io Humans can be tracked with unique ‘fingerprint’ based on how their bodies block Wi-Fi signals  theregister.com WhoFi: New surveillance technology can track people by how …

Discconnect now, FBI warns 10 million Android users. NurPhoto via Getty Images Update, July 26, 2025: This story, originally published on July 25, has been updated with a statement from the researchers which initially disclosed and disrupted the BadBox 2.0 operation that the FBI and Google are tackling head-on. In March, I reported that one of the largest botnets of …

Image from Google, via Android Authority leak Made By Google may be less than four weeks away, but we’re already getting another look at Google’s upcoming Pixel lineup. Leaker Evan Blass returned to Twitter this morning with an entire drop of seemingly final marketing renders for most of Google’s upcoming lineup. The Pixel 10 Pro, Pixel 10 Pro XL, Pixel …

Surveillance in the digital age is no longer limited to cameras and smartphones. From facial recognition to GPS logs, the tools used to monitor people have grown increasingly sophisticated. Now, researchers in Italy have shown that even ordinary Wi-Fi signals can be used to track people, without needing them to carry any device at all. A team from La Sapienza …

The Qi v2.2.1 standard now has a fancy marketing name: Qi2 25W. And as that name implies, this is a wireless charging spec that goes up to 25W. It was officially unveiled today by the Wireless Power Consortium (WPC). The WPC promises that “major Android smartphones” (whatever that means) are about to “join the Qi2 ecosystem for the first time …

Apple Launches $20-a-Month AppleCare One Plan Covering Up to Three Devices  Bloomberg Apple introduces AppleCare One, streamlining coverage into a single plan with incredible value  Apple Apple launches $20 subscription service to protect your gadgets  The Verge Apple debuts AppleCare One service with protection for 3 devices for $19.99 per month  Yahoo Finance AppleCare One Will Protect Multiple Devices in One Plan, Just in …

Apple announced on Wednesday that it’s launching AppleCare One, a new $19.99 monthly subscription plan that includes coverage for up to three products. Customers can choose to add protection for more devices for $5.99 per month each. Until now, people have had to enroll their Apple devices into separate AppleCare+ plans if they wanted additional coverage for their products beyond …