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Your lock screen has had a loophole for years. Google finally released a fix in the latest Android 17 QPR3 Beta 2.

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#Android #Pixel #Android17 #GooglePixel #TechNews #PhoneSecurity #AndroidBeta #Smartphones #BestForAndroid

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Thieves can no longer cut your #Pixel phone's connection without unlocking it first.

#Android17 QPR3 #Beta 2 finally adds a toggle that lets you lock the WiFi, Bluetooth, Airplane Mode, and Mobile Data tiles on your #Google Pixel’s lock screen.

Would you use it?

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What if the fix for your laggy, ad-stuffed #smartTV is one AI prompt?

People are using #ClaudeCode to get rid of #ads and #bloatware from their #AndroidTV, and some say their devices have become way faster now.

Would you run these prompts on your TV for an ad-free experience?

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The setting is on by default, some users found out through a surprise #Google verification email.

Turning it off takes about thirty seconds, but you also have to remove numbers that were already attached.

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#Privacy #AndroidTips #TechNews #BestForAndroid

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📧📱 Did you know #Google may have attached your #phone number to every #account on your #Android?

Google may have linked your phone number to every account on your Android, including work profiles and throwaway ones.

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#Google is also adding a map, estimated magnitude, and action steps to its “Be Ready” #alert in the coming months.

If an #earthquake hit tomorrow, would you know where to go in those first few seconds?

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#EarthquakeAlerts #SafetyAlerts #BestForAndroid

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🫨 Your phone might know an #earthquake is coming before you feel a thing. Would you actually know what to do with those few seconds?

Your #Android phone can now warn you about earthquakes in more than 200 regions, up from 98.

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A report says Rockstar is targeting the first quarter of 2027, citing four industry sources.

#Rockstar hasn’t confirmed anything yet.

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#GTA6 #GrandTheftAutoVI #RockstarGames #PCGaming #GamingNews #GTAOnline #Gamers #GamingCommunity #BestForAndroid

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I came to believe #GTA6 would reach PC through Xbox Cloud, until that story fell apart in a day. The real answer, if the sources are right, is a lot better.

#GTAVI may land on PC just a few months after the November 19 console launch.

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WhatsApp lets you pick a time from 10 minutes to two weeks ahead, and the other person never sees that it was scheduled.

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Your friends will never know a #WhatsApp message was scheduled.
Does that make it thoughtful or a little fake?

Forgetting a birthday text is easy. WhatsApp is now testing scheduled messages on Android, so you can write it now and let it send later, even if your phone is offline.

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It also drops NFC, so there is no tap-to-pay, and there is no speaker for calls.

Pre-orders are open now, and it goes on sale on October 27.

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#FitbitEdge #Fitbit #Google #Android #FitnessTracker #Wearables #TechNews #PixelWatch #BestForAndroid

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Google’s new $179 Fitbit has a bigger screen, but it can’t make a single contactless payment. Would you give up tap-to-pay for a week of battery life?

The new Fitbit Edge costs $179.99 and has a 1.34-inch AMOLED display, built-in GPS, ECG, and a battery you can replace.

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Anthropic says the impact was minimal, but it also admits its training is not yet reliable for tasks like search and computer use.

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#AI #Anthropic #Claude #AIsafety #TechNews #ArtificialIntelligence #Cybersecurity #BreakingNews #BestForAndroid

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#Anthropic just pulled the plug on internet access for all of its internal #Claude #AI tests.

Its agents #exploited a university server, got around a data fee, and even sent a fake tip to a police department about an unsolved case.

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Would you trade some #power for something you can actually move?

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#Anker #PowerStation #PortableBattery #HomeBackup #UPS #SolarPower #Gadgets #TechNews #PortablePower #Blackout #CampingGear #BestForAndroid

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#Anker just announced a 5,024Wh #homebackup #battery that weighs 97 pounds and rolls on wheels like a suitcase.

The company says it can keep a fridge, router, coffee maker, and lights running for 48 hours, and the fridge alone for 86 hours.

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The catch is it only works for those partners, so anything made with a different AI tool won’t show up.

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#SynthID #GoogleAI #AIDetection #DeepFakes #AITools #TechNews #ArtificialIntelligence #Android #BestForAndroid

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#Google opened its #SynthID AI Detector to the public this week, and it’s the most upfront #AI-checking tool released so far.

You can upload any image, video, or audio file to see whether it carries an invisible #AIwatermark from Google, #OpenAI, #NVIDIA, or #Kakao.